Manchester United maintained their 100 percent start to the new season with a 4-0 win at Swansea to remain top of the Premier League. Eric Bailly opened the scoring and his United account on the stroke of half-time, nudging the ball over the line after Lukasz Fabianski had diverted it onto the underside of the crossbar from Paul…
Romelu Lukaku began to justify his huge price tag with a debut double to fire Manchester United to a superb victory over West Ham. The Belgian joined United for £75million this summer as Jose Mourinho swooped in to beat his old club Chelsea to sign the striker. Lukaku failed to prove himself on the big…
Champions Chelsea lost Gary Cahill and Cesc Fabregas to red cards as they suffered a stunning 3-2 home defeat to Burnley on the opening Saturday of the Premier League season. Chelsea were down to 10 men with 14 minutes gone when captain Cahill was dismissed for a lunging challenge on Steven Defour, and they fell behind with 24 minutes gone as…
Liverpool say that Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho is “definitively” not for sale. And the Premier League club has also denied reports that the 25-year-old has handed in a transfer request. On Wednesday, the Reds rejected a bid of 100 million euros (£90m) from Barcelona for Coutinho, who is out of Liverpool’s trip to Watford. Barca’s second bid,…
Alvaro Morata missed a penalty on his Chelsea debut as Arsenal won an uncharacteristically feisty Community Shield in a shootout at Wembley. Record signing Morata – a late substitute – dragged a poor effort wide moments after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had blazed over in a first use of a new penalty shootout system. Premier League…
Nemanja Matic has completed his move from Chelsea to Manchester United, where he will join up with Jose Mourinho for a second time. The Serbia international has signed a three-year deal with an option for a further 12 months at Old Trafford and follows in the footsteps of the likes of Mark Hughes, Juan Sebastian Veron and…
West Ham have completed the £16m signing of striker Javier Hernandez from German club Bayer Leverkusen. The former Manchester United forward has signed a three-year contract. In May, Hernandez – widely known by the nickname Chicharito, which means ‘little pea’ – became Mexico’s all-time leading scorer. “The Premier League is the best league in the…
Monaco defender Benjamin Mendy has completed his £52m transfer to Manchester City. The 23-year-old France left-back, who only joined Monaco from Marseille last summer, has signed a five-year deal with the club. Mendy is City’s fifth major signing of the summer and takes their spending to more than £200m. “He is undoubtedly one of the…
Mexico striker Javier Hernandez has agreed to return to the Premier League with West Ham, the club confirmed on Thursday. “Chicharito” is expected to undergo a medical on Monday, ESPN Mexico reported, ahead of a move to the London club from Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen, where he had been set to enter the final year of…
Chelsea Football Club and Real Madrid have agreed terms for the transfer of Alvaro Morata to Stamford Bridge. The move is now subject to him agreeing personal terms and passing a medical. Morata, 24, is a Spanish international forward, and helped Real to lift a second successive Champions League last season.
The 22-year-old France international has signed a five-year deal with the Premier League champions. Bakayoko, who will wear the number 14 shirt at Chelsea, said: “I am very happy to be here and to join this great team. “I have grown up watching Chelsea. Signing was the natural thing for me because it is a…
Manchester City have completed the signing of Tottenham and England right-back Kyle Walker for an initial £45m on a five-year deal. Walker made 183 Premier League appearances in eight seasons at Spurs and has won 27 England caps. The deal for the defender is worth £50m, including £5m of add-ons. “I am thrilled to be…
