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The fourth instalment of the series looking at players whose careers were ruined by injuries. For Part One, please click here; for Part Two, please click here; and Part Three please click here. Jack Wilshere Jack Wilshere is still playing, and theoretically, could still go on to enjoy a major career in the game. But realistically he has unlikely ever ...

Chelsea have made their first summer signing in the shape of Marcus Bettinelli. The free agent has joined the club as back-up goalkeeper providing cover to both Edouard Mendy and Kepa Arrizabalaga. He will fill the void left in the Chelsea squad after the departures of both Willy Caballeros and Jamal Blackman. Bettinelli has been a free agent since leaving ...

Liverpool winger Harry Wilson has completed a move to Fulham. The Welsh international, who had been at Liverpool’s pre-season training camp in Austria was withdrawn from the squad ahead of a friendly match, with Jurgen Klopp unwilling to jeopardise his potential transfer with an injury. Wilson is a Liverpool academy graduate, but only made two senior appearances for them in ...

Norwich City are already planning to approach Tottenham with a view to extending Oliver Skipp’s loan by a further 12 months If they succeed in gaining promotion back to the Premier League. The East Anglian side are currently 10 points clear at the top of the Championship ahead of second place Watford. Skipp joined Norwich on loan ahead of the ...

A majority of Premier League clubs are in favour of changing the loan system for players under the age of 21. In 2016, FIFA scrapped the concept of the emergency loan window that allowed players to move from one club to another on a temporary basis outside the transfer window in order to protect the integrity of the game. However, ...

Manchester United are keeping tabs on Everton youngster Jarrad Braithwaite, and may make a move for him in the summer. The 18-year old is a left-sided centre-half and is regarded as a major prospect for the future. He was bought by the Merseyside club from League 2 outfit Carlisle United for £1 million, and was given his first-team debut last ...

The Football Association and the Premier League are debating the dates for the summer transfer window. That is despite FIFA’s Transfer Matching System publishing a provisional window of June 9th to August 31st. In 2017 the Premier League voted to close the summer window before the start of the new season, but they reverted to going back to the old ...

An independent tribunal has finally determined how much Liverpool must pay Fulham for winger Harvey Elliott. He was signed by the Merseyside club from Fulham in July 2019 when he was still only 16 years old, but, at the time, the two clubs were unable to agree on the appropriate compensation. Fulham were hoping to receive £10 million, but now ...

Samuel Umtiti, the Barcelona centre-back, turned down the chance to join Liverpool in the last transfer window. The Premier League champions were driven into the transfer market after Joel Matip joined long-term absentees Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez on the Anfield treatment table. In the end they signed Ben Davies from Preston and took Ozan Kabak on loan from ...

Liverpool were successful in bringing in defensive reinforcements on deadline day, agreeing a permanent deal for Ben Davies from Preston and bringing in Ozan Kabak from Schalke on loan. However, they had a bid for another centre-back, Duje Caleta-Car turned down. The Croatian international currently plays for Ligue 1 side Marseille, and the Premier League champions offered them £20 million ...