Day: November 30, 2017

Leicester City are looking at the possibility of signing former Newcastle and Hull City winger, Hateem Ben Arfa.

The PSG player has been marginalised at the French club since the big money arrivals of Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, and currently trains with the club’s reserve.

The 30 years old has been in dispute with the French club since he was taken out of the first team picture, and looks set to leave either temporarily or permanently.

Leicester City’s manager Claude Puel was Ben Arfa’s manager when the winger enjoyed a mini revival at Nice, and he is said to have got on well with the attacker who became linked with the  likes of Barcelona after his single strong season at the French club.

Leicester City are looking for a replacement for Islam Slimani as the Algerian is reportedly unsettled at the former Premier League champions, and has informed them that he wants to leave.

West Ham United are also interested in Ben Arfa as they are still looking to fill the void left by the departure of Dimitri Payet last January.

Ben Arfa is on a large salary at PSG and may have to take a pay cut to complete a permanent switch to the premier League.

Ben Arfa also had an up and down time at Newcastle and left the club unceremoniously.

Following his recent exploits for the Red Devils, Manchester United are set to trigger the one year extension in Ashley Young’s contract and keep the England international at Old Trafford until 2019.

Young who was close to leaving Old Trafford last summer, has been so impressive this season that Gareth Southgate called him up to the England national team after a four year absence.

Young is believed to have turned down an approach from Chineese Super League side Shandong Luneng, an offer that was reportedly worth 12 million GBP per season.

His current 120,000 GBP per week deal with the Red Devils expires next summer, and he looked set to leave for free, however his current form has made the club prepare to extend his stay.

He scored twice in his last game against Watford, and gave an all-round performance that showed just why he has been preferred to Matteo Darmian, Luke Shaw and Daley Blind at left back.

Young’s representatives are believed to have contacted United to ask for more than a year’s deal, however, with the winger already 32 it is unlikely that United will want to offer him more than a year’s extension.