Day: February 1, 2018

Bayern Munich can brace themselves for an interesting battle to keep hold of their youngest ever debutant, David Alaba as Barcelona have made him their number one summer signing.

The Catalans did not have the busiest winter transfer window, but offloading Arda Turan and signing Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool means their fans can consider the transfer window a successful one.

However, they are not resting on their laurels and they have begun plans for the next transfer window.

Reports in the German media are claiming that Barcelona want to bring Alaba to the Camp Nou next summer as they look to add one more body to their defence.

Per the reports, they are ready to sell the duo of Thomas Vermelean and Lucas Digne to make room for the Austrian.

Barcelona however, do not feel Jordi Alba is doing badly and unless Alaba can prove to be a better left back, he would have to settle for a place in central defence.

Alaba has been a mainstay in the Bayern defence since he made his debut for them as a 17 years old in 2010. He has survived several managers including Pep Guradiola and Carlo Ancelotti and still remains a fan favourite at the Allianz Arena.

Real Madrid could have swooped for new Arsenal attacker, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang this month, but they do not trust his attitude.

The Gabonese attacker sealed a £55 million move to Arsenal on transfer deadline day after falling foul of several team rules at Borussia Dortmund.

However, the attacker claimed in an open letter to his former club’s fans that he was sorry for his problems and that he already wanted out of the former German champions since last summer.

Real Madrid are currently struggling for goals especially in the league and they have fallen more than 10 points behind league leaders Barcelona.

Los Blancos wanted Aubameyang to come in and help them score the goals they desperately need, but several of the club’s leaders were left fearing for the future if Aubameyang continued his bad-boy behavior at the Bernabeu.

Real Madrid’s loss would certainly be considered a gain by Arsene Wenger after losing Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United.

Aubameyang was the top goal scorer in the Bundesliga last season, and Wenger would be hoping he can score that many goals for the Gunners in England.

Liverpool had a busy deadline day last night as they sent out two of their flops on loan although they welcomed no new signing.

The likes of Daniel Sturridge, Philippe Coutinho had been sold earlier in the window and it appeared as though deadline day at Anfield would be a quiet one, but it all changed at the last minute after Swansea pulled out of their move for Lazar Markovic, leaving the Reds with no choice  but to arrange a loan move for the Serbian.

Markovic finally joined Belgian side, Anderlecht for the remainder of the season, but he was not the only player to leave them.

Jon Flanagan had a solid breakout campaign in the 2013/2014 season, but he has failed to live up to the expectation his performances that year set for him.

His career has not progressed and a loan move to Burnley last season failed to reignite it.

He has, however, left Anfield and moves to Bolton Wanderers for the next six months and he would be hoping he can reignite his career at the former Premier League campaigners.