Not exact matches
Big - spending Premier League
outfit Manchester City are interested
in signing
in - demand Estudiantes goalkeeper Jeronimo Rulli at the end of the
season, according to reports
in the Daily Mirror.
Polish midfielder Piotr Zielinski is enjoying a very good
season on loan to Empoli, setting career highs
in minutes and goals scored for the Serie A
outfit.
AS Monaco are prepared to offload Manchester United loanee Radamel Falcao for a cut price of just # 20m
in the summer — more than half the # 43m that Louis van Gaal was told the Ligue 1
outfit would accept if they chose to sign the forward permanently at the end of the
season.
With the Stamford Bridge
outfit five points and a game
in hand clear at the top of the Premier League and still
in the Champions League there is a chance this could be the Portuguese's best
season yet as a manager.
The north London
outfit already have youngster Ben Davies waiting
in the wings to replace Rose, who has had a superb
season at White Hart Lane and sparked talk of an England call - up.
However, while he initially shone at the KC Stadium, he came
in for criticism during his second
season at the club as Steve Bruce's
outfit dropped out of the top flight.
So Arsene Wenger's name is being cheered again, Arsenal look good for a UCL quarter - final place and we seem to be on the up
in the Premier League as well, heading for an away game with a Liverpool side about as far removed from the confident, dangerous and
in form
outfit that took us apart at Anfield last
season.
Champions League qualification For the second successive
season, Arsenal were drawn against a Turkish
outfit,
in the Champions League playoff tie, with the winner progressing to the group stages of Europe's elite club competition.
The Merseysiders have by all accounts been keeping close tabs on the England Under - 21 international of late with Ings having been
in great form
in front of goal for the Championship
outfit all
season long.
Much is expected of the 24 - year - old this year given Liverpool's struggles
in front of goal last
season and they have turned to a striker that found the back of the net 42 times
in 89 league games for Villa during his three - year spell with the Midlands
outfit.
The Swiss international has been a force
in the middle of the park for the Bundesliga
outfit in his four
seasons with the club.
The England international opened his account for the
season in the second half at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux stadium as he cut
in from the left - hand side and stroked the ball into the net and handed the Merseyside
outfit the lead, which they failed to hold onto as Jussie equalised with nine minutes remaining and rescued a point for the hosts.
This is just the latest
in a string of great performances, with the 24 - year - old having scored 12 goals and created another seven for the Stamford Bridge
outfit this
season.
In turn, according to Don Balon, as re-reported by The Express, Inter defender Milan Skriniar is being linked with a move to the Nou Camp having impressed for the Serie A
outfit this
season.
While the Stamford Bridge
outfit have been top of the Premier League since the first day of the
season, the Gunners have had to win their last eight matches
in order to even get close to touching distance of the Blues.
The new Barcelona forward has enjoyed a wonderful start to his career at Camp Nou after arriving
in Catalunya from Brazilian
outfit Santos last summer for # 50 million, with the 21 - year - old having already contributed five goals and nine assists
in just his 17 matches for his new team so far
in this
season.
Campbell, the 20 - year - old Costa Rican international, has yet to play for Arsenal since signing from Saprissa
in 2011 and has twice been sent out on loan — to French
outfit Lorient last
season and to Real Betis this year.
The north London
outfit improved towards the end of this
season with some displays from players like Francis Coquelin
in defensive midfield and David Ospina
in goal.
The Frenchman scored 15 goals and managed 10 assists
in 29 La Liga games last
season, and could be an improvement on Olivier Giroud up front for the English
outfit.
With 16 goals
in 19 appearances
in all competitions, he has been crucial for Monaco so far this
season and the Ligue 1
outfit will be desperate to avoid losing him.
21) FC Basel — Basel are one of Europe's most underrated
outfits, having beaten Chelsea home and away
in last
season's competition, but the Swiss champions need to find more consistency if they are to progress this year.
The Goodison Park
outfit have generally managed to hold on to their best players
in recent
seasons, with Leighton Baines, Seamus Coleman, and Ross Barkley all staying despite rumours linking them away.
Meanwhile the Merseyside
outfit will be looking to provide competition for Simon Mignolet next
season as it was reported by the Liverpool Echo last month that current back - up option Brad Jones is set to leave Anfield when his contract expires
in June.
