Author: Soccerhuz
Liverpool returns to action in the Premier League on Saturday with a home game against Bournemouth at Anfield. The Reds kicked off their season with a creditable 1-1 draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and, with competition as fierce as ever for a top finish, boss Jürgen Klopp will want all three points. Liverpool generally has had a good record against The Cherries over the past several years, winning seven out of the last eight meetings in the Premier League. Klopp started both of his new signings this summer — Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai — in midfield for…
A former financial advisor to Manchester City has questioned Chelsea’s approach to the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules after they completed a £173m swoop for Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia. Chelsea landed Caicedo, 21, on Monday for a British transfer record £115m just eight months on from breaking it to sign Enzo Fernandez, and followed it up on Friday by confirming a £58m deal to sign highly-rated Southampton midfielder Lavia, 19, to take their spending since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital took over the club last year to more than £900m. The London side had beaten Liverpool to the punch…
Romeo Lavia has revealed the ‘three factors’ that were behind his decision to snub a move to Liverpool and join Chelsea instead. The West London club confirmed the signing of Lavia on Friday morning, bringing an end to one of the longest-running transfer sagas of the summer. The 19-year-old has signed a seven-year contract at Stamford Bridge. However, for most of the summer, it looked as though Lavia, who made 34 appearances in all competitions last season but could not help prevent the Saints’ relegation from the Premier League, would be on his way to Liverpool. Southampton director of football…
Romeo Lavia was officially confirmed as a Chelsea player on Friday morning, bringing the curtain down on a summer-long saga that witnessed the Reds have three offers turned down. The 19-year-old swayed towards Stamford Bridge when the two clubs became tangled in a battle involving Moises Caicedo, eventually signing a seven-year deal in the capital. The move came even in spite of an eventual accepted offer from Liverpool and Anfield interest being most prominent in the last few weeks. In the end, after completing the switch Lavia was able to list three reasons why he chose Chelsea ahead of Liverpool. Chelsea…
Pep Guardiola has claimed Manchester City would be “killed” if they spent as much money on new signings as Chelsea have over the last 12 months. City’s spending since Sheikh Mansour’s takeover in 2008 has repeatedly come under scrutiny, with the club facing 115 Premier League charges for alleged breaches of financial regulations But Guardiola is adamant their approach had always been prudent, in contrast to the wild spending by Todd Boehly’s ownership group at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have splashed out nearly £1 billion ($1.2 million) since the start of last summer. City have signed Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic…
Lucas Paqueta has been strongly linked with an expensive transfer to Pep Guardiola’s treble-winning Manchester City in recent weeks, but the move has fallen apart — and now the Brazil international could be facing a suspension from the governing body of English soccer. The FA is reportedly investigating Paqueta over a number of alleged betting violations over the course of 2023, and the probe might have a significant impact on the attacking midfielder’s playing future — wherever it lies. Accusations against Paqueta Paqueta, who was left out of Brazil’s squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers, has become the subject of…
Barcelona are poised to make a loan offer with option to buy for Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo. The 29-year-old defender spent the second half of last season out on loan after falling out of favour at The Etihad. After being deemed surplus to requirements by Pep Guardiola, the Portuguese international made a surprise move to Bayern Munich. But the board at the German giants opted against making his arrival permanent in the summer. Barcelona poised to make a loan offer with option to buy for Man City defender Joao Cancelo Man City also want over £30m for Cole Palmer which could price Borussia…
In what came as a shock turn in the summer transfer market, Chelsea appear to be moving to secure a deal for out-of-favour Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun. While the USMNT international has proven his goalscoring track record during his Ligue 1 loan spell with Reims last season, he’s failed to make a breakthrough under Mikel Arteta during his time at the Emirates Stadium. That being said, Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino hinted at a possible deal for a striker with less than two weeks remaining until deadline day. We are working, of course,” Pochettino admitted at his pre-match press conference. “We are…
Real Madrid need to make additions in a number of positions across the pitch. Not all of those reinforcements are not expected to arrive this summer but hopefully, they will tick off as many boxes as possible. One position in unquestionable need of strengthening is right-back. Dani Carvajal remains the starter there, even though it is quite clear that he is no longer the player that he was in his prime. Carvajal has not been performing at a top level for some time now. But he has retained his position in the team because the club have no real competition…
With De Bruyne set for surgery on a hamstring injury, Guardiola said he was speaking to director of football Txiki Begiristain about their options in the window. “We maybe need to add someone else,” Guardiola said. “My opinion is I like a small squad. But the blow from Kevin changes the perspective. He is a very important player and it is not one or two weeks. “It’s four or five months, he’s 32 years old and he needs to be physical because of the way he plays physically. So we have to reflect a bit on the squad and think…