With Arne Slot completing his first week as Liverpool boss, he now has more of an idea where he would like to strengthen his squad this summer. It seems that one potential target has been highlighted, with Football Insider reporting: ‘Liverpool have joined Man City, Arsenal and Tottenham in the race to sign Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze.’ The same report also mentions that the Premier League star has a £60 million release clause in his contract, should anyone try and complete a deal before the window closes. Currently part of the England squad with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez,…
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Thiago Alcantara, the former Liverpool midfielder, is reportedly set to make a swift return to football just days after announcing his retirement. Despite stepping away from playing due to persistent injuries, the 33-year-old is on the brink of rejoining Barcelona, this time as a coach under new manager Hansi Flick. Thiago and Flick have a history together, having worked closely during their successful stint at Bayern Munich. Thiago played a crucial role in Bayern Munich’s 2020 Champions League triumph, overcoming a groin injury to participate in key knockout matches against teams like Chelsea, Barcelona, Lyon, and Paris Saint-Germain.…
Jurgen Klopp’s emotional departure as Liverpool manager marked the end of an era, but his connection to the club is far from over. Liverpoolfc.com recently confirmed that Klopp will become an honorary ambassador for the LFC Foundation, a role he is evidently thrilled to embrace. “The LFC Foundation does an incredible job in the community, both in the Liverpool City Region and beyond,” said the 57-year-old. “I am really proud to continue my work with them and be named the first ever LFC Foundation honorary ambassador. I look forward to seeing what we can do with that now that…
Lamine Yamal made sure his voice was heard loud and clear. Just moments after the final whistle in the Euro semifinal between France and Spain, the Barcelona winger walked up to the camera and shouted “Speak now!” This was a pointed retort to Adrien Rabiot, who had questioned Yamal before the game. “Lamine has a lot of qualities. He can perform at the club level and in major tournaments, but it will be up to us to apply pressure and show him he needs to do more to succeed,” the French midfielder had told the media. Yamal took…
It would appear that Xavi Simons is in great demand as the summer transfer market opens. Many elite clubs, notably Barcelona, have taken an interest in the PSG loanee. Both Barcelona and the 21-year-old star of La Masia, who is currently on loan at RB Leipzig, are keen on keeping hold of him once the season ends. However, it appears like another major club has entered the bidding for Simons’ services this summer. Simons has sparks of curiosity from Munich Indeed, according to Sky Germany (h/t AS), Bayern Munich is reportedly in the hunt to acquire Xavi Simons from PSG…
If Barcelona beats Rayo Vallecano, they will be in second place in La Liga, and they are already on their way to three points after just three minutes. It was Robert Lewandowski who scored the first goal. He met Lamine Yamal’s great cross and fired a shot past Stole Dimitrievski in the Rayo goal. At the start, 16-year-old Lamine Yamal did great work, and Lewandowski did a great job of controlling his precise cross. The Polish player could barely miss from about six yards out. As a whole, he has scored 25 goals this season, 18 of them…
After a 4-0 thrashing of Tottenham at Wembley, Manchester United finally raised the Women’s FA Cup trophy. In first-half stoppage time, Ella Toone—who started when United lost the final to Chelsea by a hair last year—broke the tie with a beautiful finish. Lucia Garcia scored the first goal three minutes after the restart when Spurs goalkeeper Becky Spencer made a mistake. Rachel Williams, who was playing in her fourth FA Cup final, had knocked the ball home nine minutes after the restart. Before Garcia scored twice to put the game out of reach, Tottenham’s captain Bethany England went close with…
Aston Villa drew Liverpool 3–3 thanks to two goals scored by Jhon Duran in the last ten minutes, bringing them one step closer to qualifying for the Champions League. In the second minute, the Reds took advantage of an incredible mistake by Emiliano Martinez. Youri Tielemans leveled the score, but Villa appeared to be hopelessly pinned. In Jurgen Klopp’s last away game as manager, goals from Cody Gakpo and Jarell Quansah put the Reds up 3-1. However, Duran scored twice in four minutes after coming off the bench, putting Villa within striking distance of their first-ever Champions League qualifying. Assuming…
This summer, Chelsea may offer Napoli owner and president Aurelio De Laurentiis a combination of cash and players in exchange for Victor Osimhen. Last season, Lukaku was on loan to Inter Milan, where he nearly helped the Italian team win the Champions League—but they lost to Manchester City. After CHELSEA decided to allow him depart the Italians at the start of the summer, there was a lot of talk about where he would go from here. Several clubs were linked with potential deals after that. The decision was taken to let Lukaku depart for Roma for the next 12 months,…
In the upcoming summer transfer window, Chelsea may face competition from other clubs interested in signing Juventus sensation Federico Chiesa. Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United are all interested in signing winger Gonzalo Chiesa because he is “very ambitious” about playing in the Premier League and thinks that doing so will help him reach his full potential. After losing Jadon Sancho on loan and Antony’s lackluster performance, United’s flanks have taken a major hit this season. On the other hand, Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka have been invaluable to the North Londoners. There has been much media speculation that Mohammed Salah…