Paris Saint-Germain have beaten competition from Newcastle United to secure the services of French forward Hugo Ekitike. The 20-year-old enjoyed a breakout season with Reims in 2021/22. Ekitike has had top clubs around Europe follow him for the last half year. The player rejected a move to Newcastle United to sign for the Parisians instead. The youngster’s current deal sees him join the Parsiains on an initial loan deal, which could be made permanent next summer for 30 million euros because of an option to buy. https://twitter.com/OptaJean/status/1548371179630538754 Speaking to the PSG website for the first time, Ekitike revealed his Parisian…
Author: Akshat Mehrish
Akshat Mehrish
Akshat Mehrish is a football expert who has a keen interest in tactics and player recruitment aspects of the sport.
Neither of Chelsea’s new recruits made an appearance in Vegas for their first unofficial game of the season against Liga MX side Club America. Instead, the Blues had to rely on Mason Mount and Timo Werner to score the goals that took them past their opponents in front of a packed crowd at the Allegiant Stadium. A cagey first-half aside, Werner put Chelsea in front in the 55th minute; the German’s first-time shot from a Reece James cross hit the back of teammate – and returning member of the Blues’ loan delegation – Michy Batshuayi, but he scored on the rebound from close…
The Gunners are back in negotiations with Manchester City, this time for the transfer of left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko, reports Simon Jones of the Daily Mail. The North Londoners have recently missed out on AFC Ajax centre-back Lisandro Martinez, who has reportedly chosen Manchester United as his next club. The 25-year-old Ukraine international, who can play as both a defender and in midfield, is down the pecking order to City, with Portugal international Joao Cancelo currently the first-choice left-back despite being predominantly right-footed. Arsenal have already shopped at City once this summer. The Gunners paid 45 million pounds to sign forward Gabriel Jesus, a…
According to The Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur are about to add Djed Spence to their growing list of 2022 summer signings. The right-wingback will join the club from Middlesbrough after the two clubs agreed on a transfer fee. Nottingham Forest, too, were interested in the England youth international earlier in the summer – Spence spent the 2021/22 season on loan at City Ground, helping the Tricky Trees achieve promotion via the playoffs – but withdrew when Spurs came into the picture and signed Neco Williams from Liverpool instead. Credit: Tottenham Hotspur Spurs manager Antonio Conte hinted at Spence’s arrival during a press conference in South Korea. While he…
Fresh reports claim the Red Devils have agreements in place to sign Lisandro Martinez and Frenkie de Jong from AFC Ajax and FC Barcelona, respectively. The club has signed only Tyrell Malacia so far this summer. Both the players are former colleagues of the new Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag. Martinez and De Jong could become the club’s second and third signings of the season. Only left-back Tyrell Malacia has joined the club, so far, in a 15 million pound deal from Feyenoord. As per The Athletic, United have an agreement in place with Ajax for Martinez, believed to be in the region of 50 million…
Midfielders Mason Mount and Reece James are expected to pen long-term deals with their boyhood club in the immediate future. The Blues are making big moves this summer, but none could prove to be as crucial in the long run as tying down academy graduates – and now first-team regulars – Mount and James. The pair’s contract has been an issue in the past, but, in separate interviews recently, they confirmed their desire to stay and continue their careers at their boyhood club, despite plenty of interest from elsewhere. https://twitter.com/WhoScored/status/1542158446686097416 Two-time Chelsea Player of the Year, Mount, hopes that talks…
The Blues, who are in the final stages of signing Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli and are rumoured to be in advanced negotiations with Manchester City for Nathan Ake, have identified Paris Saint-Germain’s Presnel Kimpembe as their next defensive target, reports The Athletic. 26-year-old Kimpembe, who broke into the PSG senior team in 2016, has a contract until 2024 with the Parisian club – and a market valuation of 40 million euros according to Transfermarkt. The Frenchman has had prior experience playing under the current Chelsea head manager Thomas Tuchel, with the German leading the Blues’ charge into the transfer market this…
German-Turkish midfielder Mesut Ozil has had his contract terminated by Fenerbahce, the club he left Arsenal to join a year ago. The player, instead, will play for rivals Basaksehir in the upcoming edition of the Turkish Super Lig. Fenerbahce has terminated former Ozil’s contract, eighteen months into his three-and-a-half-year deal. The former German international hasn’t played for the Turkish giants since March 2022, after he was dropped from the squad – a situation made even worse by new manager Jorge Jesus claiming that the “Ozil-era” was over in his very first press conference for the club. Credit: Fenerbahce The 33-year-old confirmed his…
Both Vidal and Flamengo have confirmed that an agreement is in place for the midfielder to join the Brazilian side on a short-term deal. Vidal left Inter Milan at the end of the previous season and has now signed on a free transfer for the Mengao on a one-and-a-half-year contract, which will run until December 2023. The 35-year-old confirmed the same through a social media post he released via his Instagram. “Today a dream I had all my life comes true. Now I am Mengão,”he wrote in the post. The player becomes Flamengo’s second major signing of the summer. Last…
The Blues have signed Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling on a five-plus-one-year deal, making the Englishman the first major men’s signing under the ownership of Todd Boehly. The England international, whose contract was due to expire with the Citizens was set to expire next year, leaves the club after seven years. Sterling, for whom the Blues paid 47.5 million pounds, has penned a deal until the end of the 2026/27 season with the option to extend it by another year – becoming the first significant signing under the new ownership. Переглянути цей допис в Instagram Допис, поширений Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) The…