Like Arne Slot, history might be kind to Liverpool's sporting director Richard Hughes - but right now, fans will be in no rush to wave off his farewell plane.
Arsenal have started the new Premier League season with two wins as the transfer window closes, looking in ominous shape to retain the crown they won for the first time in 22 years last season. Have their main rivals done enough to prevent Mikel Arteta's side winning a second successive title? Liverpool's main task this summer after appointing Andoni Iraola to replace sacked Arne Slot, was to somehow compensate for what they would miss without Mohamed Salah after he left Anfield at the end of last season.
Andoni Iraola is still looking for his first win in charge of Liverpool after two consecutive stalemates to start his time at Anfield. The post Wirtz determined to get Liverpool first Premier League win of season appeared first on SoccerNews.
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Release clauses. War chests. Amortisation. Transfer requests. Surplus to requirements. Online meltdowns. Agents. Gazumping. Buy-back clauses. Options. Add-ons. Personal terms. Soft approaches. Grifters. Clickbait. Lowball bids. In The Knows. Serious bids. Super agents. Hijacked bids. Agreements in principle. Medicals. Undisclosed fees. Part exchanges. Deal sheets. Here we gos! Done deals. Some busker strumming a guitar in the Sky Sports News studio while reminiscing about Deadline Days passim through the medium of song. No really, some busker strumming a guitar in the Sky Sports News studio while etc, and so on. After a near relentless onslaught of media buzzwords, hype and assorted reputable (and thoroughly disreputable) transfer insiders announcing they “understand” things, the summer transfer window is finally shut. But what’s that Football Daily can see pressed up against the glass? The out-of-joint nose of an apoplectic David Moyes.If you’d told me back in the golden era of Serie A in the 1990s that it would eventually become a dumping ground for underperforming (or past their best in the case of John Stones) Premier League players, judging by Tuesday’s front page of La Gazzetta dello Sport, then I wouldn’t have believed you. And if you’d told me in January that Donyell Malen, who scored seven goals in 35 Premier League games for Aston Villa before going on loan to Roma, would already be on 19 goals in 20 Serie A games, I definitely wouldn’t have believed you” – Noble Francis.Looks like Argentina have lined up James Maddison to replace Lionel Messi. That is if a street artist in Mumbai (yesterday’s Quote of the Day) can be believed” – Vaughan Wilkinson. Continue reading...
In contrast to the frenzy of bids, talks, "advanced talks", deal sheets and multiple £100m-plus transfers (plus add-ons, of course), Bournemouth was an oasis of calm on deadline day, with no incomings or outgoings. Cherries fans will breathe a sigh of relief, and accept that the club's hierarchy were true to their word, in that none of their superstars - especially Alex Scott, Eli Junior Kroupi and Rayan - were sold, despite the noise on social media that would have had you believe that all three were as good as signed, sealed and delivered to "big six" clubs. Scott even mimed putting a telephone down while celebrating his goal against Everton on Saturday.
A huge week for Canadian soccer! We break down Jonathan David’s move to Atlético Madrid, Cyle Larin’s red-hot form, Stephen Eustáquio’s strong start at Swansea and the latest from the CPL and NSL.Plus, Arsenal and CanWNT star Olivia Smith joins the show to talk about making history, winning another PFA Young Player of the Year award and what’s ahead this season.
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