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Report: Tottenham have offered 14-goal target wages of around €5m a year
Tottenham have been linked with a move for the Napoli striker Arkadiusz Milik in the recent weeks and it seems that they have approached the player’s entourage now. According to Gazzetta dello Sport (h/t Sportwitness), the 26-year-old’s entourage have now received an offer from the London club and Milik will earn around €5m a year. Spurs want to sign Milik on a pre-contract agreement in January and the Napoli ace would move to the Premier League next summer on a free transfer. It will be interesting to see if Milik is willing to accept their proposal. He has been linked with a permanent move away from Napoli this summer and it remains to be seen if he is ready to wait until the end of the season for Spurs. Milik is not a key player for Napoli and he needs to leave in order to pla...
Gabriel Agbonlahor gives 7-word verdict on player Aston Villa are reportedly signing
Gabriel Agbonlahor has given his take on Twitter on reported Aston Villa target Bertrand Traore. According to RMC Sport, Villa have agreed a deal with Lyon over the signing of Traore in the summer transfer window. It has been reported by the French news outlet that the Premier League club will pay the French side a transfer fee of €19 million (£17.53 million). Former Villa striker Agbonlahor believes that Traore – who can play as a forward or as an attacking midfielder – would be a good signing for Dean Smith’s side. Great player! Quick strong and can score!!! — Gabriel Agbonlahor (@officialga11) September 14, 2020 Would Bertrand Traore be a good signing for Aston Villa? Traore did not have a great time when he was at Chelsea and made only a handful of appearances for the first team in the...
Peter Crouch says Leeds are badly missing something that’d have given them a lift
Leeds United announced their return to the English Premier League with an exhilarating performance against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday. Marcelo Bielsa’s side were handed a 4-3 defeat, with a late penalty from Mohamed Salah separating both sides after the visitors had equalized thrice. Liverpool also opened the scoring from the spot and Leeds would have fancied their chances of winning were it not for the two spot-kicks. They host fellow newly-promoted side Fulham at Elland Road on Saturday, and the fans would have loved to be available for their first top-flight home game since 2004. It remains to be seen if they will be allowed back into the stadiums this season, but former Stoke City striker Peter Crouch believes that Leeds are the Premier League side that will most miss having fans...
‘Didn’t make sense to me’ – Jermaine Jenas fuming with what Mourinho did vs Everton
Tottenham Hotspur started the new English Premier League campaign on a dismal note, suffering a 1-0 loss at the hands of Everton at home yesterday. The visitors were the better team from start to finish, with their new midfield additions proving too much for Spurs to handle. Jose Mourinho’s side appeared to lack a game plan and they struggled to break down a resilient Everton backline. The match ended goalless at half-time, and the Tottenham boss decided to shake things up for the restart, replacing Dele Alli with Moussa Sissoko. The substitution didn’t yield any result as the hosts found themselves a goal down 10 minutes into the second-half, and BBC MOTD2 pundit and former Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas believes that the Portuguese’s decision didn’t make sense. “Most of the time whe...
‘Different gravy’: Some Tottenham Hotspur fans react to Wolves player’s display tonight
Some Tottenham Hotspur fans have taken to Twitter to give their reaction to the performance of Raul Jimenez for Wolverhampton Wanderers this evening. Jimenez was in action for Wolves in their Premier League game against Sheffield United away from home at Bramall Lane. The Mexico international striker started the match and scored after just three minutes, as Nuno’s side went on to pick up all three points from the encounter with ease. According to WhoScored, the Wolves star took five shots of which two were on target, played one key pass, had a pass accuracy of 80%, won three headers, took 68 touches, attempted one dribble, made one interception and three clearances, and put in one cross. During the 2019-20 season, the striker scored 17 goals and provided six assists in the Premier League, ...
BBC man asks why Spurs didn’t sign NUFC man that ‘would have fitted straight into the squad’
Tottenham Hotspur lost their new Premier League season opener to Everton at N 17 yesterday, and boss Jose Mourinho will hope to bring in a striker before the end of the summer transfer window. Signing a cover for Harry Kane has proven to be herculean for Spurs over the last two windows, but BBC pundit and former England international striker Peter Crouch reckons Newcastle United summer signing Callum Wilson wouldn’t have minded playing second fiddle to the Englishman. He is also wondering why the North Londoners didn’t go after Chelsea summer arrival Timo Werner as he believes his versatility would have come handy within their attacking ranks. “I mentioned earlier Liverpool might regret letting Chelsea sign Timo Werner but I would have loved to have seen Tottenham go all out for him,” Crou...
