Manchester United’s move for Ajax defender Jurrien Timber is all but dead in the water after recent comments by dutch and former Manchester United boss, Louis van Gaal.The young defender is set to move to Old Trafford and reunite with his former coach, Ten Hag but van Gaal, who managed the club between 2014 to 2016 has commented on the transfer, leaving the player having to think twice.Speaking to the press, Telegraaf dutch correspondent, Marcel van der Kraan said: “Jurrien Timber to United is absolutely dead in the water, the player was ready to move and his agent went to…
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Chelsea and Inter are close to reaching an agreement for the loan deal of Romelu Lukaku.All three parties involved in the deal are certain on their stands. Inter wants Lukaku and vice versa. Chelsea are also interested in doing business.The Nerazzurri had a first offer of €5 million loan fee rejected by the Londoners while a second offer, which is much improved than the first has been tabled, which is very close to Chelsea’s valuation.Both Chelsea and Inter are not far from reaching an agreement that will see the Belgian return to Italy, following a forgettable first season back in…
Even though Arsenal are bound to bring in another striker this summer, Eddie Nketiah will be oozing confidence when the new season gets underway.The young striker wants to be an important part of a project, which was why he had seek to move on but Arsenal have done well to convince him to continue his adventure at the club.For his performances in the later stages of last season, he has been rewarded with a bumper new contract that will see him remain at the club until the summer of 2027.The 23-year-old was linked with a move away from the Emirates…
Even in the biggest club competition of them all, the UEFA Champions League, the Portuguese clubs are starting to show they aren’t just pushovers.Back at the start of the 2008/09 season, the Liga NOS is ranked tenth in the UEFA coefficient League rankings, below The Russian Premier League, Ukrainian Premier League, Dutch Eredivisie and the Romanian Liga I.Three years later, they moved into the top five, leapfrogging the leagues mentioned earlier, and the French Ligue un, are were occupying the fifth spot at the time.The projection in rank was thanks to FC Porto’s success in the UEFA Europa League in…
Out of the blue, Arsenal are close to completing a €40 million move for young Portuguese sensation, Fabio Vieira.Youri Tielemans here and Gabriel Jesus there, surely no one saw this one coming from Edu and Mikel Arteta as even the top media outlets were caught unaware.There were no links or speculations and boom, the 22-year-old is on his way to London for medical examinations ahead of signing a five year contract with the Gunners.Vieira has a release clause of €50 million but Edu has managed to struck a deal with Porto without offering up to the players release clause.His arrival…
Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez has revealed the influence of the PSG offer that made Real Madrid end their pursuit of Kylian Mbappé this summer.It was thought that the 23-year-old is Madrid bound after turning down new contract offer from PSG last summer amidst Real Madrid’s interest in luring him to the Bernabéu.However, after so much anticipation this summer, Mbappé decided to stay in Paris following a ridiculous offer tabled by Les Parisien and the pressure on the player.Florentino Perez said in his latest interview: “Mbappé did not betray anyone. His dream was to join Madrid, he always bought our…
Five years ago, Barcelona parted ways with £107 million to secure the services of 20-year-old promising winger, Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund.Having sold Neymar Junior to PSG Paris Saint-Germain for transfer record fee, the club was on the lookout for a direct replacement and having impressed in his debut season in the Bundesliga, Dembele was chosen as the hier to the Brazilian.The now 25-year-old signed for Borussia Dortmund from Stade de Rennais for €15 million after an impressive début season as a professional, where he scored twelve goals and assisted five in 22 league starts.He carried that form into his…
Before their first match of the UEFA Nations League, the defending Champions were unbeaten in 20 matches for games ending in 90 minutes with their only loss in that period coming against Switzerland via a penalty shootout in the round of 16 of the European Championship last summer.France kicked off their Nations League campaign with a defeat against Denmark and followed it up with two draws before losing again to Croatia on Monday night.Missing Paul Pogba and the likes, France have struggled to impose their will on their opponents, losing the ability to control games.France has only lost a game…
Newly promoted Premier League side, Fulham are interested in Arsenal’s German goalkeeper, Bernd Leno.The shots stopper has lost him starting spot at Arsenal after the arrival of Aaron Ramsdale in the end of last summer and now seeks a move away from the club.Arsenal have also signed goalkeeper, Matt Turner from Major League Soccer side, New England Revolution and the 27-year-old American is expected to back up Ramsdale next season, with the club also conceding Leno’s departure is inevitable.Leno became the undisputed number one for Arsenal at the start of the 2019/20 season, one year after joining from Leverkusen for…
Brazil legend, Rivaldo urges Arsenal technical director, Edu Gasper to pursue the signing of Everton forward Richarlison as the player seeks to move out of that Goodison Park this summer.Richarlison has confirmed his intention to leave Everton this summer as he looks to take the next step in his career after helping the club escape relegation last season.The 25-year-old was a standout star yet again for the Merseyside club, finishing the league campaign with more goals and assists than any other player at the club.Richarlison has impressed the crowd at the club since joining for around £40 million from Watford…