Opinion

When Norwich City signed Teemu Pukki on a free transfer prior to the start of last season, few would have predicted that he would go on to have such an impact.

With the influx of overseas talent in the Premier League, Scottish players often slip under the radar.

The 2019/20 season of the Premier League kicked off last weekend. The new campaign started in familiar fashion with both title challengers Manchester City and Liverpool recording victories.

The Premier League summer transfer window shuts this evening (Thursday) and could be a dramatic day for big transfers. One of the big-name players who could move on is Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha.

Everton sealed their long-awaited move for Italian youngster Moise Kean on Sunday. The highly-rated 19-year-old joins the Merseysider’s for a reported initial fee of around £27million from Italian giants Juventus.

It seems like the saga of England centre-back Harry Maguire’s move to Manchester United from Leicester is finally coming to an end. The two clubs have reportedly agreed a fee of around £80million.

According to many media outlets, Juventus are showing an interest in Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku in a deal that could potentially involve highly-rated Argentinian star, Paulo Dybala. There is also interest from the Bianconeri’s Serie A rivals Inter for the big striker.

According to Sky Sports, Everton and Senegal midfielder Idrissa Gueye is in Paris to have a medical ahead of a £28million move to PSG. The move is long-awaited, as the French club saw bids rejected for the midfielder in the January transfer window.

The new Premier League season starts on the 9th August with a match between Liverpool and Norwich City at Anfield.  This is a game the team who finished second last season is expected to win comfortably against the newcomers from the Championship.

It seems that Gareth Bale is set to leave Spanish giants Real Madrid in the very near future after some controversial comments from Los Blancos head coach Zinedine Zidane about why Bale did not feature in the Saturday night 3-1 defeat against Bayern Munich.

Earlier this week West Ham completed the £45million signing of striker Sebastien Haller from Eintracht Frankfurt. The 25-year-old signed a five-year deal with the club from the English capital.

Liverpool continued their pre-season preparations on Thursday night by recording a 6-0 win over Merseyside rivals Tranmere. The likes of Rhian Brewster and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain featured for the Reds.

According to Sky Sports, Everton have reached an agreement with Barcelona to sign Portuguese midfielder Andre Gomes for a fee of around £22million.

Manchester United have made two moves in the transfer market this summer. Neither of which would have been considered as possibilities this time last year.

French striker Antoine Griezmann has finally completed his move from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona for a fee of £108million. The fee was the clause in his Atletico contract.

Filling Arsene Wenger’s shoes was never going to be easy

Liverpool’s quiet transfer market has been noted by just about everyone. It was expected following their Champions League Final victory over Tottenham Hotspur that they would suddenly spend hundreds of millions of pounds to acquire new players.

3 managers, 19 points behind Barcelona and 1 man sorely missed.

A look back at The Potters’ difficult first season back in England’s second tier.

Brazil won the Copa America on Sunday night by recording a 3-1 win over Peru at the Maracana.