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Tottenham Missed A Staggering Number Of Gilt-Edged Chances In Leicester Defeat
Tottenham’s Premier League form went from bad to worse on Tuesday night, as they went down 2-1 to Leicester City at the King Power. Mauricio Pochettino’s men have now won just one of their last five league games – a 1-0 victory at Wembley against bottom-side Crystal Palace – as a massive dent has been created in their title hopes. …
Read More »Chelsea In Talks To Sign Fernando Llorente As Diego Costa Nears Exit
Chelsea are in talks to sign Swansea striker Fernando Llorente – as Antonio Conte looks to strengthen his squad before tomorrow’s transfer deadline. Conte is a known admirer of the Spanish forward – and the pair previously worked together during the Italian’s tenure at Juventus winning three Serie A titles as well as reaching the UEFA Champions League final. Sky …
Read More »Chelsea Draw Up Four-Player Shortlist That Would Take Summer Spending Past £250m
Manchester City have set the bar for transfer spending this summer, but if Chelsea’s plans are anything to go by then the Blues could match them pound-for-pound. While Pep Guardiola’s side have spent over £200m this summer to bring in the likes of Kyle Walker, Benjamin Mendy, Danilo, Ederson Moraes and Bernardo Silva, Chelsea’s outlay so far has been a …
Read More »Chelsea Linked With Relegation Threatened Striker
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is lining up a shock move for a relegation threatened striker. According to the Daily Star, Conte is interested in bringing Fernando Llorente to the Premier League leaders. Llorente joined Swansea City last summer having won the Europa League with Sevilla. The 6ft 4in striker has enjoyed spells at Basconia, Atletic Bilbao and Juventus and was once …
Read More »Swansea 5-4 Crystal Palace: A Manic Game As Told By Both Sides’ Twitter Accounts
Bob Bradley secured his first win as Swansea manager as his side beat Crystal Palace – but he is unlikely to be part of a match like this ever again. The pendulum swung wildly in both directions as Swansea went behind, stormed ahead, threw it away and then picked it right back up again to win what will probably be the …
Read More »Arsenal V Swansea: Confirmed Lineups, Coquelin On The Bench
Arsenal are looking to give new Swansea manager Bob Bradley a rough introduction to life in the Premier League at the Emirates this afternoon. The Gunners are in a fine run of domestic form and are, in all honesty, expected to pick up another three points against the Swans. However, that was also the case last season, and a 2-1 …
Read More »Swansea 2-2 Chelsea: Player Ratings From A Cracker At The Liberty Stadium
Another 100% record in the Premier League fell this afternoon as Chelsea came away from the Liberty Stadium with a 2-2 draw at Swansea. Chelsea looked to have full control of the tie after a first-half goal from Diego Costa gave the away side a 1-0 lead going into the break. However, their defence had something of a meltdown in …
Read More »Spanish International Striker To Have Swansea Medical Ahead Of £5m Move
Sevilla striker Fernando Llorente is due in Swansea today to undergo a medical with the Premier League side. The Swans agreed a fee of £5m with his club on Thursday, and, all going well, will be confirmed as their latest signing within the next 24-48 hours, wherein he will sign a two-year deal. The 31-year-old, who has 24 caps for …
Read More »Swansea City Chasing World Cup-Winning Striker Fernando Llorente
Swansea forward Bafetimbi Gomis completed a loan move to Ligue 1 side Marseille for the 2016/17 season earlier this week and the departure leaves the Welsh club remarkably light up front. Swansea duo André Ayew and Marvin Emnes are the only current Swansea players capable to playing up top, but neither are out and out strikers. With their lack of …
Read More »Arsenal Set To Steal Manchester United Transfer Target
Arsenal are set to move for reported Manchester United target Fernando Llorente, according to Corriere delle Sport. Llorente, 30, has struggled for consistency since his move to Juventus from Athletic Club in July 2013, and as reported by Pundit Arena, another of Louis Van Gaal’s targets appeared to be the Spaniard. However, according to the Italian newspaper, Llorente’ agent had …
Read More »Manchester United ‘Almost Certain’ To Make Two Huge Forward Signings
Manchester United could be close to signing both Fernando Llorente and Edinson Cavani following weeks of speculation around United signing a striker. Louis van Gaal previously hinted that he may be signing a frontman before claiming that these reports were untrue. However, now he could be in line to sign two strikers to back up main man, Wayne Rooney. The Daily Express cite …
Read More »Manchester United’s Mystery Forward Target Uncovered
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal earlier this week claimed that a any mooted forward signing was ‘not the striker the media has written,’ and that we all must ‘wait and see.’ The wait may, however, now be at an end with the Mirror reporting that the United boss has been offered Juventus attacker Fernando Llorente. It’s also said that …
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