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July 24, 2022, 11:15 a. m. EDT
As has been the case in recent years at Nottingham Forest, it was a charm offensive in Athens that helped the club win the match to point to Jesse Lingard.
Lingard and his entourage flew to Greece, and a meal at an old seafood restaurant forged a new dating.
Paul Taylor serves the look track on Lingard’s move to the major league newcomers, and says Steve Cooper’s side is determined to get more new faces before the summer deadline. . .
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July 24, 2022 at 10:51 a. m. EDT
Aston Villa have shown that striker Wesley has left on loan to Levante until the end of the season.
The striker had been loaned out in the past to Internacional in his home Brazil, but will now pass the 2022-23 crusade in Spain.
He joined Villa in the summer of 2019, scoring five goals in the Premier League before his season was interrupted by injury.
July 24, 2022, 10:48 a. m. EDT
Talk about transfer.
From tracking and duplicate imaging to tracking and shutting down, there is a popular expression in the industry for each and every micro-step imaginable of a movement these days.
Adam Hurrey is here to brilliantly consult you on a labyrinthine sublanguage. . .
July 24, 2022 at 10:02 a. m. EDT
Barcelona president Joan Laporta said additional talks were planned with Frenkie de Jong in a bid to break the deadlock over an imaginable move to Manchester United.
The Athletic reported earlier this month that United had agreed to pay a guaranteed payment of 75 million euros (£63 million, $75 million) for De Jong, with another €10 million (£8. 47 million, $10 million) in add-ons.
De Jong is Erik ten Hag’s previous signing this summer, but while Barcelona’s hierarchy is known to have told the player they had to sell him to balance his payroll, the Dutch foreigner owes a deferred payment from his current salary. 17 million worth, which blocked the deal.
“He’s our player, he’s a very quality player. We like it a lot,” Laporta told ESPN.
“We want to explain some aspects of his position, but at the moment he is betting on Barcelona. He has offers and we haven’t accepted the offers yet because we want to communicate exactly what he wants. “
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July 24, 2022 at 9:01 a. m. EDT
Sassuolo’s chief executive says the club has agreed a royalty with West Ham for striker Gianluca Scamacca.
Athletic that the Premier League club agreed to pay a down payment of £30. 5 million for the 6-foot-5-inch striker and Giovanni Carnevali showed that the clubs agreed on a sum in that area.
Speaking to Corriere dello Sport about the money Sassuolo could earn from Scamacca, as well as the past sale of Jeremie Boga to Atalanta, he said: “Twenty-two (million euros) for Boga, 36 6 (in add-ons) and a 10% sale for Scamacca. Sounds smart to me, doesn’t it?
July 24, 2022 at 7:25 a. m. EDT
Gareth Bale opened his major league soccer account after scoring from the bench at the time for new club Los Angeles FC.
The 33-year-old Welshman scored in a 2-0 win over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.
He said on the club’s official website: “The most important thing is that we won the game, first and foremost. We all knew that the first half might not be smart enough, but the coach had a great discussion with the team and got us started. “
When asked how he adapted, he said, “The transition is pretty general and what I expected. It’s going to take time. I’ll be in pre-season now in Europe, so I’ll get in shape quickly. “
“The club is doing a task to make me progress and not push me too fast, so I’m starting to feel bigger and bigger every day as education continues and I was pleased to give a contribution tonight.
“Everyone at the club took me in very temporarily and I feel very well settled right away, and I think any player will tell you that if he feels satisfied and settled, he starts playing his football. “
July 24, 2022 at 6:45 a. m. EDT
Dani Alves joined Mexican team Pumas UNAM in a loose move after completing his stint at Barcelona.
The Brazilian has made more than 400 appearances for the La Liga side and showed last month that he would be leaving after his contract expired.
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Southampton struggled to create a pre-season draw against Watford on Saturday and Ralph Hasenhuttl admitted that additional attacking reinforcements are firmly on the agenda.
Saints have already reached a deal for Bordeaux striker Sekou Mara, but when asked if Mara was the only striker likely to land at St Mary’s, Hasenhuttl, whose side turned down a £16 million offer for Manchester City’s Liam Delap, said: “No. It will definitely bring us more. “
Following Mara’s arrival, Hasenhuttl added: “This is one of the unexpected opportunities you have to bring in such a player and then you have to be fast and it was smart for him to come to us.
“For us, he is another talented young striker who has shown in the French league that he can score goals. Kind of like (Armando) Broja last season, we weren’t one hundred percent sure, but this time he’s our player. “and it’s not rented. “
July 24, 2022 at 6:31 a. m. EDT
It only took 12 minutes for Erling Haaland to score on his Manchester City debut, but that didn’t stop Pep Guardiola from admonishing the striker.
“He scored a goal, which is important,” Guardiola said after the 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in Wisconsin. “These kinds of goals in front of the goalkeeper, he’s there.
“We’ll see how he reacts to the upheavals he’s had in recent weeks. He only did four, five education sessions; hopefully weeks. After we come back, we have long weeks to prepare for each and every match of the weekend. In those two or three weeks, we will have the most productive way. “
Jack Grealish set Haaland’s decisive goal and received praise from his manager, more here.
July 24, 2022 at 6:23 a. m. EDT
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July 24, 2022, 6:21 a. m. EDT
Mikel Arteta was much happier after seeing his team record a fifth consecutive warm-up win emphatically and has already signed five players this summer, the latest addition to Oleksandr Zinchenko in Florida, admitted he expected more.
“Obviously, right now we have injuries, you can see we’re still a little bit short in some positions for the way we need to play, but that’s something we’re trying to fix,” Arteta said.
“We have taken a step forward in the quality of the team and the team point is obviously all we need to keep growing. “
The Arsenal boss singled out defender William Saliba for his compliment, more here.
July 24, 2022 at 6:13 a. m. EDT
Chelsea beat Premier League rivals Arsenal 4-0 on Saturday night in Florida and Thomas Tuchel made a very unfortunate figure after the match.
The German issued a warning about Chelsea’s movement activity and the commitment of their existing players after seeing his team outplayed.
“I’m far from relaxed,” he said. We deserved to lose, which is pretty fair because we just weren’t smart enough. We just weren’t competitive. “
“Last week turned out to be my point of view. Surely I would rather not be right. I did everything to get right, but at the moment I feel like I was right.
“I look at last season and the parts of the game that we fought in, the parts of the season that we fought in, then we were sanctioned and the players left us and some players are looking to leave us, and that’s where it happens.
“So we had an urgent call for quality players, a lot of quality players. We have two quality players, but we are that competitive. Unfortunately, you might see it today. “
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July 24, 2022 at 6:10 a. m. EDT
Pre-season friendlies and coaches who are difficult to communicate about transfers: the new season is fast approaching.
Stay with us as we consult you on Sunday’s big stories, adding some passionate quotes from Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel. . .