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Arne Slot reportedly wants Martin Zubimendi. Zubimendi is positioned as a central midfielder similar to Endo. This makes the competition even more interesting. Endo did not play well in several preseason matches. This makes Arne Slot want to add new players. This makes it seem like Endo will have a competitor. This made many rumors that Endo would leave, reportedly Marseille was interested in him. €14 million has been offered to Liverpool but has been rejected. It seems that Endo really wants to work hard to compete with Zubimendi if he really comes to Liverpool.

With the attitude shown by Koopermeiners at this time it is difficult to keep him because after all how hard Gasperini wants to keep Koopermeiners it will be inversely proportional to Koopermeiners' hard desire who hopes he is released to Juventus. So that forced to stay afloat too it will ultimately not be too good and will actually make his performance uncontrollable.

Instead of that happening, I think it would be better for Koopermeiners to be let go quickly while they look for a replacement player in the remaining time that is getting narrower at this time.
I think it's going to be a busy start for Gasperini because after all, apart from having to find a replacement for the injured Scamacca, they also have to prepare to find a replacement for Koopermeiners who will most likely leave even if Gasperini tries to keep the player.

Throughout last season I was amazed that this legendary player didn’t get to play any competitive football, this was the same player that united had been fighting off interest to keep from the likes of Real Madrid and other top clubs, I had thought that when he was offloaded by Manchester United that most of the top clubs will come for him but little I was surprised that it didn’t happen. Many people blamed the situation to his inability to transform into a modern goalkeeper who plays with their feet. In as much as there was some truth In this I think the whole thing also concerned his huge salary which was well above 21m per annum seating at €370k wage load. I think him taking a heavy pay cut of $3m per annum was a good and smart choice, if he does well there is no reason that he would certainly be hired for a bigger wage

He will still play in Serie A after previously being linked with Genoa but failed because of salary problems, is it possible that Genoa offered a smaller salary than Fiorentina?

€3 million per season is small, but it makes sense for De Gea to earn that much because we don't know how he will perform, having not played for a few seasons because no club wanted him.

Wow, what a great news. I never thought a day would come when when Marco will wear another jersey apart from the yellow and black. I was hoping he would retire at Dortmund. But after seeing his game time reduce and he wasn't ready to retire it was best for him to look elsewhere. Hopefully he will return to Dortmund someday as a Coach. His choice to move to MLS is a good one and I wish him all the best over there. It would have been perfect departure if he won last season Champions league with Dortmund, players like Marco deserved to win the Champions league but it wasn't destined to be. Hopefully he wins trophies in MLS.

Juventus have seen themselves falling back drastically for the last few seasons after they dominated the league for over a decade and then due to some serious rules they had to take a hit. Last season they looked like a team that will grow and get back to their old selves but they got hit with many sanctions and that has held them back.

Currently with the new manager and also the entire change of coaching staff we have been seeing a total clear out from the club is as much as it is brutal due to the affected players but it is high time they establish the team now’s koopermeiners who they are chasing after had definitely be looking for a way to come:

The midfield trio will be exciting and that’s exactly what Thiago Motta should be after, focusing on the midfield shows that the manager definitely knows exactly what he wants and it will be interesting to see how they fare together but it is definitely a good balance if I am honest

Regarding Reus and his next destination, we know Reus is a good player and he had good times in Dortmund.
He is a 35-year-old player and he played on his team for years and he was famous there. Reus is currently without a team and he hasn't said anything about his next destination yet while I'm sure all the Dortmund fans will thank Reus for all the games he played for this team.
Maybe he will end his career in MLS or Saudi League.

Chelsea is elite club but they have to fight more inother to accomplish their goals. What's actually connecting the Blues with these average players? I'm so done with Todd Boehly who's only looking into the future, what happen to the current season? He keeps making irrelevant signings and most of these players are yet to be on the top phase where expectations are coming in from the club and most importantly, the club's supporters.

So far, this is the furthest 

Updated news about Conor Gallagher doing medical test:
Their reason is that they want to regenerate players and reveal the reasons for the long-term project to be successful. Ah well, no words for this club. 

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Good news for David de Gea.
After being without a club, he will finally move to Fiorentina, €3m net salary per season.

Source: Fiorentina are closing in on David de Gea deal

I have a feeling that Nico may have wanted to move to Barcelona, but the club are strongly against it. All in all it doesn't matter anymore, if Barcelona need him so badly they will buy him later, but I think they will build a decent line up without him. It may not take Barcelona one year to build the squad they want, but I think this season they will still show what they can and finish no lower than second place

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/transfer-news-live-updates/4dgYgiWi8WnH/i0011Q9yqv8H/

Chelsea are going to make changes. And they are going to make mistakes when they are going to bring in players. They are working with a new coach and the decisions that Enzo Maresca makes right now are not going to be the best.

By the way, does anyone know the financial situation of Chelsea? I personally do not know and I think it is not very good. Otherwise, they would have been going for much bigger players. I don’t know the financial situation, but I agree that Chelsea should have gone for bigger and more reliable players. I feel like they are not doing that because the financial situation is not the best. But I could be wrong.

