However, the Merseyside club will face stiff competition for the Croatian international's signature as Premier
League rivals Tottenham and Arsenal are also said to be interested in the player's signature.
Leicester City reportedly refused to sell Demarai Gray to Premier
League rivals Tottenham Hotspur last summer but Mauricio Pochettino is still interested.
An impressive win against Premier
League rivals Tottenham ought to have provided a platform with which to build on heading into the business end of the season.
That has led him to be linked with a number of Europe's biggest clubs, including Barcelona and Juventus, as well as United's Premier
League rivals Tottenham and Arsenal.
As noted by the report, Premier
League rivals Tottenham, Chelsea and Liverpool are also believed to be monitoring Tielemans, who has scored four goals and provided two assists in 24 league games so far this season.
Premier
League rivals Tottenham Hotspur were also drawn early.
Having failed in a bid to sign Roberto Soldado from Valencia this summer, as the Spaniard looks set to join
league rivals Tottenham, Rodgers is looking to sign Kosecki as he looks to add more goals into his team.
The Mirror [as above] report that the Gunners aren't alone in the hunt for the starlet, with London and Premier
League rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, as well as reigning European champions Barcelona all understood to be considering the youngster.
In fact M'Baye Niang actually came to us and Premier
League rivals Tottenham and Everton for a trial in the summer of 2012 but he ended up signing for the Italian club AC Milan instead.
The former Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace midfielder is a long - time transfer target for Arsenal, as well as their Premier
League rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea [Express], and with a move potentially imminent [via the Metro], the Saints are making plans for his successor.
Not exact matches
And the point may be disappointing after Arsenal leading for most of the second half, but at least it meant that we went back above our north London
rivals Tottenham in the Premier
League table.
His worst record for wins has come against
Tottenham with the German still yet to register a Premier
League win against Arsenal's North London
rivals with Ozil in the team.
His performance in Europa
League games has been particularly impressive, starring in famous confrontations with Arsenal's Premier
League rivals: Chelsea, Liverpool, and
Tottenham.
The former
Tottenham midfielder has been in charge of the north London club since former boss Andre Villas - Boas was given his marching orders last month following a 5 - 0 home loss to
rivals Liverpool in the Premier
League.
Arsenal is priced at 11/1 to actually lift the trophy; with even their bitterGI «8 - 9 - / +
rivals Tottenham (9/1) deemed as more likely to have any success in the
league.
Zouma only managed to make nine
league appearances for Antonio Conte's Chelsea last season as the Blues won their fifth Premier League title ahead of rivals Tott
league appearances for Antonio Conte's Chelsea last season as the Blues won their fifth Premier
League title ahead of rivals Tott
League title ahead of
rivals Tottenham.
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League rivals Arsenal and Crystal Palace have come to an agreement over the loan signing of young French striker Yaya Sanogo, report the Daily Star, with the former Auxerre man set to move to Selhurst Park until the end of the season and join Alan Pardew and the Eagles» fight for Premier
League survival, that was given a huge boost with the weekend win over
Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham Hotspur are open to the prospect of allowing out - of - favour striker Emmanuel Adebayor join Premier
League rivals Aston Villa on - loan, provided the Midlands outfit fund the player's # 100,000 - a-week wages.
Fourth - placed
Tottenham looked certainties for a Champions
League place until defeats to Liverpool and Fulham opened the door for Arsenal and Wenger is confident the Gunners, who are currently four points behind their north London
rivals, can close the gap.
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Tottenham Hotspur «s hopes of signing Victor Wanyama has taken a huge blow following reports in Telegraph Sport that Southampton are reluctant to do business with their Premier
League rivals.
As the report notes, it comes at a time when Walker is expected to seal his # 50m move to Manchester City, after
Tottenham's Premier
League rivals finally agreed to match their hefty valuation of the England international.
Chelsea had just ended the 2014 - 15 season as double winners, having beaten London
rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the Capital One Cup final before cruising to the Premier
League title, eight points clear of runners - up Manchester City.
Tottenham are currently fifth in the Premier
League, one place above arch
rivals Arsenal, and Champions
League football is certainly not out of reach if they continue in this vein of form.
The Gunners are up to third and now sit just two points off the leaders Man City and just one behind our north London
rivals Tottenham, so with a very winnable looking game at home to struggling Swansea City next up in the Premier
League, there is plenty for us to be happy and optimistic about.
Tottenham's North London
rivals Arsenal, Premier
League champions Leicester City, Atletico Madrid, Wolfsburg and AC Milan are all keen on the Dutchman, according to The Mirror.
The Czech legend has impressed between the sticks, adding poise to the backline as well as making numerous key saves, and has helped the Gunners to preserve the second best defensive record in the Premier
League, behind only
rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
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However, the Star also claim that Begovic is being monitored by a host of top Premier
League clubs: Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and
Tottenham Hotspur — that could
rival Real Madrid for his signature.
