Tag: Arsenal

Arsenal interested in signing striker valued at £75 million
24Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Arsenal interested in signing striker valued at £75 million

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,...
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Mikel Arteta addresses Raheem Sterling transfer rumors
23Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Mikel Arteta addresses Raheem Sterling transfer rumors

Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling is the odd man out in Enzo Maresca's squad, completely discarded by the manager on Matchday 1 of the new Premier League season with Maresca making it publicly clear that the Premier League icon is no longer wanted. A former 20-goal scorer from the wing at Manchester City and a 16-year-old phenom at Liverpool before that, Sterling came to Chelsea with the expectation that he would be a consistent source of goals and a steadying veteran presence in the attack. Although Sterling exceeded 10 goal contributions for the 9th time in his career last season, Chelsea are going younger in the attack, and Sterling didn't exactly shine with his all-around play either. Chelsea have brought in Estevao Willian, Pedro Neto, and Joao Felix this summer, leaving even fe...
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Arsenal forward target reaches agreement with Champions League rival
22Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Arsenal forward target reaches agreement with Champions League rival

Arsenal are still in the market for some attacking help, as they came into the summer transfer window with the striker position as their biggest area of need and an additional desire to add some attacking depth on the wings. So far, Arsenal have signed Riccardo Calafiori to add to their defense, and they are close to signing another world-class midfielder in Mikel Merino to form a talented pairing with 2023 blockbuster signing Declan Rice. Now, Arsenal are turning their attention back to the attack, with Napoli star Victor Osimhen still on the table. But Osimhen isn't the only Serie A attacker generating significant interest from the Gunners. Atalanta star Ademola Lookman is another strong possibility for Arsenal, as he is coming off two great Serie A seasons and a Europa League t...
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Arsenal have a swap deal ready for €70M rated forward
22Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Arsenal have a swap deal ready for €70M rated forward

Arsenal made one of the most high-profile transfers of the summer period this year, bringing in Bologna's breakout star Riccardo Calafiori to displace Oleksandr Zinchcenko as the starting left back alongside fellow world-class defenders William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes. As Arsenal close in on the signing of Real Sociedad star Mikel Merino, their next focus - or even simultaneous focus as they continue to wrap things up with the Spanish international - will be landing another top forward to add to their collection of Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, and Leandro Trossard. For the most part, Arsenal have been linking to out-and-out strikers like Napoli star Victor Osimhen, but there's another school of thought that says the Gunners could go after a talent...
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EPL Predictions: Aston Villa vs. Arsenal; Brighton vs. Man Utd; Tottenham vs. Everton
22Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

EPL Predictions: Aston Villa vs. Arsenal; Brighton vs. Man Utd; Tottenham vs. Everton

Who will take the honors between Arsenal and Aston Villa in the big-ticket matchup of the Premier League weekend? Can Brighton build on their drubbing of Everton with a win against a much tougher opponent in Manchester United? And will Tottenham get back to winning ways against a reeling Everton after dropping points to newly-promoted Leicester City? Here are the score predictions for Saturday's Premier League clashes on Matchday 2 of the 2024/25 season. Tottenham vs. Everton On paper, Everton are one of the worst teams in the Premier League and will be among the favorites to face relegation, having done nothing to immediately change the narrative with a lackluster display against European hopefuls Brighton. Tottenham will present an even tougher task for the Toffees, though Spurs ...
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EPL Burning Questions: Marcus Rashford’s future? Brighton back to Europe? 3 new stars for Aston Villa?
19Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

EPL Burning Questions: Marcus Rashford’s future? Brighton back to Europe? 3 new stars for Aston Villa?

Here are five burning questions around the Premier League after the first weekend of action for the 2024/25 season. Can Bukayo Saka be the Player of the Season? Bukayo Saka lost out to title rival Phil Foden for the 2023/24 Premier League Player of the Season award, which didn't sit too well with Liverpool fans (Mohamed Salah) or Arsenal fans. It feels like Saka is underappreciated outside of North London, possibly the victim of his own consistency and unselfish, all-around play as a superstar winger who is just as willing to create, hug the touchline, or even defend as he is to cut inside on his trusty left foot and score. Saka showed that all-around quality in a comfortable 2-0 win for Arsenal against Wolves, and although the performance was nothing less than what Mikel Arteta an...
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Every Premier League team’s most valuable player heading into the 2024/25 season
4Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Every Premier League team’s most valuable player heading into the 2024/25 season

Addressing the topic of a player's value is extremely difficult in world football, especially when comparing across positions and even ascribing value to a player specific to the team they play for. One way to define "value" is an equivalence to importance. That is to say, a player is valuable because he is important to his team, and the "Most Valuable Player", which is the phrasing Serie A uses for its annual award in a hearken to American sports, is therefore the player who helped his team the most. But in this article ,I'd like to discuss value in a less nebulous but equally challenging realm, which is a player's financial value on the transfer market in a perfect vacuum in which leverage, contract, and overall situation are taken out. Let's take a look at the most valuable pla...
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Ranking the 10 best center backs in world football right now in 2024
7Jul By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Champions League, Features

Ranking the 10 best center backs in world football right now in 2024

The center back position is becoming more of a premium position in world football these days with elite European clubs trying to lock down the world's best attacking players. Here are the 10 best center backs in the world right now in 2024. 10. Giorgio Scalvini, Atalanta Atalanta star Giorgio Scalvini gets overlooked because of all the top-class defensive talent in Serie A, and Atalanta tend to get a whole lot less press than, say, Juventus or Inter Milan. Furthermore, it doesn't help that Bologna star Riccardo Calafiori is the young Italian center back soaking up all the media attention and social media fanposts. That's for good reason, but before Euro 2024, Scalvini was seen as THE young center back to watch in Italian football after putting together a second excellent season ...
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The Spanish province producing elite coaches like Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta
27May By Javier MartinezNo Comments
Champions League, Features, LaLiga, Premier League

The Spanish province producing elite coaches like Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta

When you think of where some of the best managers in the world come from, there might be a few nations that come to mind.  Italy has always had a good history of producing elite coaches and some have gone on to become world-class managers (Carlo Ancelotti, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi).  Meanwhile, Germany's coaching school is considered one of the toughest programs on the continent and is something that’s reaping its rewards as some of the best coaches in the current game are German (Jürgen Klopp, Thomas Tuchel, Julian Nagelsmann). However, what if the the best managers weren't necessarily coming from a country or even a region, but a province of that country?  That's the case of Gipuzkoa, the Spanish province in the Basque region that's become a factory of producing elite coa...
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2024 Ballon d’Or Rankings after Jude Bellingham saves El Clasico again
21Apr By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Champions League, Features

2024 Ballon d’Or Rankings after Jude Bellingham saves El Clasico again

With the heated Premier League title race coming to its concluding stretch and the Champions League semifinals set to get underway, the 2023/24 season is about to reach its peak conclusion, with plenty of intrigue remaining despite most of Europe's other top five leagues settling results. The 2024 Ballon d'Or rankings are now increasingly on the minds of fans, with supporters from all over the globe debating the merits of their superstar players and how they all stack up against each other. For example, how do the young stars of Xabi Alonso's historic Bayer Leverkusen side stack up against the elite superstars of the Premier League? Will a Real Madrid or Barcelona player take home the Ballon d'Or again? Here are the latest rankings after Jude Bellingham, the man of the hour, fired...
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