Arsenal defender Pablo Mari is set to complete a permanent move to Serie A side Udinese at the end of the season. The Spaniard move to the Italian club in January on loan, and has since started 12 games for them, and become a mainstay of their defence. He has admitted that he likes life in the country and that ...
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Chelsea to revive Koundé interest
Chelsea are set to revive their interest in Sevilla centre-back Jules Koundé after rebuilding the centre of their defence became a summer priority. Andreas Christensen is already set to join Barcelona, and Thiago Silva is now 37, and cannot be relied on for next season. And now it has been confirmed that Antonio Rüdiger will be leaving the club in ...
Read More »Arsenal leading Asencio race
Arsenal have moved ahead of other suitors in the race to sign Spanish winger Marco Asencio. It was thought that he would be heading to Italy and AC Milan this summer, but the Serie A club have rejected his wage demands. He has just 14 months left on his current deal at the Bernabeu, and. although the Spanish club want ...
Read More »PSG join chase for Lukaku
PSG are set to join Inter Milan in the hunt to sign Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku. The 28-year old re-joined his former side last summer for a club record fee of £97.5 million, but there is now widespread acceptance that the move has not worked out, and Chelsea are now ready to cut their losses on the striker. Lukaku gave ...
Read More »Juve want Kepa
Juventus are interested in signing Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga this summer. The Italian club want to freshen up their squad by bringing in younger players to try and make them in the running for all the major titles again and are looking for somebody to compete with current number one Wojciech Szczesny, who has undisputed ownership of the jersey since ...
Read More »They went to a match and never came back (Part Ten)
Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; Part Five here; Part Six here; Part Seven here; Part Eight here and Part Nine here.). On 11th May 1985, ...
Read More »European pair competing for Jorginho
Chelsea midfielder Jorginho could be the subject of a transfer battle in the summer, with both Juventus and Barcelona interested in signing the Italian international. The midfielder followed Maurizio Sarri from Napoli to Chelsea, but it has been since his compatriot left Stamford Bridge, ironically, that he has played his best football. However, he is now 30 years old, and, ...
Read More »Arsenal table bid for striker
Arsenal have tabled a bid for Spanish striker Alvaro Morata. That is according to reports in Italy which claim that they have made an offer of £25 million for the player who is currently on loan to Juventus from his parent club Atlético Madrid. The Serie A signed him on a two-year loan with an option to buy him for ...
Read More »Mari wants Italy stay
Arsenal defender Pablo Mari wants to stay in Italy when his current loan spell finishes at the end of the season. The Spaniard joined Udinese on loan in January, and ahs gone onto make 8 Serie A appearances for them. The Spaniard’s loan does not include an option to buy, but he has no desire to return to the Emirates, ...
Read More »Arsenal make offer to Real player
It has been reported that Arsenal have made a concrete offer to Real Madrid player Marco Asencio. The 26-year old is out of contract in 2023, and, with the two sides unable to reach agreement on the terms of a new deal, they are prepared to let him go at the end of reh current campaign, if they receive an ...
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