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      Chelsea launch shock transfer bid for £12m-rated MLS star as Pochettino searches for Kepa replacement

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      CHELSEA are keeping tabs on New England Revolution goalkeeper Djorde Petrovic after Kepa Arrizabalaga’s departure.Kepa joined Real Madrid on a season-long loan to cover for another former Blues keeper in Thibaut Courtois, who could miss the whole campaign after rupturing his ACL.
      Chelsea are keen to sign New England Revolution goalkeeper Djorde PetrovicCredit: Getty
      Chelsea want Petrovic to replace Kepa Arrizabalaga after he joined Real Madrid on loanCredit: Getty
      Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is actively looking for another goalkeeper after signing Robert SanchezCredit: Rex
      According to The Athletic, the West Londoners are keen on Petrovic to replace the Spain international and have opened talks with his MLS club.
      Mauricio Pochettino’s side have reportedly made an opening bid for the Serbia international.
      And deal could be reached in the range of £12million with talks between the two sides ongoing.
      The 23-year-old is highly-rated and many consider him the best goalkeeper in the US.
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      Chelsea signed Robert Sanchez from Brighton to reinforce Pochettino’s squad after Edouard Mendy’s departure to Al-Ahli.
      However, the Argentine tactician also lost Gabriel Slonina, who joined Eupen on loan.
      Pochettino addressed the club’s continuing search for another goalkeeper before Sunday’s Premier League clash at West Ham.
      The ex-Tottenham manager admitted Chelsea are “thinking and exploring all of the situations and possibilities on the market”.
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      New England Revolution have already rejected bids from Nantes and Nottingham Forest, who ultimately got Petrovic’s predecessor Matt Turner from Arsenal.
      They insisted they didn’t want to lose their No1 before the end of the season and the summer transfer window in the MLS is now closed.
      But Petrovic is keen to move to Stamford Bridge this summer and fight for a place between the sticks.
      Revolution, who can still sign free agents, are preparing for the worst and are thus keeping tabs on Josh Cohen after an impressive season with Maccabi Haifa. More

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      Ange Postecoglou gives Spurs fans the transfer update NONE of them want to hear after Harry Kane exit

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      TOTTENHAM manager Ange Postecoglou admits it is unlikely he will sign a replacement for Harry Kane.Kane has left a big void as he departed from Spurs after 19 years with the club and joined Bayern Munich following a £104million deal.
      Harry Kane left Tottenham after almost 20 years for Bayern MunichCredit: Rex
      Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou admitted he may not sign a replacement for KaneCredit: Rex
      The star striker left North London as the team’s record goalscorer after a staggering 280 goals in 435 appearances.
      But Postecoglou has stated he is not searching for the England captain’s successor after starting Richarlison up front during Tottenham’s Premier League kick-off at Brentford.
      The Australian tactician has instead prioritised outgoings as his squad is “too big” and won’t sign players “for the sake of it”.
      Postecoglou said: “We can’t just keep acquiring players when we’ve got too big of a squad as it is at the moment.
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      “It affects your training, it affects players themselves because ultimately they want to play and be involved.
      “It’s not so much one has to happen for the other but our focus at the moment is to try to trim the squad down and then see where that takes us in terms of reinforcements.
      “We’re constantly assessing that on a daily basis and there’s still two weeks to go in the window. I’m sure you’ll see some movements.”
      Postecoglou prefers to reinforce in defence and midfield ahead of transfer deadline day on September 1.
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      That’s after Tottenham signed James Maddison, Micky van de Ven, Alejo Veliz, Manor Solomon and Guglielmo Vicario.
      Postecoglou said when asked if a new striker is the club’s priority after Kane’s departure: “No, not necessarily.
      “I know that’s kind of the obvious place where people look at because of our recent outgoings but obviously we’ve been planning for that for a while.
      “There are other areas we can strengthen. Defensively, midfield, upfront.
      “That’s not just bringing players for the sake of it, they’ve got to fit the profile we’re looking at.” More

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      Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag sends blunt message to Harry Maguire after West Ham snub with defender set to be FIFTH choice

