With just over a month left in the 2021 summer transfer window, clubs have stepped up their efforts to get deals over the line ahead of the final weeks of the window when it becomes a frenzy of transfer activity. It is widely considered that the most serious clubs do their business early having identified…
Due to the international tournaments in Europe and South America, the 2021 summer transfer window has lacked the usual flurry and even more so due to the financial difficulties caused by the pandemic. Major deals have only just picked pace in the fortnight since the Euro 2020 and Copa America Finals with more set to…
AC Milan have reportedly rejected an €8m offer from Eintracht Frankfurt for Jens Petter Hauge, as it has not reached their valuation of the Norwegian Atalanta goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini has undergone his Tottenham Hotspur medical, as more details emerge on the loan with an obligation to buy for €15m. Mino Raiola has held talks with…
Like many African professional footballers, the journey is often a long, arduous one to reach the top. Challenges and prejudices faced are just a portion of the price to pay and what it takes to make it in a top-flight division. Much of the same can be said of Paul Onuachu who has slowly proved…
Nuno Espirito Santo has insisted on a Tottenham future for Harry Kane: “Kane is a Tottenham player, our player, period. There’s nothing to add. Now is the moment for Harry to recover. When he comes back, we will speak. I’m looking forward to Harry joining the group and us working together”. Everton have opened talks…
The driving force behind Jürgen Klopp’s successful five-year stint at Liverpool has been the irrepressible midfield engine he has instilled since arriving at Merseyside. It took years to develop and recruit the perfect personnel in Georginio Wijnaldum and Fabinho, but their famous midfield trio alongside captain Jordan Henderson never looked back since. Wijnaldum, a key…
The destination of this year’s Euro 2020 title is known, Italy could win just their second European Championship or England will compound 55 years of hurt in international tournaments, with a first continental title on home soil. After 120 riveting minutes of semifinal action for each side, an emotional summer for both nations will come…
Spain versus Italy in any form is always an eye-catching spectacle as two of the most successful footballing nations put their differing styles to the test. Needless to say, the famous Spanish flavour of Tiki-Taka versus the home of Catenaccio is a football classic across any generation. In Euro 2020, these European rivals on the…
Dortmund have confirmed Manchester United’s capture of English winger Jadon Sancho in a £73m deal. Arsenal are “ahead” in the race to sign Manuel Locatelli from Sassuolo according to the Serie A club’s sporting director. The 23-year-old has scored two goals at Euro 2020 for Italy and is expected to move on this summer. Left-back…
It has to be said, this is probably the best European Championship that the football community has witnessed in a while. From red cards to own goals, comebacks and upsets, we have seen everything and more. It has been stunning and unpredictable. There are no underdogs in this competition. How else would you explain the…
