Arsenal were put in an awkward position last week after RMC Sports reported that William Saliba wants to remain with Marseille even after the end of his loan spell.According to reports, the player was reported to have said he wants to play in the Champions League after helping Marseille seal a return to the competition for the first time since 2013-14 season.Saliba, 21, enjoyed a stellar campaign with The Phocaeans where he helped them reached the semi finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League and a second place finish in the Ligue un.Amongst his host of impressive stats this season,…
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Arsenal’s main priority this summer is signing a striker and Brazilian forward, Gabriel Jesus has been singled out as the perfect fit for the club.Mikel Arteta is convinced that the Manchester City striker is the man, considering him the best pressing striker in the world having worked with him whilst serving as assistant to Pep Guardiola in Manchester.The Arsenal boss is not the only manager that shares this insight of Jesus being the best pressing striker, Pep Guardiola and Brazil manager Tite have both also praised Gabriel Jesus the best pressing forward in the world.Moreso, his intelligent movement on and…
Arsenal are in the market for a new No. 8 and the odds is on Belgian midfielder, Youri Tielemans to become a Gunner as reports suggest he is the man Mikel Arteta priotize.The 25-year-old is believed to be perfect for the system Arteta wants to play in the sense he uses both feet and can get them a quantifiable amount of goal contributions from the middle of the park.The midfielder also has offers from other top teams but could still choose to move to Arsenal even without Champions League football. The Gunners are also reported to be leading the race…
Barcelona president Joan Laporta is open to the return of Neymar back to the club but reckons there is no chance the club will pay to have him back.Responding to questions when asked of that possibility of having the Brazilian back at the club after reports suggest PSG are open to parting ways with him this summer.Laporta said: “Who doesn’t love Neymar? He’s exceptional player, but all these players to return to Barça one day should come for free.”Barcelona, after losing Neymar in 2017 also saw Lionel Messi depart for the French capital last summer while the Kylian Mbappé’s failed…
Premier League money back, Newcastle United are weighing up £50m bid for Arsenal’s Scottish defender, Kieran Tierney.Newcastle boss Eddie Howe is a fan of the former Celtic star, who moved to the Emirates in 2019 and ponders £50m bid for him.However, the 24-year-old is not interested in a move away from the club, where he has become one of the focal point of the project, even though he has played only 56% of the Gunners’ Premier League matches since joining.He has battled with series of injuries in each of his three seasons at the Emirates but when fit and available,…
Frenkie De Jong and Ousmane Dembele could be on their way to Paris this summer as PSG look to add the two players to the ranks in bid to challenge for the Champions League title next season, after successfully tying down Kylian Mbappé.Barcelona are willing to part ways with Dutch midfielder, Frenkie De Jong as they look to relief the financial burdens and let go of players in high wage.The club is also conceding defeat in the battle to keep Ousmane Dembélé and they are 95 percent certain that he’ll leave the club as a free agent this summer, and…
Marcos Alonso has informally requested to leave Chelsea this summer despite having a year left in his contract with Barcelona emerging heavy favourites to land the left-back.The 31-year-old had lost his place in the team to Ben Chilwell but was able to amase 28 Premier League appearances this season thanks to the injury to the English former Leicester City man.Alonso wants to be part of the Spanish national team squad to the world cup later this year and he wants to get regular football in order to boost his chances of being selected a world of good ahead of the…
Southampton goalkeeper, Fraser Forster will have his Tottheham Hotspur medical this week ahead of a summer move to North London after the end of his contract at the Saint Mary’s.The former Celtic goalkeeper has been on the books with the Saints since 2014 and returned to the Scottish club on loan before returning to Southampton in 2020.The 34 year old, also former Newcastle United and Norwich City goalkeeper will join Spurs and deputize for Hugo Lloris, as Antonio Conte side return to the Champions League after securing fourth place finish.Author: Kehinde Hassan Afolabi
Belgian striker, Divock Origi is close to leaving Liverpool to join Scudetto winners, AC Milan in the Italian capital.The 27-year-old is reported to have reached an agreement with Rossoneri as he looks to be more involved regularly, something that will not be easy to come by at Liverpool.He is set to undergo a medical ahead of the summer switch as a free agent.Origi currently has a contract with The Red’s until 2024 but the club is ready to honour his wishes. He was also honoured in what was Liverpool’s last game of the season at Anfield against Wolves on Sunday.Origi,…
Ajax right-back, Noussair Mazraoui is close to sealing a move to Bayern Munich at the end of his contract with Dutch Champions, Ajax Amsterdam, this summer.The 24-year-old Moroccan has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United to team up with his former boss at Ajax, Erik Ten Hag, who is set to lead United at the start of next season.After the reports that English right-back, Aaron Wan-Bissaka is not in the Dutchman’s plans, the speculations of Mazraoui moving to United intensified but it now looks Bayern Munich has beaten them in the race and the defender will be…