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      MANCHESTER UNITED manager Erik ten Hag insists it is up to Harry Maguire to save his Old Trafford career.Maguire only managed eight Premier League starts last season and was stripped of the captain’s armband by Ten Hag during pre-season.
      Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag insists it is up to Harry Maguire to save his Old Trafford careerCredit: Getty
      Maguire could end up becoming Manchester United’s fifth-choice centre-backCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
      That almost led the centre-back to a move to West Ham, but a deal collapsed due to his financial demands.
      The Hammers had a £30million bid accepted by United and the transfer was all sorted.
      However, as revealed by SunSport, the England international told the Red Devils he wanted £15m as he would surrender his £190,000-a-week contract for reduced £120,000 weekly wages in East London.
      David Moyes’ side grew so frustrated with waiting for the 30-year-old to secure a pay-out from the Manchester giants that they walked away from negotiations and turned to other targets, such as Konstantinos Mavropanos.
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      Thus, Maguire is likely to stay and fight for a place in Ten Hag’s starting line-up this season.
      However, the Dutch tactician sent the defender a blunt message insisting that he will have to step up his game.
      Ten Hag said: “It’s up to him. He knows what I expect from him. I’ve been here for one year now and you know what I expect from a centre-half.
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      “And he can do it, I’ve told you many times before he has the ability to do it so now he has to show it.
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      “It is then about character, to be convinced to play that role, he has all the abilities to do it and it is up to him when the time is there.
      “Harry is a player for us, I am happy he is here, we need a good squad, we have four good centre-halves – including Luke Shaw we have five – and we need it because we are going to play 50-60 games this season.
      “All the players are internationals, so we have a very heavy load to cover so I am happy Harry Maguire is here.”
      Harry is a player for us, I am happy he is here, we need a good squad, we have four good centre-halves – including Luke Shaw we have five.Erik ten Hag on Maguire
      However, Maguire is facing the prospect of being dumped to fifth choice at centre-back.
      Ten Hag started Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane on Monday’s Premier League kick-off against Wolves.
      When Martinez was substituted at half-time, the 53-year-old head coach opted for Victor Lindelof.
      The ex-Ajax boss often preferred left-back Luke Shaw over Maguire last season as well.
      And now Jonny Evans looks set to return to United on a one-year deal. More

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      Premier League XI of stars desperate for a transfer to reignite career before the window slams shut including Maguire