Indeed, during his time at Arsenal, local
rivals Tottenham have employed ten different full - time managers and this season alone, 32 managerial changes have already taken place at Premier
League and Football
League clubs.
It's only delusion when United believe they are «title
rivals» with city or when the ever effusive Pochettino arrogantly says
Tottenham's «ambition» is the
league or champions
league and not in the domestic cups (man hasn't won a pin but at Wembley a beggar surely has a choice).
Tottenham's only goals in the last four have been thanks to two penalty kicks taken by Vincent Jansson, and our
rivals must be worried that their lack of goals puts them at risk of their first Premier
League loss of the term this weekend.
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Tottenham might make from each of their Premier
League rivals.
According to the Telegraph, the Premier
League champions are in pole position to secure the signature of the Ghanian, ahead of their fierce London
rivals Arsenal and
Tottenham Hotspur.
Caulker may have played just 18 Premier
League games for
Tottenham but he did come through their academy and was on the books of our north London
rivals for four years after that.
Our Premier
League rivals Man City, Everton and
Tottenham have been mentioned, but it is Jurgen Klopp and Dortmund that are apparently the biggest risk to Arsenal losing one of our best young talents.
Alli had one of the nights of his short career so far this week when he netted a brace to help
Tottenham beat Real Madrid 3 - 1 in the Champions
League, and will be seen as an important figure for Spurs if they are to overcome old
rivals Arsenal.
For now, the more immediate focus will be on this weekend's showdown with
Tottenham, as Mourinho will be desperate to avoid another
league setback as
rivals Man City continue to stretch their lead and move away at the top of the standings.
A number of sub-par displays have seen them crash out of both cup competitions against what should have been easy opposition, and they look sure to lose the Premier
League to either Leicester City or their north London
rivals Tottenham.
An incredible end to an incredible Premier
League season saw Arsenal make it 21 years in a row that we have finished above our north London rivals Tottenham in the league table and it has sparked wild celebrations and widespread gloating from the Gunners faithful, but when the dust settles will the latest St. Totteringham's day really have any impact on Arsenal and our future a
League season saw Arsenal make it 21 years in a row that we have finished above our north London
rivals Tottenham in the
league table and it has sparked wild celebrations and widespread gloating from the Gunners faithful, but when the dust settles will the latest St. Totteringham's day really have any impact on Arsenal and our future a
league table and it has sparked wild celebrations and widespread gloating from the Gunners faithful, but when the dust settles will the latest St. Totteringham's day really have any impact on Arsenal and our future at all?
Yes we are
rivals to
Tottenham but can't we just concentrate on our team and leave theirs alone, our days of celebrating our team being ahead of them in 4th rather than how we remain in 4th over the years is part of our problem now, I remember the season Leicester won the
league we fans were celebrating that we came second and topped
Tottenham instead of getting angry that Leicester won the
league but see what happened the next season and now?
It is up to Arsenal to make the most of any slip ups by our Premier
League rivals of course, and after slipping back into third place, even though we are only behind Man City on goal difference, means that we will need to do better than them and Leicester City for the rest of the season, while the run of results from our north London
rivals has brought
Tottenham right up to just two points behind us and got people talking about them as genuine title contenders.
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The striker has bagged 71 Ligue 1 goals over the past three seasons albeit in a struggling side, and his consistency could
rival that of
Tottenham's Harry Kane or any other top Premier
League goalscorer.
Arsenal have got a lot more to do than simply catch and overtake our north London
rivals Tottenham if this season is to be seen as anything but a disappointing one, and with 11 points to make up on the current Premier
League leaders you would have to say that Leicester City are big favourites to finish above the Gunners and complete an amazing campaign by being crowned champions of England.
Neither side could find a winner and although Chelsea would have been disappointed to drop points, Premier
League title
rivals Arsenal and
Tottenham were unable to take advantage as the former now prepare for their trip to Stamford Bridge this weekend.
Premier
League big guns Liverpool and
Tottenham are apparently preparing to
rival Arsenal for the signature of Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier Hernandez, according to Spanish publication Don Balon.
The problem for Arsenal is that we are not the only big Premier
League club being linked with the 26 - year old, as apparently he could have the option of joining the exciting German coach Jurgen Klopp at Anfield with Liverpool and our north london
rivals Tottenham are keen and they can also offer UCL football and the bright lights of London.
While Cech is playing well and Arsenal are struggling, however, I can not see Ospina getting a chance in the Premier
League, but he is likely to be called into action for the cup games and as the first one is away to our local
rivals Tottenham, Ospina will have a great chance to make a name for himself again, as he did for most of last season.