Manchester United are keeping tabs on Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips. Scouts have been monitoring the 23-year old for some time,  and United assistant manager Mike Phelan was in the stands to watch his performance against Birmingham last weekend. Then coach Kieran McKenna also ran the rule over Phillips in midweek, as he impressed in the midweek draw away to ...

Mesut Ozil is being linked with a move to the MLS, as his situation at Arsenal becomes increasingly toxic. Ozil has been frozen out of the first team picture under Unai Emery, amidst continuing reports of training ground disagreements with his Spanish manager. With the Gunners lacking creativity in the midfield, his absence from the team has caused a huge ...

The 2019-20 season has begun on a horrendous note for the Red Devils. They are ranked a lowly 12th. Of late, the club hasn’t been able to get its act together. Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez’s ouster from the squad came as a shock to many. After Sanchez shifted base to Inter Milan, the club has been finding it hard to ...

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has rejected a huge offer from a Middle East consortium to buy the club. Speculation has risen in recent months that Abramovich was ready to sell the club, after he turned down an offer worth £2 billion from Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Britain’s richest man, in the summer. Now it appears that Abramovich turned down an even ...

Manchester United were so desperate to sign Harry Maguire in the summer that they paid almost all his transfer fee upfront. That meant Leicester City received £80 million in one go for the defender. United paid Leicester £85 million for Maguire, a world record fee for a defender during the last transfer window. And, breaking with precedent, all but a ...

Arsenal are set to make another bid to sign RB Leipzig Dayot Upamecano. The Gunners tried with a bid of £40 million to sign the French player in the summer, but their approach was turned down because it was substantially short of Upamecano’s release clause, which was reported to be £92 million. However, with Upamecano heading into the last 18 ...

Being a football manager requires a certain skill set that runs beyond that of understanding the game from a playing perspective. There are a range of skills a manager needs in order to succeed, some of which are very similar to those required around a poker table. Some players like Gerard Pique and Ronaldo for instance, have tried their luck at poker. Teddy ...

Tottenham are preparing to make a move for Barcelona midfielder Carles Alena in the January transfer window. Spurs are making plans for life after Christian Eriksen. With the Danish playmaker out of contract next June, he could be sold in January rather than being allowed to leave White Hart Lane on a free contract at the end of the season. ...

Real Madrid have turned down a bid from Arsenal of £25 million for midfielder Dani Ceballos. The Spanish midfielder joined the Gunners on a season long loan from Real in the summer, and the arrangement contained no option to buy, with the player originally intending to go back to the Spanish capital at the end of the season to fight ...

Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham is in for a bumper new deal at the club. That is according to reports which suggest that the 22-year old is close to setting pen to paper on a new contract worth £100,000 a week. The striker has enjoyed a stunning start to the season, and, alongside Manchester City’s Sergio Agüero, tops the Premier League ...