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It takes years of hard work and dedication to become a professional footballer. For every thousand boys – or girls – that dream of becoming a major star, less than one will ever go on to sign a professional contract. And, even then, the odds of making it in the game are long, as the large number of academy graduates ...

Concluding the series looking at the major clubs across Europe which are under new management this season. This time it is the turn of Spain, Germany, and France. For part one please click here, and part two here. Spain Real Madrid: Previous manager: Zinedine Zidane What happened to him? He resigned at the end of last season, after Real failed ...

Manchester United are already planning for the future. They have tabled a concrete offer to Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka when his current deal with Bayern Munich runs out next summer. They regard him as a potential replacement for Paul Pogba. German international Goretzka has entered the final year of his current contract at Bayern, and talks over a new ...

Liverpool midfielder Marko Grujić has joined Porto in a £10.5 million deal. The Serbian was manager Jurgen Klopp’s signing after taking over at Anfield in October 2015, but struggled to establish himself at Anfield since. Instead, he embarked on a series of loan moves to Red Star Belgrade, Cardiff City and Hertha Berlin and, most recently to Porto last season. ...

Chelsea have turned their attention to Bayern Munich and Polish striker Robert Lewandowski as hopes of being able to persuade Borussia Dortmund to sell Erling Haaland in the current transfer window fade. Haaland has been their primary target as they look for new forward options, but with Dortmund refusing to part with him, they have shifted their focus to the ...

Liverpool have turned down an offer to sign Ozan Kabak on the cheap. His parent club Schalke, who will be playing second division football in Germany next season, put a price on his head of just £8.5 million. That is a considerable discount on the option to buy clause in his contract during his loan spell with the Merseyside club ...

Chelsea are ready to offer striker Tammy Abraham to Borussia Dortmund in part exchange for Erling Haaland. And they have told other clubs, like Aston Villa and West Ham, who are interested in signing Abraham this summer, that he is not available whilst they try to firm up a cash plus player offer for the Norwegian international. However, Dortmund believe ...

Jadon Sancho has had his Manchester United move, with the club  keen to finalise his move form Borussia Dortmund before he goes on holiday. A fee pf £73 million has already been agreed between the two clubs and now there are just the formalities to be completed. The 21-year old, one of three players to miss for England in the ...

Despite interest from Manchester United, new Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann wants Leon Goretzka to stay with the Bundesliga side. The 26-year old is about to enter the final year of his contract in Munich and has yet to agree a new deal. That has led to speculation that the German champions would be willing to sell him in the ...

Concluding the series looking at the players who impressed so much playing for their countries at the European Championships that it was enough to earn them a big money move once the tournament was over. For Part One click here; for Part Two click here; and Part Three click here. Mario Mandzukić Croatia failed to get out of the group ...