End of previous season prior to window opening: «we will be acitve in the market if we feel that the player is out there to improve the squad.
The 97 - cap midfield star left Atletico Mineiro in his homeland at
the end of the previous season and has apparently rejected an offer from the English non-league side Basingstoke Town in order to sign for the Roosters.
Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez were both believed to have held initial talks over new contracts toward
the end of the previous season, but nothing was agreed before the campaign was over.
We have appeared to be closing on deals to sign Alvaro Morata, Jamie Vardy and Alexandre Lacazette already since
the end of the previous season, and all look less and less likely to happen at present.
Roy Hodgson had left at
the end of the previous season to take the England managers job and his replacement came... Continue reading →
It was a fantastic achievement, especially to win the championship, and to some extent this vindicated the controversial sacking of Dave Smith towards
the end of the previous season.
The Citizens have been linked with the 27 - year - old throughout the summer after he fell out with Spurs head - coach Mauricio Pochettino towards
the end of previous season.
While he has been effective as a striker, especially during
the end of the previous season, he still has a long way to go as demonstrated during the recent game against Newcastle.