Opinion

Young Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho seems to be surplus to requirements in Manchester. The Citizens boss Pep Guardiola has hardly used the Nigerian international and his agent has now stated that the 20-year-old will be moving on.

French international striker Alexandre Lacazette has recently revealed that he wishes to leave Lyon for a new challenge. The 26-year-old has been consistently prolific in Ligue One with OL and scored 37 goals last season as they finished in the French top-flight.

Monaco were one of the most exciting teams in European football in the 2016/17 campaign. Leonardo Jardim’s vibrant young team won the Ligue One title and also made it to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Atletico Madrid have become a very competitive team under the guidance of firebrand Argentinian boss Diego Simeone. So much so that Los Rojiblancos even broke the duopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona to win the Spanish title in 2014.

Everton and Belgium star Romelu Lukaku has been one of the top strikers in the Premier League this season. The former Chelsea forward scored 26 goals in all competitions and helped the Toffees to finish seventh in the Premier League to secure a Europa League berth for next season.

Manchester City have shown their determination to build a stronger squad of players for next season by completing some very early business in the transfer market. City boss Pep Guardiola is expected to spend big this summer and has already put the clubs chequebook to good use by making his first signing.

Barcelona appointed Ernesto Valverde as their new boss on Monday as successor to Luis Enrique. The 53-year-old former player of the Catalan club has done a steady job at Athletic Bilbao over the past few years. He had been one of the favourites for the job since it was announced Enrique was leaving the club this summer.

After hanging on to their place in the Scottish Premiership last season by just seven points, it seemed that 2017 would be the year that Hamilton finally conceded defeat. The struggling club managed just seven wins in 38 matches, with relegation seemingly guaranteed.

Chelsea surprised many people this season by winning the Premier League title. Under Italian boss Antonio Conte the Blues won the title relatively comfortably and next season it will be an even tougher task for the former-Juventus boss and his team.

The major domestic European leagues have only just come to an end but clubs are already making big moves in the transfer market.  We have witnessed some big spending in recent years but this summer could top the lot.

The 2016/17 Scottish Premiership campaign has come to an end. Celtic cruised to the title, joining the history books as one of few clubs to have remained unbeaten throughout an entire league campaign, and are likely to do so once again next season.

The 2016/17 Premier League season has ended, with some teams tasting success and others failure.

Back in October, the New York Red Bulls beat Philadelphia Union to bring an end to the 2016 Major League Soccer regular season. In doing so, they confirmed that they would end the campaign as the Eastern Conference’s top team.

Feyenoord are Eredivisie champions for the first time in almost two decades, after they saw off pressure from Dutch heavyweights Ajax to clinch the title by a one point margin.

Luton Town host Blackpool at Kenilworth Road on Thursday night in English League Two semi-final second leg, as the home side look to recover from a 3-2 defeat in the first leg.

Arsenal recorded a much-needed 2-0 win over Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon to stay in the hunt for a place in next season's Champions League. The win means that Arsene Wenger’s side are still sixth in the table, but are now six points behind fourth-place Manchester City.

On Monday night Middlesbrough suffered a 3-0 defeat at Premier League champions-elect Chelsea, suffering relegation to the Championship in the process. Boro’s main problem this season has been the fact that they have struggled to score goals in the top-flight.

Leicester City have encountered a difficult campaign after the heroics of winning the Premier League title last season. For much of the campaign, the Foxes were struggling near the bottom of the table, which lead to boss Claudio Ranieri being sacked.

Tottenham will have hoped that last weekend would have been pivotal in their Premier League title challenge. Spurs were facing arch-rivals Arsenal in the north London derby, while title rivals Chelsea faced a potentially tough trip to Everton.

Sunderland have finally been relegated from the Premier League after a 1-0 home defeat by Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon. In truth, the relegation has been coming for a long time.