Opinion

Manchester City are continuing their pursuit of Everton and England centre-back John Stones. Citizens boss Pep Guardiola has even admitted that his club is attempting to negotiate a deal with the Toffees for the former-Barnsley defender.

Juventus have dominated the Italian game in recent years, winning Serie A in five consecutive campaigns. The £75.3million signing of Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli will only strengthen Juve’s foothold on Italian football.

Bournemouth completed the £3million signing of young Liverpool left-back Adam Smith on Wednesday. The deal for the 22-year-old could rise to a potential fee of £6million with appearances and various other add-ons.

Wales international midfielder Joe Allen completed a £13million move from Liverpool to Stoke on Tuesday. The 26-year-old produced some impressive displays for his national side as the Dragons reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016.

According to Sky Sports, Everton are on the verge of sealing the £12.5million signing of Stoke winger Marko Arnautovic. The Austrian international has a year left on his contract in the Potteries and it seems the Toffees have activated the release clause in his contract.

Manuel Agudo Duran, or Nolito as most football fans know him, was a late developer on the football scene. The 29-year-old only joined a top-level team at the age of 20. His first top-flight club was Spanish giants Barcelona.

According to Sky Sports reports, Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain has agreed terms and underwent a medical at Italian champions Juventus. The Bianconeri are still in negotiations with his current club Napoli over a fee.

Hull City was promoted to the Premier League via the Championship play-offs last season. The 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday in the play-off final, saw the Tigers return to the top-flight following just one season in the second tier.

Football is a funny old game. When Chelsea won the Premier League title in 2015, Serbian defensive midfielder Nemanja Matic was regarded as one of the key players in their title triumph.

According to Sky Sports, Sunderland will look to appoint David Moyes as their new boss with their current manager Sam Allardyce set to be named as the next England boss.

Stoke City have launched a £20million bid for West Brom striker Saido Berahino, according to Sky Sports. The news comes after Potters Mark Hughes has admitted that his club have seen a number of bids rejected by the Baggies.

Newcastle’s Dutch playmaker Georginio Wijnaldum has been heavily linked with a return to the Premier League. The likes of Everton, Liverpool and Tottenham are reported to be interested in the former-PSV Eindhoven star.

According to Sky Sports, the English FA are set to talk to Hull City boss Steve Bruce about the vacant England bosses job. It seems unlikely that the former-Sunderland boss will get the job, but no doubt the FA needs to do their homework on the potential candidates.

Since the arrival of Farhad Moshiri as majority shareholder, Everton fans have been excited to see the impact of Moshiri and his promise of investment has on the team. Ronald Koeman as the team’s new boss added to excitement on Merseyside.

Leicester lost French international N’Golo Kante to Chelsea on Saturday in a £32million deal.

On Friday Belgium dispensed with the services of head coach Marc Wilmots. It was not a surprising decision considering that big things were expected of the Belgians at Euro 2016, but a star-studded team failed to deliver.

Premier League Bournemouth have broken their transfer record for a consecutive transfer window, as the Cherries completed the £15million signing of highly-rated winger Jordon Ibe from Liverpool on Thursday.

Last season French defensive midfielder N’Golo Kante was one of the top performers in the Premier League, as Leicester won the Premier League. Kante was a sensation in his debut campaign in the English top-flight. The midfielder recorded the highest rate of interceptions in the Premier League last season.

Euro 2016 proved what many people have been thinking for a while, possession football may now be dead. Portugal winning against France in the final just summed-up the tournament and the latest football trend.

Scottish champions Celtic suffered an embarrassing 1-0 defeat against part-time Gibraltar team Lincoln Red Imps in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Champions League.