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Bayern Munich confirm €120 million Philippe Coutinho purchase option has expired
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has revealed that the Bundesliga champions have not activated their purchase option for Philippe Coutinho. Barcelona’s Brazilian midfielder joined on a season-long loan last summer, but has failed to fulfil his potential in Bavaria and Rummenigge says the clause has now expired. Coutinho, 27, arrived with the option to buy for €120million last August, but Bayern have opted not to exercise the deal, though Rummenigge did not totally close the door on a future for Coutinho in Germany. “The option expired and we haven’t activated it,” Rummenigge told German magazine Der Spiegel. “We’re going to plan our squad for next season and we’ll see if he still has a role to play with us or not.” The former Liverpool star has failed to hit the heights he did ...
Report: Ancelotti has made contact to convince €40m target to join Everton
Popular football journalist and transfer expert Gianluca Di Marzio has claimed recently that Everton could be one of those few Premier League clubs who could show ambition in the transfer market. Carlo Ancelotti has vowed to bring European football back at the Merseyside club, and for that the Italian needs to sign quality players across the pitch. However, the global economy has changed drastically due to the coronavirus pandemic and many football clubs are really struggling to make ends meet, let alone spending big in the transfer market. Keeping that in mind, it will be interesting to see how Everton approach the transfer window. Ancelotti is keen to bolster the attacking areas, and one of the players he is keen to bring to Goodison Park is Everton Soares. According to reports from ...
Romelu Lukaku’s three-word verdict on Everton’s Richarlison
Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has weighed in with his opinion on Everton striker Richarlison. The Belgian international spent four seasons at Goodison Park, scoring 68 league goals in 141 games before moving to Manchester United in the summer of 2017. The Toffees are yet to effectively replace Lukaku’s goals, but Richarlison is impressing and could help turn them to a top-six side if he becomes more consistent. The Brazilian international has 23 league goals in 62 games, and will look to keep on improving in front of goal going forward. Richarlison hasn’t reached the heights Lukaku reached at Everton, but is definitely on his way, and the Belgian has delivered a three-word verdict on him on Twitter: He’s good 💯 https://t.co/lIYyaaKDB9 — R.Lukaku Bolingoli9 (@RomeluLukaku9) May ...
Report: Newcastle United can offer more wages to midfielder target than Arsenal
According to TuttoJuve, Newcastle United can offer more wages to Juventus central midfielder Adrien Rabiot than Arsenal and Everton. It has been reported by the Italian news outlet that Newcastle, Arsenal and Everton are all interested in signing the former Paris Saint-Germain star from Italian giants Juventus in the summer transfer window. The report has added that the France international central midfielder’s mother and agent has spoken to Everton and Arsenal. However, according to the report, it is Newcastle who can offer more wages to the 25-year-old than their Premier League rivals Arsenal and Everton. Good signing for Newcastle United? Rabiot is a very good central midfielder who has extensive experience of playing in Europe, and the 25-year-old would be a brilliant signing for Newca...
Report: Everton open talks over midfielder, but so do another PL club
According to Le10 Sport, Arsenal and Everton have started negotiations with Juventus over the signing of Adrien Rabiot in the summer transfer window. It has been reported by the French news outlet that Juventus have transfer-listed the former Paris Saint-Germain central midfielder and will sell him this summer. The report has added that the Bianconeri will certainly want more than €30 million (£26.88 million) as transfer fee for a player they signed on a free transfer only last summer. Stats Rabiot has made 11 starts and six substitute appearances in Serie A for Juventus so far this season, according to WhoScored. The France international has also made three starts and one substitute appearance in the Champions League, and has played thrice in the Coppa Italia for the Bianconeri this campa...
Report: Newcastle United competing with Everton for versatile teen
According to France Football, Newcastle United and Everton are interested in signing Mohammed Kudus from FC Nordsjaelland in the summer transfer window. The report in the French publication has claimed of interest in the 19-year-old from Rennes as well. According to WhoScored, the Ghana international, who can operate as a forward or as a midfielder, has scored nine goals in 19 league matches for Nordsjaelland this season. France Football has claimed that Kudus’s current contract with the Danish Superliga outfit runs until December 2021. One for the future Kudus is a very talented and promising young attack-minded player who will only get better and improve in the coming years. The teenager has already made his senior debut for the Ghana national football team, and it is clear that he will ...
