With the transfer window set to close in just over a week, teams across the country are scrambling to make late signings and strengthen their squads ahead of the new Premier League season.
‘Bad boy’ isn’t the tag you’d have thought to slap on Laurent Koscielny before this summer, but the Arsenal captain satisfied tabloids nationwide with his refusal to join the Gunners squad for their pre-season tour of the USA.
Youth. Courage. Success? Those three words were used by Manchester United upon the summer arrival of Swansea’s Daniel James.
New manager, new narrative; but the curious case of Jorginho and the midfield metamorphosis might yet come to define Frank Lampard’s nascent Chelsea stewardship.
The new Premier League season gets under way on August 9 when European champions Liverpool welcome promoted Norwich to Anfield.
Even transfer fees that seemed objectively monstrous at the time can be vindicated, immediately or eventually. Just ask the chaps below …
Chelsea are operating under severe restrictions this summer, but does that mean there’s no fat to trim from Frank Lampard’s squad?
Mamelodi Sundowns have lined up several pre-season friendly matches as coach Pitso Mosimane prepares his side for the upcoming 2019-20 season.
Wilfried Bony and Serey Die missed penalties in the shootout as Algeria sealed a 4-3 victory over the Ivory Coast following an entertaining 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final draw on Thursday.
He was supposed to be the player who broke Messi and Ronaldo’s duopoly at the top – but now everything is falling apart around him. Can Neymar find happiness again?