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Several Premier League clubs competing with Juventus and RB Leipzig for £21m Bundesliga forward
A number of Premier League clubs could be set to compete with RB Leipzig for the signature of Stuttgart striker Sasa Kalajdzic this summer, as reported by German publication Bild (via Transfermarkt). Kalajdzic has enjoyed a fine season in the Bundesliga. He is the league’s sixth top scorer with 13 goals – despite making only 15 starts. And, at just 23 years of age, the Austrian is expected to have a bright future. Kalajdzic celebrating one of his 13 league goals His form has got several clubs across Europe keeping an eye on the forward. Liverpool, Everton, Newcastle United, and West Ham United have both been linked from the Premier League, while Juventus have also been named as possible takers. Despite this, Leipzig remain the most likely destination. It has now been claimed that Stuttgart...
Serie A giants keen on signing £27m Everton star, but player favours move to PSG
Serie A holders Juventus are keen on re-signing Moise Kean from Everton this summer, but they face a battle to convince him, Le10Sport reports. The Italy international joined the Toffees from the Bianconeri for £25.1 million in August 2019, and he had a poor debut season with only two goals and two assists from 33 outings. He started the current campaign in better fashion with a couple of goals in the Carabao Cup, but he was still loaned out to Les Parisiens before the summer transfer deadline. Kean has since excelled at the French champions with 15 goals from just 29 appearances, which has led to suggestions that Les Parisiens could buy him permanently. It is now reported that the Bianconeri have been hugely impressed by the progress of their graduate, and they are lining up a move t...
FA Cup semifinal draw: Man City and Chelsea to face off
From 736 entrants overall, just four now remain in this season’s FA Cup. The path to domestic glory in the world’s oldest cup competition became clearer over the weekend as eight became four. Southampton and Manchester City secured their place in the Semi-finals on Saturday, while Chelsea and Leicester City completed the set with victories on Sunday. At half-time in Leicester’s victory over Manchester United, the draw for the penultimate round was made. 2020-21 FA Cup Semi-final draw Leicester City (Last Semi appearance in 1982 at the Old Wembley) Vs. Southampton (First FA Cup Semi-final appearance since 2018) Chelsea (2019-20 runners-up) Vs. Manchester City (Second FA Cup Semi-final running) To be played on the weekend of 17th/18th April 2021 – The date of each individual g...
Joao Virginia posts message on Instagram after Everton defeat vs Man City
Everton lost 2-0 against Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-final at Goodison Park on Saturday. Late goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin de Bruyne broke Everton’s resistance and kept their hopes alive for a historic quadruple. Toffees’ goalkeeper Joao Virginia took to social networking site Instagram to send a message to Everton fans. The 21-year-old, who made his first senior appearance against Burnley after Jordan Pickford got injured, started the match against Pep Guardiola’s side. The young goalkeeper was simply superb during the game, making some brilliant saves. In the second half, he scrambled down to tip a Raheem Sterling effort around his left post. Carlo Ancelotti was full of praise for the youngster after the game. The Italian said that he had no doubt over Virginia...
Everton reportedly want 23-year-old int’l; Ancelotti very keen to sign him
Everton are showing keen interest in signing Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret in the summer transfer window. According to reports from Il Napoli, Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti is strongly interested in signing the one-time capped Italy international. Meret joined Napoli in 2018 and has made over 60 appearances in all competitions. He made nine appearances in Serie A this season and has shared goalkeeping duties with David Ospina on a rotational basis. Manchester United wanted to sign Meret 12 months ago, but it seems Everton are now looking at him ahead of a potential summer move. SL View The report claims that Meret will not stick around if Napoli fail to make it into the Champions League next season. If that is his reasoning, he should also reject any advances from Everto...
‘I have no doubt’: Jamie Carragher makes bold prediction about ‘game-changing’ Everton player
Jamie Carragher has showered heaps of praise on Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin. The popular Sky Sports pundit has rightly noted that Calvert-Lewin’s game has improved leaps and bounds under the tutelage of Carlo Ancelotti. While writing his column for The Telegraph, Carragher has suggested that there is no chance that the England striker will leave the Merseyside club anytime soon. In the past, the likes of Romelu Lukaku and Wayne Rooney, who have excelled at Everton, moved elsewhere on a big-money transfer. Carragher, however, feels that the story will be different. He suggests that Calvert-Lewin must have understood that Ancelotti is building a strong team around him and that there is a solid platform for him to shine. The 24-year-old has been in terrific form this season. He has ...
