Sentences with phrase «summer signing following»

Costa becomes Mourinho's second summer signing following the signature of Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona.

Daley Blind is set to be Manchester United's sixth summer signing following the arrivals of Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw, Vanja Milinkovic - Savic (who has been sent back to Vojvodina on loan), Marcos Rojo and Angel di Maria.

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The England Under 21 international had been expected to follow in the footsteps of his father Paul this summer and sign for Serie A side Inter Milan, but the former Liverpool trainee opted to turn down Walter Mazzarri's side in favour of a move to the Premier League.

News of the team was announced via the club's official Twitter account and there is a recall for influential midfielder Philippe Coutinho following his one - match domestic ban, while as expected summer signing Christian Benteke doesn't feature and there is a first start for the club for Belgian prospect Divock Origi.

The French international became the club's record signing following his # 52.6 m arrival from Lyon last summer, as reported by BBC Sport, and he was tasked with being the prolific goalscorer needed at the Emirates.

The Frenchman was strongly linked with a move to the Emirates this summer, following moves to sign Alvaro Morata and Jamie Vardy falling through, but Arsene Wenger is now claimed to be unwilling to pay the asking price to sign Lacazette.

If we don't sign good enough players this summer to help our team we may lose the following players next summer: Alexis, Ozil and Bellerin If that happens then the consequences for the next few years will be dire as they are huge part of our team.

Pep Guardiola is mentioned specifically as an admirer, while Juve will have their work cut out to prise Milinkovic - Savic away from a Serie A rival, leaving PSG as a possibility given their financial strength and continued strategy to build a young and exciting squad following the summer signings of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.

Bellerin signed a new contract only last summer, but following another great season, which ended with him earning a place in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year, he is more than worthy of improved terms.

It's why the team originally signed Howard, and the reason they appeared to be hours away from securing Chris Bosh in 2014 the following summer.

Arsenal have reportedly been on the lookout to add to their defence this summer, even after the signing of Rob Holding, following on from Per Mertesacker's injury.

Liverpool could also do with signings in attack after a difficult season following the departure of last season's top scorer Luis Suarez, and with the Reds» summer signings Mario Balotelli and Rickie Lambert failing to settle in in their first season on Merseyside.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is willing to wait until next summer before making a move to sign # 90M - rated Real Madrid and Wales star Gareth Bale, with the player set to go down in Zinedine Zidane's pecking order at the Bernabeu following the potential arrival of 18 - year - old Monaco wonder - kid Kylian Mbappe, as reported by the Sunday Express.

Having gone almost two months without capturing a signing, following the early summer acquisitions of Luke Shaw and Ander Herrera, Man United may well be set to bring in a host of additions before the transfer window slams shut.

Galatasaray have been linked with a number of big names this summer, following their signings of Didier Drogba and Wesley Sneijder in January.

New Manchester United signing Memphis Depay has taken to his Twitter account to express his gratitude to his current club PSV Eindhoven, as well as his excitement to start winning trophies with the Premier League giants next season following his confirmed summer transfer.

However, following Pep Guardiola's arrival last summer, and the subsequent signings of the likes of Leroy Sane and in particular Gabriel Jesus, the Argentine international found himself on the fringes last month with the Brazilian youngster taking centre stage.

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According to The Sun, the Southampton midfielder will become the latest summer signing by the Red Devils, following on from announcements on Italian right - back Matteo Darmian and German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger over the weekend.

Solid league form and a first ever FA Cup final for the club last term suggested Bruce was starting something very exciting at the KC Stadium and this was followed with a summer of interesting signings.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has praised summer signing Son Heung - min following an encouraging first start in the Barclays Premier League.

The 31 - year - old was also keen to carry on playing in the Premier League, whilst fearing that Arsenal's signing of Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang, following the summer purchase of Alexandre Lacazette, spelt the end for him with the Gunners.

He becomes Martin O'Neill's third signing of the summer following the acquisitions of Carlos Cuellar and Louis Saha.

Arsenal are ready to follow up their summer signing of Danny Welbeck with another raid on Manchester United this January, with England defender Chris Smalling supposedly one of Arsene Wenger's top targets.