Romelu Lukaku didn’t lay ‘a finger’ on Chelsea’s Champions League trophy
Romelu Lukaku admits to having not laid “a finger” on the Champions League trophy when Chelsea conquered Europe in 2012, with the Belgian still resenting Andre Villas-Boas for leaving him out of a successful squad. The potential of a powerful Belgian striker was bought into by the Blues following the appointment of the Portuguese coach who was intended to follow in the footsteps of Jose Mourinho. However Villas-Boas would last only a matter of months at Stamford Bridge, with Roberto Di Matteo eventually replacing him on an initial interim basis. Chelsea went on to claim a maiden continental crown under the Italian tactician who had become a firm fan favourite in his playing days. Lukaku, who was just a teenager and made only 12 appearances in his debut campaign, was invited to travel with ...
Everton submit £20m offer for Brazilian defender, personal terms provisionally agreed: report
Everton are understood to have made a fresh bid to sign Gabriel Magalhaes from Lille when the transfer window reopens at the end of the campaign, Football Insider reports. The French centre-back has been regularly linked with the Toffees in recent months and it was suggested in March that they could sign him for around £30m this summer. However, according to Football Insider, the Merseyside outfit have yet to finalise any fee with the French outfit and they are planning to make an offer of around £20m for the central defender. It is added that they are confident of finding an agreement with Lille for the Brazil international, having already agreed on provisional personal terms over a five-year deal with the centre-back. The Toffees are looking to rebuild their squad during the ne...
9 goals & 6 assists this season: Ancelotti wants 27-yr-old, Everton have approached his agent
Everton are keen on signing the Benfica midfielder Rafa Silva this summer. According to Correio da Manhã (via Sportwitness), Everton have approached the player’s agent regarding a move. Silva has 9 goals and 6 assists to his name so far this season and he could prove to be a quality addition to Ancelotti’s side. Everton need to add more goals and creativity this summer and Silva seems like an ideal fit. It will be interesting to see if Everton make an offer for the player in the coming weeks. Rafa Silva has a mammoth release clause of €80m and Everton will have to negotiate a more reasonable fee. No club will want to pay Silva’s release clause and therefore Benfica will have to lower their demands in order for a transfer to go through. The report adds that Silva is interested in a move to ...
Report: Ancelotti wants to sign in-demand 23 y/o midfielder for Everton
According to reports from Calciomercato, Everton are showing keen interest in signing Fiorentina midfielder Gaetano Castrovilli in the summer transfer window. The 23-year-old has impressed for the Viola this season. The Italy international has scored three goals and provided two assists this season. He is a versatile midfielder who can play as a number 10 or in the flanks. Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti is a big admirer of the player and wants to bring the player to Goodison Park. The report claims that Serie A rival clubs Inter Milan and Juventus are also interested in signing him, and thus Everton could face strong competition from them. Marcel Brands will be influential once again in transfer dealings in the summer, but whether Everton can lure Castrovilli away from the clu...
Report: NUFC in talks to land £36m winger as they look to beat Ancelotti to signing
According to Arena Napoli, Newcastle United are interested in bringing Napoli forward Hirving Lozano to Saint James’ Park this summer and have already started talks with the Serie A club. The Magpies aren’t the only English Premier League club interested in landing the Mexico international, though, with Everton and West Ham United also keen. Toffees boss Carlo Ancelotti signed Lozano from PSV Eindhoven last summer after he bagged 40 goals in 79 appearances for the Eredivisie side, and is eyeing a reunion at Goodison Park. The Mexican has scored just thrice in 23 appearances for the Italian team, but that hasn’t stopped would-be Newcastle owners and Everton from registering an interest in him. Napoli chief Aurelio De Laurentiis has insisted that 24-year-old won’t be sold for cheap, and suit...
Report claims Everton have submitted an ‘attractive’ offer for Frenchman
Everton have been linked with the Barcelona defender Jean-Clair Todibo in the recent weeks. Now reports (via Sportwitness) claim that the Toffees have offered around €25m for the player. Barcelona view the offer as an attractive one as they initially valued the player at around €22m. It will be interesting to see if Everton can secure his services in the coming weeks. Juventus are keen on the player as well and they could offer Barcelona a swap deal with one of their own players in exchange. Todibo is a talented young player who would improve Everton defensively. Furthermore, a manager like Carlo Ancelotti could develop him into a star in future. It remains to be seen what the player decides in the end. For him, a move to Everton would be ideal. He is unlikely to get first-team chances at ...
