February 14, 2023 - Matchplug Blog

Conor Gallagher and Ruben Loftus-Cheek could be sold this summer to fund Declan Rice Chelsea’s move.

Chelsea could sell midfield duo Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Conor Gallagher to raise funds to sign West Ham midfielder Declan Rice.

According to Football Insider, the Blues want to secure a “box-office midfielder signing” this summer and have identified the West Ham captain as one of their priorities once the summer transfer window opens.

But to secure the deal, they might have to part ways with one or two midfielders to create space for Rice and raise the funds needed to facilitate the deal.

Gallagher, whose contract runs till 2025, and Loftus-Cheek, whose contract runs till 2024, are the players likely to be sold at the end of the season to push the deal.

Another player who could also be released is Mateo Kovacic, whose contract expires in June 2024.

AC Milan vs Tottenham: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

AC Milan will welcome Tottenham to the San Siro this Tuesday for their first leg of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League round of 16.

Both teams qualified for this tournament round despite winning three group games out of six. AC Milan finished second in their group behind Chelsea, while Tottenham won their group.

The hosts, who qualified for this round of the tournament for the first time in nine seasons, have some ongoing concerns about a potential lack of presence in Europe in 2023/24 due to their domestic form.

But they ended their seven-game winless run (D2, L5) across all competitions with a 1-0 Serie A victory against Torino last Friday. So they will welcome Tottenham to San Siro in better shape.

Meanwhile, the visitors come into this tie in bad shape after they were beaten in the Premier League by Leicester City (4-1). The result ended a run of three straight wins for Spurs and kept them outside the top four in the Premier League.

They travel to San Siro looking for a repeat of their performance here when they secured a 1-0 win in this fixture to qualify for the next round. However, they have a poor record away from home in the UCL, with their 2-1 win over Marseille in their last UCL away game just their fourth in 14 Champions League away trips (D5, L5).

That said, given both sides’ patchy form, this game could go either way, with a goalless draw or a high-scoring affair possible.

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Real Madrid is tracking Richarlison and Dusan Vlahovic as potential summer targets

Spanish giants Real Madrid are reportedly tracking Richarlison and Dusan Vlahovic as potential summer targets.

According to ESPN, Los Blancos consider adding a natural number nine to their ranks essential. They have identified the Tottenham Hotspur and Juventus forwards as the perfect players to understudy Karim Benzema.

The French striker, who has reportedly renewed his Real Madrid contract till 2024, is 35, even though he hasn’t let injuries affect his goal-scoring numbers as much.

However, with Mariano Diaz leaving Santiago Bernabeu in the summer and Benzema only getting older, Real Madrid feel an additional striker to the attacking department is their priority.

Richarlison and Vlahovic are two young forwards that fit the bill even though both players only recently joined their clubs for big money. Richarlison was signed last summer, while Vlahovic signed for Juventus in January 2022.

PSG vs Bayern Munich: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Bayern Munich will travel to Paris this Tuesday to face struggling French giants Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League round of 16.

PSG endured a difficult weekend in the French league as they were beaten 3-1 by Monaco. The loss was their fourth in 2023, mounting pressure on coach Christopher Galtier.

The coach, after the game, conceded that he is “worried” about this first leg against Bayern as injuries to the likes of Lionel Messi, Marco Verratti, and Kylian Mbappé have hit his squad.

However, Mbappe and Messi are expected to be fit enough to start this game, so we can expect some entertainment and goals as PSG are the only remaining side in the knockouts yet to keep a clean sheet, while they have scored in all but one of their last 32 UCL home games.

Bayern Munich will also come with an arsenal of goals and entertainment, with the Bavarians the only side that won all their group-stage games. They were also the top-scoring side in the group stage with 18 goals despite having Inter Milan and Barcelona in their group.

The last time Bayern won their first seven games of a UCL campaign was in 2019/20, and that season they lifted the trophy. So they will be hoping for a seventh win on the bounce in the UCL and a fourth consecutive win in all competitions, having beaten Bochum 3-0 at the weekend.

With both sides laden with attacking depth, we can expect a high-scoring affair with over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring.

Day: February 14, 2023

Conor Gallagher and Ruben Loftus-Cheek could be sold this summer to fund Declan Rice Chelsea’s move.

AC Milan vs Tottenham: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Real Madrid is tracking Richarlison and Dusan Vlahovic as potential summer targets

PSG vs Bayern Munich: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

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