Once Britain’s departure from the European Union has been finalised, overseas players hoping to move to the Premier League will be subject to a points based criteria to determine the eligibility of the proposed transfer. At present, only players from outside the single European market have to meet specific football immigration requirements. These include factors such as the number of ...

Arsenal will be largely forced to rely on free transfers and player swaps when the transfer window finally opens. Like many Premier League clubs, the Gunners have been hit hard financially by the coronavirus pandemic. The players – apart from one or two high profile exceptions – have agreed to a 12.5% salary cut, and the clubs accepts that it ...

Roma want to keep Henrikh Mkhitaryan beyond the end of this season. The Armenian international joined the Serie A side on a season long loan from Arsenal last August, and, despite suffering from several injuries, had forced his way into the starting line-up and was beginning to impress when the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the suspension of the season. Despite ...

Whilst his team mates have been playing online games at home. Son is currently undergoing  three weeks compulsory military service back in South Korea. That will see him go on forced 18 miles marches, experience a tear gas attack, and take part in a mock chemical, biological and nuclear warfare exercise. Son Heung-min could be forced to miss the start ...

Liverpool have opened talks with 21 year old striker Victor Osenheim, who has been described as the future of Nigerian football. The forward, who has also attracted interest from the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United, currently plays for Ligue 1 Lille and has been valued at £60 million – although that was before the coronavirus outbreak. Osenheim only signed ...

A number of West Ham’s Premier League rivals have been put on alert by the news that the Hammers could be prepared to sell Declan Rice. The Hammers do not want to part with Rice but, like many clubs, they are having to face up to the financial realities of life in the post Covid-19 era, and recognise that he ...

Arsenal have edged ahead of Liverpool in the race to sign Chelsea winger Willian. The 31 year old Brazilian winger is out of contract at Stamford Bridge in June, and seems set to leave the club after the two parties could not agree on the length of a proposed contract extension. He was initially heavily linked with Barcelona, but they ...

Arsenal have decided to end talks with captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang about a contract extension. The 30 year old’s current deal expires in June 2021, and, prior to the lockdown, the club had been keen to tie him down to a new long-term contract. However, the financial implications of the coronavirus pandemic have now changed the economic dynamics for the Gunners. ...

Despite reports that Philippe Coutinho was on the verge of agreeing a move to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea appear to have cooled their interest in the Brazilian playmaker. Coutinho, who went under the knife on Friday remove fragments from his right ankle, is widely expected to leave Barcelona in the summer, after failing to impress during his time at the Nou ...

Olivier Giroud is on the verge of agreeing a one year contract extension at Chelsea. It represents a change of heart for both club and player, who seemed certain to leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season when his current contract ended, with reports that he had agreed personal terms with Inter Milan.  Giroud became disillusioned at Chelsea ...