It appears that Liverpool were so put off by Barcelona’s pursuit of Philippe Coutinho that the Premier League took preventative measures from the Spanish side raiding the club again. During the negotiations last January when Liverpool reluctantly sanctioned the sale of Coutinho to Barca for £142 million, Liverpool sporting director Michael Edwards insisted on a […]
Transfers
Chelsea have been hit with new allegations of rule breaches after being accused of making illegal payments to Andreas Christensen’s father when they signed the Denmark international. Documents obtained by Football Leaks and published on Thursday in the Danish newspaper Politiken claim Sten Christensen was hired as a scout on the same day Andreas was […]
The first CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post of the 2018/19 season looked at the transfers that took place over the summer and identified who the bargains were. What players were purchased below their fair market values? They also identified the players that teams overpaid the most for. According to the report, the bargain of the […]
After the midweek defeat to Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup, new Real Madrid boss Julen Lopetegui was asked about the clubs summer transfer inactivity. “I do not think the club’s policy changes much because of this game,” was Julen Lopetegui’s answer after the game in Tallinn when asked about new signings. But 24 […]
Jurgen Klopp has defended Liverpool’s transfer policy this summer after they spent more than any of their Premier League rivals – £177million in total. Liverpool made four big-name signings in Alisson, Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri as they strengthened their squad from back to front. Klopp believes it has come about after years of […]
Manchester United were expected to be one of the most active Premier League clubs on transfer deadline day but when the transfer window closed on Thursday evening with Jose Mourinho’s prediction, made at a news conference earlier in the day, coming in to fruition: Manchester United failed to add any new signings to add to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]