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      WITH the conclusion of the transfer window fast approaching there are a number of Premier League players desperate for a move in order to reignite their career.From World Cup winners falling down the pecking order, to players looking to secure a starting berth for their countries at Euro 2024 – several Premier League stars are in need of a fresh start this summer.
      The XI players desperate for a move this summer
      Chief among these are the likes of Harry Maguire – who saw a move to West Ham fall through last week over a contract dispute with Manchester United.
      There’s also young stars like Arsenal’s Folarin Balogun, who proved his worth with a stellar season on loan at Reims last season but is well down the Gunners’ pecking order.
      GK: Hugo Lloris
      Tottenham’s former captain, 36, has seen himself frozen out of Ange Postecoglou’s new look squad.
      The French World Cup winner was left out of Spurs’ pre-season tour of Asia with Postecoglou saying he could use that time to find a move.
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      But despite that not coming to fruition, the legendary goalkeeper has not yet been reintegrated into the squad – with Guglielmo Vicario Spurs’ new first choice.
      Lloris has attracted interest from Lazio and Saudi Arabia as he looks for a club that will give him minutes.
      Lloris has been linked with a move to LazioCredit: Getty
      DEF: Cedric Soares
      Cedric, 32, signed as a back-up right-back for Arsenal in January 2020 from Southampton.
      Despite making 59 appearances for the Gunners, he is now deemed surplus to requirements and went on loan to Fulham half way through last season.
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      The full-back is unable to play Arteta’s inverted full-back role and saw central midfielder Thomas Partey chosen to play at right-back ahead of him against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
      Cedric has attracted interest from clubs in his native Portugal.
      Cedric is well down the pecking order at Arsenal and unliekly to make any first team squads this seasonCredit: Getty
      DEF: Harry Maguire
      Maguire’s United career gradually fell to tatters last season.
      The defender lost his place in the XI and then saw his captaincy stripped away and handed to Bruno Fernandes.
      Any hopes of retaining a place in England’s starting XI depend on him playing regular first team football and he is currently United’s fourth choice centre-half.
      A move to West Ham fell through last week and he is currently set to spend a season warming the United subs bench.
      Maguire has gone from captain to fourth-choice under Ten HagCredit: Getty
      DEF: Davinson Sanchez
      Sanchez experienced a similarly torrid time last season which saw him booed by his own fans in a 3-2 loss to Bournemouth.
      Spurs accepted a bid from Spartak Moscow earlier this window for the defender but Sanchez turned down the move.
      There are some green shoots for Sancez however, with the defender impressing in a pre-season friendly against Barcelona and when coming on as a sub in Spurs’ opener against Brentford.
      But Spurs would still accept an offer for the right amount.
      Sanchez is free to leave the club but has impressed in recent gamesCredit: Alamy
      DEF: Joao Cancelo
      Cancelo was once an untouchable part of City’s XI but a fall out with Pep after last year’s World Cup has seen him lose his place in the side.
      He spent the last six months of last season on loan at Bayern Munich but the Bavarian side opted not to make the move permanent – despite him helping them to win the title.
      He has attracted interest from Barcelona and Arsenal as he looks to earn first team minutes.
      Cancelo played a bit-part role during City’s pre-seasonCredit: Getty
      MID: Kalvin Phillips
      Phillips is another player, like Maguire, that will need to earn regular minutes if he wants to start for England at Euro 2024.
      He has attracted interest from West Ham as they look for a Declan Rice replacement.
      Phillips has won trophies regularly at City but minutes have been limitedCredit: Getty
      MID: Conor Gallagher
      Gallagher started in Chelsea’s first game against Liverpool and put in an excellent display.
      But there’s no way Chelsea will have signed Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia without an expectation that they won’t start – which has pushed him down the pecking order.
      The England midfielder may look to move to West Ham or Tottenham as he searches for regular minutes ahead of the Euros.
      Gallagher impressed against Liverpool but may need to move to gain regular footballCredit: Reuters
      MID: Donny van de Beek
      Van de Beek arrived at United with high expectations in August 2020 as one of the stars of a talented Ajax team.
      But he has never held down a regular starting place for United and spent much of last season injured.
      Aged 26, he desperately needs a move to play first team football at this stage of his career.
      Van De Beek is in need of a fresh start after failing to nail down a place for UnitedCredit: Getty
      FW: Nicolas Pepe
      Arsenal paid £72million for Pepe in 2019 and gave him a five year contract on £140,000-a-week – making his signing one of the club’s biggest mistakes in recent years.
      The club are desperate to get his wages off the books with his contract set to expire next summer.
      Pepe spent last season on loan at Nice after being deemed surplus to requirementsCredit: Getty
      FW: Romelu Lukaku
      To say Lukaku’s £80million transfer back to Chelsea hasn’t worked out would be an understatement.
      Six months into his second-spell at the club he did an interview with Sky Italia about how he wanted to return to Inter Milan.
      Having spent last season on loan at Inter to mixed success – he has been told by new manager Mauricio Pochettino that he has no future at the club.
      He’s another player that will want minutes ahead of the upcoming Euros.
      Lukaku has not been given a squad number this seasonCredit: Getty
      FW: Folarin Balogun
      Balogun had an electrifying season on loan at Reims last year, scoring 21 goals and assisting three times in 37 league apperances.
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      But his return to Arsenal has seen him sit down the pecking order behind Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah.
      He has attracted interest from West Ham and Inter Milan but both baulked at his £50m asking price set by Arsenal.
      Balogun will be in demand following a successful loan spell at ReimsCredit: Getty More

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      Man City ready to hijack Brighton’s £8m transfer bid for Argentine wonderkid and fill problem position

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      MANCHESTER CITY are looking to hijack Brighton’s bid to land Boca Juniors youngster Valentin Barco.The versatile left-back, 19, has a release clause in his contract which would see him leave for around £8million.
      Manchester City are looking to hijack Valentin Barco from BrightonCredit: EPA
      Boca Juniors ace Barco is seen as someone that can play left-back for Manchester CityCredit: EPA
      City sources have confirmed their interest although it is not yet clear if he would go straight into Pep Guardiola’s squad if they win the race.
      Other young players have arrived at the Etihad and been shipped out to join one of the other clubs in the City Football Group stable on loan.
      City are likely to be without a senior specialist left-back this season but have options in Nathan Ake and Josko Gvardiol.
      Barco is believed to be keen on finishing the club season with Boca before moving later this year.
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      If the Argentine moves to the Etihad then he will be joining at a time when Guardiola’s team just can’t stop winning silverware.
      The Citizens added the European Super Cup to their trophy case after beating Sevilla on penalties at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Greece.
      The reigning Premier League champions drew 1-1 with the Andalusians on Wednesday.
      The Europa League winners opened the scoring with Youssef En-Nesyri.
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      But City equalised with a marvellous header by Cole Palmer in the second half.
      The FA Cup winners went on to score every single one of their penalty kicks.
      That was until Sevilla’s Nemanja Gudelj smashed Ederson’s crossbar. More

