Reigning European champions and current table-toppers in the Premier League, Liverpool have arguably been the best team in the world since the turn of the year. As far as projects go, few look as attractive as the one at Anfield. It’s why talk of moves for Kylian Mbappé and Jadon Sancho are no longer laughed off. But, in what would be a very Liverpool move, Ryan Fraser could well be the forward...
Memphis Depay has unfinished business in the Premier League. The Dutchman has conquered the Eredivisie and Ligue 1, he’s even starring on an international stage, but his time in England could be best described as underwhelming. Manchester United parted with £25million to secure his signing from PSV in 2015. At the time it was considered a coup with Liverpool and Arsenal also interested in the ve...
Unless something rather dramatic happens, there is going to be a Granit Xhaka-shaped hole in the Arsenal squad that will need filling come January. The midfielder was stripped of the club captaincy earlier this month after he rather unadvisedly told Gunners supporters who cheered his substitution against Crystal Palace to ‘f**k off’. Xhaka hasn’t played for Arsenal since and is...
Since Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down in 2013, Manchester United have constantly been seduced by big-name players who command extravagant transfer fees and exorbitant wages. And there’s been little end return in these investments. Ángel Di María lasted just one season after United paid £59.7million to Real Madrid for the Argentine. As did Radamel Falcao, who arrived at Old Trafford on a loan...
Reigning European champions and current table-toppers in the Premier League, Liverpool have arguably been the best team in the world since the turn of the year. As far as projects go, few look as attractive as the one at Anfield. It’s why talk of moves for Kylian Mbappé and Jadon Sancho are no longer laughed off. But, in what would be a very Liverpool move, Ryan Fraser could well be the forward...
Memphis Depay has unfinished business in the Premier League. The Dutchman has conquered the Eredivisie and Ligue 1, he’s even starring on an international stage, but his time in England could be best described as underwhelming. Manchester United parted with £25million to secure his signing from PSV in 2015. At the time it was considered a coup with Liverpool and Arsenal also interested in the ve...
Unless something rather dramatic happens, there is going to be a Granit Xhaka-shaped hole in the Arsenal squad that will need filling come January. The midfielder was stripped of the club captaincy earlier this month after he rather unadvisedly told Gunners supporters who cheered his substitution against Crystal Palace to ‘f**k off’. Xhaka hasn’t played for Arsenal since and is...
Since Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down in 2013, Manchester United have constantly been seduced by big-name players who command extravagant transfer fees and exorbitant wages. And there’s been little end return in these investments. Ángel Di María lasted just one season after United paid £59.7million to Real Madrid for the Argentine. As did Radamel Falcao, who arrived at Old Trafford on a loan...
It’s a sign of the mismanagement of the Manchester United squad in recent years that 34-year-old Ashley Young has made 12 first-team appearances this season at left-back. Young was once a very effective player. In his younger days, he was a livewire winger with excellent delivery from wide areas. He was good. Very good. But Manchester United good? Probably not. His reinvention as a full-back...
We’re only just into November but the assist of the Premier League season may already have taken place. And it came direct from the boot of an unlikely source. Jorginho conjured up something special during Chelsea’s win over Watford when he swept a first-time pass forward, from just ahead of the half-way line, right into the path of Tammy Abraham. The clinical No.9 was able to latch onto the ball...
When it comes to signing strikers, no Premier League club in recent years has a chequered record quite like West Ham United. So let’s recall a few of the clubs greatest misses. There was Mladen Petrić (zero goals), Marouane Chamakh (zero goals), Marco Borriello (zero goals), Simone Zaza (zero goals) and Jordan Hugill (zero goals). Jonathan Calleri (one goal), Ashley Fletcher (one goal) and N...