Author: Soccerhuz
Tottenham Hotspur are taking on Manchester United in the Premier League as both sides look to build on underwhelming an opening weekend with a statement win today. Spurs drew 2-2 at Brentford in their first match under new manager Ange Postecoglou and since the departure of talisman Harry Kane. Speaking ahead of his first home game, the Australian coach said he is determined to turn the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium into a fortress. “If you want to make it a place where we see it as an advantage, you have got to make sure the experience for opposition clubs is not…
The ball is once again in Chelsea’s court. Fabrizio Romano had reported that talks with Juventus regarding the swap plus cash deal of Vlahovic and Lukaku were off as the Blues were unwilling to pay the €40 million fee demanded by the Bianconeri Fraser Fletcher of Football Insider, however, reports that the Italian giants are still keen to press ahead with this transfer after Romelu Lukaku agreed personal terms with them. Whether Chelsea have any interest in heading back to the negotiating table is doubtful unless Juve agree to lower their demands, considering that the Blues have just spent an…
Mauricio Pochettino has an exciting new-look squad to work with this season following a £350million spending spree that shows no sign of slowing up. Moises Caicedo’s British record transfer earlier this week was followed by another major purchase in the shape of Romeo Lavia on Friday, and both midfielders are now in line to make their debuts against West Ham tomorrow. Hargreaves believes the Blues are well set to improve significantly under Pochettino but fears the decision to replace Kepa Arrizabalaga and Edouard Mendy with former Brighton No.1 Robert Sanchez represents a concern. Talented young American Gabriel Slonina has been allowed to join…
Chelsea’s staggering spending spree under Boehly has continued this summer, with the Blues investing almost £400m on new players and breaking the British transfer record on Moises Caicedo. But Souness says Chelsea have ‘gambled on potential’ by spending £115m on Caicedo and has similar feelings about their moves for Romeo Lavia and Nicolas Jackson. Having beaten Liverpool to ex-Brighton star Caicedo, Chelsea also outbid their Premier League rivals to sign Lavia from Southampton, while they spent £30m on Villarreal forward Jackson. ‘In the last six months, we’ve seen Chelsea twice break the British transfer record – first for Enzo Fernandez and…
Liverpool coped despite Alexis Mac Allister’s second-half red card to beat Bournemouth 3-1 and get their season fully up and running. Antoine Semenyo had given the Cherries a shock lead on three minutes but Jurgen Klopp’s side found their groove with goals from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah – scoring after his penalty was saved – handing them a first half advantage. Things could have become tricky when Mac Allister, making his Anfield debut, was dismissed for a high challenge on Joe Rothwell on 58 minutes but if anything Liverpool went up another gear with 10-men. Diogo Jota took advantage…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and his team have laid flowers in tribute to a worker who was fatally injured at Everton’s new stadium. Michael Jones died on Monday after working at the venue, which is under construction near the River Mersey. The 26-year-old was a “lifelong blue who was so happy to be working on the new stadium”, his family said. The LFC tribute comes a day after Everton manager Sean Dyche laid flowers at the site. Stadium contractor Laing O’Rourke said they were “shocked and saddened” by the death of Mr Jones, who had been carrying out work for…
Wataru Endo has admitted that one factor in his decision to join Liverpool was the chance to work with Jurgen Klopp, who he grew up watching when the German was manager of Borussia Dortmund. The 30-year-old defensive midfielder became Liverpool’s third signing of the summer on Friday, in a deal 90min understands to be worth £16m. Endo’s move to Anfield caught many by surprise, with the deal completed pretty quickly after first breaking, but is rich reward for the fine form he’s shown for Stuttgart over the past three years – where he also played as a centre-back as well as in…
In the expansive theatre of English football, few tales are as riveting as that of Cheick Doucoure. The Malian prodigy, after joining Crystal Palace from Lens for a mere £21 million in the summer of 2022, did not take long to etch his name in Palace’s hall of fame. Outshining talents like Marc Guehi and Michael Olise, Doucoure was crowned Crystal Palace’s Player of the Season for the 2022-23 campaign. But the story, as reported by Football Insider, is about to take a new twist. Liverpool FC’s Midfield Revamp With the iconic pairing of Fabinho and Jordan Henderson donning new…
Liverpool completed the signing of Japanese DM, Wataru Endo, yesterday but are prepared to further reinforce the position. The Reds have been linked with Portuguese play breaker, Joao Palhinha, for some time and they have now made a decision on his transfer. As per an exclusive story covered by Football Insider, Liverpool are ready to press to secure a big money defensive midfielder even after luring Endo from Stuttgart. However, the news source have mentioned that the Reds’ interest in the Fulham star has stalled for two reasons. First, Palhinha suffered a shoulder injury in the pre-season, he has been…
Liverpool only finished in a Europa League qualification spot. Of course this is not where they expect to be and this summer they have made some signings to try and make them title challengers again. All the top teams are strengthening, but one thing continues to stay the same at Anfield and that is Salah being a key player. The winger is still probably the first name on the team sheet and Ferdinand has made a bold claim about something he will achieve this season. Rio Ferdinand makes bold Mohamed Salah claim The pundit, who is a part of TNT…