Author: Anjishnu Roy

Football transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano confirmed that Spanish side Sevilla have reached an agreement with Manchester United striker Anthony Martial over a loan transfer. The Frenchman will play for Sevilla until the end of the season, and the club will be paying his full wages. No additional fee over the loan transfer is involved. Martial had arrived from AS Monaco to Manchester United in 2015 and was the most expensive teenage signing in football history. He went on to score 79 times in 269 appearances for the Red Devils but fell out of favour and had been on the fringes of the squad for a long…

The Gunners have been interested in acquiring the services of Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic since the last few months. The Serb’s superb display in front of goal has generated a lot of interest across Europe, and the operation won’t be a smooth one as far as the financial side is concerned. Arsenal’s talks with Vlahovic appear to be hitting a plateau as the London-based club are struggling to shed some weight from their wage bill. Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had received hefty bids from Saudi Arabian clubs Al Hilal and Al Nassar. However, the Gabonese forward has rejected those offers. As such, Arsenal will have to…

Barcelona have been trying to shake things up as far as the squad is concerned. Their director of football Mateu Alemany along with the consultation of head coach Xavi, has been quite busy in the winter transfer market to alleviate the problems plaguing the squad which includes the departure of several players. While they have had a poor track record in offloading players, they don’t necessarily require, the Catalans found some success recently with Philippe Coutinho securing a six-month loan move to Aston Villa which relieves much of the wage problems of the side. Credit: Real Madrid CF According to Mundo Deportivo, Xavi has…

With the international break soon approaching, reports claim that former AC Milan and Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli will be given another chance with a callup to the Italian national team to prove himself and stake a claim in the forward line. The Golden Boy Award’s 2010 winner last appeared for the Azzurri during the UEFA Nations League in September 2018. Balotelli has a history of failing to live up to the expectations of his managers and his own potential. Despite having played for some of the biggest clubs in the world, including Inter Milan, AC Milan, Manchester City and Liverpool, he failed to leave…

Spurs boss Antonio Conte is keen on signing the 25-year-old Spain international who has just a year and a half left on his contract at the Molineux Stadium. The Italian wants to bolster his squad before the conclusion of the January winter transfer window, reports Sky Sports. However, he has seen a setback in that regard, with Wolves rejecting Tottenham’s initial 15 million pounds offer for winger Adama Traore. Although Wolves manager Bruno Lage is well aware that the side needs to offload players before signing new ones this season, they are hesitant to part with Adama so easily and have asked…

Ousmane Dembele’s long standoff with Barcelona seems to be heading to a melting point. Following extended contract negotiations with the player’s agent for several months and their continued unreasonable financial demands, the 24-year-old has been left out of Barcelona’s squad to face Athletic Club in Copa Del Rey. In the press conference ahead of the clash, head coach Xavi Hernandez had delivered an ultimatum: Dembele has to renew or leave the club. Today, the sporting director of the club Mateu Alemany didn’t mince words while explaining the situation that the Frenchman will now have to find a new club. With six months remaining on…

Glenn Maxwell played a magnificent knock of 154*, registering the highest ever score in the history of the Big Bash League. When Maxwell is at his swashbuckling, destructive best, there are only a few things a team can do to stop him besides lining up players in the stands. That was the case when Hobart Hurricanes came up against a brute force in Maxwell and Melbourne Stars in what was essentially a dead rubber. Hurricanes had already beaten the Stars to the fifth qualification spot. Maybe it was that sense of their fate being sealed, which allowed MS to play without any restraint, but…

Young Pakistan Mohammad Hasnain has caught the eye following a wonderful give-game stint with Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League this season. And even though his stint in the league has come to an end and he has returned to Pakistan, it seems that his troubles might continue for a while. Having reported by umpires in the Big Bash League, Hasnain will have to undergo tests on his action at the ICC-accredited biomechanics laboratory in Lahore on Tuesday. The 21-year-old had shot to fame after bowling a 155 kmph delivery in the Caribbean Premier League. He was roped in by…

India pacer Mohammed Siraj paid an emotional tribute to Virat Kohli, who stepped down as India’s Test captain recently. The magnitude of the bombshell that Kohli dropped on Saturday by announcing that he was stepping down as Test captain of India hasn’t quite sunk in yet. Kohli galvanized the Test team into a unit that constantly chased brilliance and managed to create history several times in the process. Virat’s last assignment in charge of the Test side was the series against South Africa. India failed to create history once again by winning their first Test series in the rainbow nation.…

OGC Nice midfielder Mario Lemina was supposed to feature for Gabon in the Africa Cup of Nations. Instead, heart complications after contracting COVID-19 have forced the midfielder to retire from international football aged 28 and he has been released by his national team. Following his decision, media speculation suggested that the health reason was simply a cover for his exit as he had been drunk over the weekend and had been behaving unprofessionally. However, the former Juventus midfielder took to Instagram to denounce these rumours quickly. “I will not give oxygen to the lies that seek to harm me. I…