Manchester United have now appointed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as their permanent boss on a three-year contract. I covered Solskjaer’s appointment on a permanent basis in an article a few days ago.
Therefore, in this article, I am going to look at players who United could sign to improve their squad this summer. The Norwegian is reportedly set to have a big transfer kitty to freshen his squad up. Here are just some of United’s reported summer transfer targets:
Jadon Sancho (Dortmund)
The former Manchester City youngster has burst onto the European football scene in the last 12 months. His ability to take on a player and his dribbling skills are the sort attributes that get fans of their seats.
Sancho would not come cheap, though, as BVB are reportedly looking fo…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic added to the plaudits for Cristiano Ronaldo s stunning strike against Juventus – but did so in his own inimitable style.
Ronaldo gave Real Madrid an early lead in the Champions League quarter-final clash in Turin on Tuesday with an opportunistic finish but stole the show after half-time.
The five-time Ballon d Or winner powered home a remarkable overhead kick that drew applause from the Juventus fans as the travelling Madrid contingent celebrated jubilantly.
By the time Marcelo wrapped up a 3-0 first-leg win for Zinedine Zidane s side, Ronaldo s heroics had already gone viral around the globe. Ibrahimovic added some self-referencing and qualified praise.
It was a nice goal, he said on ESPN Sportscenter. But he should try it from 40 m…
German international turned professional wrestler Tim Wiese claims he is fitter now than when he played regularly in the Bundesliga.
The former Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim goalkeeper retired in 2014 and has since pursued a career in professional wrestling.
He also won six caps for Germany between 2008 and 12.
He is due to make his in-ring WWE debut Nov. 3 in Munich after being invited to join a training camp earlier this year.
Wiese says he trains for up to four hours a day to maintain his physique.
As a goalkeeper, you only have to walk around a bit in the workout, Wiese told Bild. But the weight is much bigger in wrestling, moving 120 kilos is more strenuous than 90.
He already sounds at home in his new care…
The experienced Italian left-back Domenico Criscito has left Zenit Saint Petersburg and will be returning home after seven years in Russia.
The 31-year-old defender played his last game for Zenit this weekend, waving goodbye in a comprehensive 6-0 victory over SKA-Khabarovsk on Sunday.
Criscito moved to Zenit in 2011 and made the total of 153 Russian Premier League appearances. The versatile defender who is equally effective in the back and going forward won two Russian titles with Zenit, while he also added a Russian Cup trophy and two Russian Super Cup medals to his trophy cabinet during his seven-year stay.
Domenico Criscito leaves Zenit as a free agent and will return to his boyhood club Genoa in the summer.
I Rossoblu have already agreed a three-yea…
While the might make its return this weekend, all of England’s elite will certainly have one eye on the January transfer window.
With a host of Premier League stars set for a month-long break in January as the African Cup of Nations gets underway, many are expecting what could be a record-breaking transfer window.
Dreaming of the chance to mount another genuine domestic title charge this season and sitting in pole position to punch their Champions League knockout stage ticket, are reportedly putting the final touches to their January wishlist.
Breaking the bank over the summer as they recruited the likes of and Kai Havertz, we have taken a look at some of the top-flight superstars that could be on their way to the Emirates.
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Manchester United are going in the right direction under Erik ten Hag, but left-back Luke Shaw says the club know they can do better .
Ten Hag arrived from Ajax at the close of a dismal 2021-22 campaign for United and was tasked with turning around their fortunes after another barren season.
Despite a rocky start, Ten Hag has since helped United rediscover their rhythms, having now strung together six games unbeaten in all competitions since derby defeat to Manchester City at the start of October.
Ahead of Thursday s Europa League encounter with Sheriff, Shaw reflected on the team s growth under their new boss, and feels there is still yet more to come.
I think there has been a massive improvement, he told United s club website. The start of the season w…
Arsenal have completed the signing of Germany international defender Shkodran Mustafi, who has agreed a long-term contract after joining from Valencia for an undisclosed fee.
The 24-year-old s transfer was confirmed on Tuesday, after manager Arsene Wenger announced following Saturday s 3-1 Premier League win over Watford that the completion of paperwork was the final hurdle to clear.
Wenger had been under pressure for a perceived lack of activity in the window, with Mustafi arriving to bolster a defence that has lost Per Mertesacker and Gabriel Paulista to injury.
The Frenchman said in an official club statement: He is at the right age. He has good experience. He is a very focused player who can play with the ball as well.
We have taken a great player bu…
Leicester City have appointed Craig Shakespeare as the club s permanent manager on a three-year deal.
Shakespeare replaced sacked Italian Premier League-winning manager Claudio Ranieri, who inspired Leicester to their unlikely title triumph in the 2015-16 season.
Although Leicester ended the campaign without a win in their last three games, Shakespeare won eight of his 16 Premier League matches in charge.
The 53-year-old also led Leicester to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where his side were narrowly beaten by Atletico Madrid, exiting the tournament 2-1 on aggregate.
This is a really exciting opportunity for me to continue along this new path in my career and to continue to work with a club and a group of staff I ve grown extremely close to…
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For the second time in under a week, Manchester City and Liverpool are set to face each other directly on Saturday, this time on neutral ground. They will be battling it out for a place in the FA Cup final, which means the venue of action is Wembley.
Last week they met at the Etihad in the Premier League, in a match that could have swung the title race either way but eventually left it where it was, with City leading the way ahead of Liverpool by a single point. Kevin De Bruyne s deflected shot broke the deadlock after less than five minutes, and Diogo Jota finished off a great team move for the visitors to level things up in the 13th. Gabriel Jesus took advantage of a poorly set Liverpool defence to ensure his team went to the break …
Romelu Lukaku is set to hold talks with the relevant people at Inter Milan in order to discuss the possibility of returning to the Serie A side, according to Fabrizio Romano.
Lukaku joined Inter from Manchester United in 2019 for a reported fee of €74 million. In the two years that followed, he made a total of 95 appearances in all competitions for the Nerazzurri, scoring 64 goals and helping them win the 2020-21 Scudetto under the command of Antonio Conte. Last year, he went back to Chelsea as a star signing for €115m.
However, things haven t worked out too well at Stamford Bridge for him, with manager Thomas Tuchel apparently preferring more mobile, interchangeable attackers in his team to a classing centre-forwad. Nonetheless, he s still managed 15 goals in 44 ma…