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      Inside Brighton’s money-making scouting system that’s made £369m… with three stars set for massive transfer next

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      FIRST they came for Ben White and they sold him for £50million.Then they came for Marc Cucurella and they sold him for £60m.
      Brighton made over a £100m profit on Moises Caidedo after his record Chelsea transferCredit: Getty
      Brighton’s first massive sale was Ben White’s £50m transfer to ArsenalCredit: Getty
      Chelsea also splashed £60m on Marc CucurellaCredit: AFP
      Then they came for their manager and his entire coaching staff, and you know what happened next.
      And now they have come for Moises Caicedo and they’ve flogged him for a British transfer record.
      If anyone epitomises the concept of Keep Calm and Carry On, it’s Brighton owner Tony Bloom and his chief executive Paul Barber.
      Because the remarkable work they are doing in good old Sussex by the sea is an object lesson in how not to make a drama out of a crisis.
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      Any other club in football would be tearing their hair out at the loss of nine senior players, the manager, technical director and head of recruitment in the space of just two years.
      Yet this flock of Seagulls have not only survived the mass exodus, they have actually thrived.
      They should have collapsed when Graham Potter packed his bags for the Chelsea circus last September but simply identified an even better coach and have gone from strength to strength under Roberto De Zerbi.
      The same thing happened when they sold White, Cucurella, Dan Burn, Neal Maupay, Yves Bissouma and Leandro Trossard.
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      Brighton have earned a fortune in player sales
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      Now they have cashed in on Caicedo, Alexis Mac Allister and Robert Sanchez to take their player sales income over the past couple of years to an extraordinary £368.7M.
      And yet they still thrashed newly-promoted Luton 4-1 on the opening day as they look forward to their first ever season in Europe.
      The key to everything they do at the Amex is buy low, sell high.
      Midfielder Caicedo, 21, was an absolute unknown who cost them £3.6m when they signed him from Independiente del Valle. Now they’ve sold him in a deal that could net them £115m.
      Mac Allister arrived unheralded from Argentinos Juniors for £7m and Cucurella cost them £15.4m from Getafe.
      Yet these deals flew so far under the radar at the time that even Albion fans didn’t realise what was going on right under their noses.
      And that’s not the end of the Amex production line as Kaoru Mitoma, Julio Enciso and Evan Ferguson attract envious glances from Premier League rivals who don’t have the patience to develop their own stars.
      Evan Ferguson has impressed for the Seagulls and could be the next mega-money saleCredit: Alamy
      Kaoru Mitoma is one of many incredible transfer market finds by Brighton’s recruitment teamCredit: Getty
      But everyone knows they are not going to come cheap because Bloom and Barber have forged a well-deserved reputation as the toughest negotiators in the business.
      They never haggle and they never blink first.
      They simply set a price and stick with it. And it’s proving to be a spectacularly successful tactic.
      Southampton learned to their cost last season that it’s all very well to sell your best players but you will eventually come unstuck if you don’t bring in decent replacements.
      Brighton are not going to make the same mistake because they are always planning ahead and preparing for any eventuality.
      They already know that De Zerbi is top of every other team’s wanted list in the event of them sacking their manager.
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      The impressive Italian tactician is under lock and key for the next three years and will not be going anywhere on the cheap.
      But no one is irreplaceable at Brighton because there is always another diamond just waiting to be unearthed. More

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      Man City’s worst Premier League signings, from flops Boateng and Rodwell to £42m mistake Eliaquim Mangala

