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Manchester United consider Camavinga and Berge as midfield overhaul continues
Real Madrid and Fulham players on club’s radarUnited have already signed two midfielders this summerManchester United have identified Real Madrid’s Eduardo Camavinga and Fulham’s Sander Berge as midfield signings to further strengthen Michael Carrick’s squad.United have already signed two midfielders this window: Andrey Santos in a £48m deal from Chelsea and Youri Tielemans for £35m from Aston Villa. But with Casemiro having departed and Manuel Ugarte ruled out for what may be a prolonged period due to a knee ligament injury, the club is considering moving for another midfielder. Continue reading...
The Chelsea-Man City link
Chelsea not only lost to Manchester City in the 2020 FA Youth Cup final, they also had a glimpse of their own future within the opposition ranks. The latest addition is club-record £117m signing Morgan Rogers, who scored against the Blues' under-18s that night six years ago. Fellow City academy graduate Cole Palmer was also on target in City's 3-2 victory at St George's Park, while Liam Delap led the line.
‘We’ve been speaking about this for a while,’ Morgan Rogers reveals Cole Palmer’s role in Chelsea move
Morgan Rogers has revealed how Cole Palmer influenced his record-breaking move to Chelsea. Morgan Rogers has revealed that Cole Palmer played a major role in his move to Chelsea in an interview with the club’s official channel, with the two friends finally set to play together again at the senior level after years of discussing the possibility. Rogers said: “I’ve known Cole since I was about 14, first in the England [youth] teams and then when we were both at Manchester City together. We’ve been speaking about this for a while; we always would love to have played together. So, for it to happen, we’re both excited.” Rogers’ performances for Aston Villa made it inevitable that a huge transfer was coming, with the destination being the only unknown before Chelsea won the race for the attacking midfielder in a deal worth $157 million. Rogers on Xabi Alonso The new Chelsea signing added: “He’s non-stop ringing my phone, texting me, and I can’t wait. I think that’s probably the most special thing, playing with one of your best friends and being around him every day. It’s something I’m really excited about.” Alonso became the new manager (Florencia Tan Jun/Getty Images) This was not the only factor that convinced Rogers to choose Chelsea over the other clubs that wanted him, as the hiring of Xabi Alonso as manager was also an important reason behind his decision. Rogers said: “I’ve had a few conversations with him and I think it’s important for me to be here that I need to understand what the manager’s like, how he is and how he wants to operate. It very much fits with the way I see the game, the way I want to play, and the way I want to be me, and be free and express myself. Him being a part of that was a massive factor.” Rogers on the cold celebration The celebration Palmer popularized after his arrival at Chelsea, when he shook his shoulders while pretending to feel cold, was not created by him. Rogers came up with it while he was at Middlesbrough, and his friend adopted it as a tribute to him. Rogers said: “We haven’t really spoken about it, actually, funnily enough, but I am sure it’ll get mentioned at some point. Hopefully we both can score loads of goals so that we both get chances to do it. Looking forward to it!”
Football Daily | Chelsea’s financial shrug and Liverpool leaking players – what you may have missed
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!After the eye-watering excess of the Geopolitics World Cup, we can return to the modest, measured land of the domestic game. While our attention has been elsewhere, Manchester City have splashed £116m on Elliot Anderson. Chelsea, not to be outshone, have splurged £117m on Morgan Rogers. Even Tottenham have parted with £230m to revamp their mildly traumatised squad. Manchester United, who went down to Wrexham in their first pre-season friendly in Helsinki, have kept things modest, buying Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans for the same £85m Spurs have thrown in the direction of relegation’s West Ham for Mateus Fernandes.I was pleased with a lot of things that I saw in the game. We could do better. We could have taken more responsibility to have the ball instead of just watching and reacting … efficiency is very important at this level. When you don’t kill, you get killed” – new Hearts boss Wouter Vrancken chooses to focus on the positives after the, erm, 4-0 tonking by Sturm Graz in the first leg of their Bigger Cup qualifier.How’s your World Cup hangover? I must have been bored because I couldn’t help but notice that Tuesday was a rough day for British, Irish and British Overseas Territory club teams in Bigger Cup. Not only were Hearts, Larne, Shamrock Rovers and Lincoln Red Imps all beaten in their second qualifying round first legs, they didn’t manage a single goal among them! Rovers’ Cape Verdean Pico Lopes went from taking Argentina to extra time in Miami just a few weeks ago, to getting blanked by Ararat in Armenia. Larne were were given no home comforts on the coast of Northern Ireland by Red Star Belgrade, who brought on Marko Arnautovic, the Austria veteran who retired from his national side after exiting the GWC at the hands of Spain. Football just rolls on and on” – Peter Oh.Here we go again, another new face in the top job, you know the drill by now. Smiles, handshakes and social media soundbites. Claims of ‘understanding why people have been frustrated’, promises of ‘change’ and ‘progress’. Speculation about who’s being brought in to play a key role, and who’s out of favour. Sooner or later, the realisation there is no time or trust to make the difficult long-term changes everyone knows are necessary. Media pressure, infighting, the ‘need to act before it’s too late’. Out the door to be replaced by the next great hope, mainly distinguishable by having a different accent. All of which to say, good luck to Alessio Dionisi at Watford this season. Now to see what’s going on in UK politics …” – David Craddock.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...
