Man Utd are preparing a super offer for Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni ahead of the summer transfer window, according to reports.
The Red Devils are keen to strengthen their defence in the summer transfer window with Harry Maguire the only fit senior centre-back at Erik ten Hag s disposal in their FA Cup semi-final victory over Coventry City on Sunday.
Man Utd will buy at least one new centre-back
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has already confirmed that Man Utd will definitely buy at least one new centre-back in the summer transfer window .
Romano wrote in his Caught Offside column yesterday: Of course they will be signing a new centre-back this summer, as I’ve reported since September 2023, for sure that will be one of their priorities. But in te…
Souness blasts Arsenal and calls out Mikel Arteta’s side for ‘cheating’ after ‘pattern of offending’
Liverpool legend Graeme Souness has hit out at Arsenal for their set-piece tactics since appointing Nicolas Jover as one of Mikel Arteta s coaches.
The Gunners hired former Manchester City coach Jover as their specialist set-piece coach in 2021 and .
Arsenal are currently leading the Premier League table by one point from defending champions Manchester City, who have a game in hand on Arteta s side.
Arteta s side have scored 22 goals (not including penalties) from set-pieces this season, which is the best in the Premier League this season, while they scored just six in the campaign before Jover arrived.
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville labelled Jover a genius for his work when Kai Havertz headed Arsenal into a 3-0 lead against Tottenham in the north Londo…
According to reports, a new update about Ange Postecoglou s future at Tottenham Hotspur has emerged amid claims he could leave in the summer.
Postecoglou was lauded during the early stages of this season as he successfully overhauled Tottenham s style of play and turned them into serious contenders for the Champions League places.
It s finished
Spurs have endured a poor end to the season, though. They have lost five of their last six Premier League games as they are being made to settle for a fifth-place finish.
In midweek, Tottenham produced a spirited performance but lost 2-0 against Premier League title favourites Manchester City.
Postecoglou s players did not have the full backing of supporters in this game as some fans wanted their team to lose s…
Kieran Trippier has confirmed he is fit and well to tackle England’s Euro 2024 finals campaign after finding himself at the centre of rumours he was out of the tournament.
The 33-year-old specialist right-back could once again line up at left-back for his country at a major tournament with Luke Shaw facing a race against time to work his way back from injury before the opening Group C fixture against Serbia on June 16.
Trippier joined up with the Three Lions squad himself on the comeback trail having not played 90 minutes since February because of a calf injury, and off the back of a gruelling post-season trip to Australia with the Magpies which sparked a major scare when he was substituted 37 minutes into a friendly clash with Tottenham in Melbourne.
The defe…
According to reports, Manchester United are edging closer to signing England international Jarrad Branthwaite from Premier League rivals Everton.
had more than their fair share of injury issues to deal with this season and they were impacted worst at centre-back.
Injury issues forcedto select a makeshift centre-back pairing of Casemiro and Jonny Evans during the run-in.
Lisandro Martinez is United s best centre-back but was unavailable for much of the season. The Argentina international was partnered with Raphael Varane for much of the 2022/23 campaign, but the experienced Frenchman will leave the club this summer.
With Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof hardly setting the world alight, Man Utd need to sign one or two new centre-backs this summer and they…
Tottenham will look to make their interest in Crystal Palace winger Eberechi Eze concrete after Euro 2024, according to reports.
Spurs are looking to build on a positive first season under Ange Posteocoglou, which saw them finish fifth in the Premier League and narrowly miss out on Champions League football.
fans are now much happier with the style of play under the Australian and there s a feeling that they could be even more successful next season with a sprinkling of quality signings.
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Eze is available for around £60m this summer after contributing 11 goals and four assists in the Premier League last season over 27 appearances.
Tottenham are yet to make a bid for Eze but they have had an offer for £20m plus Giovani Lo Ce…
Ollie Watkins struck at the death to send England to their second successive European Championship final as Gareth Southgate’s side dug deep to see off the Netherlands.
The eyes of the nation were fixed on Dortmund on Wednesday evening as the Euro 2020 runners-up looked to seal a shot at history in Sunday’s Berlin showpiece against favourites Spain.
Harry Kane’s spot-kick cancelled out a superb Xavi Simons opener before Watkins stepped off the bench and wrote his name into the history books by sealing a 2-1 triumph in the 90th minute.
No English men’s team has made it to a major final on foreign soil before and now they have the chance to become European champions for the first time this weekend.
Southgate’s side played their best football of t…
Chelsea will need to up their offer to sign Villarreal goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen, with their opening bid set to be rejected.
The Blues have been keen to sign a new option for between the sticks, and Jorgensen is high on their wanted list as they look to create more competition for Robert Sanchez.
Djordje Petrovic is currently injured but could be sold this summer, raising the possibility of a move for a new goalkeeper.
New boss Enzo Maresca replaced Mauricio Pochettino this summer, despite the Argentine securing a top six finish in the Premier League during his only season at Stamford Bridge.
Maresca is particularly keen on Jorgensen, 22, and sees him as the ideal profile of player for his era at the club and the player is said to be keen on a swit…
Liverpool have been given a boost in their bid to sign a new centre-back this summer as Piero Hincapie has reportedly told Bayer Leverkusen that he wants a new challenge .
The 22-year-old – who made 43 appearances in Leverkusen s double-winning season in 2023-24 – has been near the top of Liverpool s wishlist for the last year.
Reports in December claimed Jurgen Klopp has made Hincapie his priority signing and it was later claimed that after the Merseyside outfit made him their top defensive target’.
Klopp’s main ‘focus’ was to improve the squad with a left-footed central defender and Hincapie was earmarked as a top candidate’.
The club initially planned to make the move in the summer but in the end made ‘enquiries about bringing forward…
Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher will fly to Spain on Tuesday night to complete his transfer to Atletico Madrid, according to reports.
Gallagher was made available this summer after failing to agree a new contract at Stamford Bridge.
The England midfielder was one of Mauricio Pochettino s top performers in 2023/24 but with one year left on his contract, the club have decided to cash in on their youth graduate.
The proposed £33million transfer to Atletico Madrid has attracted plenty of criticism, with many Blues fans questioning why the hierarchy would sanction the sale of a homegrown star who arguably walks into Enzo Maresca s best XI.
It has been another controversial summer at the Bridge, with an incredible amount of new players joining, leaving Ma…