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Man United scouting 23-year-old Napoli star

Alex Meret of SSC Napoli gestures during the Serie A match between Parma Calcio and SSC Napoli at Stadio Ennio Tardini on July 22, 2020 in Parma, Italy. Manchester United are keeping tabs on Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret ahead of a possible move to sign a replacement for David De Gea, according to reports in the British media. The Daily Star is reporting that the Red Devils have been “keeping close tabs” on the Napoli shot-stopper this summer as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks to strengthen his options between the posts ahead of next season. De Gea’s future at Old Trafford has been a major talking point over the last few weeks due to his patchy form for the Red Devils this season. According to the same story, Manchester United have sent scouts to watch Meret in action “several times” t...
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Aston Villa tipped to complete £50m transfer as Wesley update emerges

Said Benrahma of Brentford celebrates victory with Ollie Watkins of Brentford during the Sky Bet Championship match between Brentford and Cardiff City at Griffin Park on December 11, 2019 in Brentford, England. Darren Bent has backed Aston Villa to seal the stunning double signing of Brentford pair Said Benrahma and Ollie Watkins. The attacking duo were instrumental for Brentford in the Championship this season, with Benrahma contributing to 26 goals (17 goals, nine assists) and Watkins finishing as the division's joint top scorer with 26 strikes. Villa boss Dean Smith is known to be a fan of both players having coached them during his stint as Brentford head coach and he's believed to be keen on a reunion. It's being reported elsewhere that Villa could have to pay up to £50milli...
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Wolves lose Jonny to ACL surgery ahead of Europa League finale

Jonny Castro Otto of Wolverhampton Wanderers during the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Villa Park on June 27, 2020 in Birmingham, England. Wolverhampton Wanderers have confirmed that defender Jonny Castro Otto has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee. The Spanish wing-back, 26, will undergo surgery to repair the injury he picked up in the first half of Thursday's Europa League meeting with Olympiakos at Molineux. The injury looked innocuous as Jonny chased back towards his own half to retrieve the ball following a Wolves corner. But his right leg buckled underneath him and although the medical staff tried to patch him up he couldn’t continue. Jonny screamed in pain on the touchline and Wolves have now revealed th...
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Man United urged to wrap up deal to sign Jadon Sancho

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manager of Manchester United looks on prior to the UEFA Europa League group L match between Manchester United and AZ Alkmaar at Old Trafford on December 12, 2019 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Manchester United should look to complete a deal to sign Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund as quickly as possible, according to Jason Cundy. The Red Devils have been strongly linked with a move to sign the 20-year-old attacking midfielder from Borussia Dortmund this summer as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks to strengthen his squad ahead of next season. Sancho is widely considered to be one of European football’s most promising young attacking talents, with the midfielder having scored 17 goals and made 16 assists in the Bundesliga this season. Manchester United are yet to...
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No disappointment if Willian leaves Chelsea, says Lampard

Manuel Lanzini of West Ham United tackles Willian of Chelsea during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Chelsea FC at London Stadium on July 01, 2020 in London, England. Chelsea boss Frank Lampard said he is unsure if Brazilian winger Willian will remain at the English Premier League soccer club next season but expects no bitterness from both parties if he does depart. British media has reported that Willian is on the verge of joining Chelsea’s London rivals Arsenal on a three-year deal after his current employers only offered him a two-year extension which left him disappointed. The 31-year-old Willian’s contract expires at the end of Chelsea’s Champions League campaign. Lampard’s side take on Bayern Munich in the last-16 second-leg on Saturday, a game Willian will...
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Wolves reach settlement agreement with UEFA after FFP breach

Wolverhampton Wanderers' Portuguese midfielder Pedro Neto (C) celebrates with team-mates after putting the ball in the Liverpool net, a goal that was subsequently ruled out by VAR due to an offside in the build up to it during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England, on December 29, 2019. Wolverhampton Wanderers will be allowed to register only 23 players instead of 25 if they qualify for the Champions League next season after breaching UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, European soccer’s governing body has said. In a statement released to British media, UEFA said Premier League side Wolves had reached a settlement agreement with it under which the club will pay 200,000 euros ($235,720.00) ...
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Liverpool dominate as Premier League announce nominees for end of season awards

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Sadio Mane and Jordan Henderson captain of Liverpool during a training session at Melwood Training Ground on June 30, 2020 in Liverpool, England. Liverpool trio Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane and Trent Alexander-Arnold have all been nominated for the Premier League Player of the Season award. Unsurprisingly, the list is chock full of Reds stars after they steamrolled to their first top-flight title in 30 years. Henderson, who has already won the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year prize, is a front-runner for the award, with Man City’s Kevin de Bruyne also in contention for the top individual gong. De Bruyne, who is the only City nominee, had a phenomenal campaign where he assisted a record-equalling 20 goals – level with Arsenal legend Thie...
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Willian closes in on Arsenal deal

