LEWIS STEELE: At the end of a turbulent transfer window, most observers were in agreement. Everton had the worst summer of any Premier League club and were a team in crisis.
England reached World Cup semis yet midfielder did not play a minute. But he is key to Manchester United in derbyIt was a sight the England press pack became increasingly used to seeing after the team’s World Cup matches over the summer. Kobbie Mainoo was invariably the first to leave the dressing room, walk through the mixed zone – eyes dead ahead, features impassive – and board the bus.It was as if he could not get out of the stadiums quick enough and the further England progressed the more pronounced it started to feel. There was a real gap between Mainoo and the next England player to depart the stadium in the knockout rounds. The Manchester United midfielder is inscrutable, even in the heat of battle. It is part of his enviably unflappable temperament. It was no great leap to imagine what lay behind the mask – tremendous frustration as Thomas Tuchel kept on leaving him out. Continue reading...
Lucas Perri has been linked with a difficult start to life at Torino after leaving Leeds United during the summer transfer window. The Brazilian goalkeeper joined the Serie A club on loan with an option to buy worth €16 million, after Torino initially proposed a deal worth considerably less. Leeds improved the terms after Marseille […] The post Leeds United decision questioned as player struggles after summer move appeared first on CaughtOffside.
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