This window has been very eventful with telling transfers sealed all over Europe. Which have been the cream of the crop? Here are our top ten. Petr Cech (Chelsea to Arsenal) Petr Cech took eleven years to amass fifteen trophies at Chelsea: four English Premier League titles, four FA Cups, the Europa League and
Angel di Maria is on the verge of completing a move to Paris Saint-Germain which is extremely disappointing for most Manchester United supporters. But Louis van Gaal needs to look at the practical side of things and think about replacements. While the task could be made easier because di Maria didn’t really contribute with a
Reports in the Le Parisien claimed that Spurs had tabled an offer worth over £7m for 21-year-old Clinton N’Jie, but the Ligue 1 side was holding out for double the money. Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has denied these reports, but interest from London is there and even Tottenham’s arch-rivals Arsenal are said to be interested
Aston Villa seem to be on the Newcastle path as they close in on the fourth arrival from Ligue 1 and arguably the most exciting or as exciting as Amavi - Jordan Veretout. Veretout was a standout performer in the first half of the 2014/15 season. In the first 18 games he scored six times
Alexandre Lacazette has attracted a lot of attention this summer. Nothing else can be expected for a player who scored 31 goals in the previous season. Arsenal, Manchester United, PSG, Liverpool were said to be keen on the player with the Gunners seeming like they were leading the race for his signature at one time.
It’s always difficult to judge how a South American youngster will adapt to playing abroad, one reason why, with a few notable exceptions, the transfer fees European sides pay for young Brazilians are generally far below a player’s eventual value. That being the case, reports that Lyon were preparing a bid of €25 million for
Javier Manquillo was headed on loan to Marseille a year back. But Premier League sides Arsenal and Liverpool came in the fray for the youngster and soon after, news broke that the Reds had agreed a deal for a two year loan for the Atletico Madrid right back. Not much was expected from the youngster
Jordan Amavi ended speculation regarding his future by signing for Aston Villa for a reported sum of £10 million. The left-back joined the Claret and Blues from French side Nice and signed a five-year contract. Amavi joins an Aston Villa side that has not had particularly great left-backs in a long, long time. With Aly
It isn’t really news that Adrien Rabiot is unhappy — with his role — at PSG. The talented youngster has once again demanded to leave the club and his mother and agent was supposed to meet the PSG president to request a move away from the club. Tottenham have been on his tail for a
In the midst of the excitement borne out of the frenzy of free spending that has landed Manchester United Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin, there is some warning to be found in the tale of Angel Di Maria that big reputations partnered with big fees will not always be the formula for success. A year
It’s not everyday you hear Crystal Palace sign a player who was playing Champions League football just a season before. But the Premier League side have made an incredibly smart and astute signing by landing Yohan Cabaye from French champions Paris St-Germain. They have done the same for a club-record transfer fee of £10m. Of
Silly season always brings to the fore some players that are very vigorously in the news throughout. It’s almost traditional. There are of course, the high profile cases of David de Gea, Raheem Sterling and Sergio Ramos but another player has been linked with a move away from his club pretty vehemently, and that is
Aston Villa are closing in on the signing of Lille’s Idrissa Gueye. At the reported £9m, Gueye would become Villa’s biggest signing since they got Charles N’Zogbia from Wigan. Marseille, the club in distress at the moment, had reportedly come very close to signing the player for £7.5m, but the player was keen on a
Whisked away from Brazil at the tender age of 18 before playing a single professional game, it is no surprise that the Monaco right-back Fabinho was until recently a virtual unknown in his homeland. Now however, having been handed his international debut by Dunga and being reportedly targeted by Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and
Garry Monk’s Swansea was one of the success stories of the Premier League in the recently concluded season. In his first full season in charge at the club certainly, the Swans finished eighth, their highest-ever position in the Premier League, and recorded a record-breaking 56-point tally. The Wales club did well enough to ensure players
If the seasonal rumour mill is to be believed Liverpool may well find themselves robbed of the services of talented youngster Raheem Sterling and despite the bulging bank account that will result, Brendan Rodgers and company will face the difficult task of finding an adequate replacement. One name that is being linked with a move
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When you dread seeing the leaves fall from the trees because it signals the start of football season, or cringe when the first crocus pops its head out of the soils because it means baseball is just around the corner, you may be a sports widow. Sports widows are women who feel that their life
The promise in Lyon’s Nabil Fekir is so much that many have compared the 21 year old to Karim Benzema, the Les Gones academy graduate who raised the club £32 million for his sale to Real Madrid in 2009. However the Frenchman himself has another comparison in mind, likening the winger to Hatem Ben Arfa,
In Europe’s top leagues, only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have scored more than the 28 Alexandre Lacazette has plundered in Ligue 1, so it is no surprise that the 23 year old heads into the summer as hot property. Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal have all been linked, with the Anfield club seemingly most
So the weekend is over and it’s now time to analyse what happened, in the most honest, unbiased and fair way… Or just the opposite. It depends on how you see it. Barclays Premier League Chelsea stayed true to their ‘one goal margin’ name when they defeated Manchester at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. And
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