Hakim Ziyech has been linked with a summer move away from Chelsea after just one season at the club. The 28-year-old was Frank Lampard’s first signing after their transfer embargo was lifted, joining form Ajax in a £33 million deal, but he has been one victim of the change of manager at the club, and has featured infrequently since Thomas ...
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City sign young Brazilian star
Manchester City have completed the signing of Brazilian teenager Kayky, although he will not join up with his new employers until next year when he turns 18. The 17-year-old who currently plays for Fluminense has drawn comparisons with Neymar, and was also wanted by Liverpool, Shakhtar Donetsk and several clubs in Spain. However, City have stolen a march on their ...
Read More »Summer clear-out expected at Tottenham
There is expected to be a summer clear-out at Tottenham, with the club needing to sell players to reinvest in the transfer market. With their finances heavily hit, like all their competitors, by the impact of the Covid pandemic, Jose Mourinho has been told that he must first sell before he can buy. And that may mean that six players ...
Read More »Liverpool want Barcelona midfielder
Liverpool are eyeing up a summer move for Barcelona midfielder Pedri. He may be the long-term replacement for Georginio Wijnaldum who is widely expected to move in the opposite direction to the Nou Camp when his current deal at Anfield expires at the end of the season. Pedri, who Is still only 18, joined Barcelona from Las Palmas last summer, ...
Read More »United linked with former keeper
Manchester United are being linked with a summer move for former keeper Sam Johnstone. The 28-year-old came through their academy system, but never played a senior game for the first-team, instead embarking on a long series of loan moves, before he was finally sold to West Bromwich Albion in 2018, for a fee of around £6.5 million. However, he ahs ...
Read More »Mourinho wants Fellaini return
Jose Mourinho wants to bring Marouane Fellaini back to the Premier League. The 33-year-old is currently playing in China for Shandong Luneng, but, although his contract runs until December, reports in the Belgian media suggest that they are prepared to allow him to leave this summer. The Belgian international worked under Mourinho for two years during their time together at ...
Read More »Liverpool finalising Konaté deal
Reports in the German media suggest that Liverpool are in the final stages of concluding a deal for RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konaté. Jurgen Klopp has made strengthening his defence a summer priority, and, in addition to signing Konatè, he is also likely to exercise the option to convert Ozan Kabak’s loan from Schalke into a permanent deal. Konatè, who ...
Read More »Young Arsenal striker set to agree new deal
Arsenal’s Folarin Balugun is set to sign a new deal with the club. The striker is out of contract in the summer, and was much in-demand, with clubs including Stuttgart and RB Leipzig hoping to sign him on a free transfer. However, after months of speculation,it seems that Arsenal have persuaded him to stay, and he is set to sign ...
Read More »Liverpool ready to trigger Kabak option
Liverpool are ready to exercise their option to buy Turkish defender Ozan Kabak at the end of the season. Kabak moved to Merseyside from Schalke on loan in January as Jurgen Klopp looked for solutions to his defensive injury crisis. He had a difficult start to his time at Anfield, but has since settled down and proven himself with a ...
Read More »Match fixing in Germany
Although the German Bundesliga remains one of the most respected in Europe, it has been affected by scandal at various points in its history. In 1965 Hertha Berlin were demoted for illegal player payments, and six years later Armenia Bielefeld suffered a similar fate and more than 50 players as well as coaches and match officials were suspended for their ...
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