The Belgian striker joined the Reds from Ligue 1
outfit Lille last summer but was immediately loaned back out to the club
in order to continue his progression and has scored seven league goals this
season.
The imminent arrival of Petr Cech at the Emirates Stadium looks like it will leave Ospina as the fall guy and he is set to join Turkish
outfit Fenerbahce [via talkSPORT], after just one
season in North London.
Onazi started 14 times
in the league for Lazio last
season making a total of 22 appearances for the Serie A
outfit.
Mourinho's devil strangle hold on the boss when he brings his Blues
outfit to face the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium,
in a duel that will decide where this
season BPL title will eventually head to.
Falcao's
season - long loan move to the Blues from Ligue 1
outfit AS Monaco was announced on the same day the summer transfer window opened on July 1 [via Guardian Sport] as the 29 - year - old is set for another crack at trying to prove himself
in English football.
The youngster joined the Old Trafford
outfit from Southampton
in the summer, but has struggled to make an impact
in his first
season.
Neymar is now the designated penalty taker for the French
outfit, and so there shouldn't be much of an issue made of it, following on from an on - the - pitch altercation between the pair earlier
in the
season.
19 - year - old Halilovic is coming off the back of a fine
season in Spain, having spent the year with La Liga
outfit Sporting Gijon on loan.
Aubameyang has scored 141 goals
in 212 games for the Bundesliga
outfit, plundering
in 40
in 46 outings last
season which was his most prolific campaign yet.
The teenager has scored 10 goals
in 21 games for the Swedish
outfit so far this
season, which
in turn has led to clubs from around Europe taking notice.
Many Blues youngsters have gone to the Eredivisie
outfit in recent
seasons but none have come back to impress, except from Nemanja Matic, who also had an interlude at Benfica before making a first team impact.
It follows BMW announcing last week that it has joined Formula E as a partner to Andretti, with the intention of possibly entering a works
outfit in season five.
The England defender has been at Upton Park
in a
season long loan deal, and has impressed
in his 28 appearances for the East London
outfit.
Goals from Gary Cahill and Diego Costa handed the Blues a victory
in the reverse fixture earlier on
in the
season and the Merseyside
outfit are without a win against Chelsea
in the last seven meetings between the two
in all competitions.
The San Siro
outfit have started sluggishly under Vincenzo Montella
in Serie A this
season as they currently sit seventh
in the table.
The moves make sense as the La Liga
outfit need to find a long - term successor for Andres Iniesta who turns 34 next year, while Suarez has had his struggles so far this
season, scoring just three goals and providing three assists
in 14 appearances
in all competitions.
The Stamford Bridge
outfit were knocked out by PSG last week, leaving them with only the Premier League to play
in for the rest of the
season.
Nowhere is this more evident than
in Miami, where Dave Wannstedt inherits an
outfit that could stop people last
season but had trouble finding the end zone.
Despite achieving very little
in its 20
seasons in F1, the small Italian
outfit is surely among the favourites of every F1 fan.
Citroen returns to the WRC as a works
outfit full - time after skipping this
season, completing a selected number of events only
in order to focus on the C3 WRC.
The 24 - year - old has struggled to establish himself with the Italian
outfit, albeit he's provided five assists
in 13 Serie A appearances this
season.
Premier League leaders Chelsea have today confirmed that young Czech Republic international defender Tomas Kalas has joined high flying Championship
outfit on loan, after he returned from a disappointing spell at Cologne
in the first half of the
season that saw Kalas struggle to break into the Bundesliga side's first team picture.
The North London
outfit have the most expensive
season tickets
in the country and their prices are even three times more than that of reigning Premier League champions Manchester City, who's cheapest price is # 299.
Given he's only on loan with the Turkish
outfit from Benfica, and has scored 16 goals
in 38 games this
season, it would come as no surprise if Besiktas were keen to snap him up on a permanent basis too.
Regardless,
in four of his five full
seasons in charge at Stamford Bridge, his Chelsea
outfit were
in the top two for goals scored.
The Spaniard went on to manage Serie A
outfit Inter Milan for a short time before returning to England to manage Chelsea and lead them to Europa League success
in the 2012 - 13
season and then went back to Italy with Napoli after his contract at Stamford Bridge expired.
Rafael Benitez» final game as Napoli manager ended
in the worst possible way as he failed to lead the Serie A
outfit into the Champions League for the second time this
season.