Ben Whiteman says Wrexham's ambition to reach the Premier League was a key driver in his decision to join the club from Preston North End. Ahead of the current campaign, the central midfielder signed a three-year contract with the Red Dragons, who hold the option to extend Whiteman's deal by a further 12 months. The 30-year-old also revealed Ben Sheaf and Ollie Rathbone played a role in his decision to move to the Racecourse Ground.
Club captain Ben Cabango returned to Swansea City training on Thursday and could be in contention for Saturday's Welsh derby against Wrexham. Cabango has missed this week's wins over Derby County and Watford with a heel injury. Swansea also expect 17-year-old Jeremy Monga to be available for the Red Dragons' visit to the Swansea.com Stadium, though they are still waiting on international clearance following the winger's loan move from Manchester City.
The 'here we go' is on hold, the 'bombas' are done and dusted and the window panes are reverberating after being forcefully closed on Tuesday night. Throughout the Premier League era there have been hordes of transfer hits and misses, but today we're looking at those signings who proved game-changing for their club and the competition, the ones who really moved the needle. Instead they were stunned to see former Tottenham skipper Sol Campbell walk in.
Vitor Matos has declared himself "really happy" with Swansea City's transfer business after the Welsh side rounded off a busy summer window by signing Jeremy Monga. Manchester City teenager Monga's loan move was confirmed on Wednesday morning but had been finalised before Tuesday's transfer deadline. The winger became Swansea's 10th new addition since the end of last season, with Stephen Welsh, Tom Iorpenda, Stephen Eustaquio, Elijah Just, Moussa Yeo, Joseph Opoku and Ross Stewart arriving on permanent deals and Tiago Parente and Jensen Seelt joining on loan.
German football has long insisted there is more to their elite league than a title race. Now they have a story that shows the world that surprise and wonder does live here tooFriday night was no first day fun for VfB Stuttgart as they got first-hand proof of what the rest of the Bundesliga feared: that Bayern Munich are perhaps mightier than ever. The curtain-raiser, though, didn’t actually set the tone for the the weekend. German football has long insisted there is more to their elite league than a title race, and now they have a story that shows the world that surprise and wonder does indeed live here too.Bayer Leverkusen arrived into their opening fixture of the campaign thinking their season might contain greater certainty than the last one, a more tranquil voyage after being blown off course by almost €300m of player sales and the ill-fated appointment of Erik ten Hag. Enter SV Elversberg, Bundesliga first-timers and representatives of – a “miracle village” as Bild put it – Spiesen-Elversberg, a town with a population of just over 13,000, situated 15km north-east of Saarbrücken, 30 minutes’ drive from the French border. Continue reading...
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