Anders Lindegaard has told 888 Sport that Manchester United are now "a different club" after the world-record signing of Paul Pogba. Anders Lindegaard Lindegaard, 32, joined Sir Alex Ferguson's United in 2010 as a potential successor to goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar but, after failing to make the breakthrough, Louis van Gaal allowed the Dane to join West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer last year. United have since replaced Van Gaal with Jose Mourinho and have made significant reinforcements to the squad this summer, most notably when they broke the transfer record to re-sign Pogba from Juventus. Lindegaard, now with Preston North End, feels it marks a "new chapter" at Old Trafford and said: "United are a different club to when I was there. "It's … [Read more...]
Westbrom to battle Palace for Liverpool misfit
West Brom have joined Crystal Palace in the race to sign Christian Benteke from Liverpool. The Baggies need to rebuild their strike-force with Saido Berahino expected to leave, and Benteke is under consideration, Press Association Sport understands. The forward will be allowed to leave Anfield, although Liverpool are keen on recouping as much of the £32.5million they paid Aston Villa last year meaning any deal will break Albion’s transfer record. Crystal Palace are also interested in the 25-year-old, who scored nine goals in 14 league starts last season but has fallen down the pecking order under Jurgen Klopp. Albion pulled the plug on a record £15million deal for West Ham’s Diafra Sakho last week after it became clear he would not be fit enough until … [Read more...]
Liverpool appoint former England international as scout
Former Real Madrid, Tottenham and Newcastle defender Jonathan Woodgate will take up a scouting role with Liverpool according to sources. Woodgate, 36, retired at the end of last season after helping hometown club Middlesbrough achieve promotion to the Premier League. The former England international will scout for the Reds in Spain and Portugal, countries that have been utilised with varying success in recent seasons. Alberto Moreno, Javier Manquillo, Iago Aspas, Luis Alberto and Aly Cissokho have arrived from Spain while Joao Carlos Teixeira, Tiago Ilori and Lazar Markovic have been signed from Portuguese clubs. The former leeds defender signed for Real Madrid from Newcastle in 2004 for £13.4 million, joining David Beckham and Michael Owen at the … [Read more...]
Sunderland sign Manchester United’s Paddy McNair and Donald Love
Paddy McNair and Donald Love have left Manchester United for Sunderland in a £5.5million double deal, the club have confirmed. Sunderland have completed the signings of Paddy McNair and Donald Love from Manchester United for a combined fee of £5.5million. The defensive duo have signed four-year contracts at the Stadium of Light to reunite with former United boss David Moyes, who succeeded Sam Allardyce as manager in July. "Sunderland AFC have completed the double signing of Paddy McNair and Donald Love from Manchester United for a fee of £5.5 million," the club confirmed in a statement. "The versatile 21-year-olds have both put pen-to-paper on four-year deals and become David Moyes’ second and third signings as Sunderland manager." DOUBLE SWOOP: … [Read more...]
Ozil instrumental in Sane Manchester City move
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has said he advised new Manchester City signing Leroy Sane to move to the Premier League. Sane, 20, joined City from Schalke on a five-year deal for a reported £37 million after talking through the move while on a break with Germany international colleagues Ozil and Liverpool's Emre Can. Ozil told Spox: "Naturally, the Premier League was a topic we discussed several times. I told Leroy that I regard it as the best league in the world and that young players can develop well there. "That is why I was happy for him when the transfer materialised. He will improve a lot under Pep Guardiola." Great night out with my bros @ec2323 and @leroysane19 A photo posted by Mesut Özil (@m10_official) on Jul 24, 2016 at 1:23pm … [Read more...]
Chelsea youngster joins Ajax on loan
Bertrand Traore has become the latest young player to leave Chelsea on loan, with Ajax securing his services for the entire season. The 20-year-old striker from Burkina Faso broke into the Blues first team under Guus Hiddink last season and has scored two goals in 10 Premier League appearances for the club. However, he has now been given the tough task of replacing Polish star Arek Milik, who joined Napoli earlier this month following Gonzalo Higuain’s big-money move to Juventus. He will be reunited with coach Peter Bosz, who he played under during a loan spell at Vitesse Arnhem between 2013-15 and could be thrown straight into their Champions League play-off squad against Rostov. … [Read more...]
Disappointment for Chelsea as Witsel set for Zenit stay
Axel Witsel has informed Zenit St Petersburg he will be staying for at least another season, ending rumours of a summer move to the Premier League. The Belgian had originally asked to leave the Russian outfit , with his current boss Mircea Lucescu saying the midifielder had held talks with two Premier League teams. However, it appears Witsel has now had a change of heart and has not even ruled out the opportunity of extending his current deal. “I want to stay at Zenit for another year and I’m focused exclusively on the mseason that’s just started,” he told R-Sport . “If I have to leave Russia one day, I have no preference between the Premier League or Serie A. Both championships are incredible.” “I don’t know, but I never say never,” he said. … [Read more...]
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