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Report: Man City ‘ready to launch’ move for €35m Spurs target
According to reports from the Daily Mail, Pep Guardiola wants to sign Nelson Semedo from Barcelona in the summer transfer window. The global economy has changed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and not many football clubs would be able to spend big money on players. Swap deals are expected to become more prevalent once the transfer window re-opens, and Manchester City are targeting that option. Barcelona open to moving on a sizeable number of their current squad, and they would be willing to offload Semedo who joined the La Liga outfit from SL Benfica in 2017 in a transfer worth up to €35m. The report claims that City are open to a swap deal involving Joao Cancelo who cost £60m from Juventus last summer. Cancelo has struggled to make a strong impact managing just eight Premier League ...
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 ...
Tottenham Hotspur interested in signing 26-year-old Serie A striker: report
Tottenham Hotspur are understood to be closely monitoring the contract situation of Napoli star Arkadiusz Milik ahead of the summer transfer window, Italian transfer expert Nicola Schira has claimed. Milik joined the Serie A outfit from Ajax nearly four years ago but he has made just over 100 appearances as he has been hampered by a number of injury concerns. In the current campaign, it has been a similar story as he has missed around nine games through injuries but he has still impressed with 12 goals from 22 appearances for the club. In recent months, Spurs have been linked with the services of Milik, whose contract expires at the end of the season and they have now been offered hope of signing him. As per Schira, the Poland international has yet to renew his deal with the Naples outfit ...
Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly made an offer for striker compared to Robert Lewandowski
According to A Spor, Tottenham Hotspur have made an offer to Fenerbahce for Vedat Muriqi. It has been reported that Spurs – who are aiming to finish in the top four of the Premier League table this season – have made a bid of £4.5 million to secure the services of the 26-year-old Kosovo international striker. The report in the Turkish news outlet has stated that Burnley, Lazio and Napoli want Muriqi as well. Stats Muriqi joined Fenerbahce from fellow Turkish club Caykur Rizespor in the summer of 2019. According to WhoScored, the striker has made 24 starts and one substitute appearance in the Turkish Super Lig this season, scoring 13 goals and providing four assists in the process. The 26-year-old has also scored two goals in three Turkish Cup matches for Fenerbahce this campaign, according...
Danny Rose claims Mauricio Pochettino wanted to sign £80m player for Tottenham Hotspur
Danny Rose has said on The Lockdown Tactics that Mauricio Pochettino wanted to sign Harry Maguire for Tottenham Hotspur way before he moved to Manchester United from Hull City. Maguire joined United from Leicester in the summer of 2019 for a transfer fee reported by BBC Sport to be worth £80 million. The England international central defender started his professional club football career at Sheffield United before moving to Hull City and then to Leicester in 2017. Rose, who joined Newcastle on loan from Tottenham in the January transfer window, has said that Pochettino was interested in signing Maguire for the North London outfit after the defender played against them for Hull. Pochettino was appointed the Tottenham head coach in the summer of 2014 and was dismissed from his role at Totten...
Townsend admits he never thought reported Newcastle target would become ‘incredible’
Andros Townsend has admitted to Sky Sports that he did not expect his former Tottenham Hotspur teammate and reported Newcastle United target Gareth Bale to become as good a player as he is now. Townsend, who left Newcastle for Crystal Palace in the summer of 2016 after joining the Magpies in January 2016, played with winger Bale at Tottenham. The 28-year-old England international winger has raved about the Wales international winger, and he has admitted that he did not envisage the Real Madrid star becoming as good as he is now. According to Marca, Newcastle are interested in signing Bale from Spanish and European giants Madrid in the summer transfer window. Townsend told Sky Sports when asked if he could always see Bale’s ability at Tottenham: “You ask anyone now, they’ll say they always ...
L’Equipe claims former Spurs boss has rejected an offer to become NUFC manager
According to L’Equipe (via GFFN), Marseille manager Andre Villas-Boas has rejected an offer to succeed Steve Bruce at Newcastle United. The former Tottenham Hotspur boss is on the radar of the Magpies’ prospective new owners as they look to make major changes to the squad once their £300 million takeover goes through. However, Villas-Boas currently has plans to see out the remaining 12 months on his contract at the Ligue 1 outfit despite being offered a considerably better salary by the would-be Newcastle owners. While one ex-Spurs boss has turned them down, another could be taking up the offer and is widely seen as favourite for the job. Mauricio Pochettino is said to have told the incoming owners that he wants to be fully in charge of transfers if he becomes Newcastle manager, and an off...
