Month: January 2018

Sergio Aguero has also had his say on Harry Kane’s Tottenham Hotspur future a the Englishman continues to be a subject of transfer talks having been linked with European Champions Real Madrid.

Aguero in a report via Goal.com says he has no idea what the White Hart Lane sensation is planning for the future, but believes the red-hot England international would succeed at Real Madrid.

“The truth is that players of this quality, I think they wouldn’t have a problem playing for such an important club as Real Madrid is.

“I don’t know what he is thinking but that’s not my problem, it’s his future.” Aguero told reporters

Kane is arguably the world’s finest goalscorer and scored 56 goals for club and country to eclipse Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s haul in 2017.

Inevitably there will be constant speculation over his future and The Daily Star reported recently that the Spanish giants are willing to offer Gareth Bale plus £150 million to sign him.

Villarreal’s top scorer and Congolese striker Cedric Bakambu is on the verge of leaving the Spanish club for a move to Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan.

Confirming the reported interest on Wednesday, the Liga side’s coach Javi Calleja said: “Bakambu’s transfer is being finalised

“It could be a matter of hours. There are the interests of many parties [to consider].

“There is a release clause [of 40 million euros] and it appears it will be paid.” Calleja told MARCA

The Yellow Submarines manager then went on to say that he hoped the club could find a replacement for the striker in this market.

The Congolese striker who has netted nine times in La Liga this season, making him the joint-fifth top scorer in Spain’s top flight has scored 48 goals in all competitions for Villarreal since joining from Turkish outfit Bursaspor in 2015 for a reported £6.64 million.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho have angered some members of the club’s senior hierarchy with his recent comments over their spending transfer policy.
The 54-year-old Portuguese coach recently stated that Red Devils are not spending enough in the transfer market has not enabled them to challenge city arc-rival Manchester City, who are leading with 15 points ahead in the Premier League table.

Manchester United January targets revealed

Former Chelsea and Porto boss moves to Old Trafford summer of 216 Mourinho he has gone on and spent  £260m on bringing new players to Manchester United including world record signing of Paul Pogba and £75 million pounds poaching of Romelu Lukaku, but his comment he made in the build-up to winter transfer window have left him “treading a fine line” with some senior figures at the club, according to the Daily Mail.

The newspaper says that Mourinho’s remarks have been regarded as “a less-than-subtle attempt to pressure them into more spending”, while it cites one “prominent” figure as alleging that people close to Mourinho have been deliberately leaking news of potential signings to the press.

Pressed on his plans for the January transfer window earlier this week, Mourinho remained coy by claiming that he ‘doesn’t know’ if the club will bring in new players.

Manchester United has returned to winning ways after three straight draws seeing off Everton on New year Day at Goodison Park courtesy of Anthony Martial Jesse Lingard in 2-0 win.