Tottenham Hotspur will turn Cristian Romero’s loan move from Atalanta into a permanent one, Fabrizio Romano confirms. Spurs secured an initial obligation to buy agreement while signing the centre-back last summer; the 40 million euros clause will be triggered in the coming days, prolonging the Argentine’s stay at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium until 2026. Injuries hampered an otherwise brilliant individual season for the 24-year-old central defender, who shone towards the end under Antonio Conte with his team desperate to make it to the Champions League places. Overall, Romero made 30 appearances for the club in his first season and scored one goal. Romano also…
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In a bid to sway free agent Paulo Dybala toward joining AS Roma, club legend Francesco Totti says he will offer the number 10 jersey to the Argentine. Meanwhile, Inter Milan are reportedly evaluating the possibility of signing the attacker, who was released by Juventus this summer. Totti’s number 10 shirt hasn’t been assigned a successor since the Italian’s retirement in 2017. In the five years since the club icon hung up his boots, the iconic number has remained vacant, despite the presence of several big-name stars within the walls of Rome. However, the Italian would have no qualms were Dybala…
Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe has revealed that Real Madrid weren’t the only club he was in conversation with before signing an extension with the Parisians. The player was in negotiations with Liverpool, too. Mbappe penned a historic extension with the Ligue 1 champions last week, putting an end to the rumours of a move to Real Madrid in the summer. Los Blancos were in direct contact with the Frenchman’s camp for long, but an offer from PSG of mammoth proportions and significant importance blew them out of the water. However, in an interview with the Telegraph, the 23-year-old revealed that…
Speaking to Sport Bild in March, Robert Lewandowski’s former agent Maik Barthel had stated that for 10 years, Real Madrid was the favourite destination for the player. “My experience with him and those around him shows that a move to another top international club, preferably Real Madrid, was always the goal,”Barthel was quoted as saying. However, since the January transfer window, things have changed within the player’s camp. While Bayern have refused to fulfil the player’s contractual demands, the ex-Borussia Dortmund player Lewandowski has asked the club to listen to offers in this transfer window. With the news of the…
Borussia Dortmund have completed the signing of Turkish central midfielder Salih Ozcan. The midfielder joins the club from FC Koln and becomes their fourth signing of the summer already. The 24-year-old had a year left on his current deal, which, in turn, allowed Dortmund to sign him for a small fee. As per Kicker, the Bundesliga giants paid just 5 million euros to free Ozcan from his contract. Speaking to the BVB website, Ozcan claimed to be delighted at the prospect of continuing his development at Dortmund, which, he says, is one of the few clubs he would’ve left his…
Aston Villa have completed their second signing of the summer, the club confirmed on May 23. Midfielder Boubacar Kamara joins the club on a free transfer from Olympique Marseille, despite strong interest from 2020/21 LaLiga champions Atletico Madrid. The Frenchman has signed a five-year deal with the Villans to become their second signing of the summer; days earlier, Villa confirmed the capture of Philippe Coutinho on a permanent deal following a short, successful loan spell from FC Barcelona. The 22-year-old had attracted interest from some of Europe’s top sides, but none more so than Atletico. The 2020/21 Spanish champions led the race to…
Barcelona’s economic woes might finally be coming to an end as the Catalan club are on the verge of receiving a massive cash injection as they prepare to close deals with CVC and Goldman Sachs. This could help them as they gear up toward a busy summer transfer window. The club’s hard and strong economic issues are no longer a surprise. Years of mismanagement and poorly run by former president Josep Bartomeu left the Spanish giant debt-ridden to the tune of over a billion euros in October 2020. That is why they had to part ways with Lionel Messi over the summer and reduce…
The France international chose to renew his expiring contract with Paris Saint-Germain instead of signing for Real Madrid. Now, LaLiga is threatening to take legal action against the Ligue 1 champions. In a remarkable twist, Mbappe chose to continue in Paris and renew his contract against leaving for Madrid. PSG, who would’ve lost the 23-year-old for nothing at the end of this season, ended up making an offer that he deemed better than the one Real Madrid tabled in front of him – and his stay was extended by three years. According to Goal, PSG offered to make Mbappe the…
Josep Guardiola’s men scored thrice in five minutes, came from two goals down, and beat Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa to win the 2021/22 Premier League crown on May 22. The heroics of 2012 will be hard to repeat, but the Citizens came close to recreating the same sense of elation inside the Etihad on the final matchday of the 2021/22 Premier League season. The directive was clear for Guardiola and his side: match, or better, the result of their rivals Liverpool and a fourth league title in five years is theirs. That seemed like a walk in the park when,…
AC Milan wrapped up their first Serie A title since 2011 in style, courtesy of three first-half goals at the Mapei against giant-killers Sassuolo. Inter Milan, meanwhile, matched their rivals’ result but could only finish second – two points behind the Rossoneri. AC Milan faced a daunting visit to Sassuolo for their final, title-deciding, clash of the season. Alessio Dionisi’s side, who had beaten Inter, Juventus, Lazio, ACF Fiorentina, and even the Rossoneri themselves earlier in the campaign. But, AC Milan raced out of the blocks with intent, pinning the home side inside their half and forcing Andrea Consigli and his defence into some last-ditch saves early on. …