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The summer transfer window in 2023 saw several long-running stories familiar to football fans continue. Chelsea continued to spend heavily on young talent on long-term contracts. Manchester United signed a new striker in the hope of challenging their noisy neighbours for the league title. And the Premier League in general continued to dominate world transfers, […]
Along with every transfer window comes a lot of speculation, transfers, and departures, and this summer in Ligue 1 has been no different. As usual, many clubs turn to the French league in search for either underrated or undervalued players. Monaco’s brilliant run in the Champions League and League Cup, along with their Ligue 1 […]
The football world has gone mad. Bonkers. We live in a world where John Stones and Kyle Walker’s combined transfer value is worth over ÂŁ100 million pounds. I know that when it comes to football, I like to live in the past. I rate the old but gold generation above these money hungry kids that […]
With the Eredivisie season quickly approaching, it should come as no surprise that the biggest clubs have gotten most of their transfer business done early. A tradition of buying young players with big upside has certainly been continued for the most part, especially by the top three sides. Let’s take a look at the transfers […]
Jerome Boateng to Manchester City Jerome Boateng has been linked with a transfer to Pep Guardiola’s side Manchester City, the manager who really helped him to establish himself on the world stage during his time at Bayern Munich overcoming his injury problems that had left his career stalled prior to his move to the Bavarian […]
Money makes the world go round. And in the eyes of many people it is the demon that sits on the shoulders of footballers. The one club players are now few and far between. Those that remain loyal to clubs are from a different generation of player. Youngsters moving through the game now are paid […]
Vincenzo Grifo to Borussia Mönchengladbach At a very shrewd price of just €6.5 million, this is a brilliant bit of business from Mönchengladbach. Vincenzo Grifo was one of, if not the best players for Freiburg last year, contributing 6 goals and 8 assists in a campaign that saw them finish in 7th place and in […]
Whisper it quietly but there is a new player in the world of Football, that said it doesn’t take the biggest afficionado to know that China is hell bent on becoming a superpower in the beautiful game and the way they are going about things you get the feeling that they are going to achieve […]
Manchester United could be in line for a shock capture of Barcelona mega star, Lionel Messi. According to the Metro, the mammoth deal worth over ÂŁ200m is expected to be facilitated by German kit manufacturers, Adidas. The Red Devils will however face competition for the forward’s signature from runaway league leaders, Chelsea. While a few seasons […]
Manchester United has suffered an excruciating humiliation since the departure of the veteran scot, Sir Alex Ferguson. With David Moyes’ reign having a number of record smashed in the negative direction. Louis Van Gaal reign has not been any better than that of Moyes. One obvious point of vulnerability of the struggling United team is […]
The pattern within the bookmakers community can always be an indication to which a transfer would end up, although, their assertion is not always cast on stone, as there could be intervening circumstances that would influence the direction of a transfer. As the January transfer window draws close, Bookmakers Ladbrokes have placed Arsenal as the […]
The summer transfer window has barely ended when rumours and links about players who could move and clubs who could buy and reinforce their teams have filled the media. Transfer speculations have become part of the day-to-day activities of clubs and football world in general. Chelsea have done a great business in the summer bringing […]
Arsenal has been alerted by the availability of Marseille talismanic forward Andre-Pierre Gignac and reports are saying Arsene Wenger is keen on landing the attacker for free next summer. According to reports the player’s contract expires by the end of the season and Marseille stand the painful risk of letting him go for free or […]
The winter transfer window inches closer, speculations, rumours and gossips concerning players’ transfers and clubs’ acquisitions are underway. A plethora of English Premier League clubs and scores of players would make moves in January when the window opens. Therefore, attention should be paid to news and reports about transfers from now as clubs would be […]
When David Moyes took control of what can be termed the biggest football team in England, who would have thought that Manchester United would go on to become the laughing stock of England and the whole of Europe? Ferguson in his more than two decades as manager had turned the club to a model club […]
Manchester United fan and former striker, Danny Welbeck, has been pictured in an Arsenal shirt for the first time since his ÂŁ16m move to North London. Yesterday, Arsenal denied that Welbeck had been present for a medical. When this news was relayed to Arsenal supporters outside the Emirates on Sky Sports News, they cheered. After […]
Radamel Falcao has been pictured at Carrington ahead of his shock loan move to Manchester United from Monaco. Manchester City and Arsenal had been battling out to sign the striker, who has scored an incredible 155 goals in last 200 games, but United surprised everyone when they agreed terms with the player. Whilst personal terms […]
Tottenham Hotspur had been favourites to sign Danny Welbeck last week although there were rumours that Arsenal and Everton were also keen on a loan move. However, Arsenal were rivalling Manchester City to bring in Radamel Falcao as their priority signing. The striker has scored 155 goals in his last 200 games and was available […]
Ajax have this evening confirmed that the ÂŁ13.8m deal for Daley Blind has gone through. Whilst the clubs reached an agreement last week, there were certain conditions that were fulfilled this evening. Tonight, Blind is in Hilversum, Holland, to collect his award for being named the best player in Holland last season. The prize is […]
Javier Hernandez has joined Real Madrid on a season long loan from Manchester United with the option of it being made permanent. “It’s an honour and a dream to play in this team,” he said. “Of course, I have aims, dreams and I’m going to go out on the pitch determined to enjoy this experience. […]