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      MANCHESTER CITY have invested over £1BILLION in the transfer market over the past decade so, naturally, there are going to be some flops.For every David Silva, Yaya Toure, or Erling Haaland there’s also been an Eliaquim Mangala or Jack Rodwell.
      Three great signings out of four weren’t bad for Roberto ManciniCredit: EPA
      Fortunately for current boss Pep Guardiola, most of the club’s most useless transfers came before the Spaniard brought them continued success.
      Here, SunSport details the five WORST signings City have made in the Premier League era….
      Eliaquim Mangala – £42m (2014)
      Mangala was strongly criticised by the media during his time at CityCredit: AFP or licensors
      Joleon Lescott left the Etihad Stadium after Manuel Pellegrini’s side won the title and Mangala was heralded as a ready-made replacement.
      The defender’s first two seasons saw the club drift away from the top of the table and he was often hammered for poor positioning and slow reactions.
      A solid loan spell at Valencia earned Mangala momentary reprieve under Guardiola but, after 15 appearances, the new boss binned him off before serious injury struck in a 2018 spell with Everton.Jack Rodwell – £12m (2012)
      Injuries curtailed Rodwell’s progressCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      Rodwell was an up-and-coming star at Everton but became a symbol of City’s trigger-happy stockpiling when jumping ship at the age of 21.
      There was a problem, however: City already had an excellent set of central midfielders.
      Battling past Yaya Toure, James Milner, David Silva, Samir Nasri, Javi Garcia, Gareth Barry and Fernandinho was too much for Rodwell and he left after two years and just 25 appearances.
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      Jerome Boateng – £10m (2010)
      It is painful enough seeing a former player go on to great things but City didn’t even get close to utilising Boateng’s full potential.
      Perhaps player and club were doomed from day one, the German tearing a tendon in his knee the week before the season began and aggravating it when a drinks trolley bashed it on a flight.
      A year later, Boateng asked to head back home and was allowed to leave for Bayern Munich – going on to win a World Cup, a Champions League and seven Bundesliga titles.
      Jo – £19m (2008)
      Jo arrived with a great record for CSKA MoscowCredit: Reuters
      A top striker in Russia when snapped up by Mark Hughes, Jo struggled to say the least – scoring once in nine league outings before being moved on six months into his stay.
      A brief upturn in form at Goodison Park gave the Citizens some hope of turning a profit… but a dismal 2009-2010 season on Merseyside dropped him back at City.
      Failing to take another chance the following season, Jo finally left to return to Brazil, having cost much more than Vincent Kompany and Pablo Zabaleta combined.Wilfried Bony – £25m (2015)
      Bony was sent back to Swansea in 2016 but couldn’t find form there, eitherCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Ten goals in 46 games, only six of which came in the league, is a poor record for any striker, but for an expensive forward at a club aiming to win the title? Terrible.
      The Prem top scorer for the calendar year of 2014, Bony initially couldn’t play for City due to African Cup of Nations duty and a summer bout of malaria came after a quiet start.
      That stunted his hopes for the following year and the club learned their lesson, from then on turning their attention away from signing top players from smaller sides. More

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      Christian Eriksen made Man Utd transfer U-turn after ‘snubbing club due to promise made to Tottenham chief Daniel Levy’

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      CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN made a Manchester United U-turn after agreeing to join Erik ten Hag’s side on a free transfer last year.The Daily Mail say the creative midfielder made a promise to Tottenham owner Daniel Levy in 2017 that he would not join a London club out of respect for Spurs.
      Christian Eriksen is full of respect for his former clubCredit: Reuters
      Daniel Levy didn’t want to see Eriksen play elsewhere in EnglandCredit: Alamy
      And Eriksen, now 31, apparently extended his promise to all English clubs when United’s interest came out.
      Former United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was hoping to secure an £80million deal for the playmaker but failed to land his man.
      Eriksen handed in a transfer request in 2019 after outlining his desire for a new challenge.
      That sparked plenty of interest with both Real and Atletico Madrid joining Juventus in the hunt.
      But the Spurs ace eventually joined Inter Milan for £17m in 2020 as his contract began to run down.
      After initially struggling, Eriksen found his form under Antonio Conte and helped Inter win their first Serie A title since 2010.
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      The popular star went into cardiac arrest on the pitch while playing for Denmark in their Euro 2020 opener against Finland during Euros in 2021.
      Eriksen was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator after thankfully making a full recovery.
      But the Italian FA said that the Dane would need it to be removed in order to play for Inter again.
      After his contract was terminated, he joined Brentford as a free agent and enjoyed a remarkable season for the Bees.
      He played 11 games, scoring once and contributing four assists – but left when his six-month contract expired.
      Eriksen since joined Man Utd, going back on his promise, but completing an extraordinary comeback to the top of football.
      He penned a three-year deal at Old Trafford.
      Eriksen is said to have informed United of his desire to join the club, with the midfielder now set for a medical.
      The playmaker worked with United boss Ten Hag briefly when he trained with Ajax before making his comeback to football with the Bees.
      Last season, Eriksen played 44 times in all competitions scoring twice. More