Liverpool look set to be busy in the transfer market when the season ends. According to reports in Germany, the Premier League leaders want to add Timo Werner to their ranks this summer. Reports in England claim Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho is high on their wishlist, too. At first glance, this may seem like an either/or situation. But there’s a need for both players at Anfield. And no,...
Hakim Ziyech may not have been Ajax’s biggest star but he was one of their most in-demand last summer. With Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt deciding their futures fairly early on, attention quickly turned to where the Amsterdam club’s creator-in-chief would end up. Reports linked Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund with the Mor...
It is that time of the year again. No, we’re not talking about the return of the Champions League. It’s the time of the year which sees Portuguese media outlets linking Sporting, Benfica and FC Porto players with big-money moves abroad, namely to Premier League sides. With the Bruno Fernandes saga now at an end, O Jogo have turned their attention to Carlos Vinicius. The 24-year-old has been in ra...
Internazionale made the bold decision during the summer transfer window to loan out Mauro Icardi. Though the Argentine forward had fallen out of favour at San Siro, showing a player with 111 goals in 188 Serie A games the exit door was risky. As shown on countless occasions throughout history, failing to replace a goalscorer can end a season before a ball has even been kicked. But new coach Ant...
Liverpool look set to be busy in the transfer market when the season ends. According to reports in Germany, the Premier League leaders want to add Timo Werner to their ranks this summer. Reports in England claim Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho is high on their wishlist, too. At first glance, this may seem like an either/or situation. But there’s a need for both players at Anfield. And no,...
Hakim Ziyech may not have been Ajax’s biggest star but he was one of their most in-demand last summer. With Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt deciding their futures fairly early on, attention quickly turned to where the Amsterdam club’s creator-in-chief would end up. Reports linked Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund with the Mor...
It is that time of the year again. No, we’re not talking about the return of the Champions League. It’s the time of the year which sees Portuguese media outlets linking Sporting, Benfica and FC Porto players with big-money moves abroad, namely to Premier League sides. With the Bruno Fernandes saga now at an end, O Jogo have turned their attention to Carlos Vinicius. The 24-year-old has been in ra...
Internazionale made the bold decision during the summer transfer window to loan out Mauro Icardi. Though the Argentine forward had fallen out of favour at San Siro, showing a player with 111 goals in 188 Serie A games the exit door was risky. As shown on countless occasions throughout history, failing to replace a goalscorer can end a season before a ball has even been kicked. But new coach Ant...
In an attempt to convince Roy Hodgson to extend his stay at Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace are prepared to sanction a big-money move for Fedor Chalov when the transfer window reopens in the summer. The Eagles missed out on Jarrod Bowen in January while a deal for Nathan Ferguson broke down over his medical. Reports have since emerged claiming Hodgson is unhappy with the lack of investment in his sq...
When Roma sold Mohamed Salah during the summer of 2017, the Serie A club thought they’d played a blinder. The former Chelsea had cost £16million. One year later, they pocketed £39million for the Egypt international and spent just £10million of that on his replacement. The Italian side never envisaged Salah’s meteoric rise and, in hindsight, the deal now looks a bad one of them. However...
One man’s misfortune is another’s fortune, they say. For Everton defender Mason Holgate, that could not be truer. The 23-year-old was halfway out the Goodison Park exit door in the summer. According to The Sun, Bournemouth, Burnley and Sheffield United were circling for the £10million-rated defender and Toffees boss Marco Silva was happy to sell. Holgate had just returned from a six-m...