Tag: Premier League

  • Otamendi fuels further Man United talk ahead of potential Valencia departure

    Otamendi fuels further Man United talk ahead of potential Valencia departure

    View image | gettyimages.com Argentina centre-back Nicolas Otamendi has backed his agent’s claims that the 27-year-old wants to leave Valencia this summer.  Earlier this year Otamendi’s agent Eugenio Lopez spoke with Cadena Ser. “Nicolas told Salvo to his face that he wanted to leave Valencia in the summer,” Lopez stated. “Nico is going to do…

  • Tottenham ready to rival Arsenal with £21 million bid for Monaco star Geoffery Kondogbia

    Tottenham ready to rival Arsenal with £21 million bid for Monaco star Geoffery Kondogbia

    View image | gettyimages.com Tottenham are prepared to battle North London rivals Arsenal for the signature of  Geoffrey Kondogbia by submitting a £21 million bid for the Monaco star, the Mirror are reporting. Reports from Italy last week suggested Kondogbia, who scored against Arsenal in the Champions League last season, had held talks with Arsene Wenger over a…

  • Manchester United preparing imminent double raid on Lazio

    Manchester United preparing imminent double raid on Lazio

    View image | gettyimages.com Manchester United are preparing bids for Lazio pair Stefan De Vrij and Felipe Anderson in a double raid on the Serie A club, according to the Express. Holland international De Vrij and Anderson, a talented Brazilian midfielder, are both thought to be on the radar of United boss Louis van Gaal and reports…

  • Tottenham plotting move for Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah

    Tottenham plotting move for Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah

    View image | gettyimages.com Tottenham are plotting a move to Chelsea’s out-of-favour winger Mohamed Salah despite the Premier League champions’ preference to sell him abroad, the London Evening Standard reports. Salah spent the latter half of last season on loan at Fiorentina, helping the Serie A side to eliminate Spurs from the Europa League last 32 just as he did with…

  • Agent confirms Manchester United target Roberto Firmino is heading to England

    Agent confirms Manchester United target Roberto Firmino is heading to England

    View image | gettyimages.com The agent of Manchester United target Roberto Firmino has confirmed the Hoffenheim forward will be playing in the Premier League next season, according to German newspaper Bild. Firmino, currently representing Brazil at the Copa America in Chile, has emerged as a surprise target for United boss Louis van Gaal this summer, and reports last week…

  • West Ham complete Spanish midfielder signing

    West Ham complete Spanish midfielder signing

    View image | gettyimages.com West Ham have completed their first piece of business since the appointment of new manager Slaven Bilic. Spanish U21 midfielder Pedro Obiang has joined the Hammers from Serie A side Sampdoria for what is believed to be a fee of around £5m. The deal was officially confirmed on the club’s website…

  • On this Day (5th June): Football League Latics, and Schoolboy Scholes

    On this Day (5th June): Football League Latics, and Schoolboy Scholes

    View image | gettyimages.com On this day 1978, Wigan Athletic held their very first meeting as an associate member of the Football League at their previous ground, Springfield Park. Chariman Arthur Horrocks and manager Ian McNeil met with the clubs directors and board members to discuss their Football League debut. It took Wigan just 29…

  • Is a penalty review system needed in the Premier League?

    Is a penalty review system needed in the Premier League?

    View image | gettyimages.com Lewis Camp gives his personal opinion on talk of a penalty review system being introduced to the Premier League. I believe the Premier League should implement a penalty review system in order to improve the fairness and equality within the competition. Teams are being wrongly penalised for cheating and shameful decisions…

  • West Ham: Who will replace Sam Allardyce?

    West Ham: Who will replace Sam Allardyce?

    View image | gettyimages.com Rumours have come out this morning claiming that joint owners David Sullivan and David Gold have cut their managerial shortlist down to four names. Sullivan spoke out last week on the club’s website, explaining that they are being extremely thorough in their search, dedicating “every waking minute to recruiting the best…

  • How will England line-up at the 2018 World Cup?

    How will England line-up at the 2018 World Cup?

    View image | gettyimages.com Tom Burford looks at the potential eleven that will represent England at the 2018 World Cup. Plenty of the current crop will be long gone by the time this tournament comes around. So who will line up in Qatar for England? Joe Hart (GK) He’ll be 31 by the time this…