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Albanian winger set to join Rangers in last minute deal

Albanian winger Eros Grezda is set to become Steven Gerrard’s 13th summer signing as Rangers’ boss, with The Scottish Sun reporting that the 23-year old has already arrived in Scotland for a medical. The 23-year old currently plays for Osijek, the Croatian team that Rangers knocked-out of the Europa League qualifying campaign, though he missed that tie, and all Osijek’s ...

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Crystal Palace adopt revolutionary loan strategy

Crystal Palace have adopted an innovative strategy to player loans. That is according to The Daily Mail who reports that they are willing to let players go out to lower-league clubs, provided that they are then selected for first-team action. The Premier League side have written to all clubs in League One, League Two and the National League agreeing to ...

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Match Review: Norwich 0 – 3 Leeds United (Game Week 5)

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In truth, Leeds cruised to a comfortable victory and have now scored 14 goals in their five league games so far this season. Former Spanish international Pablo Hernandez produced a sublime man of the match display to help the whites claim their second away victory of the season. Norwich, who currently sit in 17th place in the table, have now lost three of their opening five fixtures.  The home side began the ...

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Southampton midfielder joins Blackburn on loan

    Southampton midfielder Harrison Reed has joined Championship side Blackburn Rovers on loan for the rest of the season. That is according to The BBC, who report that Harrison could be in line for his first game for his new club, when they face early League 2 leaders Lincoln City in the EFL Cup on Tuesday. 23-year old Reed, ...

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French pair ready to battle for Danny Rose

This week could be a pivotal one for Tottenham full-back Danny Rose. The England left-back is out of favour at Spurs and has not figured at all under Mauricio Pochittino this season.  Persistently linked with a move to Manchester United throughout the second part of last season, no firm offers were made for him during the summer, and now he ...

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Celtic make Boyata U-turn

Celtic and their manager Brendan Rogers appear to have performed a U-turn when it comes to defender Dedryck Boyata. The Belgian defender looked to be on the way out of Parkhead after effectively going on strike to try and force a move away, and, in his absence, Celtic have struggled so far this season, losing to Hearts in the league ...

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Celtic linked with French defender

Celtic are among a clutch of clubs interested in signing French defender Harold Moukoudi. The 20-year old, currently playing for Le Havre in Ligue 2 is regarded as one of the brightest young talents in French football, and has been scouted by clubs in Spain, and  the likes of West Ham and Burnley, whilst Middlesbrough, currently top of the Championship, ...

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Hearts set to re-sign Manchester United full-back

21-year old left-back Demetri Mitchell is set to leave Old Trafford on loan to Hearts before the Scottish transfer window closes on Friday. Mitchell spent the latter part of last season on loan with the Edinburgh club, and became a firm favourite with the manager Craig Levein and the club’s fans, starting 11 games and scoring once. He was linked ...

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City look to solve goalkeeping crisis by signing free agent

Manchester City are looking to solve their goalkeeping crisis by signing 35-year old Brazilian Diego Cavalieri. City’s problems stem from the injury sustained by back-up keeper Claudio Bravo in training last Monday, which is likely to rule him out until next year. Having already sold Joe Hart and Angus Gunn over the summer, they find themselves with no major back-up ...

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