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Chelsea's £54m-deal to sign Timo Werner from under the noses of Liverpool has brought back unpleasant memories for Reds fans. In recent years, there has been a clear and efficient strategy of: identify target, sign target, no fuss, no muss. However, it used to be a much trickier business to get deals done at Anfield. Here 's what happened next for nine transfer targets who, like Werner, seemed destined for Liverpool only to leave the t's uncrossed and i's undotted... 1. Simao Sarbrosa (2005)...

Chelsea have confirmed they have finalised the agreement to sign RB Leipzig forward Timo Werner this summer. The Blues informed Leipzig of their willingness to trigger Werner's release clause and reached an agreement over personal terms with the German fairly quickly, and it then became a question of waiting for the deal to be made official. We have some @TimoWerner news for you! ? — Chelsea FC (at ?) (@ChelseaFC) June 18, 2020 Well, the wait is finally over as Chelsea took to their official...

Tottenham return to Premier League action this Friday against Manchester United and it's a fixture with plenty of European football permutations attached to it. Both sides are still in the hunt for a European place with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Man Utd best placed in fifth, but José Mourinho's Spurs will still fancy their chances despite being seven points off fourth spot currently. The return of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min will be a massive boost for the north London side, one that could...

Internazionale are looking to tie key midfielder Marcelo Brozovic to a lucrative new deal, which will keep him at San Siro until 2023, while also eliminating his release clause, according to a report in Italy. The 27-year-old Croatian has established himself as one of the key men in Antonio Conte's side this season, operating at the base of midfield in the Italian's system. Inter are looking to secure a European place for next season under Antonio Conte According to Tuttsport, I Nerazzurri...

West Ham United winger Grady Diangana could be allowed to spend another year on loan at West Bromwich Albion if his parent club avoid relegation from the Premier League this season. The 22-year-old winger joined West Brom on loan in the summer of 2019 after making his first Premier League appearances with West Ham the season before. Despite injury limiting his involvement in the second half of the campaign, Diangana has enjoyed a promising term in England's second tier with five goals and six...

When Gennaro Gattuso was appointed as Napoli manager in December, the club were in the throes of a major crisis. He was Carlo Ancelotti's replacement. The seasoned manager was something of a coup for Napoli when he was named as Maurizio Sarri's successor in 2018, having won nearly every trophy available to him with some of the world's biggest clubs. Ancelotti performed adequately in the first season, leading Napoli to a second-place finish without really troubling the formidable Juventus....

rest Leicester City are confident they will keep hold of England left-back Ben Chilwell this summer, despite interest from both Manchester City and Chelsea. Having emerged from the Foxes’ academy, Chilwell made his senior debut during the legendary 2015/16 season and has been a key part of the first-team since 2017. He has gone from strength to strength under Brendan Rodgers and has become an England starter as well. Chilwell has emerged as England's staring left-back 90min first revealed...

A few hours before Paris Saint-Germain declared their lofty ambitious of continental domination with the unveiling of superstar signing Zlatan Ibrahimović, a slight 19-year-old poked his shaven head above a billowing blue, red and white shirt. The €12m capture of a promising, yet relatively low-profile midfielder from the second-tier of Italian football understandably fell into the background as one of the games great players - and self-promoters - conducted an impromptu photoshoot beneath the...

Atletico Madrid put five past Osasuna on Wednesday night to move back into fourth place in La Liga and stake their claim for a Champions League place, but it was at the other end of the pitch where history was made as goalkeeper Jan Oblak kept his 100th league clean sheet. The Slovenian stopper has not only reached the century milestone, he has got there faster than any other goalkeeper in La Liga history, shattering the previous record held by Miguel Reina, who played for Barcelona and...

ness Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed as expected that both Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford are fit to face Tottenham on Friday night in the club’s first game back, although it remains unknown for now whether either will actually start in north London. Pogba has not featured for United since December and underwent ankle surgery in January, while Rashford was also sidelined in January because of a back injury. Rashford got injured during an FA Cup tie in January It has...

