Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has confirmed the club have €43 million left to spend on transfers this summer, after completing the signing of Samuel Umtiti. The Catalan giants announced they had agreed a €25m deal for the defender last week, with the former Lyon star becoming the club’s first signing of the transfer window. […]
Jose Mourinho is looking for revenge over his former employers as Manchester United have reportedly offered Juventus a world-record fee of up to £100m for their former player Paul Pogba. United are said to have offered Pogba £250,000-a-week in wages, two figures that Real Madrid cannot match. The United bid puts the European Champions in […]
He is the gift that keeps giving. Striker Mario Balotelli has reported for the start of pre-season training with Liverpool after spending last season on loan at AC Milan where he scored just one goal in 23 appearances in Serie A. The former Manchester City man failed to make Italy’s squad for Euro 2016 and […]
Arsenal have finally made a signing this summer! After being turned down by Jamie Vardy and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the Gunners have lowered their sights and signed 21-year-old Japanese striker Takuma Asano. ‘Takuma is a talented young striker and very much one for the future,’ said Wenger. ‘He has had an impressive start to his career […]
Chelsea have made Michy Batshuayi their first signing of the Antonio Conte era with the striker arriving for £33 million from Marseille on a five-year contract. The 22-year-old scored 23 goals last season, including 17 in Ligue 1, despite Marseille struggling and finishing 13th ‒ just nine points clear of the relegation zone. His performances […]
It was one of the worst kept secrets in football. That superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic would be joining Manchester United o a free transfer. Zlatan being Zlatan, pre-empted the club’s official announcement by posting on Instagram that he was moving to Old Trafford. The arrival of the 34-year-old striker has already been compared to the arrival […]
According to the agent for Paulo Dybala, Barcelona recently tabled a bid of €80m (£66m) to sign the Juventus striker. That news is shocking on multiple levels. That someone thinks that Dybala is worth that much money and that Barcelona were willing to pay that kind of transfer fee when they already have the MSN […]
Chelsea have reportedly fended off interest from Crystal Palace and West Ham to sign Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi for a reported £33m. Relatively unknown in the UK, Batshuayi’s Belgian teammate Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois had reportedly urged Antonio Conte to sign the 22-year-old who scored 17 goals in Ligue 1 last season. Only Zlatan […]
Liverpool are edging closer to their big summer signing as the Reds have agreed a fee of £34m, rising to £36m in performance-related add-ons., with Southampton for winger Sadio Mane. The deal is expected to be completed by midweek, making him the fifth player from St Mary’s to join Liverpool in the last three seasons. […]