Author: Joe Soriano

Arsenal are still in the hunt for new attacking options to help the quintet of Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Jesus (currently injured), Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli, and Bukayo Saka out. A striker has long been viewed as the main priority target for Arsenal this summer after two seasons of coming up short against Erling Haaland and Manchester City, but the Gunners have been just as invested in finding winger depth, with Athletic Club star Nico Williams making the rounds as a favored option. Arsenal have already secured two major summer signings in Real Sociedad center midfielder Mikel Merino and Bologna's Riccardo Calafiori, both of whom are among Europe's best in their roles. Now, Arsenal are pushing to make some more sales on top of the profit they generated from Emile Smith-Rowe...

Aston Villa have made a few major moves in the summer transfer window, with the most notable being the signing of former Everton center midfielder Amadou Onana. The 22-year-old Belgian international replaces Douglas Luiz as the team's best midfielder, as Luiz wanted a transfer away from Villa Park and joined Serie A heavyweights Juventus instead. In exchange, Aston Villa acquired center midfielder Enzo Barrenechea, who was on loan at Frosinone last season, as well as young Juve first-team left winger Samuel Iling-Junior. However, Iling-Junior and Barrenechea were not deemed ready by manager Unai Emery to be regulars for Aston Villa in the 2024/25 season, so the Lions have been looking for loan destinations for both raw players. According to a report from Gianluca Di Marzio, Ast...

Arsenal have signed two of the best players on the summer 2024 transfer market in center/left back Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna and Real Sociedad's center midfielder Mikel Merino. Both Calafiori and Merino were among the best in their respective leagues and will be counted on as immediate starters for an Arsenal side looking to finally win the Premier League over manager Mikel Arteta's previous employers, Manchester City. The summer 2024 transfer window hasn't just been about blockbuster arrivals, however, as Arsenal have also made - or been in the process of making - a couple of significant sales. As Eddie Nketiah prepares for a big-money move within the Premier League, the Gunners already sold another talented attacking academy product in Emile Smith-Rowe. "ESR" joined Ful...

Chelsea are in the phase of the transfer window where they are focusing at least as much on outgoing as they are on incoming players, though the Blues remain linked to a few high-profile targets like Napoli star striker Victor Osimhen. Meanwhile, Chelsea have already sent one star striker to Napoli in Romelu Lukaku, who will be moving to Serie A permanently again for a fee exceeding 30 million euros. While Chelsea could also send young attacking midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka to the 2022/23 Serie A champions, their more pressing concern is finding a landing spot for another striker with no future at the club, in addition to Lukaku. That player would be Armando Broja, who has already been on two unsuccessful loan spells within the Premier League to Southampton and Fulham. The loan t...

Chelsea have made most of their wheeling and dealing in the summer 2024 transfer window, spending over 110 million euros on Pedro Neto and Joao Felix, and now it is time for the Blues to sell off the players who have no place in the squad for the upcoming season. Already, Chelsea have secured an agreement with Napoli for the long-awaited Romelu Lukaku transfer, earning close to 50 million euros in total from the veteran Belgian striker. Next up on the list is 29-year-old winger Raheem Sterling, who has received rumored transfer interest from around the Premier League but nothing remotely concrete at this juncture. According to a report from Turkish outlet Fanatik, Fenerbahce and manager Jose Mourinho, who made a name for himself coaching Chelsea, are interested in taking three pla...

Liverpool have one of the best center back pairings in world football when both Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate are fully healthy and at their best. Over the years, they have had great success with making signings from the Bundesliga, with Konate, formerly of RB Leipzig, standing out among them. He wasn't the first Bundesliga center back to make it big at Liverpool either, as former Schalke free agent Joel Matip is one of the biggest examples of Klopp's brilliant scouting eye. Even last summer, Klopp found a couple of great deals from the Bundesliga, with midfielders Dominik Szoboszlai and Wataru Endo playing starring roles in Liverpool returning to the fore as Premier League title contenders. Now, according to a report from Sky Sports Germany's Philipp Hinze and Florian Plett...

Throughout the summer 2024 transfer window, Arsenal have been linked with big name strikers in their pursuit of a true No. 9 to replace the well-rounded Gabriel Jesus as the regular starting striker in pursuit of more goals - and the Premier League title over Manchester City. Arsenal pushed hard for Benjamin Sesko, but he decided to stay with RB Leipzig. An even bigger star, Napoli's Victor Osimhen, remains on the Gunners' radar, but his price has been set onerously high by the Partenopei. As an alternative, Arsenal could go with someone younger, slightly less expensive, and with a less extensive injury history. That player is actually a man who started over Sesko for Leipzig last season, Lois Openda. According to a report from Kicker, Arsenal are now interested in signing Openda,...