Report suggests why Levy could be against Mourinho’s desire to land Lille’s DoF
Lille’s director of football Luis Campos was widely tipped to join Tottenham Hotspur by several French news outlets at the beginning of this week, with the Portuguese said to be willing to leave the French team for the North London side. However, L’Equipe has since reported that the Lille chief isn’t looking to leave the club but is only demanding for key changes. L’Équipe affirm that Luis Campos has no intention of leaving Lille but is rather seeking for the club to make changes to the internal hierarchy. More follows tomorrow. — Get French Football News (@GFFN) May 19, 2020 Spurs boss Jose Mourinho wants the club to appoint his compatriot as their director of football, and while that will be a good move given his impressive track record and success stories, The Athletic has suggested tha...
Report: Mourinho wants 26-yr-old who would cost around €20m, Spurs very interested
Tottenham are very interested in signing the Monaco defender Guillermo Maripan. According to Todo Fichajes, Jose Mourinho wants to bring the 26-year-old to the Premier League this summer. Monaco are willing to sell the player for the right price and it will be interesting to see if Spurs can secure an agreement soon. Jan Vertonghen is expected to leave the club soon and youngster Juan Foyth could be on his way out as well. Spurs need to sign defenders this summer and Maripan would be a good addition. He has done well for Monaco so far and Mourinho could groom him into the ideal partner for Alderweireld next season. Apparently, Monaco could be open to selling the player for a fee of around €20m. In that case, Spurs should be able to sign him. It is a reasonable asking price and Spurs have t...
Report claims Portuguese is set to become Tottenham’s director of football
According to French TV station Canal Plus (via GFFN), Luis Campos is set to become Tottenham Hotspur’s director of football following his departure from Lille. Canal + claiming tonight that they expect Luis Campos to join Tottenham Hotspur. — Get French Football News (@GFFN) May 19, 2020 The 55-year-old left the Ligue 1 outfit on Monday after three years in the role, and a reunion with Spurs’ assistant coach Joao Sacramento and goalkeeper coach Nuno Santos could be on the cards. The duo linked up with boss Jose Mourinho at the North London club last November and could now be joined by Campos. The Portuguese was linked with a move to Tottenham at the time, with President Gerard Lopez ruling it out. However, it appears that will be happening afterall, with Daniel Levy said to be a fan of the...
Tottenham star admits his Liverpool counterpart is the best in Europe
Tottenham Hotspur left-back Danny Rose has claimed that his Liverpool counterpart Andy Robertson is the best in the position in Europe. The England international is currently on loan till the end of the season at Newcastle United after falling out of favour with Spurs boss Jose Mourinho. In his heydays, Rose was the best left-back in the Premier League, making the PFA Team of the Year at the end of both the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons as Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs challenged for the title. The Tottenham star has most likely played his last game for the North London club as he is expected to leave permanently this summer with just a year left on his deal, but he is hoping to return to the top of his game someday, and has revealed that he aims to catch his Liverpool counterpart. “Andy Rober...
Tottenham star reveals he watched Celtic UCL games because of 22y/o
Tottenham Hotspur left-back Danny Rose has revealed that he used to watch Celtic’s Champions League games following Brendan Rodgers’ glowing appraisal of Kieran Tierney. The Leicester City boss was the Hoops’ manager prior to joining the Foxes, and he once dubbed the Scotland international as one of the best left-backs on the continent. Rodgers’ remarks caught the attention of Rose, and the England international was keen to see Tierney in action on TV. Celtic were regular in the Champions League group stages at the time, holding Manchester City to a 3-3 draw at Parkhead in September 2016. “I tried to watch the Celtic games in the Champions League when they were on the television,” Rose said on The Lockdown Tactics podcast. “Brendan Rodgers said at that time that Kieran was one of the best ...