Willian of Chelsea scores his team's first goal from the penalty spot during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Watford FC at Stamford Bridge on July 04, 2020 in London, England. Arsenal are close to completing the signing of midfielder Willian from Chelsea on a three-year deal. Arsenal moved into pole position to sign the Brazil international by offering a three-year contract earlier this week, and are now on the verge of beating off competition from Barcelona and Inter Miami. Along with the length of the deal, joining Mikel Arteta's rejuvenated side and the chance to work with fellow Brazilian Edu are the reasons Arsenal are favourites to secure Willian's signature. Despite wanting the 31-year-old to extend his stay at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have refused to offer...
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Everton: Club looking at Thomas Lemar

Thomas Lemar during UEFA Champions League match between Atletico de Madrid and Liverpool FC at Wanda Metropolitano on February 18, 2020 in Madrid, Spain . A report in Le 10 Sport (via Sport Witness) has confirmed that Everton are interested in a move for Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Lemar. The reports state that Everton have a lot of interest in the deal but that Atletico’s demands could complicate any move. While it is unknown how much the Madrid club want for the World Cup winner, but considering they spent £63m on him in 2018, you might think it could be close to that amount. The Toffees have also been linked with a move for Leon Bailey, so it will be intriguing to see who Everton go for. Since moving to Spain, Lemar has made 72 appearances, in which he has scored three goals a...
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Chelsea face further Kai Havertz transfer delay after Rangers clash

Leverkusen's German midfielder Kai Havertz waves on the pitch during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 football match Bayer 04 Leverkusen v Glasgow Rangers at the Bay Arena stadium on August 6, 2020 in Leverkusen, western Germany. Chelsea may have to wait a little longer to seal the transfer of Kai Havertz after Bayer Leverkusen’s progress into the Europa League quarter-final. The Blues have moved quickly in the transfer market, already sealing the signings of Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech, while their business is unlikely to end there. Havertz is next on their priority list after a sensational season for Leverkusen in which he registered 12 Bundesliga goals and six assists. The Germany international is reportedly keen on the move, but the two clubs are yet to come to an agreemen...
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Premier League to issue clubs with update on procedures for fans’ October return

Raindrops are seen on a Premier League logo. The Premier League is still hopeful of getting fans back into stadiums by October. This is despite recent attempts to allow spectators into other sporting events such as the World Snooker Championships and Goodwood being abandoned. There are still fears of another wave of coronavirus and this has put back those efforts that had been planned. Work is ongoing using Test and Trace procedures to keep a hold on the risk of allowing fans back into Premier League matches and “clinical passports” for supporters are being put forward as a possible solution. The 20 Premier League must also decide whether to continue with five substitutes instead of three for the 2020-21 campaign. It would take the agreement of 14 of the 20 clubs to keep th...
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Christian Pulisic and Pedro injury update

Christian Pulisic of Chelsea receives medical treatment after a hamstring injury during the FA Cup Final match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on August 01, 2020 in London, England. Chelsea duo Christian Pulisic and Pedro have both taken to social media to issue updates on the injuries they suffered against Arsenal in the FA Cup final last weekend. The pair were both forced off at Wembley, with Pulisic suffering a hamstring injury just moments into the second half when striking at goal while Pedro was stretchered off with a dislocated shoulder in injury time, in what is likely to have been his final outing in a Chelsea shirt. However the wing duo have both updated concerned supporters via their Instagram accounts, with Pedro confirming that his shoulder surgery was a ...
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Solskjaer set to give Man Utd wonderkid first-team debut in Europa League

Teden Mengi of Manchester United U18s in action during the FA Youth Cup FIfth Round match between Manchester United U18s and Leeds United U18s at Old Trafford on February 05, 2020 in Manchester, England. Manchester United youngster Teden Mengi is in line to make his first-team debut in their Europa League last-16 tie against LASK this week. The Red Devils are 5-0 up in the tie after a dominant display behind closed doors in Austria before the coronavirus pandemic. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will now ring the changes ahead of the second leg in a bid to rest senior stars ahead of the closing stages of the competition in Germany later this month. And, according to Metro, Mengi is set to make his first appearance a few weeks after being promoted to first-team training. The central defen...
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Liverpool Rumors: Jadon Sancho’s First Choice Was Move To Anfield, Ex-Liverpool Star Says

Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund celebrations after scoring his teams second goal during the 1. Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund at the Commerzbank Arena on September 22, 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany. A twist has emerged in the Jadon Sancho and Manchester United transfer talks after pundits recently claimed that sources close to the Borussia Dortmund star, including a family member, said Liverpool was initially his first choice. It has been a long transfer courtship between the Red Devils and Sancho. United remains the frontrunner to sign the 20-year-old winger, with recent reports speculating the Premier League giants are closing in on an agreement that could potentially reach more than £100 million ($130.7 million). However, an intriguing story abo...
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Man Utd’s Marcus Rashford buys his own golf course as he plots new private home

Marcus Rashford of Manchester United in action during a first team training session at Aon Training Complex on August 02, 2020 in Manchester, England. Manchester United star Marcus Rashford has bought his own private golf course in new home plan. The England international snapped up the greenfield site with the idea of building his own mansion on top of it. The 22-year-old currently owns a six-bed home in Cheshire worth £1.85m. But the Red Devils ace is keen on acquiring his own land in order to keep his property private. It is quite the journey the youngster has made from his humble beginnings in Wythenshawe. Rashford landed a new contract last summer worth £250,000-a-week as he was made a key player under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer this season. And a source told The Sun : “M...
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Fitness will be the key for Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn

John McGinn of Aston Villa in action during a training session at Bodymoor Heath training ground on March 12, 2020 in Birmingham, England. The Scotland international was sidelined for around five months in total after first fracturing his left ankle in December and then suffering a stress fracture in the same leg, just before the Premier League was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic in March. McGinn was then flung into the thick of Villa’s relegation battle when the season restarted in June having been back training for just a few weeks. He said: “It was horrible, really. To come back from (that injury), I have read Frank Lampard saying he needed six reserve games, two sub appearances and another game to feel anywhere near himself. “The first four or five games when I was ...
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Pulisic vows to be ‘back in no time’ after suffering hamstring injury

Chelsea's US midfielder Christian Pulisic (3R) leaves the pitch injured during the English FA Cup final football match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium in London, on August 1, 2020. Chelsea star Christian Pulisic has vowed to be ‘back in no time’ after he was forced to come off during Saturday’s FA Cup Final with a hamstring injury. The USA international had put Chelsea ahead inside five minutes, but was forced off 49 minutes. Pulisic is now a serious doubt for Chelsea’s Champions League Last 16 second leg clash away at Bayern Munich, but with the Blues already 3-0 down in the tie their task was already challenging. But reflecting on Sunday’s defeat to Arsenal at Wembley, Pulisic was trying to be optimistic. Posting on Instagram, Pulisic said: “Gave it everything...
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Giggs urges Man Utd to sign Sancho, Grealish

Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Union Berlin at Signal Iduna Park on February 1, 2020 in Dortmund, Germany. Manchester United should try to sign both Jadon Sancho and Jack Grealish this summer, according to Ryan Giggs. United are growing increasingly confident a deal can be done with Borussia Dortmund for Sancho - with discussions centred around the transfer fee and structure of payments - while it is understood personal terms would not be an issue. Dortmund are holding out for €120m (£109m) for the 20-year-old England international winger, who registered 17 goals and 17 assists across 32 Bundesliga games last season. Grealish, meanwhile, is undecided about his future...
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Bournemouth coach Eddie Howe leaves club by mutual consent

Eddie Howe the manager of Bournemouth looks on during the Premier League match between Burnley FC and AFC Bournemouth at Turf Moor on February 22, 2020 in Burnley, United Kingdom. Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has left the club by mutual consent. The Cherries, who were relegated from the Premier League this season, announced the news on social media on Saturday. “Eddie Howe has left #afcb by mutual consent,” a tweet read. “It’s been an unbelievable journey, thank you so much for the memories Eddie.” Howe represented Bournemouth as a player between 1994 and 2002, making 200 appearances. He then returned to the club in 2004 before retiring in 2007 – having stepped out another 53 times. The 42-year-old was appointed caretaker manager in December 2008, with the club sitting on -1...
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s plan to rotate Man Utd stars in Europa League

Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of Manchester United in action during a first team training session at Aon Training Complex on March 11, 2020 in Manchester, England. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is considering resting key players during the Europa League knockout stage. Manchester United are highly likely to be headed to Germany next weekend for the final rounds of the competition, which will be played as a mini tournament involving eight teams over 11 days. The Red Devils manager can certainly afford to name an inventive line-up for the second leg of their last-16 tie against Austrian side LASK at Old Trafford, as they are already 5-0 up on aggregate. But Solskjaer is also keen to preserve the fitness of some of his senior players ahead of the start of the new Premier League season on 12 S...
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