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Report: Tottenham keen on 9-goal attacker but face competition from Leicester City
Tottenham are keen on the Borussia Moenchengladbach forward Alassane Plea. According to Bild, Leicester City are keeping tabs on the player. The Londoners need to improve their attacking options this summer and Plea would be a good signing for them. The Bundesliga ace will add goals and creativity to the side. He has done well in Germany since moving to Gladbach and he has the quality to shine in the Premier League as well. He has 9 goals and 7 assists to his name in the league this season. Spurs are overly reliant on Harry Kane for goals and Plea’s arrival will give Mourinho another option. Also, the Gladbach ace can play across the front three and he would give Spurs the option to try out other formations. Plea can be the alternative to Kane or he could partner the England international ...
Report: Wolves have secured agreement in principle to sign 24-yr-old midfield player
Wolves are close to signing the Portuguese defensive midfielder Joao Palhinha. According to reports (via Sportwitness), the Premier League club have an agreement in principle to sign the 24-year-old. Wolves are expected to pay around €15m for the player. It will be interesting to see if the transfer is confirmed in the coming weeks. Nuno needed to add more depth to his midfield and Palhinha’s signing makes a lot of sense. He could partner Neves at the heart of Wolves’ midfield next season. The 24-year-old will add defensive steel alongside Neves’ creativity. His arrival will add more balance to Wolves’ midfield next season. Furthermore, the Sporting ace will improve Wolves at the back by shielding the back four. It would also allow the creative players to operate with more freedom. Palhinh...
Report claims Everton have submitted an ‘attractive’ offer for Frenchman
Everton have been linked with the Barcelona defender Jean-Clair Todibo in the recent weeks. Now reports (via Sportwitness) claim that the Toffees have offered around €25m for the player. Barcelona view the offer as an attractive one as they initially valued the player at around €22m. It will be interesting to see if Everton can secure his services in the coming weeks. Juventus are keen on the player as well and they could offer Barcelona a swap deal with one of their own players in exchange. Todibo is a talented young player who would improve Everton defensively. Furthermore, a manager like Carlo Ancelotti could develop him into a star in future. It remains to be seen what the player decides in the end. For him, a move to Everton would be ideal. He is unlikely to get first-team chances at ...
Report: Celtic keen to snap up talented forward from Premier League club this summer
West Ham starlet Veron Parkes has turned down the chance to sign a professional contract with the club and Celtic are looking to snap him up this summer. As per Football Insider, Monaco, NY Red Bulls and other clubs are keeping tabs on the player as well. Parkes will be available for a very reasonable compensation this summer and it will be interesting to see if Celtic can secure his services. The 18-year-old forward is highly rated at the Premier League club and they will not want to lose him just yet. However, the player wants first-team football and West Ham might not be able to fulfill his demands. On the other hand, Celtic could provide him with some first-team opportunities in Scotland. The Scottish giants can include him in their cup games and allow him some minutes in the league as...
LeBron James & Uninterrupted Partners With Quibi For Docuseries About The Cheating Houston Astros
Source: Loren Elliott / Getty The Last Dance might be over, but there is another spicy sports documentary on the way. LeBron James and his sports media company Uninterrupted are continuing the hammer out the content. It was announced that both entities will be teaming up with Quibi for a docuseries that will focus on the MLB’s darling cheaters, the Houston Astros. It will focus on the elaborate sign-stealing scheme that helped the team engineer one of the most impressive from worst to first turnarounds and winning one championship. After they got caught, the Astros’ managers during the teams cheating exploits A.J. Hinch and Jeff Luhnow were fired, and the MLB fined the team $5 million. Most players, especially players who faced the Astros during those seasons, felt the punishment wasn’t en...
‘Do the sporting thing’ – Celtic legend Chris Sutton sends message to Rangers
Celtic legend Chris Sutton has asked Rangers to do the sporting thing and congratulate the Hoops for emerging as the Scottish Premiership league winners for the season following the SPFL’s decision. Neil Lennon’s men are 13 points clear at the top of the table and are the best team in the land on a points-per-game basis. However, Rangers had insisted on resuming the campaign as they fancied their chances of catching up with their Old Firm rivals with a game in hand and eight rounds of games to go. The Ibrox outfit are yet to respond on social media to Celtic’s victory, with their players and manager Steven Gerrard yet to comment too. It remains to be seen what Rangers’ next decision will be as they were tipped to take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport or the civil courts aft...
