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Arsenal had been constantly linked to Porto’s Colombian forward Jackson Martinez all summer and many news outlets were reporting it as a done deal. Many fans were already celebrating the fact that their club had finally secured one of European football’s top strikers. Therefore, the news that the 28-year-old striker had rejected a move to […]
Reports emanating from Europe via German Tabloid, Bild, state that English Premier League side, Arsenal FC, have recently indicated strong interest in signing Augsburg of Germany defender, Baba Rahman. The reports also state that fellow English sides, Chelsea FC and moneybags Manchester City have also recently indicated interest in the player’s services; but also that […]
Arturo Vidal has been a transfer target for several top European clubs this summer. The Chilean midfielder , who has developed into one of the top players in the world since joining Juventus from Bayer Leverkusen in 2011, is widely tipped to depart the Old Lady this summer after four hugely successful seasons where he […]
Several media outlets in Chile have reported the news that Arsenal have finally negotiated a £21 million fee with Juventus for acquiring the services of Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal. The same story has been reported by the Daily Express , who also claim that Vidal has agreed a five year deal at the Gunners and […]
In his 18 years as the manager of Arsenal , Arsene Wenger has experienced many ups and downs. From being credited for changing the way football was played in England , to being too obsessed with his preferred tactics and his aversion to change. Once heralded as the man who first scoured the European and […]
Liverpool have been the busiest Premier League club in the transfer market this summer , having already the confirmed the arrival of five new players with several more expected to join in the coming days , with long time stalwarts Steven Gerrard and Glen Johnson having departed fro Anfield. The latest in the line to […]
Pedro Rodriguez to Liverpool rumors have been doing the rounds in the transfer market for each of the past two seasons. However, Brendan Rodgers will hope to be third time lucky as he plots a bid to finally bring the Spanish World cup winner and his long term target to Anfield to replace the want-away […]
Football is a strange business – for both fans and players alike. It seems Colombian International goalkeeper David Ospina is learning this cold, hard lesson , after reports emerged that he , and not Wojciech Szczesny, will be the victim of Petr Cech’s transfer to Arsenal. Ospina had joined the Gunners just last season from […]
After what can be described as a fruitful loan season for out-of-favour Chelsea and Egypt winger, Mohammed Salah, it appears that Italian league side Fiorentina, are having problems regarding the player’s status at the club. Reports emanating from Italy indicate that the player is for some reason, allegedly unwilling to commit himself to the club; […]
Yesterday, there was a report about Arturo Vidal set to sign for Arsenal after Juventus after Arsenal had a bid of £21 million accepted by Juve. Arsenal fans were of course happy. A report today in the Sun has dashed their hopes, as a source denied such a deal and also alleged that the London club were […]
This week will see a flurry of activities at the Stamford Bridge as they look to delve further into the transfer market. The club will be looking to add to the squad and of course there will be a few goodbyes. We will be looking at a possible trio of events that might take place. […]
Douglas Costa will be snubbing Chelsea to sign for Bayern Munich. The Brazilian who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukraine league. The 24 year old has expressed a desire to turn out for the German side who have already held discussions with Shakhtar concerning him. Chelsea will be ruing their decision not to sign […]
Barring any last minute change of mind from either player or club, Radamel Falcao should complete his loan move to Chelsea this week. This comes after the exit of Colombia from the ongoing Copa America tournament. Falcao who endured a horrid season at Manchester United last season scoring 4 goals, in 29 appearances, and he […]
According to AS, as reported by Squawka, the Blues are prepared to offer Filipe Luis back to Atletico in order to push through a deal for Arda Turan. The 28-year old midfielder is one of Jose Mourinho’s wanted man this summer transfer, but Atletico do not want to sell their star man. This could mean Chelsea […]
Latest reports show that the Turkish giants Fenerbahce may be set to finally complete a whopping princely sum of €5million deal for Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina in this summer just as Petr Cech completes his move to Arsenal The same reports from Turkey claims Ospina, 26 years old, is most clearly expected to hold talks with […]
Arsenal will have to set its sights elsewhere in its quest for a quality midfielder as their ambitions for Morgan Schneiderlin it has been reliably gathered has been truncated. The midfielder is to undergo a medical at Manchester United on Monday 29th of June according to reports by The Sun. The man who has been […]
It’s testing times at the Santiago Bernabeu, as the leadership of Real Madrid led by Florentino Perez are locked in a battle to stave off Manchester United’s pursuit of one of their prized assets. Real Madrid are locked in a two way battle to convince Sergio Ramos to accept what Real Madrid have to offer […]
Accolades have been pouring in from all quarters for Liverpool’s signing of Roberto Firmino. The deal has been described as shrewd by pundits and papers alike who believe that Liverpool have gotten for themselves a gem of a player. News outlets in Spain are not to be left out as each paper has come out […]
Judging by the rumours in the newspapers in the last few days, it seems we are about to see a crazy transfer merry go round that will involve Juventus, Arsenal and Chelsea. First, in the last two transfer windows ( the winter one and the soon to open summer window ), Chelsea’s star Oscar has […]
Jackson Martinez was hot property in the transfer market this summer. The 28-year-old Colombian International was widely tipped to leave Porto this summer for an elite European club after three highly successful seasons with the Portuguese giants , where he netted 67 goals in 90 games. It finally seemed the time was right for the […]