The Blues, unsure of the feasibility of a big payout for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, have backed away from a move for the Barcelona frontman. However, Manchester United are keeping tabs on the former Gabon international. Thomas Tuchel might not be getting his dream reunion after all, with reports now confirming that Chelsea’s move for Barcelona hitman – and Tuchel’s former colleague – Aubameyang has stalled. The veteran forward was the Blues’ number one choice to reinforce their attack; to that end, the club submitted a 15 million euro offer to Barcelona, which was not accepted by the Spanish giants. According to reports, the…
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.
Harry Kane scored twice – and missed a spot-kick – to help Tottenham Hotspur beat Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. Spurs continued their fine form at the start of the season by defeating the newly-promoted Nottingham Forest 2-0. The win helped Spurs climb up to third in the table with ten points, one of five sides yet to be beaten this season, level with Manchester City in second and Brighton and Hove Albion in fourth. Spurs took the lead five minutes after kick-off. Dejan Kulusevski created space for Kane to run into with his stride through to the middle. The Swede then threaded the ball…
Barcelona pondered and probed for an opening early on in their Sunday night fixture against the newly-promoted Real Valladolid, knowing that a second successive win would help them climb to third in the table. Robert Lewandowski and Ousmane Dembele hit the woodwork as part of the Blaugrana’s early onslaught, but it wasn’t long after that the former gave them the lead. The Pole struck first in the 24th minute, converting a teasing cross from summer signing Raphinha at the back post. Twenty minutes later, Pedri timed a late run to the edge of the box and side-footed a pass from Dembele into…
Everton boss Frank Lampard is hopeful that the club will keep hold of 21-year-old attacking midfielder Anthony Gordon amid interest from Chelsea. The Englishman scored his first goal of the season in Everton’s 1-1 draw against Brentford – a game in which he played amid the backdrop of Chelsea’s interest in signing him for a fee reportedly in the region of 50-60 million. Lampard – a former Chelsea player and manager – remains defiant, however, that the club’s star youngster is not for sale and that he would want him to stay at Goodison Park for the season. “He’s a level of…
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta thinks it is too early to consider his side as Premier League contenders, despite the Gunners’ perfect start to the league season. The North London giants have played four and won four games so far in this campaign. A late goal from centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes settled Arsenal’s win over the newly-promoted Fulham. The Gunners trailed the Cottagers by a goal to nil following Aleksandar Mitrovic’s opening goal in the 56th minute. But that didn’t last for long as captain Martin Odegaard brought his side level with a well-taken finish four minutes past the hour mark, setting the stage for Gabriel’s late winner. Arsenal’s…
AFC Ajax boss Alfred Schreuder confirmed that Manchester United target Antony would remain absent from the first-team squad to take on FC Utrecht in the Eredivisie – a match which they won 2-0 – given the player’s attempts to join the Red Devils lately. Credit: AFC Ajax The player publicly revealed his desire to leave his current club in an interview with Fabrizio Romano after news reports that Ajax were ready to play hardball with the Premier League giants over a transfer fee. “The Antony situation hasn’t changed compared to last week. We discuss it internally every day, also with…
Eighteen new players in, but newly-promoted Nottingham Forest are showing no signs of slowing down. According to Fabrizio Romano, Forest have struck an agreement with Spanish giants Atletico Madrid to take left-back Renan Lodi on loan for the 2022/23 season with the option to turn his stay permanent at the end of the campaign – should they deem it desirable. The Premier League outfit will pay a 5 million euro loan fee to the Rojiblancos to complete the deal for the time being, with 30 million more kept in reserve, if it wishes to sign the Brazilian full-back on a…
Chelsea are set to sign 19-year-old Russian talent Arsen Zakharyan from Dinamo Moscow, the player’s agent has confirmed. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1563064703252713472 Pavel Andreev, who represents the atacking midfielder, confirmed the same to RB Sport after reports emerged in the morning that the Blues had sent a 15 million euro bid to sign the player. Under new co-owner Todd Boehly, Chelsea have spent heavily on youth, signing Carney Chukwuemeka, Gabriel Slonina, Cesare Casadei, and Omari Hutchinson to headline the new recruitment policy. Meanwhile, talks are also continuing between Chelsea and Barcelona for the transfer of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the Blues’ key target for reinforcements in…
The Magpies have completed a club-record deal for attacker Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad, the club confirmed on Friday. The Sweden international becomes the club’s fourth signing of the summer after Matt Targett, Nick Pope, and Sven Botman. Newcastle have paid 65 million euros plus add-ons to secure the deal, tying the youngster down to a six-year contract that will run until the end of the 2027/28 season. Isak has chosen the number 14 for his stay in Tyneside. Переглянути цей допис в Instagram Допис, поширений Newcastle United FC (@nufc) Speaking in his first interview, the 22-year-old complimented the club…
The 2022/23 UEFA Champions League group stage is set. The highlight of the round involves Barcelona’s fixtures against Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, the trio drawn together in Group C. Losing finalists in the 2021/22 edition of the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool will be hoping to go one better this time around. However, to get to the knockout stages, the Reds will have to navigate a tricky group stage draw that has pitted them against AFC Ajax, SSC Napoli, and Rangers. The four teams have been pulled into Group A of the 2022/23 draw, with two going through to the next round, one dropping to…