Folarin Balogun could be forced to consider a move to a Turkey or Saudi Pro League club this week after AS Monaco said they are still looking to offload the contract of the United States men’s national team forward following the collapse of his $45 million transfer to Everton. Balogun, 25, pulled the plug on a move to the Premier League team in the early hours of Wednesday after Everton…
The Premier League set a new record for transfer spending as the window closed with a flurry of deals. More than half of the top flight’s clubs broke their transfer records in a summer window featuring four of the most expensive ever signings. The final two days of the window pushed summer spending significantly beyond last season’s record of £3.14 billion ($4.23bn,) with confirmed figures exceeding £3.3b ($4.4bn.) First Liverpool…
Midfielder Marc Casadó led an exodus of academy players on Tuesday as Barcelona trimmed their first team squad following six summer signings, including the deadline day arrival of Gabriel Jesus. Casadó joined LaLiga side Deportivo A Coruña on loan until the end of the season, with Álvaro Cortés and the Fernández twins, Guille and Toni, also departing. Defender Cortés moved to Antwerp, Toni Fernández signed for Venezia and Guille Fernández…
Arsenal emerged from the transfer window without a “10 out of 10” attacking signing, Jamie Carragher said. Ambitious moves for Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior and Atletico Madrid’s Julián Álvarez came to nothing for the Premier League champions. Christos Tzolis, a £34m ($45m) arrival from Club Brugge, was their only attacking signing while Leandro Trossard (Beskitas), Gabriel Jesus (Barcelona) and Ethan Nwaneri (Borussia Dortmund) departed and Gabriel Martinelli remains in talks…
In his farewell to Chelsea fans following his move to Manchester City, Enzo Fernández has said that he “hasn’t been in a good place” recently but said that the club will always be in his heart — even if he got “angry” during this three years at Stamford Bridge. The Argentinian midfielder landed a move to Man City for £125 million ($169m) on transfer deadline day on Tuesday. In a…
Manchester United enquired about the availability of Manchester City left-back Rayan Aït-Nouri on deadline day, sources told ESPN. The defender was offered to United in the last week of the window. A follow-up enquiry was made to City on Tuesday and United were informed that any loan deal would have to include an obligation to make the move permanent at the end of the season. It prompted United to end…
Folarin Balogun‘s £40 million ($54m) move from Monaco to Everton collapsed after the USMNT forward pulled the plug on the deal after the transfer deadline, sources told ESPN. Balogun, 25, had travelled to Merseyside on deadline day to complete the move after the two clubs had agreed a deal for the former Middlesbrough and Arsenal player. But sources said that the transfer had to be renegotiated between the two clubs…
NEW YORK — FIFA’s intended investment partner Josh Kushner has said he regrets getting involved in Gianni Infantino’s failed World Cup sell-off plan that provoked a huge rift in global soccer and has pulled him into legal action. In his first comments about the ongoing crisis for FIFA, Kushner acknowledged that “we failed to appreciate the political dynamics of global football.” “Had we known what this would devolve into, we…
Everton announced Tuesday that midfielder Jack Grealish is returning on loan from Manchester City for the 2026-27 Premier League season. Grealish spent last season on loan at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, but his campaign was cut short by a foot injury. – Premier League 2026 summer transfers: All confirmed ins, outs for every club He made appearances for Enzo Maresca’s City this season — coming off the bench against Arsenal…
Tottenham Hotspur have signed Mykhailo Mudryk on a season-long loan from Chelsea, the club has announced, with sources telling ESPN the north London club have an option to make the move permanent for £75 million ($101.37m). Mudryk’s move makes him the first player to move between the rival clubs since Carlo Cudicini swapped Stamford Bridge for White Hart Lane in 2009. He is expected to be followed by the permanent…