January 2021 Premier League transfer window: the losers

Jose Mourinho doesn’t want the toy but won’t let anyone else play with it either. Dele Alli is one of the biggest transfer window losers. Head here for the winners.   Dele Alli There is a laboured analogy in there somewhere about the prodigal son wanting to return to the care of the only guardian […]

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Six signings their new managers didn’t want…

Andre Villas-Boas has resigned from his role as Marseille coach, with the final straw seemingly being the signing of Oliver Ntcham from Celtic to replace Morgan Samson.  “I have resigned because I don’t agree with the sporting policy of the club,” Villas-Boas told a press conference. “I said no to the signing of Olivier Ntcham. […]

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One per club: Players stuck after January transfer window shut

Not everybody got out in the transfer window…   Arsenal – Reiss Nelson Joe Willock and Ainsley Maitland-Niles both got away from the Emirates to play some football for half a season, but Nelson was left behind on deadline day. The winger was available for a loan but, like Calum Chambers, no suitable offers were […]

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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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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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The Treble: Relegation attrition, Villa goals, Jose catastrophe

Every week we preview three fascinating things to look out for in the big Premier League games – culminating with Tottenham v Chelsea on Thursday.   The very last chance of survival It was a miserable weekend for the Premier League’s bottom three. A 2-2 draw between Fulham and West Brom felt like a missed […]

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