Chelsea midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko is set to join AC Milan on a season-long loan, just a year after arriving at Stamford Bridge in a £40 million transfer from Monaco. Despite being highly rated, the French international failed to impress during his first season in the Premier League, and was widely criticised by fans and pundits alike for a number of ...
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Celtic at loggerheads with central defender and his agent
Celtic find themselves at loggerheads with central defender Dedryck Bogata and his agent Jacques Lichtenstein over their refusal to sell the Belgian international. The 27-year old former Manchester City player has fallen out with the Parkhead club after turning down a new contract, and has essentially gone on strike after they refused to sell him to Fulham, and also turned ...
Read More »Tottenham Supporters’ Trust concerned by club’s lack of transfer activity
The transfer window came and went without Tottenham Hotspur making any major signings, and, in doing so, became the first Premier League club not to add to their squad in the summer period, since the window began in 2003. Whilst the club have been praised for their success in tying down manager Mauricio Pochettino and South-Korean star Hueng-min Son to ...
Read More »Danny Ings joins Southampton
Liverpool striker Danny Ings has joined Southampton in a deal that was announced after the transfer window closed, although all the formalities were completed apparently before the 5 pm UK deadline. In a complicated deal, outlined by The Daily Telegraph, he will initially join the South Coast side on loan for the 2018 – 2019 season, which will be made ...
Read More »Jack Grealish set to sign new lucrative contract with “get-out” clause
One player widely tipped for a move in the summer window who ended-up staying put was Aston Villa star Jack Grealish. The 22-year old midfielder was consistently linked with a transfer to Spurs, with Villa at one stage look set to lose the England under-21 international in a cut-price deal following the club’s financial meltdown after failing to win promotion ...
Read More »Wolves agree fee to sign Manchester City midfielder
Ambitions Wolverhampton Wanderers, having just completed the signing of Adama Traoré from Middlesbrough, have shown that they are not yet done in terms of transfer dealings after agreeing a fee of £16 million to sign Manchester City midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko. That is according to Sky Sports News who report that City are willing to let the player leave at that ...
Read More »Leicester agree deadline day deal for Turkish defender
Leicester City have agreed a fee to sign Freiburg defender Çağlar Söyüncü from German side Freiburg, with the player set to travel to The King Power Stadium for a medical on Thursday, as Sky Sports reports. 22-year old Söyüncü who was heavily linked with Arsenal at the start of the transfer window, is a Turkish international, with 15 full caps ...
Read More »Why Roberto Firmino is more important to Liverpool than Mo Salah
Roll the clock back just shy of three years. Anthony Martial had just captured headlines and devastated Liverpool’s brittle Brendan Rodger’s era defense. A cursory glance at a footnote in that game saw Jordan Ibe replacing the then new, misfiring signing, Roberto Firmino after less than seventy minutes on the pitch in a crucial Premier League clash. It was a ...
Read More »Danny Rose in line for Bundesliga loan move
Tottenham and England full-back Danny Rose is in line for a loan move to Bundesliga side Schalke. That is according to The Guardian who reports that Spurs are willing to let the 28-year old move on a season-long loan who has fallen out of favour at White Hart Lane after an injury-hit season last campaign which limited his number of ...
Read More »Watford make late bid to sign Southampton midfielder
Watford have bid £10 million to sign Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse. That is according to The Sun who report that the Hertfordshire club have offered £10 million for the 23-year old and are waiting to find out if Southampton are willing to let the 23-year old leave St. Mary’s. Ward-Prose, who is renowned for his dead ball delivery and crossing ...
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