Still, it is a sign of the Ligue 1 giants» ambition as they look to follow up an exciting summer last year with further big - name additions.

The Brazil international remains a top target for the Catalan giants ahead of January, following BBC Sport «s report that they failed three times to sign him over the summer.

BUT should we sign him this summer then he should be followed up with either a Lukaku or Lacazette, throw in Howedes and its party.

Let's hope we get to see some more of our new striker in the near future, because hopefully he'll follow the same path as our other summer signings and prove to be another excellent buy.

Ba has been a Shanghai Shenhua player since last summer when he signed a three - year contract following a move from Besiktas.

However, with the swift capture of Petr Cech this summer, could the Arsenal boss follow this up with another signing of intent before the new season begins?

Another person I follow said Arsenal had agreed to sign Schneiderlin this summer.

I do feel we have some good players and if they see change happen now with ambitions followed up with a top DM signing in the summer then it would lift the players, they will see AFC replacing people who are comfortable and they could step up to higher levels.

Liverpool «s hopes of signing Asier Illarramendi from Real Madrid this summer look in doubt following reports in Italy that Juventus are in pole position to land the talented deep - lying playmaker.

He becomes Allardyce's third major summer signing at the Hammers, following Cheikhou Kouyaté and Mauro Zárate through the door at the East London club.

After that people were saying it was a one off and he won't make any more marquee signings then he signed Sanchez the following summer and you're still on with the same «I bet he won't sign anyone we ever heard of» shit.

There is also varying reports as to whether Alexis Sanchez will leave in January or the following summer, while Mesut Ozil is also claimed to be considering signing a new contract with our club.

Mertesacker's granting of the armband simply tells me that the 31 year - old will be leaving at the end of his contract next summer, especially following the arrival of Rob Holding and the thoroughly expected signing of another centre - back in the coming week.

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He was then followed by the loan signing of Kylian Mbappe from Monaco, though this transfer is expected to be made permanent for # 165.7 m next summer, also according to BBC Sport.

Because of the amount of Arsenal players that have been in and out of the treatment room and therefore the available squad already this season, our new summer signing Calum Chambers has had plenty of opportunity to impress Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal fans following his transfer from Southampton in the summer.

This follows recent charges by the FA to both Mourinho and summer signing Diego Costa — who watched from the sidelines last night in the last of his three match suspension for a stamp on Liverpool's Emre Can in the Capital One Cup semi-final last month.

The St Mary's side have seen a host of talents follow former manager Mauricio Pochettino to Saints exits and Ronald Koeman is keen to buck the trend by looking to bring in further summer signings of his own having already brought in Eredivisie goal machine Graziano Pelle.

Rahman would become the west London giants» third major signing this summer — following former Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao and goalkeeper Asmir Begovic [via Sky Sports].

Fazio becomes Tottenham's fourth major signing of the summer transfer window, following the arrivals of Michel Vorm, Ben Davies and Eric Dier.

Should a deal go through for Telles in the near future, then he will become the reigning Premier League champions» fifth signing of the summer following the arrivals of Nathan, Radamel Falcao, Asmir Begovic and Danilo Pantic in West London.

The news today that Wenger will be offered a new contract horrifies me especially following the positive recent signings which I feel were definitely we're not sanctioned by Wenger and the assumption that they'll be followed by a keeper, defensive midfielder and central defenders in the summer.

When Arsenal signed Petr Cech back in the summer of 2015, it followed a trend of world class additions in Ozil and Alexis from the previous years.

In turn, it will come as a major relief to supporters to see him offered new terms to commit his future, with new signings and investment elsewhere in the club likely to swiftly follow in the summer to push the Rossoneri on and allow them to fight for silverware.

Further, in order to satisfy his agent Mino Raiola who has raised his concerns about the lack of clarity over what Milan will be following Yonghong Li's takeover of the club last month, the Italian giants are ready to prove their plans with key signings this summer to significantly strengthen the squad.

According to The Guardian, Aurier joins in a # 23m deal and becomes the third defensive recruit to join this summer following the signings of Davinson Sanchez and Juan Foyth.