Norwich City have further strengthened their squad by signing defender Ozan Kabak on loan from Schalke 04. The Turkey international spent the last half-season on loan at Liverpool as a temporary fix to their defensive crisis, but the club decided against signing him permanently. Kabak revealed he spoke to Norwich manager Daniel Farke about the project in his first interview with the club. He said the following: “I’m very happy to be a part of this family. I’m looking forward to playing in front of the fans and getting some points,” “I spoke with the head coach and I’m really impressed by his…
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Akshat Mehrish
Akshat Mehrish is a football expert who has a keen interest in tactics and player recruitment aspects of the sport.
Former Barcelona striker his official debut for Paris Saint-Germain after a two-week-long wait during their win over Reims. The Argentine attacker was later asked to click a picture with Reims goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic’s son, which he obliged. The 34-year-old was handed a 24-minute cameo appearance by head coach Mauricio Pochettino. While Messi took to the pitch amid huge cheers from the audience, he didn’t have a telling impact on the game. The Parisians, by that point, were already two-nil up thanks to a Kylian Mbappe brace and cruising. https://twitter.com/PSG_English/status/1432107148272672772 Messi touched the ball 26 times in the 24 minutes, often coming deep to receive…
Olivier Giroud got off the mark for Rossoneri in their 4-1 win over Cagliari. The Frenchman’s former Chelsea teammate Tammy Abraham also netted scored his first goal in Italian football during AS Roma’s away game at Salernitana. Missing several key men, Milan head coach Stefano Pioli went with an unchanged eleven against Cagliari from the one which beat Sampdoria on opening day. Olivier Giroud started up top in place of the injured Zlatan Ibrahimovic while Rafael Leao, Brahim Diaz, and Alexis Saelemaekers provided support. The Rossoneri started well with Leao running in behind the Cagliari defense in the opening minutes, only to be denied the first goal of the game by a last-ditch block from Andrea Carboni. Nevertheless,…
A late goal from Mason Greenwood helped Manchester United beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League matchday 3, while Tottenham beat Watford by the same scoreline thanks to another Son Heung-min strike. Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane made their first starts for Manchester United when Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer’s side travelled to the Molineux. Former Borussia Dortmund wingman’s inclusion meant Anthony Martial missed out on a place in the starting eleven. Similarly, Victor Lindelof sat on the bench, his place taken by ex-Real Madrid centre-back in the team. Credit: Getty Images The Visitors started on the back foot and played much of the game as the second-best side of the two. Wolves were unlucky…
Juventus are close to agreeing a fee with Everton for the signing of Moise Kean. The Bianconeri are also targeting Eden Hazard to replace Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Manchester United on Friday. The Portuguese sealed a return to his former club on August 27, ending his three-year Juventus spell. The forward scored 101 goals in 134 appearances for the Bianconeri and won five domestic titles. With four days left in the transfer window, Juve have turned their attention towards Real Madrid star Eden Hazard, reports Marca. Juventus are also interested in signing the Belgian on loan. Hazard replaced Ronaldo at Real following his move to Turin, but injuries and patches of bad…
Manchester City put five past Arsenal, leaving the Gunners bottom of the table after three games. Granit Xhaka was sent off for the away side, who trailed two-nil after just eleven minutes. The Gunners suffered their third successive loss in the Premier League, leaving the Gunners rooted to the bottom of the table. Mikel Arteta’s team shipped five goals against ruthless City, who found the net five times for the second week running. Granit Xhaka saw a red for his reckless challenge on Jack Grealish, while Ferran Torres scored past Bernd Leno twice. https://twitter.com/AFTVMedia/status/1431611906666684416 Nicolas Pepe joined Ben White and Gabriel Magalhaes on the sidelines for Arsenal – the Ivorian ruled out due to an…
Borussia Dortmund returned to winning ways by beating TSG Hoffenheim 3-2. Marco Rose’s men had surprisingly lost their previous game in the league to Freiburg, and they looked to have dropped the points yet again against Hoffenheim until Haaland stepped up to score the winner. The Norwegian scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time to restore Dortmund’s lead after Gio Reyna and Jude Bellingham had their strikes cancelled out in the second half. https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1431354162457968641 No Romelu Lukaku, no problem – or so it seems in the early weeks of the new Serie A season for reigning champions. Despite losing Achraf Hakimi, Lukaku and Antonio…
Chelsea centre-back Kurt Zouma is on the verge of joining West Ham United, . The same was implied by the Blues manager Thomas Tuchel during his press conference and confirmed by David Moyes in his. Earlier, the Frenchman underwent a medical after the two clubs agreed to a transfer fee. He was not involved with the Chelsea squad in training for their tomorrow’s Premier League game against Liverpool. Chelsea head coach denied outright that Zouma was not with the squad since he was undergoing his WHI medical. However, Tuchel did confirm that negotiations between the two clubs have indeed taken place. “Kurt is…
Ligue 1 runners-up are highly likely to let Kylian Mbappe go to Real Madrid and are expected to turn their attention towards completing a sensational move for Erling Haaland afterwards. News broke on Thursday night that Los Blancos have lodged a second bid for Paris Saint-Germain’s star forward Kylian Mbappe. The bid was said to be 170 million euros plus 10 million in add-ons, bringing the total close to the 180 million that the Parisians themselves paid to AS Monaco in 2017. Marca reports that PSG are poised to accept that offer and that the signing of Mbappe is imminent. PSG’s sporting director Leonardo claimed in a recent interview that the club wouldn’t stand in…
The 2021/22 UEFA Champions League group stage draw has resulted in two groups of death. Title winner Chelsea are alongside Juventus in Group H, while record champions Real Madrid have been drawn against Inter Milan yet again. Group A, the first so-called group of death, sees Manchester City take on Paris Saint-Germain. Lionel Messi’s summer move to Paris from Barcelona combined with Cristiano Ronaldo’s prospective transfer to City could result in an unprecedented clash of the titans in the group. Joining the two super clubs in Group A are Germany’s RB Leipzig and Belgium’s Club Brugge, both a force to be reckoned with in the competition. https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1430942816604143621 Liverpool are in the second group of death…