Opinion

According to reports from the media, Manchester City are close to agreeing a deal with Bundesliga giants Dortmund for the big money transfer of striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Sweden heads to Euro 2016 with a team that is best described as mediocre. The Swedes are not renowned for producing highly-skilled teams, more hard working and hard to beat teams, so their current team’s lack of flair is hardly surprising.

Italy heads to France this summer for Euro 2016 in pessimistic mood, despite going unbeaten in their ten qualification games. The Azzurri won seven of their qualification games, but their group was considered a weak one.

Much has been said about England’s attacking options for Euro 2016 and how they will make up for the Three Lions defensive frailties, but in truth Roy Hodgson’s side’s defensive record in qualifying was not terrible.

Everton are expected to appoint Dutch legend Ronald Koeman in the next 48 hours, with reports of a compensation fee of around £5million being reached with current club Southampton.

Belgium are considering to be one of the favourites to win Euro 2016 and they will be looking to Everton striker Romelu Lukaku to fire them to glory in France.

Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane is amongst the favourites to win the Golden Boot award at this summer’s European Championships. The 22-year-old has been prolific for the past few seasons in the English top-flight and is now considered England first choice striker.

Heading into the European Championships many strikers will be talked about as prolific scorers of goals, but right now Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski has to be considered one of the best out-and-out strikers in the world game.

The Real Madrid forward is regarded by many as the best player in world football. The 31-year-old recently scored the winning penalty as Los Blancos beat arch-rivals Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final.

Germany and Bayern Munich star Thomas Muller has made a career of scoring important goals and is an ace predator in the penalty area. The 26-year-old has scored five times in each of the last World Cup finals and was third top-scorer in qualifying.

This summer’s European Championships will see Europe’s biggest football nations clash to discover who the best team on the continent is. Within the tournament is another race, which is the race for the golden boot.

England boss Roy Hodgson has taken a massive gamble with his 23 man squad for Euro 2016 and it could back-fire on the veteran.

Spain are seen as one of the favourites to win Euro 2016, but the exclusion of Chelsea striker Diego Costa may mean a slight gap in Vicente del Bosque’s attacking options.

Northern Ireland were one of the surprise packages of Euro 2016 and will be looking to once again surprise people at the finals in France. The Northern Irish have been drawn against world champions Germany, Poland and Ukraine.

Former-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho signed a three-year deal with underperforming Premier League giants Manchester United. The Portuguese boss has been heavily linked with the United job since being sacked by Chelsea.

Rumors are strong that Real Madrid are in talks to sign Polish international striker Robert Lewandowski, who is considered to be the best out-and-out number in world football.

Real Madrid won their 11th European Cup on Saturday night against Atletico Madrid by winning on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw after normal and extra-time. Los Blancos will be breathing a sigh of relief though, because most of their players looked spent in extra-time.

Everton striker Romelu Lukaku has finally admitted that he wants to leave the Toffees in search of titles elsewhere. He joined the side from Merseyside for a club-record fee of around £28million in 2014 and has been relatively prolific for the Toffees.

In South America the samba beats are playing and Brasileiro has taken off! Two rounds of games have played out in the Brazilian Serie A and no team has managed to win both their games. With so much talent and flair on display, who are the teams to follow this summer?

Liverpool have completed the £4.7million transfer of goalkeeper Loris Karius from Bundesliga outfit Mainz. The 22-year-old will be the second player to agree to join the Reds this summer, after Schalke’s Joel Matip agreed to a move to Anfield.