Day: August 20, 2018

Manchester manager, Pep Guardiola has begun making plans to add yet another superstar to his starstudded line up in the next transfer window.

The former Barcelona boss signed only Riyad Mahrez last summer, but he had also wanted to sign a midfielder and had an agreement in place to sign Jorginho, however, the Italian decided to move to Chelsea instead.

Guardiola also saw his hopes of using Douglas Luiz as a backup midfielder dashed after the Brazilian failed to secure a work permit.

Sun Sport is reporting that Guardiola is now plotting to sign Wolves’ Ruben Neves for £60 million in the next transfer window.

Neves was the star of Wolves’ Championship winning team last season and he has continued to impress in the Premier League.

The 21 years old scored one and set up another goal in Wolves’ 2-2 draw against Everton in their first Premier League game of the season.

Manchester City’s next away match is against the Premier League new boys and Pep Guardiola would be looking to run the rule on him yet again.

Chelsea fans have been given a timely update on the future of Eden Hazard by no other person than the Belgian attacker himself.

Hazard has been a target of Real Madrid for the past few months and he has openly flirted with them as well, he was expected to leave the Blues before the English transfer window closed so that they would have enough time to replace him, however, that hasn’t been the case.

Hazard has now committed his short-term future to the FA Cup holders but he did not commit long-term future to them.

He told RMC;

“I am happy at Chelsea for now.  I have two years left on my contract, and we will see what happens.

“Leave this year?  I won’t go.  The transfer window in England is already closed.

“Players can leave, but clubs can’t make new signings.

“It would be strange for Chelsea’s people to let me go without signing anyone to replace me.

“You could see once again in the Arsenal game that the fans love me, and I am happy here.

“We will see what happens in a year or two’s time.

“You know what I said after the World Cup finals.

  I am happy at Chelsea and I don’t yet want to talk about leaving.

“Plenty of things have been said about me – a lot of rubbish and everything.”

Chelsea have suffered a major setback in their bid to sign a replacement for Real Madrid target, Eden Hazard.

The Blues have been looking for a replacement for the Belgian star who has two years left on his current deal, and one of the players they have been targetting to move in as his replacement is Leon Bailey of Bayer Leverkusen.

However, the Jamaican has just signed a new long-term contract that would see him remain at the German club for the next 5 seasons at least.

Bailey, 21, was the breakthrough star of Bayer last season and his performance has even prompted Gareth Southgate to consider handing him an English debut if he can prove his English heritage.

The Blues are not the only team looking to bring Bailey to the Premier League as Arsenal have also made enquiries about his signature in the past year, while AS Roma also considered making a bid for him after missing out on signing Malcom.

His suitors would now have to pay significantly more than they would have paid before to sign him.