Manchester United has finally reached agreement with Ajax for the transfer of the Brazilian forward Antony. United are reported to pay the Dutch club a guaranteed €95m (£81.3m), plus €5m (£4.2m) in add-ons. Antony will not be available to face Leicester on Thursday but could make his debut against Arsenal on Sunday. Antony, who has [...]
Transfers
Stunning developments in the transfer market today as Manchester United have confirmed they have reached an agreement to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus. United have agreed to pay £12.8m for the 36-year-old, with the deal subject to personal terms, a visa and a medical. Ronaldo seemed destined to join rivals Manchester City, but calls from [...]
The Lionel Messi era in Barcelona has officially came to an end as Messi bid farewell to Barca fans in a teary press conference on Sunday. On Friday, Barcelona President Joan Laporta had announced the club could not re-sign their greatest player due to the deep financial issues that the club had. Messi has became [...]
Premier League champions Manchester City has broken the British transfer record by completing the signing of Jack Grealish for £100m from Aston Villa. The England international has signed a six-year contract and is expected to make his debut in the Community Shield clash with Leicester City at Wembley. “I am incredibly happy to have joined [...]
I have written a lot over the last two years about Lionel Messi’s fractured relationship with FC Barcelona and the possibility of him leaving the club this summer on a free transfer. But still, when the news broke today that Messi was leaving Barcelona, it was a shock, and headline news around the world. Some [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo has made sure that he is one of the topics of summer after saying that he has achieved what he set out to do in Serie A and that he wants to leave Juventus The 36-year-old Ronaldo has a year left on his contract that pays him a massive €31m net per season. [...]
Tottenham Hotspur and England captain Harry Kane has put himself up for sale after reiterating his desire to win trophies following Spurs’s Carabao Cup final defeat. Kane, who at 27 is in the peak of his career, has yet to win a trophy at Spurs, with the loss to Manchester City his third in a [...]
Another January transfer window has come and gone. This one though lacked the fireworks of previous windows due to the ongoing impact that COVID-19 is having on the finances of football clubs around the world. The lack of money does not mean that some clubs improved themselves during the window, while the lack of activity [...]
Arsenal have signed Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid on a long-term deal after paying his 50m euros (£45.3m) release clause. Uruguay midfielder Lucas Torreira, 24, has moved in the opposite direction and joined the La Liga side on loan. The 27-year-old Ghana midfielder made 35 league appearances and scored three goals for Diego Simeone’s side [...]
While transfer deadline day passed without anymore signings for Chelsea, it was overall a good transfer window for Frank Lampard’s side. The Blues spent more money than anyone in Europe this summer and they got most of their business done early. Having saved up funds after two transfer windows of no new players and sales [...]
