Share this: If Liverpool’s form isn’t reason enough to watch their games this season, its links with Southampton make Saturday’s matchup a can’t-miss contest. The Reds will host the Saints at Anfield in the Premier League as they look to keep hold of the top spot in the standings for another week. Southampton occupies 10th place, and a trip to Liverpool is unlikely to improve its current position in the division. In recent years, Liverpool has forked over £95 million ($117 million) to Southampton in transfer fees for some of their best players. Dejan Lovren, Nathaniel Clyne and Sadio Mane are expected to play against their former club, but Adam Lallana probably will miss the game due to injury. Here’s how to watch Liverpool vs.
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Arsenal Transfer News: Phil Jones Pursuit Shut Down By Manchester United
Share this: Arsenal needs a center back to be a serious contender for the Premier League title after finishing second to Leicester City last season. The club’s defensive issues were glaring in an opening weekend loss to Liverpool at the Emirates, and improvement is unlikely to happen without outside reinforcements brought in through the transfer market. One center back who seems unlikely to come to Arsenal is Manchester United’s Phil Jones. The reason for it, according to the Manchester Evening Standard is “because (United manager) Jose Mourinho doesn’t want to do business with (Arsenal manager) Arsene Wenger.” Quite frankly, the Gunners dodged a bullet here, assuming this is actually how Mourinho feels. Jones has not come close to fulfilling his potential as the next great English
Gonzalo Higuain Transfer: Why Juventus Paid Ransom For Argentina, Napoli Striker
Share this: Gonzalo Higuain has played the bulk of his career in the shadow of more illustrious teammates at club and international levels, but the business of soccer has pushed him further into the limelight. Higuain on Tuesday completed a £75.3 million (€90 million/$99 million) transfer from Napoli to Juventus, the Italian clubs announced on Twitter. Juventus will pay the mammoth fee, which equals Higuain’s release clause, in two installments over the next year. La Juventus Football Club ha esercitato la clausola rescissoria per l’acquisizione delle prestazioni sportive di Gonzalo Gerardo Higuain. — Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) July 26, 2016 The transfer sets a record for highest fee paid between two teams in the same domestic league, surpassing Fernando Torres’ £50 million move from Liverpool
Liverpool Transfer News: Joe Allen Sold To Stoke City After Impressive Euro 2016
Joe Allen on Monday completed a permanent transfer from Liverpool FC to Stoke City. The midfielder, who joined the club from Swansea City in the summer of 2012, moves to the Premier League club after four years with the Reds. The Wales international made his debut in an opening-day defeat at West Bromwich Albion and clocked up 37 appearances that season. He went on to play 24 league games in 2013-14 as the team finished second to Manchester City and secured a return to UEFA Champions League soccer. Last term, Allen converted the winning penalty against his new side as Liverpool reached the League Cup final, and was brought on as a substitu... NESN.com
United closer to Juan Mata transfer
Mata seeks clarity over future Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata will hold talks with manager Jose Mourinho to determine his role with the club. Mata seeks clarity over future Manchester United are hopeful of securing a deal for Chelsea's Juan Mata by this weekend, sources at both Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge have told ESPN. • Cox: Why can't Mata and Jose get along?• Okwonga: Moyes can think of Swansea• Mitten: Pessimistic about United• Lythell: Mata to Man United makes no sense United officials have remained in London over the last two days to conduct negotiations for Mata and one other "European-based central midfielder" -- believed to be Juventus' Arturo Vidal. While the second deal is still some way off, and may even be for the summer, sources have stated that
Romelu Lukaku Chelsea transfer inches closer
Anderlecht striker Romelu Lukaku arrived at Chelsea on Monday to undergo a medical and thrash out personal terms as the Belgian international edged closer to a move to Stamford Bridge.GettyImagesRomelu Lukaku is set to become Chelsea's third summer signing • Chelsea agree Lukaku fee• Oriol Romeu focused on Blues• Zhirkov returns to RussiaThe Blues have already agreed a fee with Anderlecht, reported to be £18 million, for the transfer of Lukaku and the deal is expected to be completed in the next 72 hours.Lukaka, 18, would only say he thought Andre Villas-Boas was a "very good manager" when bombarded with questions by the waiting media as he stepped off his Eurostar train from Brussels at London St Pancras station.He is expected to return
Barcelona Transfer Rumours: Will Barca Star Exit Camp Nou for Liverpool?
Barcelona Transfer Rumours Center On A Young Star With First Team AmbitionsWhen you're a top club like Barcelona, you get used to losing some of your high-profile young talent.Barca has so much talent, that eventually, the world's top teams start to notice. Eventually, players who don't crack the first team, start looking for greener pastures.Jeffern Suarez is one of those players.Suarez wants to play on a first-team somewhere, and Liverpool has taken interest in the forward.Per Caught Offside:Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is an admirer and hopes to take advantage of Jeffren’s desire to play first-team football and hopes a bid of around £5million will be enough to persuade Barca to sell..The player is intrigued by the possibility of a move to