The future of Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny is in doubt with the club stalling on offering the 33-year old a new deal. Arsenal have recently announced a new get tough transfer policy, whereby players with less than two years left on their current contract will either sign a new deal or will face being sold. The Frenchman has 12 months ...
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Under-23 coach leaves United
Manchester United’s under-23 coach Ricky Sbragia has left the club by mutual consent, in what is likely to be the first of many comings and goings at Old Trafford this summer. A former manager of Sunderland, Sbragia presided over an indifferent campaign for the under-23 side last season, which saw them win just eight of their twenty-two matches. Like the ...
Read More »Newcastle not prepared to sell midfield prospect to United
Newcastle United have put up a “not for sale” sign on their 21-year old central midfielder Sean Longstaff. The Newcastle-born player, who has been compared to another Geordie, Michael Carrick, only made his Premier League debut for Newcastle on Boxing Day, but, in the 12 games he played before injury cut short his season, he did enough to suggest that ...
Read More »Tottenham bid for Leeds winger
Tottenham have made a £10 million bid to sign Leeds United winger Jack Clarke. The 18 year old is regarded as one of the most exciting prospects in the Championship, but may have to be sold this summer following Leeds’ failure to achieve promotion, as they look to balance their books with the aim of launching a fresh challenge next ...
Read More »Chelsea forced to pay Conte £9 million
Chelsea have been order to pay former manager Antonio Conté £9 million in compensation for unfair dismissal. The Italian was dismissed by Chelsea less than a month before the start of last season, despite delivering the league title in his first season at the club, and then the FA Cup last year. Since then the two sides have been locked ...
Read More »Arsenal lining-up another German goalkeeper
Arsenal are said to be turning to Germany again to solve a goalkeeping problem. Last season they signed Bernd Leno from Bayer Leverkusen, and he has subsequently established himself as number one at The Emirates. Now they are set to return to Germany and the second division to sign Dynamo Dresden Markus Schubert as a replacement for the departing Petr ...
Read More »Chelsea offer new deal to young full-back
Chelsea have offered a new long-term deal to 19-year old full-back Reece James. The teenager enjoyed a stand-out season on loan with Wigan Athletic, and despite the Lancashire side having to battle relegation for much of the campaign, he was named in the Championship team of the year. He even captained Wigan in his last game for the club for ...
Read More »Conté set for Inter Milan job
Former Chelsea manager Antonio Conté is set to take over as boss of Inter Milan, replacing Luciano Spalletti. The 49 year old has not worked since leaving Stamford Bridge acrimoniously last summer, and has been linked with a number of high profile jobs, including both PSG and Bayern Munich. He was also thought to be in the running for the ...
Read More »Juventus want Sarri as new boss
Juventus want to appoint Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri as their new boss. The Serie A side made the surprise announcement last week that Max Allegri was leaving as manager despite delivering five Scudetto titles in succession, and now the Turin club have identified Sarri as the man they want to take over. Another former Chelsea manager, Antonio Conté, was also ...
Read More »United set to make release clause for wonder kid
Manchester United are set to meet the £105 million release clause to land Benfica’s Joao Felix. The 19-year old attacking midfielder is wanted by clubs all across Europe, with both Real and Atlético Madrid also monitoring Felix’s situation as well. Liverpool, Chelsea and Barcelona are also in the hunt for him, whilst Juventus have had a bid of £75 million ...
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