Juventus do not make many mistakes in the transfer market. Selling Riccardo Orsolini to Bologna in June might be one. The 23-year-old joined I Rossoblù last summer after spending 18 months on loan at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. Since then he has scored seven times and assisted a further four goals in Serie A – form the Old Lady have taken notice of. Kings of the free transfer in recent year...
James Ward-Prowse is the sort of player every Premier League manager would love to have. Except he’s not always been appreciated by his bosses at Southampton. Until now. The Saints’ journey since returning to the Premier League in 2012 has been a rollercoaster ride. Highs and lows, a cup final, European jaunts and Great Escapes. And plenty of managers. While the men in the dugout haven...
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...
Money in football is just going up and up and up. Be it transfer fees, player wages, ticket prices or TV deals. It’s rare you get something for value – let alone nothing – but in just a few months time there’ll be a crop of big-name free agents on the market. Clubs can approach anyone whose contract is expiring in under six months so long as they play outside of that nation to strike a...
Juventus do not make many mistakes in the transfer market. Selling Riccardo Orsolini to Bologna in June might be one. The 23-year-old joined I Rossoblù last summer after spending 18 months on loan at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. Since then he has scored seven times and assisted a further four goals in Serie A – form the Old Lady have taken notice of. Kings of the free transfer in recent year...
James Ward-Prowse is the sort of player every Premier League manager would love to have. Except he’s not always been appreciated by his bosses at Southampton. Until now. The Saints’ journey since returning to the Premier League in 2012 has been a rollercoaster ride. Highs and lows, a cup final, European jaunts and Great Escapes. And plenty of managers. While the men in the dugout haven...
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...
Money in football is just going up and up and up. Be it transfer fees, player wages, ticket prices or TV deals. It’s rare you get something for value – let alone nothing – but in just a few months time there’ll be a crop of big-name free agents on the market. Clubs can approach anyone whose contract is expiring in under six months so long as they play outside of that nation to strike a...
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...
Lille is quickly turning into the destination for Premier League scouts. After the departures of Nicolas Pépé and Rafael Leão in the summer, there was a feeling the Stade Pierre-Mauroy wouldn’t be such a hotbed for talent spotters. But then the Ligue 1 club went out and bought Victor Osimhen, Yusuf Yazıcı, Renato Sanches, Timothy Weah and Domagoj Bradarić. Not to be outshone by the new arrivals,...
When Sadio Mané walked straight down the tunnel at Molineux, Liverpool lost arguably their player of the season. The Reds looked out of sorts against Wolverhampton Wanderers for the rest of the match. They lacked a spark in the final third and there were fears they could struggle without their No.10 over the coming weeks. A late Roberto Firmino goal snatched the win for the relentless machine p...