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Arsenal are set to go head-to-head with Manchester United over the signature of German World cup star and winner Mats Hummels. The Borussia Dortmund’s defender has been identified as a transfer target for manager Arsene Wenger. The Gunners have been dealt a big blow by injuries to key players and manager Arsene Wenger is looking […]
Manchester United boss, Louis van Gaal, have reignited the fire of landing his ever-evasive fantasy, after failing to lure 27-year-old central midfielder, Arturo Vidal, to Old Trafford in the just concluded transfer window. Vidal has been wanted by several clubs in the past but Juventus rejected several offers to keep their star. Van Gaal’s pursuit […]
West Ham United look set to lose out on one of their best players after failing to make him commit pen to paper. The Hammers’ breakthrough of the past 12 months, Winston Reid, has been told by the club that they will no further improve their current offer for the extension of his contract so […]
Was it not just few days ago that Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent spelt it out explicitly that his client was not considering exiting the Santiago Bernabeu not to talk of heading back to Manchester? So why hasn’t the rumours subsided? Of a truth it should have, but when a journalist of Guillem Balague’s reputation says that […]
Recently, Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain, bankrolled by Middle East Investors, appeared to have broken UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations and have been bandied around and slated as defaulters as a result of their relentless quest to permanent members of European football’s affluent elite. UEFA, the European football’s governing body, has made its […]
Manchester United’s summer target Juan Caudrado is on the verge of penning down a contract extension with his Florence based employers but Manchester United fans need not despair, the Colombian could still make a switch over to Old Trafford. Juan Caudrado took the world by storm when his partnership with Real Madrid’s new boy James […]
Manchester United’s hope of signing Barcelona’s defender Jordi Alba has substantially dwindled down has the Catalan giants reportedly rejected Manchester City’s £25m bid. In a statement made by FIFA agent Francias Gallardo revealed that Alba was the subject of an offer from Manuel Pelligrini’s side which Barcelona firmly declined. He further stated; ‘City was interested […]
In a move that will surely upset thousands of fans at Old Trafford, Manchester City are already making moves to establish themselves are the favourites in the race to land Barcelona’s Dani Alves according to reports. Alves’s contract is set to expire at the end of this season and has made his intensions clear that […]
Real Madrid hope of signing Manchester United goal keeper David De Gea have received a huge boost with report the player will be willing to make a move if the Spanish giant brings an offer. De Gea have been linked with the Spanish capital club for some weeks now with the club looking at replacing […]
Manchester United and Chelsea are set to lock horn again but this time in an off-field battle that will see the club via for the signature of Everton’s right full back Seamus Coleman. Coleman has been impressive for Everton in recent season winning the Everton player of the year and players’ player of the while […]
Arsenal have had to deal with betrayal from players that honed their skills at Highbury/Emirates. One of the biggest of the treacherous lot has been former captain Robin Van Persie who swapped the Emirates for Old Trafford some seasons ago. With is contract winding down, he rejected a new deal and despite Wenger’s desire to […]
After setting thousands of mouths wagging all through the summer, only few people could categorically say that by this time, Arturo Vidal will not be marshalling Manchester United’s midfield. Well, the Old Trafford side eventually missed out on the box-to-box midfielder but they have never ceased to watch from a distance the developments surrounding the […]
How many times have Manchester United tried to sign versatile Wesley Sneijder? In the last few years of Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign at Manchester United, The legendary scot had maintained a close monitoring of the Dutch midfieldereven since his days at real Madrid. It was said the Sir Alex wanted another creative cum combative midfieldenforcer […]
There seems to be a growing speculation that Spanish giants, Real Madrid are considering a bid to bring in Dutch midfielder Kevin Strootman from Roma. According to the reports, Roma are finally considering selling the player after turning down several offers for him. The Dutch midfield enforcer has been sidelined since March this year but […]
If there was a player that Jamie Carragher would have loved to play alongside, and then it is erstwhile Manchester United captain, Nemanja Vidic. In January 2006, the Serbian cost the Red Devils about 7 million pounds and he went on to make 300 appearances in eight-and-a-half years at Old Trafford before he moved over […]
It is no longer news that erstwhile Manchester United manager, David Moyes was considering several players that he hoped would fix the issues he discovered while he stayed on as boss of the Old Trafford outfit. To say the least is that most of these players were actually worthy of a Manchester United spot seeing […]
When Manchester United file out on October 20thagainst West Brom, Louis van Gaal will be hoping that defender Phil Jones and Chris Smalling will be fit to join the squad. Since the Dutchman’s arrival at the Theatre of Dreams, he has had to face several injury situations. In fact this season, the manager has never […]
With all the problems that Manchester United have faced defensively this season, many pundits have wondered why Louis van Gaal concentrated more on the midfield and attack. This is not to say that the Dutch made frivolous spending in other departments because even with all the criticisms, he still sanctioned the acquisition of 2 defenders […]
Di Maria has admitted to being convinced by Cristiano Ronaldo to join Man Utd. The Argentine was quoted as saying “at that time, we didn’t know for sure that I was coming or not, so we didn’t go into great detail, but what he did say helped me greatly to make my decision”. Of course CR7 […]
So much has been said about the future of Real Madrid’s Spanish stopper Iker Casillas. The Spanish legend had his somewhat invincibility demystified by erstwhile Los Blancos boss Jose Mourinho who under the pretext of an injury to him brought in former Valencia goalkeeper Diego Lopez only for him to settle for the new goalkeeper […]