Premier League

Enzo Maresca is already pushing a Chelsea forward out the door
25Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Enzo Maresca is already pushing a Chelsea forward out the door

Chelsea left Matchday 2 of the 2024/25 Premier League season as the biggest winners, with hat-trick hero Noni Madueke and superstar Cole Palmer ruling the pitch against Wolves in a refreshing xG overperformance that yielded a 6-2 victory. Even Pedro Neto got involved off the bench against his former employers, as he assisted fellow incoming Portuguese star Joao Felix in the 80th minute to put the cherry on top of a dream showing for Enzo Maresca following Matchday 1's difficult defeat to Manchester City. It was a banner day for the Chelsea attack, with Madueke scoring three and assisting one, Palmer bagging a goal and a hat-trick of assists, and even striker Nicolas Jackson nabbing a brace on the road. However, left wing Mykhaylo Mudryk was the odd man out, as he was the lone atta...
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Fabrizio Romano provides encouraging update on Eddie Nketiah transfer saga
25Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Fabrizio Romano provides encouraging update on Eddie Nketiah transfer saga

Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah is a homegrown talent of the club and one of the better strikers in the Premier League, which he proved during a successful spell of starts in the middle of the 2022/23 season after starter Gabriel Jesus suffered an injury. However, Nketiah isn't quite up to the Arsenal standard as a pure goal-scorer, and the Gunners already have a couple of well-rounded types at the center forward position in bigger names Jesus and Kai Havertz. So that has made Nketiah expendable. After selling Emile Smith-Rowe to Fulham for more than 30 million pounds, Arsenal are hoping to get similar value for Nketiah on the transfer market. But they have been met with roadbloacks. Marseille were interested but unwilling to submit a serious financial offer, possibly because most L...
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Chelsea considering swap deal for Manchester United superstar
25Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Chelsea considering swap deal for Manchester United superstar

Chelsea set the Premier League ablaze on Sunday with a statement-making 6-2 win over Wolves, outperforming their xG for a change as Enzo Maresca's masterplan is seemingly coming together after a preseason full of forceful criticism of his tactics. Noni Madueke made the strongest statement of them all, responding to transfer rumors with a hat trick and an assist, while 2023/24 Premier League Player of the Season candidate Cole Palmer continued his brilliance with a goal and a hat-trick of assists. Nicolas Jackson scored a brace to hint at a bigger sophomore season at Stamford Bridge, while new acquisitions Pedro Neto and Joao Felix even got into the act, combining for a sweet goal in the final minutes. Despite the new attacking acquisitions, including phenom Estevao Willian next su...
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Arsenal lose out on key transfer suitor for £30 million forward
25Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Arsenal lose out on key transfer suitor for £30 million forward

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...
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Aston Villa forward set to join Champions League club for more minutes
25Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Aston Villa forward set to join Champions League club for more minutes

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...
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Southampton sign player for 40 percent less than market value
25Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Southampton sign player for 40 percent less than market value

Southampton have been looking for a new goalkeeper in order to help the Saints stay above the drop zone this time around in the Premier League, and they had a few candidates to choose from. Many rumors linked Southampton to Arsenal backup goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who is, at worst, a league average starting goalkeeper and would have been a decent option for the returning Premier League side. However, Southampton decided to balk on Ramsdale as an option because of his bloated wages and because of the fact that he would have been acquired on an initial loan deal. Instead, Dutch outlet Telegraaf's Marcel van der Kraan reports that Southampton will pay just eight million euros for their next goalkeeper, Feyenoord starter Justin Bijlow. Although Bijlow only saved 65.9 percent of th...
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Brighton Women acquire Barcelona attacking phenom
25Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Brighton Women acquire Barcelona attacking phenom

Brighton Women finished ninth in the FA WSL table last season, so the Seagulls are intent on climbing higher up the table and forming a project capable of finishing in the top half of the league. They are off to a strong start this summer, as they have signed two big names from Chelsea in England legend Fran Kirby and experienced midfielder Jelena Cankovic. Both Cankovic and Kirby should bring plenty of technical quality, star power, experience, and attacking flair to a Brighton side that could use a few more difference-makers in a playmaking capacity. And now, Brighton have adde a younger, less established player with plenty of upside to boost the Seagulls' attack for the 2024/25 FA WSL season in the form of a winger capable of starting on the left or the right. Per Soccerdonn...
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Chelsea phenom scores Kylian Mbappe-esque goal
24Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Chelsea phenom scores Kylian Mbappe-esque goal

Chelsea have created a club philosophy under new owner Todd Boehly, and that is to focus on young talents who have the potential to be special and will be secured by the club for at least five years. This summer, Chelsea have added a mix of those kinds of players, such as goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen, along with some more established attacking players like Pedro Neto and Joao Felix. But their biggest gem of the summer window is actually a young prospect who will be joining the main Chelsea squad for the 2024/25 season, as he has the ability to become the club's biggest star - or, at the very least, at the level of Cole Palmer and Christopher Nkunku. Estevao Willian has yet to play a minute in a top European league, but the 17-year-old from Palmeiras is doing so well that Chelsea fan...
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Mikel Arteta admits he already has regrets about one of Arsenal’s sales
24Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Mikel Arteta admits he already has regrets about one of Arsenal’s sales

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...
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Chelsea striker transfer to Ipswich Town on the verge of collapse
24Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Chelsea striker transfer to Ipswich Town on the verge of collapse

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...
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