Premier League

Manchester United Transfers: The future of the LB position is getting a lot more interesting
8Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Premier League

Manchester United Transfers: The future of the LB position is getting a lot more interesting

Manchester United have such a puzzle at the left back position, which has been complicated further by a constant revolving door of injuries to Tyrell Malacia and Luke Shaw, who have been out for months. In their steads, Manchester United have actually been better at left back by starting inverted right backs Diogo Dalot and Noussair Mazraoui, who have proven to be two of the best fullbacks in the world. Dalot was the established option at right back but shifted to the left after Shaw's injury and the signing of Mazraoui, shining on the left side. Then, it was Mazraoui's turn to do the same in a recent Premier League encounter against Chelsea. In the long term, Manchester United will probably want to sign a more reliable true left back, someone who is world-class and can get forwar...
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Transfer Rumors: An elite club wants to poach Jhon Duran from Aston Villa
8Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Premier League

Transfer Rumors: An elite club wants to poach Jhon Duran from Aston Villa

Aston Villa backup striker Jhon Duran would be a qualified starter on the majority of Premier League sides, but with 2023/24 Premier League Player of the Season candidate Ollie Watkins still firing on all cylinders, the Colombian has to settle for being one of the world's finest backups. Duran was mired in a transfer saga this past summer, but Aston Villa ultimately stuck to their guns and didn't sell him to Premier League counterparts West Ham, Chelsea, or anyone else for that matter. This season, Duran is off to a torrid start as arguably the biggest breakout striker in world football, scoring 4 league goals in 263 minutes for a whopping 1.37 goals per 90 minutes. Aston Villa are very much in the thick of the Champions League race despite a poor recent run of results, including ...
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Liverpool’s pursuit of Aurelien Tchouameni just got a lot more interesting
7Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
LaLiga, Premier League

Liverpool’s pursuit of Aurelien Tchouameni just got a lot more interesting

Liverpool have been looking for a tempo-setter in the midfield for years, and, at points, they had one of the two best in the world at this job after acquiring Thiago Alcantara for free in 2020. Thiago was fresh off winning the treble for Bayern Munich and was as good as any footballer in the world at the time, even if his efforts were very much unsung by virtue of the nature of his position. When healthy, Thiago was every bit the maestro conductor that Jurgen Klopp envisioned, but, unfortunately, those healthy moments were few and far between. Thiago retired from the game at the end of the season. By then, though, Liverpool had overhauled their midfield and returned to their status as Premier League title contenders after landing Wataru Endo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allist...
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Guess who could come crawling back to Aston Villa
7Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Premier League

Guess who could come crawling back to Aston Villa

Aston Villa are experiencing a little bit of a slide, as the top-four contenders have not won a game since their Oct. 22 victory over Bologna in the Champions League. The Lions suffered a shock defeat to Club Bruges in their latest Champions League encounter, on the heels of a 4-1 drubbing to fellow top-four contenders Tottenham in the Premier League this weekend. Before that, Aston Villa lost to a struggling Crystal Palace 2-1, and they could not get the full three points against Bournemouth either, drawing the plucky underdogs 1-1. Unai Emery has done a marvelous job with Villa to this point, and they look even stronger this season with Morgan Rogers and Jhon Duran breaking out as legitimate top attackers while Youri Tielemans enjoys a career year thus far. Tielemans and fell...
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Transfer Rumors: AC Milan offer Liverpool blockbuster Federico Chiesa swap deal
6Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Premier League, Serie A

Transfer Rumors: AC Milan offer Liverpool blockbuster Federico Chiesa swap deal

Liverpool surprised a lot of fans around the world this summer when they acquired Federico Chiesa from Juventus, spending just 12 million euros to sign a player who was widely regarded as the most talented on the Bianconeri. Chiesa arrived in Turin during the summer 2020 transfer window and was an immediate success, providing a spark alongside Alvaro Morata, Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala, and Dejan Kulusevski in what was the latest decent Juventus attack. He then shined at Euro 2020 for champions Italy, but an ACL tear and poor management from the highly defensive Max Allegri led to the former Fiorentina star completely falling out of the picture after initially being tabbed as the future of Juve. Many thought new manager Thiago Motta would back Chiesa and coax a bounce-back yea...
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Liverpool interested in an Andrew Robertson replacement who isn’t even an upgrade
6Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Premier League