Rodrigo de Paul sends some Leeds fans into meltdown after dropping transfer hint
Udinese midfielder Rodrigo de Paul has sent Leeds United fans into a meltdown after hinting that he would love to move to Elland Road this summer. Whites head coach Marcelo Bielsa reportedly has the Argentine on top of his list for a midfielder this summer, and Leeds fanzine The Square Ball claimed he is keen on the move but that it rests with both clubs. De Paul replied to their claim with a ‘Yes’ on Twitter (which he quickly deleted), and the club supporters are more than confident that he wants to join the Whites this summer. Yes 🤞🏽 — Rodrigo de Paul (@rodridepaul) September 14, 2020 Rodrigo de Paul is ready to move to Leeds United… and just confirmed the news. It’s up to the two clubs. Negotiations ongoing but Udinese want €40m. ⚪️🇦🇷 #LUFC ...
Journalist claims player wants to stay at his club despite West Ham interest
The Guardian journalist Nick Ames has stated on Twitter that Arsenal left-back Sead Kolasinac wants to stay at the club amid interest from West Ham United. Ames has claimed that West Ham is not a likely destination for Kolasinac, who has spoken to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta about his future. The Bosnia and Herzegovina international left-back wants to fight for his place in the starting lineup despite knowing that he is behind Kieran Tierney in the pecking order, according to the journalist. According to The Athletic, West Ham are interested in signing Kolasinac from Premier League rivals Arsenal in the summer transfer window (click here to read more on Sportslens). Am told West Ham is not a likely destination for Sead Kolasinac as things stand. Player has had talks with Arteta & know...
Report: Mourinho looking to pip Inter & EPL duo to ‘young Giorgio Chiellini’
According to Verona-based newspaper L’Arena, Tottenham Hotspur have joined Manchester United and Chelsea in the race for Hellas Verona centre-back Marash Kumbulla. The 20-year-old is also on the radar of Inter Milan and Lazio despite arriving at the Serie A last summer, and he has been compared to a young Giorgio Chiellini by former Juventus man Federico Balzaretti. The Albanian helped Verona to seal promotion a year ago and has taken the league by storm. Spurs boss Jose Mourinho is keen on another centre-back having lost Jan Vertonghen at the end of the campaign. Juan Foyth is also expected to leave, and Kumbulla could be brought to North London. Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City and Manchester United have also been linked with the £25 million-rated centre-back, and Spurs have...
Ben Parker’s 2-word reaction to news coming out of Leeds United today
Ben Parker has taken to Twitter to give his reaction to Leeds United appointing Mark Jackson as their new Under-23 head coach. As announced on Leeds’s official Twitter page at 3:30pm today, the Premier League club have appointed Jackson as the successor to Carlos Corberan. Corberan was the Leeds Under-23 boss last season, but earlier this summer, he left his role at Elland Road and became the new head coach of Huddersfield Town. Jackson has been in charge of the Whites’ Under-18 team, and he has now been promoted to the Under-23 side. Former Leeds left-back Parker believes that it is great news that Jackson is now the the club’s Under-23 side. Brilliant stuff @jacko55555 https://t.co/5QrTFh9bG5 — Ben Parker (@ben_parker19) September 14, 2020 Premier League action Meanwhile, the senior Leed...
Report: Why Aston Villa target is in Denmark today
According to RMC Sport, Bertrand Traore has travelled to Denmark to undergo a medical for Aston Villa. It has been reported that the former Chelsea attacker has travelled to Copenhagen where he will undergo his medical before travelling to England. This is so because, according to the report, Villa’s sporting director Johan Lange is in his homeland of Denmark. Would Bertrand Traore be a good signing for Aston Villa? Traore has played in the Premier League before when he was at Chelsea, although he could not really make an impact. The 25-year-old, who can play as a forward or as an attacking midfielder, has progressed and developed a lot during his time at Lyon and is ready to return to the top flight of English football. The Burkina Faso international scores goals and creates chances ...
Transfer round-up: Arsenal close to midfielder sale, Manchester United planning defender bid
We are into the eighth week of the Premier League summer transfer window. There has not been any transfer activity over the past few days, but a number of deals could be on the cusp of completion. Aston Villa seem the most active club in the transfer market this week and they are set to sign goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez from Arsenal (Fabrizio Romano). Meanwhile, Lyon forward Bertrand Traore is undergoing a medical ahead of his proposed move to the club. Let’s have a look at the top transfer rumours today. Top Transfer Rumours: Arsenal appear on the cusp of selling Lucas Torreira after agreeing a deal worth £22m (€24m) with Serie A side Torino. The Uruguay international is close to a reunion with manager Marco Giampaolo, whom he worked under at Sampdoria between 2015 and 2018 (Ca...
