Day: November 27, 2017

Real Madrid are looking to refresh their attacking setup next season after a very slow start to the current season.

The trio of Christiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale have failed to help the Los Blancos up their domestic league table, and Florentino Perez is already planning to avoid a slow start to next season.

According to reports in Spain, the European champions were dissapointed to miss out on the signing of Kylian Mbappe last summer and believe Martial has the potential to develop into one of the deadliest attackers in the world.

Martial joined  Manchester United two seasons back and announced himself with a stunning goal against Liverpool in his first game. However, he has not yet reached the heights that many believe he can so far with the Red Devils.

The French man has been used mainly as an impact substitute this season and still managed to score five goals and provided two assists this season.

Florentino Perez is also keep an eye on Spurs duo of Dele Ali and Harry Kane.

Per the reports, Real Madrid are ready to pay £80 million for Martial who cost the Red Devils £58 million.

Barcelona are rethinking their decision to sign Philippe Coutinho and they have identified Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen as an alternative.

The Catalans are looking to add some attacking talents to their team after selling Neymar to PSG last summer. They have constantly been linked with some of the best attacking players so far, with Mezut Ozil one of them.

However, their attention has been drawn to the exploits of Eriksen who has consistently performed for Mauricio Pochettino’s side over the past three seasons. The Dane has also been outstanding this season, helping the North London side to wins over Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund as well as leading his country to world cup qualification.

Mauricio Pochettino relies heavily on the Dane in his midfield, and letting go of the midfielder in the middle of the season is very unlikely.

Eriksen signed a new Spurs deal in the summer of 2016, and with Daniel Levy having a reputation for being a very difficult business man, Barcelona could be asked to break a transfer record to get him this winter.

He has scored four goals and provided four assists across all competitions for Spurs this season.

After he “ruined everything” in Borussia Dortmund’s weekend’s derby draw against Schalke 04, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang may be moved on in the January transfer window.

The Gabonese attacker has a long history of indiscipline at the German side and only returned from a suspension against Tottenham last week, but he got himself on the wrong side of the news again as he was red carded with Borussia Dortmund 4-0 up  in their last match. Dortmund went on to draw that game 4-4 and his manager Peter Bosz blamed him for ruining everything.

Aubameyang was put on the market last summer, but there was surprisingly a shortage of takers and the club had to keep hold of him. But his latest show of indiscipline is set to see him leave the Yellow Wall.

Liverpool and Chelsea are known admirers of the pacy forward, with Jurgen Klopp in pole position if the two teams battle for his signature. Klopp signed Aubameyang for Dortmund and remains and admirer of the striker as he looks to add pace to his attacking line that already boasts of the likes of Sadio Mane and Mo Salah.

Aubameyang was the highest goal scorer in the German league last season, and would leave Dortmund for a hefty fee.

Manchester City may have been favourites to sign Alexis Sanchez last summer, but their inability to sign the Chilean at that time may see them lose out on his signature entirely.

Reports from France via Daily Mail is claiming that PSG are set to offer Sanchez a pre-contract agreement this January and are ready to offer him a £10 million bonus just for joining them.

Sanchez started the season slowly, but he has been impressive recently for the Gunners, netting the winners in their last two Premier League game. However, when the January transfer window re-opens, the Gunners are expected to sell him for at least £20 million, which would be significantly less than the £60 million they rejected from Manchester City on the final day of the last transfer window.

It is believed that Neymar’s future being unclear is the motivation behind PSG’s pursuit of Sanchez. The Brazilian has been linked with a move to Real Madrid, and per Daily Mail Soccer, Unai Emery wants Sanchez as an insurance just in case the Brazilian leaves.

Sanchez has scored thrice and assisted twice in 10 Premier League games so far.