News Barcelona face their toughest fixture since the return of Spanish top flight football when they travel to third-placed Sevilla on Friday night. With nine matches left to play, nothing in La Liga is decided and this encounter will have a sizeable impact on both the title race and competition for those lucrative Champions League places. Julen Lopetegui will be in charge of Sevilla on Friday but spent three years as Barcelona's second-choice goalkeeper in the 1990s After only 14 games in...

Ah, the Premier League. The so-called 'best league in the world'. You'll find nothing but undisputed legends in England, right? Sure, there's usually some real talent on show in the Premier League, but the English top flight has seen more than its fair share of completely disastrous individual showings. You know, the kind that make you question why your 80-year-old nan isn't on the field instead. Here are ten of the worst individual showings the Premier League has ever seen. 1. David Luiz vs...

ews With the Premier League back on our screens and the games in hand now played, the rest of the teams join the party this weekend with plenty on the line from the first kick off. Relegation threatened Aston Villa have a second consecutive home match, this time against Frank Lampard's Chelsea who are the current holders of fourth spot and in pole position to take a Champions League berth next season. The goal that never was But with some uncertainty over the future of a couple of experienced...

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hailed Marcus Rashford for the way he has campaigned for positive change far beyond the football pitch, having persuaded the government to provide meal vouchers during the school holidays for children in struggling families. Thanks to Rashford’s efforts, the government announced a £120m summer food fund this week that will ensure 1.3m children, who might get their only proper meal of the day at school, will not go hungry while schools are...

The Premier League has confirmed that one player has tested positive for coronavirus in their latest round of COVID-19 tests. The top flight returned to action on Wednesday following a three month hiatus as a result of the global pandemic. The weekend before the season resumed, two players had tested positive for coronavirus - with Norwich confirming that one was one of their own. Norwich City can confirm that one of its players has returned a positive test result following the recent round of...

ndow UEFA have confirmed that the Financial Fair Play restraints for the 2019/20 season will be relaxed and only considered alongside the results of the 2020/21 campaign next summer. Teams are normally prohibited from recording certain losses during a financial year, but given the coronavirus outbreak has left some sides facing unprecedented losses, it was quickly accepted that enforcing the current rules would be nearly impossible. More #UEFAExCo decisions have been made today. ? Financial...

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is expected to sign a new two-year contract which will also include the option to walk away from Camp Nou for free after the first season. Messi's current deal expires in 2021 and there has been an obvious willingness from both sides to extend his stay and keep the Argentine at the club for as long as possible. Messi is eager to extend his stay at Camp Nou According to Mundo Deportivo, Messi is set to stick with his plan of signing two-year contracts which give...

Bayer Leverkusen star Kai Havertz is open to remaining with the club for one more year in order to seal his 'dream' move to Real Madrid. The 21-year-old is one of the most in-demand players around, with Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Liverpool among those rumoured to be considering a deal which could be worth close to the £90m mark. Leverkusen want close to £90m to sell Havertz this summer One side who aren't considering paying that kind of money are Real Madrid, who have been...

ands Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser has his sights set on a move to Everton this summer after the Cherries declined to meet his £100,000-a-week demands. The Scot has not agreed a temporary contract extension at the Vitality Stadium and is now expected to walk away from Bournemouth on 1 July. In a world in which free agents are expected to be more valuable than ever, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have both been tipped to land Fraser, but the Daily Mail state that the 26-year-old has decided that...

It's pretty fair to say that David Luiz didn't have a good game on Wednesday night in what was Arsenal's first game back from the Coronavirus enforced break. Actually, it's pretty fair to say that Luiz had the worst individual performance in the Premier League this season on Wednesday night. In just 30 minutes on the pitch at the Etihad Stadium, the Brazilian centre back managed to slice a clearance into the path of Raheem Sterling for City's first goal, pull to down Riyad Mahrez in the box to...