In recent weeks, English Premier League giant Manchester United have been watching Las Palmas centre-back defender Mauricio Lemos. The 20-year-old was said to be a summer target for La Liga side FC Barcelona just weeks after Las Palmas exercised an option to buy him permanently for €2million from Russian side Rubin Kazan. Now according to the Sunday People, Manchester United reportedly watched Lemos in action in La Liga last month. They were also said to have watched him in his side’s Copa del Rey game with lower-league side Huesca. And even though Barcelona offered €4million with other add-ons which brought everything to a further total of €8million, Las Palmas remained adamant and stood firm over the fee. Eventually, even Mauricio Lemos himself feared he … [Read more...]
Chelsea Set To Offload Midfielder In Double Swoop Deal
Chelsea are reportedly ready to cash in on Cesc Fabregas in a move to get Radja Nainggolan and Antonio Rudiger during the summer transfer window. Antonio Conte is said to be a long-term admirer of the duo of Nainggolan and Rudiger and could allow Fabregas go loan to Roma during the January transfer window with hopes the Serie A side will favour them in the move for the pair. It is understood that Conte wants a more rounded box-to-box midfielder to solidify his side after a brilliant start to the Premier League season so far. There are reports that Roma may face stiff competition from League rivals, AC Milan who are said to be keen on getting the Spanish midfielder but an option to buy Nainggolan or Rudiger will surely give them advantage over the … [Read more...]
Arsenal Assures Everything Is In Control Amidst Transfer Speculation Over Star Duo
Arsenal news over the past week has been dominated by the present contract standoff involving the club's star duo namely Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez with reports linking the former with a return to Real Madrid amongst other clubs while the 27-year old Chilean forward was linked to English Premier League (EPL) leaders Chelsea and even China with a weekly payment of £400,000 been mooted. To this effect, Arsenal chief David Miles has assured that everything concerning contracts involving Arsenal players is under control. This was made known by Miles in a chat with BT Sport as he said: "Of course, we know talks are ongoing with certain players and certain contracts." "At the moment, things are looking pretty good in that way." he further added. The previously … [Read more...]
Good News: Contact Made Already As United Set To Sign £35M Star
Pep Guardiola led his team Manchester City to suffer a shocking defeat against current EPL defending champions Leicester City on Saturday, giving Manchester United the chance to close the gap on their long-time rivals after beating Tottenham. Even after signing in top quality players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba in the summer transfer window, Manchester United are still average so far this season. The red devils manager Jose Mourinho is looking to further reinforce his squad and West Ham United’s Dimitri Payet has been constantly linked. He wanted him in the summer as well and over two weeks back, the Mirror reported that United are looking to finally sign the £35million rated ($44million) star in the winter window. Recent reports have it that … [Read more...]
Chelsea Youngster Returns After Failed Loan Spell
Chelsea youngster Kenedy has returned to Stamford Bridge after a poor loan spell with Watford. Hornets boss Walter Mazzari has revealed the 20-year-old who joined Watford on a season-long loan has returned to his parent club, Chelsea due to a niggling knee injury which has made him play only 15 minutes for the club during their defeat to Burnley earlier this season. Mazzarri said: ‘Kenedy went back to Chelsea, ‘He was a player we never had time to evaluate because he was injured the whole time.’ Confirming Kenedy's return to Chelsea, Cesc Fabregas posted a photo of himself and the winger which initially sparked suggestions he had returned to Stamford Bridge. Kenedy moved to Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2015 from Brazilian side, Fluminense … [Read more...]
Confirmed! Liverpool To Battle Juventus For The Signature Of €34m Rated Midfielder
German side Borussia Moenchengladbach midfielder Mahmoud Sahoud has been a long time transfer target of Anfield giants Liverpool with a summer move almost taking place before the 20-year old remained with his current side. According to a report from popular Italian news outlet Tuttosport Italian Serie A champions Juventus have now joined the race to sign Dahoud and they are very confident about getting their man. He was also a subject of a reported €34m bid from French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain (PSG) however it was rejected by his German side. There is no doubt that Mahmoud Dahoud's future is unclear due to the fact that he is stalling on a new deal with the club, who finished in third position behind Barcelona and Manchester City as far as the … [Read more...]
Arsenal Interested In United Star, Ozil Could Move The Other Way
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is reportedly keen on signing Manchester United winger Jesse Lingard according to the Sun on Sunday with the Gunners' playmaker Mesut Ozil possibly moving the other way in what would be a swap deal. As per the report Lingard, who is an academy product at Old Trafford would be offered a double your money wages of £120,000 when he wants to move to Arsenal. This is however surprising though considering the history between Wenger and his United counterpart Jose Mourinho though getting Ozil in return would be a dream transfer for the former Inter Milan, Chelsea, FC Porto and Real Madrid boss. The Portuguese worked with German playmaker Ozil at European champions Real Madrid as he described him as "the best No 10 in the world." 27-year … [Read more...]