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ROMELU LUKAKU is a better signing for Manchester United than Alvaro Morata to Chelsea and Alexandre Lacazette to Arsenal, according to Gary Pallister. There has been no shortage of transfers in the Premier League this summer with a number of the top teams spending big money on strikers. Arsenal have broken their transfer record to bring in Alexandre Lacazette from ...

Pep Guardiola now has plenty of options in Manchester City’s defence and there will be strong competition for places when they kick off the Premier League season next month. Benjamin Mendy (age 23, £52 million): The France international learned the art of fast-paced wide play from Marcelo Bielsa at Marseille and took his game on further at Monaco, helping them to ...

MONACO have denied they have reached a £161MILLION fee with Real Madrid for striker Kylian Mbappe. According to stunning claims from Spanish sports paper Marca, Real Madrid have agreed to pay £143m (€160m) up front with around a further £18m (€20m) coming in add-ons. But Monaco have told Sky Sports they have NOT agreed to sell Mbappe to Real Madrid. ...

HENRIKH MKHITARYAN and a group of his Manchester United team-mates enjoyed an open-top bus tour of Washington ahead of their friendly against Barcelona. Jose Mourinho’s side are in the US for their pre-season tour and have taken some time out to get a bit of culture ahead of their final scheduled match before flying home. A small group of Red ...

TOTTENHAM should accept Manchester United’s £40million bid for Eric Dier, according to Dean Ashton. Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier has been linked with a move to Manchester United who have been splashing the cash this summer. The Red Devils have spent in excess of £100m on Victor Lindelof and Romelu Lukaku and have reportedly made a £40m bid for Dier. The ...

CHELSEA have sent Brazilian defender Kenedy home from their pre-season tour after he posted offensive comments on social media. Kenedy posted two videos on Instagram last week while on tour with the Chelsea squad in China and he was booed by supporters during Saturday’s 3-0 win over Arsenal in Beijing. On Sunday, Chelsea issued an apology for the 21-year-old’s behaviour ...

JOSE MOURINHO was happy to tease Real Madrid star Gareth Bale in the tunnel ahead of Manchester United’s pre-season win on Sunday. Manchester United came out on top in the encounter in California on Sunday night, prevailing 2-1 on penalties. Manchester United have been keeping a close eye on Gareth Bale, with Mourinho said to be a long-term admirer. A ...

ALVARO MORATA says he can’t wait to play for Antonio Conte after joining Chelsea. Morata penned a five-year contract with the Blues on Friday after completing a club-record transfer from Real Madrid. The Spaniard had been Antonio Conte’s long-term target and the Chelsea boss knows him well having signed him for Juventus during his time in Serie A. Morata never ...

ROMELU LUKAKU has revealed that Paul Pogba used to deliberately drive him past Old Trafford in a bid to entice him to join Manchester United. Lukaku and Pogba have been friends for some years and are neighbours in the Manchester area. And when they went out for dinner in the city midfielder Pogba would ensure his route would take them ...

The man who one day aspires to be the Blaugrana chief struck a presidential tone on Sunday as he dismissed talk the Brazilian would be leaving. Neymar will not be abandoning Barcelona for a mega-move to Paris Saint-Germain – at least, that is what Gerard Pique has stated! The charismatic defender has long been characterised as a symbol of the ...