Arsenal clearout, last-ditch Liverpool – the best of January transfers across Europe

Arsenal clearout, last-ditch Liverpool – the best of January transfers across Europe – originally posted on Sportslens.com It’s been a rather quiet January transfer window. Previous years have seen the likes of Bruno Fernandes and Virgil van Dijk make big money moves, but nothing of that magnitude happened this time around. Nonetheless, while there wasn’t […]

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Chelsea to decide on Barkley’s future ‘in the summer’

Chelsea are going to wait until the summer to decide on Ross Barkley’s future, who is on loan with Aston Villa, according to reports. The Blues spent around £15m to sign Barkley from Everton in January 2018. He has made 86 appearances for the Londoners since then and he scored eleven goals. With him falling […]

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Rummenigge confirms Liverpool, Chelsea approach for Upamecano

Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has revealed that his side will have to battle Chelsea and Liverpool to sign Dayot Upamecano. The 22-year-old is set to leave RB Leipzig in the summer with his release clause set at £38million. Bayern have earmarked Upamecano as their ideal replacement for David Alaba, who will leave on a […]

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Tuchel must meet key target to extend Chelsea contract

Thomas Tuchel will only be offered a contract extension by Chelsea if he keeps the Blues in the Champions League for the next two seasons. The 18-month deal Tuchel signed last week is heavily incentivised and contains clauses triggering an option for him to remain at the club should he keep them in Europe’s showcase […]

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Relive all the thrills and spills of January deadline day 2021

For all the completed Premier League deals, head here. 00:08: Right, that’s us done. Will Minamino to Southampton go through? In a word: probably yes. Will we wait up for that to happen? No. Is it a genuinely good and potentially exciting move on a day of meh? Very much so, to the extent that […]

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Gossip: Liverpool wanted Marcelo; Prem trio eye Inter star

LIVERPOOL LIKED LYON DEFENDER Liverpool left it late but, perhaps prompted by the news that Joel Matip is out for the season, they eventually got some centre-backs through the door. The Reds signed Ben Davies and Ozan Kabak, two defenders you might not have heard prior to their starring roles in the deadline day drama. […]

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Top ten weirdest signings by Premier League champions

Paul Merson was positively aghast at Liverpool loaning Ozan Kabak, but these signings by Premier League champions were far more weird.   10) Michael Owen It was presumably while nodding at the list of adjectives printed next to half of his face on a brochure that the clean and fresh, fit and healthy and undoubtedly articulate […]

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January 2021 Premier League transfer window: the winners

It was a January transfer window. That much is certain. But beyond that what can we ascertain from a quiet month? This lot should be cheery.   Jesse Lingard Both men would likely have pondered their career choices and lamented where it presumably all went wrong if Jesse Lingard and David Moyes were told in […]

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On This Day – 16th January

Nicolas Anelka scores the first of Chelsea’s seven goals against Sunderland, 16th January 2010 Chelsea fans were in seventh heaven on this day back in 2010 as Chelsea beat Sunderland 7-2 at Stamford Bridge. Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring after eight minutes. The Frenchman broke the Sunderland offside trap, took the ball around goalkeeper Martin […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.72

This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the League Cup Semi Final Second Leg between Swansea City and Chelsea on 23rd January 2013.The incident involved Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and a 17-year-old ballboy called Charlie Morgan. Swansea had won the first leg 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and Michael Laudrup’s men were 90 minutes away from their first […]

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