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With an enviable roll call of stars available to him at Man City, it would take a very special player indeed to be able to improve Pep Guardiola’s squad. The Catalan seemingly won’t stop in his quest for perfection, however, and that means that no City player can rest on their laurels. Competition for places is generally what every manager …

Spurs have a gem on their hands. That is the view of former Liverpool and Aston Villa attacker Stan Collymore, who believes Micky van de Ven is a ‘top quality’ signing and a player that could end up being pursued by two of Europe’s biggest clubs. Not only has van de Ven, 22, been a great signing for Ange Postecoglou, but …

Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are keen on signing the Barcelona winger Raphinha. A report from the Spanish publication Sport claims that the London clubs could submit an offer to sign the 27-year-old at the end of the season. However, Raphinha is keen on continuing at the Spanish club. It will be interesting to see if the clubs can convince the …

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, will always have a special affinity with San Sebastian in Spain, given that it was his birthplace and also where he took his first steps in football, alongside Xabi Alonso at Antiguoko. Later, during his professional career, he also spent half a season at Real Sociedad before moving on to Everton and then Arsenal. It’s no …

Arsenal like every other Premier League club will look to strengthen their squad this summer and Mikel Arteta specifically wants a right-winger.  Bukayo Saka is the undisputed started in this role at the North London club but the England star plays a lot of matches for Arteta and the Gunners boss would like to ease the burden on the 22-year-old. …

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Barcelona centre-back Ronald Araujo is wanted by some of Europe’s biggest clubs and the La Liga side’s main priority is to tie the defender down to a new deal. Sky Sport Germany’s Florian Plettenberg reported in January that Man United have enquired about Araujo and were told that it would take €80m to lure him away from the La Liga giants …

Barcelona are on the search for a new manager and a former coach at Chelsea is now being considered for the role.  Current Barca boss Xavi has announced that he will leave the club at the end of the season having experienced a tough season at the Catalan club. There have been several managers linked to the role since the …

Chelsea are reportedly ready to try a summer transfer window move for Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong, and could even try offering Mykhaylo Mudryk as part of the deal. It seems the Blues are really keen on adding De Jong to their squad, and they could try offering around €40million plus Mudryk to Barca to try and make the deal …

Barcelona would reportedly require Liverpool’s permission to hire Jurgen Klopp as their next manager, even though he’s already announced that he’ll be leaving Anfield at the end of this season. The German tactician recently stunned the footballing world by announcing completely out of the blue that this would be his final season in charge of Liverpool as he needs to …