#AfterTheLastDance: The Fumble Recaps The “Food Poisoning” Game, Dennis Rodman Wrestling & More
Source: JEFF HAYNES / Getty All good things must come to an end, unfortunately, and that’s the case with the ESPN’s 10-part Michael Jordan series, The Last Dance. The Fumble is back with their after show, #AfterTheLastDance, to recap the final two episodes. Chris Clarke (@CK2K) and Jackie Rae (@JRaeTheFanatic) of The Fumble are back to discuss the final two episodes of the exceptional Michael Jordan ESPN doc The Last Dance. Episode 9’s action picks up with The Bulls toughest test in the playoffs, the Reggie Miller lead Indiana Pacers coached by Larry Bird before heading to the finals to take on the Utah Jazz. The episode also touched on Steve Kerr and how he also tragically lost his father in which could have been an opportunity both he and Michael could have bonded on. The highlight ...
Ex-Celtic hitman Moussa Dembele brutally mocks Rangers following SPFL title decision
Former Celtic striker Moussa Dembele has reacted to Celtic’s emergence as the Scottish Premiership title winners for the season, mocking Rangers for celebrating like they won the league following last December’s Old Firm win. Steven Gerrard’s men secured a 2-1 victory at the expense of Neil Lennon’s side at Parkhead in the last game before the winter break, securing their first win in nine years at the ground of their bitter rivals and cutting the gap between them at the top of the Scottish Premiership to two points, with a game in hand. However, Rangers lost momentum when action resumed in January while Celtic secured 12 wins and a draw in their next 13 games. The Hoops’ two-point lead at the end of the year was extended to a 13-point lead in a timescale of less than two months, and they ...
Report: Euro club in talks to sign Celtic player, could face competition from Newcastle
According to reports from French media outlet Le 10 Sport, German giants Borussia Dortmund are interested in signing Celtic striker Odsonne Edouard. It has been claimed that Dortmund are looking for a replacement of Erling Haaland already. The 19-year-old striker joined Dortmund during the January transfer window and has been in sensational form. He has scored 41 goals this term but could still leave the club. He has a release clause of £63m and there is no shortage of admirers. Dortmund have earmarked Edouard as a potential replacement in case he leaves the club. Talks between the two clubs are currently underway. Edouard has scored 27 goals in 46 games for Celtic and has further provided 19 assists. Clearly he is now ready to jump the ship and play for a top European club....
‘It’s right that we allow’: Newcastle receive massive boost in the takeover process
The Newcastle United takeover process is taking a long time to reach a conclusion and quite naturally the fans are getting nervous and anxious. A deal in the region of £300 million has been agreed between Mike Ashley and the Newcastle potential owners. The deal has been agreed, while the potential new owners have signed a contract as well. The would-be new owners – Amanda Staveley’s consortium — comprising her company PCP Capital Partners (10 per cent), the billionaire Reuben brothers (10 per cent) and the 80 per cent majority stakeholding of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) – have done their part, and are awaiting the official confirmation from the Premier League. There are objections of human rights violations and piracy against the Saudi consortium. Last week, ...
Peter Schmeichel says Spurs winger is a realistic target he’d like Man Utd to sign
Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel has revealed that he would love to see his former club sign Tottenham Hotspur winger Son Heung-min. The Dane was asked during a Q&A session on Twitter which realistic target he would like the Red Devils to land, and he chose the South Korean: Son from spurs https://t.co/M2KGyVKnAI — Peter Schmeichel (@Pschmeichel1) May 18, 2020 Man. Utd have been routinely linked with a Spurs star as boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks to boost his squad, but it’s not the player Schmeichel wants. While Son will definitely help improve the Red Devils attack, it’s Tottenham striker Harry Kane that is very much on their radar. The England international has admitted he wouldn’t hesitate to leave North London if the silverware aren’t forthcoming, and he has been tipped ...
Report: Wolves keen on highly rated defender, but face competition from PL giants
Wolves are interested in signing the highly-rated defender Rayan Ait-Nouri. As per Birmingham Mail, Manchester City are keen on the player as well. The 18-year-old is a prodigious talent and he is rated highly across Europe. It will be interesting to see if the Premier League side manages to sign him this summer. Wolves certainly have the resources to pull off a signing like this. However, Angers director Sebastien Larcier believes that the current health crisis could tip things in favour of the selling club. The financial impact of Covid-19 is likely to curb the transfer spending this summer and it could help clubs hold on to their prized assets. Ait-Nouri was a target for Premier League clubs in January as well and there was an offer of around €30m for him. However, the move never materi...
