Gareth Bale’s agent rules out move to Manchester United from Real Madrid Gareth Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett has said his client will not leave Real Madrid for Manchester United, contrary to speculation. Read more: Players enjoy biggest slice of booming transfer market Speaking at the Soccerex conference for the football industry, Barnett insisted talk of Bale moving to the Premier League was "complete rubbish". He said: "I think [...]
Premier League players enjoy biggest slice of booming transfer market as English spending hits $996m Another record-breaking transfer window closed last week with typically huge sums splashed out by cash-rich Premier League clubs on new signings from abroad – yet it is the players themselves and not the selling clubs who benefit most from the booming market. Read more: Summer transfer 2015 window in five graphs A new study from the [...]
Summer transfer 2015 window in five graphs – Manchester City enjoy FFP easing, Southampton come out quids in, Manchester United biggest sellers Deadline day came and went with as much talk about players' errant tweets and superclubs' tardiness as any big money moves even if the Premier League continued to increase its spending. In total clubs spent around £820m* on 158 new players this summer. But where did the money go and how was it spent? Here's [...]
Manchester United’s Anthony Martial deal will take Premier League summer transfer window spend to record level September 2, 2015 Premier League clubs will today set a new record for summer transfer window spending, after Manchester United agreed a £36m deal for Monaco teenager Anthony Martial yesterday. Read more: Manchester United and Manchester City account for over a third of all Premier League transfer spend Clubs had already shelled out around £730m – fractionally short of [...]
Papy Djilobodji: Reigning Premier League champions Chelsea move to address defensive worries September 2, 2015 Chelsea are poised to address their defensive worries with the surprise signing of unheralded Senegal international Papy Djilobodji from French club Nantes. The 26-year-old centre-back, who has 12 caps, is expected to complete a £2.7m transfer today after the off-form Premier League champions failed to prise top target John Stones from Everton. Djilobodji is in [...]
Arsenal exit transfer window with lowest spend for 11 years September 2, 2015 Arsenal have recorded their lowest summer spend for 12 seasons after failing to add to the signing of Petr Cech before the transfer window closed this evening. Read more: Wenger at odds with Mourinho over spending Fans hoping for new players were left disappointed after a quiet deadline day for the Gunners ended without Arsene [...]
Transfer window 2015: Weak euro saves Premier League clubs up to £85m during record summer of blockbuster signings September 2, 2015 Premier League clubs may have splashed out a record £817.7m on new players this summer, but the strength of the pound means they have saved around £85m when raiding European rivals for star talent. This time last year, a pound could be exchanged for around €1.25, but for much of this summer it traded above [...]
Deadline Day 2015: Summer transfer window round-up September 2, 2015 West Ham led the last-minute recruitment yesterday on a transfer deadline day light on late big-money deals but heavy with recrimination – and which still managed to set a new spending record for the summer window. The Hammers beat the evening deadline to make four signings – striker Nikica Jelavic and winger Michail Antonio plus [...]
Manchester United retaliate as Real play De Gea blame game September 1, 2015 Manchester United hit back at Real Madrid last night after they pointed an accusatory finger at the Premier League side following the collapse of goalkeeper David de Gea’s £29m transfer due to the alleged late arrival of paperwork. United said the club felt “compelled” to clarify the situation, and contested Real’s suggestion that the breakdown [...]
West Brom’s Berahino will be back: Rooney and Schneiderlin show that players can be brought in from the cold September 1, 2015 Saido Berahino of West Brom and Manchester United’s David de Gea might not like it, but I think it’s good to see clubs refuse to cave in and sell their stars. It’s common now for players to throw their weight around in an attempt to manufacture a move, ignoring their contractual obligations and coming [...]