Ancelotti confirms five Everton players out of Man City clash, 26-year-old available to play
Everton will take on Manchester City in the FA Cup sixth-round clash at Goodison Park on Saturday. Ahead of the match, Carlo Ancelotti has given the latest team news update, and Everton fans won’t be too happy about it. Jordan Pickford is injured and he is out of tomorrow’s game. He hasn’t been picked for the England national team squad as well. Second-choice goalkeeper Robin Olsen is also out injured for this game. In his absence, Joao Virginia, 21, is expected to start. Olsen out of tomorrow’s game. Gbamin will train with the team next week. James too — Patrick Boyland (@Paddy_Boyland) March 19, 2021 Everton fans will be relieved to see that Jean-Philippe Gbamin has finally returned to training after a long injury lay-off, but he won’t feature against City. The 25-year-old def...
Can Everton take advantage of Pep’s rotation and beat Man City this weekend?
Manchester City travel to Merseyside this weekend to take on Everton at Goodison Park with a place in the FA Cup semi-finals up for grabs. This tie comes just a month after the two sides last met in the Premier League, a comfortable 3-1 away win by a rampant City side in the midst of their record-breaking winning run broken recently by rivals Manchester United. Everton The Toffees come into the clash as underdogs having lost their last two Premier League games in succession to on Chelsea (2-0) and Burnley (2-1) respectively, and haven’t beaten City in any competition since January 2017. An unexpected win for Carlo Ancelotti’s side would mean qualification for a first FA Cup Semi-final and a first trip to Wembley since 2016 – excluding when Tottenham Hotspur used the national stadium as the...
WCQ: Tottenham’s Tanguy Ndombele returns to France squad
Tottenham midfielder Tanguy Ndombele has been rewarded for his upturn in form with a recall to the France squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers. The 24-year-old hasn’t featured for Les Bleus since the summer of 2019 but now has the chance to add to his six international caps in matches against Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Other notable returnees include Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Lemar, who hasn’t featured since November 2019, while Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele, a member of their 2018 World Cup-winning squad, is back for the first time in two-and-a-half years. This represents Ndombele’s first international call up since his club-record €60 million (£54m/$68m) move from Lyon to Tottenham. The Frenchman arrived in north London with a reputation as an all-action midf...
Gareth Southgate names 26-man squad for World Cup qualifiers
The latest England squad has been released ahead of the upcoming international break. The Three Lions are set to begin their qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in the closing days of March. They begin by welcoming San Marino to Wembley before a trip to Albania. Finally, they’ll face Poland at home. Several players miss out on the squad through injury. Leicester City duo James Maddison and Harvey Barnes have been sidelined in recent weeks, while wingers Jadon Sancho and Jack Grealish are also unavailable. Regular number one Jordan Pickford misses out after being substituted early against Burnley, while Jordan Henderson and Joe Gomez remain long-term absentees. Jesse Lingard has earned a recall to the England setup following an impressive loan spell at West Ham United. John ...
Jordan Pickford to miss World Cup qualifiers due to injury
Jordan Pickford is set to miss England’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers due to an injury, Everton have confirmed via their official website. The goalkeeper was forced to come off in the first half of Everton’s defeat at home to Burnley, having sustained an injury to his oblique abdominal muscle. Pickford receives treatment before going off early He underwent a scan on the injury on Monday to determine its extent. It has now been confirmed that he will miss the rest of March’s fixtures, ruling him out of at least four games for club and country. On Saturday, the Toffees face runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City in an FA Cup quarter-final tie. Portuguese goalkeeper Joao Virginia is expected to be the one to fill in for Pickford, having replaced the 27-year-old on Saturday. However, ...
‘Real passion’: Everton reportedly want to sign 25-year-old int’l in the summer
Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti admitted recently that the Toffees will consider the possibility of signing a midfielder in the summer transfer window. One of the players Ancelotti could look to bring in at Goodison Park is Adrien Rabiot from Juventus. Rabiot has been consistently linked with Everton since Ancelotti took charge of the Merseyside club in 2019. The Italian boss handed Rabiot his Paris Saint-Germain debut, and the pair share a good relationship. Juventus are struggling financially and they could look to offload a few players in the summer, including Paulo Dybala who is attracting interest from Tottenham Hotspur. According to reports from Calciomercato, Juventus are looking to sell Rabiot this summer, while former Arsenal star Aaron Ramsey could also be heading out of the cl...
