Alexis Sanchez’s proposed £60 million deadline-day move to Manchester City was ‘not very close’, according to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger. The Chilean’s expected transfer to the Etihad Stadium fell through on Thursday after Arsenal’s failure to land Thomas Lemar from Monaco for an eye-watering £92m. And the Frenchman, who expects Sanchez to remain ‘100 per […]
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Barcelona claim that Liverpool were willing to sell Philippe Coutinho on the Spanish transfer deadline day. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Barcelona’s director of professional sports Albert Soler said the Merseyside club demanded €200 million (£185m) to make the deal happen. Soler said: ‘Yesterday, after weeks of offers and talks, Liverpool valued a […]
Chelsea had an underwhelming transfer window as they failed to secure a number of targets but went some way to making amends in the final hours. Antonio Conte isn’t in charge of signing players for Chelsea and thus the pressure has been piled upon directors Marina Granovskaia and Michael Emenalo after a series of rejections […]
Alexis Sanchez has threatened to never pull on an Arsenal shirt ever again after a deadline day move to Manchester City fell through. According to Goal, City reportedly agreed a fee for the Chilean forward on deadline day, but Arsenal pulled it back at the last minute after their deal for Monaco’s Thomas Lemar fell […]
And so the departures from the Emirates begin. Just 48 hours after being part of the Arsenal side that were ripped apart by Liverpool at the weekend, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is set to move to Chelsea after the two clubs agreed on a £35m fee for the England international. Oxlade-Chamberlain, who is in the final year […]
Liverpool have agreed a club record deal for Naby Keita, but the Guinea international will not be joining Jurgen Klopp’s side until next summer. The RB Leipzig midfielder had Liverpool’s number one target this summer, but the deal appeared to be dead after RB Leipzig rejected a second bid worth £70million for the midfielder. However, […]
It’s been a horrible start to the Premier League campaign by Arsenal. They just squeezed past Leicester City 4-3 on the opening weekend, lost 1-0 at Stoke last weekend and then were ripped apart at Anfield on Saturday as they once again failed to cope with Liverpool’s energetic, counter-attacking style. Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane […]
Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has become the first player in Premier League history to both score and assist in each of his first two home games. The big-money signing from Real Madrid this summer didn’t get his Blues career off to the best of starts as he missed a penalty in the Community Shield loss […]
Arsenal were cut to ribbons by Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, the Reds providing a fine counter-attacking display. Liverpool showed no signs of fatigue from their midweek Champions League match, used a counter-attacking masterclass to dismantle Arsenal in a highly convincing 4-0 Premier League victory at Anfield. A 6-3 aggregate victory over Hoffenheim, completed on […]