I get the same feeling seeing Barcelona chasing after players with so much talent that would definitely cost them more than they can afford is really something else, had it been they are a team that buys players so they can resell them at a higher price then it would be understandable that they are after profit to regain their financial stability. Spending money to get talented players would only increase their financial crisis and if the player fails to perform to expectations then they would be at loss and could lead to the team being bankrupt.

They should be mindful of the way they spend because having top talent will make them to spend more as they will have to cove their wages as well which will be high.

Koopermeiners is easly the best midfileder we have in Italy at the moment and if the operation will go as it should be it will be also the most paid midfielder ever in Serie A.

Juventus if will buy him will have redone complitely the midfield in 1 year with the purchases of K Thuram, Douglas Luiz and Koopermeiners.

They spent over 120 mil in this zone of the pitch alone, (they also sold many players so is not a -120m € in the balance)

I will not justify that he is a bad player, because it is possible that the player can prove himself and bring fresh air to Chelsea's game, although it is also quite doubtful because this player cannot penetrate the youth squad of his own country and that is based on his own quality. It seems that Chelsea is gambling here, by bringing in several players who have not been able to show their best game, so they hope for a miracle that they can get.

They have experienced many failed transfers, especially in the last few years, but strangely they are still doing the same thing in this transfer window. Yes, everything goes through a process of consideration so that there is a decision like that, but still for us who see it it is quite strange. But I can't comment much, let alone say something pessimistic about them at this time, I will first see how their performance is next season with what they are doing now.

Chelsea is really not what we used to know, very bad management and from the look of things they are getting more strong headed and that wouldn't resolve all the down fall happening and yet to. It will be very bad if Chelsea will have to live on past glories because I feel they are recently going in for business other than being competitive on the league. Chelsea remains the only team that keeps purchasing players season to season without having no impact, even the academy players are in better condition over those players bought, taking a look at some of the players like Jackson, Sterling  and Mudryk nothing exceptional about them and considering a few others being brought recently, I hope they achieve better results with the amount of players they have.

Chelsea are again looking for new players to strengthen their squad next season and I hope they don't take the wrong steps in recruiting new players, So far we can see that the majority of Chelsea new players who were bought expensively are not able to show good performances in pre-season matches, Samu is actually a player which is good but to become a mainstay as a striker for the next season of course he is not enough convincing, so far he has not shown the sharpness that is worthy of being bought at a high price especially since he has had difficulty breaking into Atletico Madrid main squad so far, bought Samu at a high price and signed him for 7 years will of course only increase the burden on the team in the future.

Currently, Chelsea has an attack line that is actually quite good with many players who can play in various positions on the front line, so isn't Chelsea just wasting money buying Samu at this time?
Chelsea actually has seven players who play in the CF and ST positions, including Lukaku and Marc Guiu, who they just brought in from Barcelona, ​​so make Chelsea front line be too crowded if they brought in Samu at this time, in fact I personally prefer to see that defense is the biggest weakness they are currently and it has been proven that in friendly matches they have conceded 12 goals just in 5 friendly matches.

I have no more words for Chelsea because they seem very random in taking players without ever considering first what achievements they have made during their careers. I also wonder, is their management too stupid or what to take players who don't even have more experience?

In addition, does Enzo Maresca just keep quiet with the decision that has been made by this management and doesn't he have the right to reject the proposed players before an agreement is reached? We know Chelsea is one of the big teams but they seem not to care about the future of the club that has been in decline for a long time and now they continue to make it worse with unpromising recruits. Maybe Chelsea wants to invest in young players but I don't think they have the ability to do so for the past few years.

And you know what? Chelsea is signing more young unknown player on their squad.

Aaron Anselmino from Boca Juniors, he's an Argentinian, but he didn't get selected in Argentina U20 squad. I mean, young squad is for amateur players, but if he can't even pass the young squad, it's already clear if he's a bad player.

I have no idea with Chelsea.

   

It's very hard to guess what Chelsea wanted for sure. This was because they have a bunch of strikers and goalkeepers. Honestly, this is another weird signing by Chelsea. It doesn't even make sense to compare unproven striker Samu with Diego Costa. I think Chelsea is just trying to see how much money they can spend on unproven talent.

It's very obvious that Chelsea's target is now to be relegated. Chelsea sells a very important player to Atlético and buys one that they don’t need back. It's hard to understand what the main motive of this transfer

Also, I don't know why Chelsea insists on giving unproven players like him a lengthy contract (7 years). It all doesn't even make sense.

Marco Reus is a true definition of loyalty. We saw players Erling Haaland, Robert Lewandoski, Mario Gotze, and couple few I have forgotten leave Borrussia Dortmund for another club but he gave them nothing but his best all these past seasons. Hopefully he gets a great life and season over his new club. Godspeed!!


I don't know who the Fvck is Sander Berge. Will Josep Pep Guardiola move for this player is what I ask myself. Manchester United recruiting team are not doing enough with getting quality players.

Youssouf Fofana wouldn't be great for Manchester United. No! Sofyan Amrabat would be a good squad player but not a first team player for Manchester United. Nothing about the transfer of Manchester interest me.