Liverpool interested in an Andrew Robertson replacement who isn’t even an upgrade

Liverpool left back Andrew Robertson was arguably the best player at his position just a few years ago, shining in the 2018/19 and 2019/20 campaigns when the Reds won the Champions League and the Premier League, respectively. A great two-way fullback with the work rate, intensity, and playmaking skills to match anyone at the position, Robertson formed an all-time great duo with right back Trent Alexander-Arnold at the peak of his powers. Although TAA is the one on an expiring contract and with heavy links to Real Madrid, it looks like between the two of them, Robertson is the less likely man to start for Liverpool in 2025. That's because Robertson's play has fallen off a cliff in the 2024/25 season. He isn't creating chances, he's getting burned repeatedly defensively, and he is u...
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Barcelona showing interest in the Premier League’s best player
5Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Premier League

Barcelona showing interest in the Premier League’s best player

Barcelona have assembled a juggernaut beyond their wildest imagination thanks to the innovative mind of Hansi Flick, whose squad has already registered 40 goals in LaLiga this season - a pace even surpassing MSN. The centerpiece of their squad is teenage phenom Lamine Yamal, by far the best young player in the world. Barca's attack also includes Robert Lewandowski, easily the Pichichi favorite, and still a third Ballon d'Or candidate in breakout star Raphinha. Both Yamal and Raphinha are right wingers by trade - and elite ones, at that - but Flick has managed to keep both as regulars by playing Raphinha in a hanging left wing role where he can get behind the defense, attack the mild of the pitch off the ball, hold width with his speed, or act as a playmaker. Barcelona clearly don'...
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Ruben Amorim wants to bring an even bigger talent than Viktor Gyokeres to Manchester United
5Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Premier League

Ruben Amorim wants to bring an even bigger talent than Viktor Gyokeres to Manchester United

The minute it was reported that Manchester United would be hiring Sporting CP manager Ruben Amorim to replace Erik ten Hag, the transfer rumor mill started lighting up with all the top young talents on the Portuguese powerhouse that could make the jump to Old Trafford. Manchester United have quite the relationship with signing former Sporting CP talents. Cristiano Ronaldo, the biggest talent in the history of the Premier League, is the obvious standout, but even current No. 10 Bruno Fernandes proved to be a brilliant signing from the Portuguese top flight. Amorim already has a strong set of center backs after the additions of Matthijs de Ligt and, especially, Leny Yoro this past summer for Ten Hag, but Sporting CP could still benefit from either Goncalo Inacio or Ousmane Diomande. ...
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Tottenham might loan out one of their most talented players
5Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Premier League

Tottenham might loan out one of their most talented players

Tottenham were the biggest winners of the Premier League weekend, dominating an Aston Villa side that pipped them in the Conference League and Champions League races in the last two seasons. Spurs took Unai Emery and his men to school, with Pape Sarr bossing an Amadou Onana and Youri Tielemans-led midfield while Dominic Solanke scored a brace to cap off a brilliant all-around performance - customary for him since moving from Bournemouth to North London. Meanwhile, James Maddison even got in on the act with a cheeky free kick off the bench to score Spurs' fourth goal of the afternoon and seal the deal for Ange Postecoglou. Lost in all the praise for the regulars was a scintillating defensive performance from Radu Dragusin, whose name could barely be heard on the broadcast, such was...
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Chelsea are standing against public opinion on a failed transfer, and they might be right
5Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Premier League

Chelsea are standing against public opinion on a failed transfer, and they might be right

The list of failed Chelsea transfers since the Todd Boehly takeover in 2022 is a lengthy one, but with the Blues sitting in fourth place under Enzo Maresca this season, the fruits of the club's rather grotesque transfer investment are starting to bear. Cole Palmer and Moises Caicedo have been leading the charge, with the likes of Levi Colwill and Malo Gusto forming a solid framework of a supporting cast that may just need some smart refining in order to yield a Premier League title contender. The trick for Chelsea is to find out which struggling transfer purchases should get second chances, who should be sold, how they should be sold, and with whom they should be replaced. As Chelsea frustratingly continue to back the floundering Robert Sanchez in goal, they also appear to be doub...
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