Chelsea and Manchester United will compete for the signature of Leicester City defender, Wesley Fofana.The French defender has impressed since joining Leicester City in 2020 even though he spent the most of the last season on the sideline having sustained a heavy injury in a preseason game against Villarreal.The 21-year-old joined Leicester City from French side Saint Etienne for £36.5 million and the club will now demand more than double from interested clubs this summer.Even though a player like Fofana is difficult to replace, Leicester will be open to selling since they have players to fill the position at the…
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After the announcement that French striker Alexandre Lacazette will leave Arsenal this summer, that leaves record signing, Nicolas Pepe as the player with the most goals for the club in the current squad.The Ivorian has scored just 27 goals in 112 appearances for Arsenal since moving from Lille to the Emirates in 2019 for what a club record fee though he has been unable to justify the price tag.Pepe costed Arsenal a whooping £72 million and his involvement in the last season was so limited due to the Gunners lack of European commitments.The 27-year-old could also be on the move…
Chelsea are eyeing summer swoop for Juventus’ dutch defender, Mattijs de Ligt.The former Ajax star has been linked with a move away from Juventus having not find life in Italy comfortable since joining from his childhood club in 2019.22-year-old De Ligt has a wealth of experience, rather too much for his age having already made up to 300 appearances in top flight competitions, whilst he is also an established international player with one of the best nations in Europe.He is seen as one of the many prospective players who would help Chelsea make up for the multiple departures in their…
The last acquisition of a successful Roman Abramovich era is Chelsea’s most expensive signing, and it was to see Romelu Lukaku return to the club after an unsuccessful attempt in his first spell.Chelsea spent £97.5 million on the best player in the Serie A in the 2021/21 season, but a return to England has seen the player degraded back to the status he was when he departed England in 2019.Lukaku scored 24 goals in his final season with Inter, which was more than all managed by Chelsea attackers that season. He also helped Inter win the Scudetto for the first…
Since Erik Ten Hag’s arrival at Manchester United, there has been only one player heavily linked with a move to the club, despite the several outgoings.Frenkie de Jong has been the name in the speculations of a move to the Old Trafford this summer, to link up with his former Ajax folks in a deal that would be massive for the project should United be able to get it done.Despite the limitations, which is United not playing in the Champions League next season, the rumours of Frenkie de Jong to United won’t just go away.The club has over the years…
Barca B striker, Ferran Jutgla has completed a permanent move to Belgium side, Club Brugge.The 23-year-old striker will have a medical on Monday ahead of completing a €6 million move from the Spanish giant.Jutgla made six La Liga appearances for Barcelona last season, scoring one goal. The move to Belgium is to help him establish himself for more first team role as he has already outgrown playing for the reserves.There will be no buy back option in the deal and it is set to be finalized next week.Author: Kehinde Hassan Afolabi
Arsenal’s french defender, William Saliba has vowed to stay and fight for his place at the club after a successful season long loan spell at Marseille.The 21-year-old defender enjoyed a successful spell with the French club and a lot of speculations has ensued, with many reports suggesting he wants to stay in Marseille to play Champions League football.Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has respond to the reports, stating Saliba is an Arsenal player and the loan agreement is just for a season, which has been concluded and Saliba will return to the Emirates this summer.The stressed that the loan was to…
PSG Paris Saint-Germain could be willing to part ways with Neymar Junior this summer after what is considered a season of failure in their quest to maximize the potential of Brazilian alongside the other two superstars, Messi and Mbappé to win a Champions League title.The Brazilian has endured another season where injuries limited his impact in the team, albeit he was available for their two legged Champions League round of 16 3-2 aggregate loss to Real Madrid, he was only able to come on in the second half in Paris.Neymar did assisted PSG’s two goals in the tie but he…
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has told he is interested in the services of Portuguese midfielder, Bernardo Silva.The Spanish manager has named the 27-year-old among his summer transfer targets, including Chelsea’s trio of Marcos Alonso, Cesar Azpilicueta and Andres Christensen.Bernardo Silva has been one of City’s best player since joining from Monaco in the summer of 2017.The former Benfica player in the concluded season enjoyed his most productive season in front of goals, netting eight times in the league to help City leapfrog Liverpool to the title.Xavi has confessed he want the midfielder in Barcelona but it will it highly unlikely…
Paul Pogba is leaving Manchester United and probably returning to Juventus, the same club that took him away from Old Trafford for free and sold him there for what was a world record transfer fee in 2016.Six years after Manchester United, under Jose Mourinho spent £89 million to bring him back to the club, it is without a doubt a regrettable decision as the Frenchman never really played the class that made United reunite with him.Maybe the club did benefitted from their percentage on the player’s image rights and other endorsements he won them but it was because of the…