Bayern Munich signed De Ligt:
Young Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt has his admirers across Europe as Bayern, Chelsea, and PSG all tried to lure him from Juventus. However, it’s the German side that becomes victorious in their pursuit of landing the promising player. According to Italian transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano, a deal has been completed as all the parties are agreed to the offer. The initial fee is £68 million which can rise to £80 million. Towering German defender Niklas Sule left the Allianz Arena for Borussia Dortmund this season and the Bavarians feel the need of replacing him. De Ligt signed the contract for five years.
Juventus signed him from Ajax for a fee of £67.5 million in 2019. He played 117 matches for the Old ladies of Torino and scored 8 goals during his 3 years stint.
Manchester United bought Lisandro Martinez:
The backline was an area United need to improve as they displayed horrible mistakes in recent years. Last season they signed World Cup & 4 times Champions League winner Raphael Varane. However, the depth isn’t that great and the new coach Erik Ten Hag feels the urgency to bolster his defense.
United has completed the signing of Argentine defender Lisandro Martinez for a fee of £58 million. Add-ons are there which means United might need to fork out as much as £68 million after the talented and versatile defender who can play several positions in defense. Though he’s one of the shortest defenders in the premier league nevertheless he lived up to the expectations during his tenure in the Netherlands and the positive thing is he worked closely with the manager and the duo could bring success to Manchester.
Mesut Ozil is on the move again:
Mesut Ozil was at his creative best during his time at Real Madrid and then in Arsenal nonetheless he fell out of the pecking order at Emirates and bad luck might find him. He left England for Turkey and signed with the famous Turkish club Fenerbahce. Ironically, things weren’t going according to his plan and the newly appointed coach felt that he is a surplus to his needs. The latest information is the club released the player. Ozil then signed for another Turkish club Istanbul Basaksehir just 29 minutes after leaving his previous club.
Arsenal and Manchester City are keen to replace their wing-back:
So far in this transfer window, the Gunners did tremendously well by signing up important players like Jesus and some others. However, they want to enhance the strength of their back and find Manchester city’s Ukrainian defender Aleksandr Zinchenko a perfect player according to their demand. Arsenal’s manager Mikel Arteta knows him well during his time at Etihad when he was the assistant of Pep Guardiola. A fee of around £30 million is proposed and we may get the final news very soon as all parties are eager to get over the deal.
Pep Guardiola is willing to bring Spanish defender Marc Cucurella at his disposal. Cucurella was an academy player of Barcelona. He grew up in La Masia and played in different clubs in Spain. Last season he came to Briton and give Albion and here he played some best football of his life. He is the best player in the club and Pep is an admirer of him since his early days. His versatile display, attacking football, and ability to play in different positions make him desirable to the Spanish tactician. He’s on the priority list Pep and a deal might get done soon.
