Chelsea have made Michy Batshuayi their first signing of the Antonio Conte era with the striker arriving for £33 million from Marseille on a five-year contract. The 22-year-old scored 23 goals last season, including 17 in Ligue 1, despite Marseille struggling and finishing 13th ‒ just nine points clear of the relegation zone. His performances […]
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It was one of the worst kept secrets in football. That superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic would be joining Manchester United o a free transfer. Zlatan being Zlatan, pre-empted the club’s official announcement by posting on Instagram that he was moving to Old Trafford. The arrival of the 34-year-old striker has already been compared to the arrival […]
According to the agent for Paulo Dybala, Barcelona recently tabled a bid of €80m (£66m) to sign the Juventus striker. That news is shocking on multiple levels. That someone thinks that Dybala is worth that much money and that Barcelona were willing to pay that kind of transfer fee when they already have the MSN […]
Chelsea have reportedly fended off interest from Crystal Palace and West Ham to sign Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi for a reported £33m. Relatively unknown in the UK, Batshuayi’s Belgian teammate Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois had reportedly urged Antonio Conte to sign the 22-year-old who scored 17 goals in Ligue 1 last season. Only Zlatan […]
Liverpool are edging closer to their big summer signing as the Reds have agreed a fee of £34m, rising to £36m in performance-related add-ons., with Southampton for winger Sadio Mane. The deal is expected to be completed by midweek, making him the fifth player from St Mary’s to join Liverpool in the last three seasons. […]
Borussia Dortmund could finally decided to cash in to Henrikh Mkhitaryan and allow the attacking midfielder to leave for Manchester United in a deal worth a reported £32 million (€38m). That is a steep price for United to pay for a player who is out of contract next summer, but Jose Mourinho is said to […]
Just over 11 years ago Arsenal signed Dutch superstar Dennis Bergkamp, a move that issued in the beginning of a golden age of Arsenal football. It was a move that helped propel Arsenal into the “Big Four”, a group of clubs that have dominated English football for the last decade. Almost 11 years to the […]
You can cross another striker of the Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United shopping lists as Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann has signed a new five-year deal keeping him at the club until 2021 and his release clause has reportedly been increased from €82.3m (£63m) to €100m (£76.6m). An Atletico statement read: “Antoine Griezmann has renewed […]
As expected Real Madrid are set to exercise their buy-back clause in Alvaro Morata’s contract and then they will turn around and flip the Italian striker for a huge profit. The striker is attracting interest from a series of Europe’s top clubs, Arsenal and Chelsea, despite only scoring seven goals in the league last season […]