Tottenham have become the first club to make no new signings in a transfer window since the concept as we know it came into use in 2003. Daniel Levy promised Mauricio Pochettino new players this summer when he convinced his manager not to join Real Madrid. Then Levy turned around and gave Pochettino no help […]
Premier League
Chelsea are to pay a world record €80m (£72 million) fee for Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga after agreeing to meet his buy-out clause. The 23-year-old is due to fly to London on Wednesday in a move that will trigger the departure of Thibaut Courtois to Real Madrid. Though young and relatively raw, 6ft 3in […]
Arsenal fans are furious after news broke on Tuesday that the club’s majority owner had agreed to pay £550 million to buy second largest shareholder Alisher Usmanov’s 30% stake. The deal values the Gunners at £1.8B. When Usmanov put his shares up for sale last month, we wrote that the only logical buyer for those […]
Barcelona are ‘pushing hard’ to get Philippe Coutinho a Portuguese passport so they can get new signings Arthur, Malcom and Arturo Vidal registered in the first team as La Liga only allows 3 non-EU players in every matchday squad. Coutinho’s wife, Aine, is Portuguese and the former Liverpool star is able to register as a […]
According to reports in Spain, Chelsea are close to signing Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic on loan for the coming season. The two clubs have been in talks for weeks over the futures of Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois and during those negotiations the future of Kovacic came up. Kovacic has been very clear that […]
Thibaut Courtois failed to report for training at Chelsea on Monday in an attempt to force a move to Real Madrid. The FA Cup winners are open to doing a deal before Thursday’s deadline but want £45million for the Belgium goalkeeper and want a deal in place for a replacement before letting Courtois to leave. […]
Jose Mourinho believes his Manchester United team had nothing more to give as they ended their pre-season with a narrow defeat by Bayern Munich. United were beaten 1-0 by Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, five days before their Premier League campaign begins at home to Leicester. Manager Mourinho, without some key players due to […]
Jurgen Klopp has admitted concerns over his defensive options, with Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez the only senior centre backs currently fit and available. The Champions League finalists are due to play Torino in their final pre-season friendly on Tuesday before facing West Ham at home in their Premier League on Sunday. Joel Matip […]