Author: Soccerhuz
Arsenal have missed out on the signing of Aymeric Laporte after the Manchester City defender finally agreed personal terms with Al Nassr ahead of a move to Saudi Arabia. Mikel Arteta is an admirer of the player and worked with the Spain international centre-back during his time at the Etihad Stadium as Pep Guardiola’s assistant. His availability this summer had intrigued Arsenal more recently following Jurrien Timber’s knee ligament injury. But Manchester City simply have no interest in doing further business with their title rivals – unless they put silly money on the table. Arsenal signed Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr…
Stones, 29, suffered a muscle injury in pre-season and missed City’s opening two Premier League matches and remained on the bench for their Super Cup win. The next international break is between 4 and 12 September. Stones could miss England’s Euro qualifier against Ukraine and a friendly against Scotland next month. He is set to miss City’s next two Premier League games against Sheffield United on 27 August and Fulham on 2 September. The club are also without key midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, who has had surgery on a hamstring injury and could be out of action for four months.…
With a couple of different developments, it might have been Lucas Paqueta who was operating in Erling Haaland’s slipstream. Had his hamstring held out, it almost certainly would have been Kevin de Bruyne. Instead, it was Phil Foden. The best player on the pitch, in arguably one of the finest of his 220 first-team performances for Manchester City, the creator-in-chief fashioned seven chances. Newcastle were beaten and Foden, who has been centre forward and false nine, left and right wingers at various points, gave his impression of City’s perfect 10, ostensibly operating on the right, in fact wreaking havoc between…
Chelsea are already actively working on bringing in another creative player in an offensive position this transfer window. But with time running out in this window as we approach the end of it, Chelsea will need to work hard on getting the right profile in and over the line in time. The Blues lost 3-1 to West Ham last night and it became clear that they still lack some quality in attack and were unable to break down a stubborn low block. Fabrizio Romano put his latest transfer update video out after the game and he immediately mentioned Chelsea’s pursuit…
Liverpool defeated Bournemouth at Anfield to claim their first victory of the 2022–23 Premier League season, extending their unbeaten home record against the Cherries. Alexis Mac Allister, a summer addition for the Reds, was sent off for a foul on Ryan Christie on the edge of the Bournemouth box by referee Thomas Bramall in a contest full of amateurish errors and questionable calls from the officials. The Argentinian reacted with incredulity when he saw Bramall – who was taking charge of a Premier League giant for the first time in his career in just his ninth top-flight game – produce…
Liverpool have reportedly now held talks with Crystal Palace for Cheick Doucoure, with the Reds heavily linked with the midfielder in recent weeks. According to the Daily Mail, the Anfield side have been in discussions with the south London side over the 23-year-old, with Doucoure a top target for Liverpool in the final days of the summer window. The Daily Mail have previously reported that Palace want as much as £70m for the Mali international, a fee that could put Liverpool off a potential deal for the midfielder. Praised by Breaking The Lines as an ‘outstanding’ player, Doucoure fits the…
A promising end to last season in terms of form and results, an initially upbeat start to our summer transfer activities, then some disruptive Arabian nights, followed by unrequited attempts to tempt Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia to Anfield. Throw in an uncompleted Anfield Road stand and it’s all been a bit tumultuous. Good job that everything on the pitch is running smoothly as the new campaign has begun… An overgenerous and slapdash opening, gifts galore offered as focus in our own half seemed elusive. The first time the ball ended up in the Liverpool net on Saturday, the incident…
It could end up being a similar story for both Jurgen Klopp and Erik ten Hag to end the summer transfer window with neither Liverpool or Manchester United looking likely to snap up a holding midfielder. Every year there seems to be a position all clubs are looking to fill. The last few summers were dominated by teams looking for new central strikers with Manchester City signing Erling Haaland, Liverpool snapping up Darwin Nunez and Arsenal bringing in Gabriel Jesus. This year though has all been about a lack of midfielders on the market for teams up and down the…
The Reds had focused on young, promising midfielders who had already played in the Premier League. Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia were the top targets but they remarkably both chose to sign Chelsea. Liverpool pivoted to a completely different profile by snapping up Endo in a deal worth around £16.2million. Endo is already 30 and wasn’t exactly a superstar in the Bundesliga, rather a dependable workhorse in the Stuttgart midfield. Liverpool have seen enough to believe that he can make an impact in the Premier League, finally giving Jurgen Klopp another anchor man option. Wataru Endo spoke to Takehiro Tomiyasu…
Liverpool has its first win of the season after beating Bournemouth on Saturday — but it’s still clear Jürgen Klopp has work to do in the transfer market. Newest signing Wataru Endo was handed his debut at Anfield as he came off the bench following the sending-off of Alexis Mac Allister, but Liverpool fans will be hoping the Japan international isn’t the last addition to be made this summer. A younger option to battle with Endo for the number six role is ideally needed, while a new defender is also required to add back-up to Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima…