Arsenal will make a new attempt to sign Sporting Lisbon defender Ousmane Diomande next summer. They wanted to sign the 19 year old Ivory Coast international during the last transfer window, but their bid for him of £30 million was turned down by the Portuguese club. That was despite it giving Sporting the chance to make a quick profit on ...
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Chelsea to lose out on Ugarte
Chelsea look like they will lose out on their attempt to sign Uruguayan midfielder Manuel Ugarte from Sporting Lisbon this summer. They were prepared to trigger the £52 million release clause in his contract, along with PSG, and initially the Portuguese side had indicated they only wanted him to join the Premier League club. The West London club were prepared ...
Read More »Chelsea set to meet release clause for midfielder
Chelsea are set to meet the release clause of £52 million for Sporting Lisbon midfielder Manuel Ugarte. Liverpool, though, are also showing interest in the player, who is expected to make known his preferred choice of destination soon. He is known to want to join a Champions League club, but Chelsea still have hopes of persuading him and making him ...
Read More »Chelsea now want Tottenham target
Chelsea may be struggling on the pitch, but they remain among the most active in the transfer market. They have already signed defender Benoît Badiashile from Monaco and striker David Datro Fofana from Monaco for a combined fee in excess of £50 million, and continue to be linked with a host of names, including Enzo Fernandez, and Mudryk Mkyhailo. And ...
Read More »Liverpool linked again with Sporting full-back
Liverpool are once again being linked with a move for Sporting Lisbon full-back Nuno Mendes. The Anfield club had a £22 million offer for the left-back turned down last summer, and they opted to sign Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiakos instead. However, the Greek has barely featured for Jurgen Klopp’s side, and they are looking for an upgrade who can challenge ...
Read More »Arsenal pursuing teenage striker
Arsenal are the favourites to sign teenage striker Thiago Tomas this season. Th 18-year old broke into the Sporting Lisbon side at the end of this season, and has yet to miss a league match for the Portuguese leaders during the current campaign.. He has featured in the starting XI eight times. Tomes has scored twice and provided two assists ...
Read More »Liverpool make contact with Portuguese forward
It may be a busy summer at Anfield, with Jurgen Klopp forced to rebuild his squad. The club’s injury crisis this season has highlighted their lack of strength in depth and reinforced the ned for quality back-up in all key positions. Several pundits in recent days have suggested that they made a mistake by not reinvesting in the team last ...
Read More »City defender’s loan move could become permanent
Manchester City defender Pedro Porro could be set to make his loan move to Sporting Lisbon permanent. The 21-year-old was signed by City from their sister club Girona in 2019 for a reported fee of £11 million, but has never actually played for the English side. Instead, four days after signing with them, he was loaned back to La Liga ...
Read More »Chelsea and West Ham tracking young left-back
Both Chelsea and West Ham are interested in England under-18 left-back Matthew Bondswell, who is on the books of Bundesliga side RB Leipzig. Bondswell began his career with Nottingham Forest and spent eight years in their acdemy system before following in the tracks of Jadon Sancho and heading to Germany to continue his football development. He is currently on loan ...
Read More »Liverpool linked with Sporting Lisbon defender
Nuno Mendes from Sporting Lisbon is the latest defender beng linked with a move to Liverpool as their injury crisis deepens. James Milner was the latest player to head to the tratement room after Satursday’s game at broadcaster, causing his manager Jurgen Klopp to fire a broadside at the broadcaster BT Sports over the scheduling of the game. Mendes, who ...
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