According to reports, UEFA rules will prevent Manchester United from signing Jean-Clair Todibo from Ligue Un outfit OGC Nice.
are in the market for a new centre-back or two and have been heavily linked with Todibo in recent months.
Man Utd unable to sign Todibo
The former FC Barcelona starlet joined Nice permanently in 2021 and has made 119 appearances for the French side across all competitions.
It has previously been suggested that s takeover of Man Utd could boost their chances of signing Todibo, as the INEOS chief also owns Nice.
Ratcliffe is Nice s majority stakeholder, while he is the minority shareholder at Man Utd. He has purchased a 27.7% stake in the Premier League giants but has taken control of footballing matters at Old Trafford.
According to reports, Arsenal have been given the green light to sign Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori, but Chelsea are set to make an approach .
has emerged as a key target for Arsenal. He shone for Serie A outfit Bologna during his debut season in 2023/24 and was one of Italy s better performers at Euro 2024.
Calafiori to Arsenal or Chelsea?
The 22-year-old has previously been operated at left-back but ex-Bologna boss Thiago Motta successfully turned him into a centre-back before leaving for Juventus this summer.
The versatile defender s form has caught the attention of clubs around Europe.
However, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano claims Chelsea are prepared to approach Bologna as they have a different strategy .
Both clubs are really int…
Graeme Souness has had a pop at 19-year-old midfielder Kobbie Mainoo as he doesn t understand his position despite his excellent displays for England at Euro 2024.
Mainoo started the Euros on the bench but worked his way into the team after the Trent Alexander-Arnold and Conor Gallagher experiments failed.
The teenager started all four knockout games and was before struggling in the final against Spain.
And Souness reckons that the United academy graduate has a lot to learn in midfield, claiming he has a tendency to wander . He s 19, Graeme.
I think he’s really good on the ball, he’s very talented on the ball, Souness said on The Up Front podcast.
But he doesn’t fully understand the position. He wanders, he empties the middle of the fiel…
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta wants to bring Man City striker Julian Alvarez to the Emirates Stadium this summer, according to reports.
The Gunners are looking for a new striker this summer with Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah only scoring nine goals between them in the Premier League last season.
academy product Nketiah looks set to be heading out this summer with French side Marseille keen on the Englishman and have submitted a new offer.
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Marseille have stepped up their efforts to sign Eddie Nketiah from Arsenal after submitting an improved proposal for the striker on Tuesday.
The Ligue 1 side’s new offer is worth nearing €20million (£16.8m) — similar in value to their previous approach but closer to the formula Arsenal want for the…
Man Utd slash asking price for in-demand star as Ten Hag is warned of ‘big disaster’ if sale is made
Manchester United have lowered their asking price for Scott McTominay who is currently being tracked by several clubs.
The Scottish midfielder scored 10 goals across all competitions last season, but his future at Old Trafford has been up in the air all summer.
His current deal with the club does expire at the end of the season, although the Red Devils do have the option to extend it by a further year.
Plenty of Premier League clubs have been sniffing around the Scottish international this summer, although Man Utd s original asking price of £40m has put a lot of potential suitors off.
They have got that problem at the moment it seems with McTominay, where they want £40million and the best bid in the market is £20million,
They have got a ch…
Bologna will be ready to snatch Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior if he is not included in Mikel Arteta s squad for Saturday s trip to Villa Park.
Kiwior joined from Serie A club Spezia for around £24million in the 2023 winter transfer window.
The Polish international has failed to nail down a regular place in Arteta s starting XI and has mostly been used as a left-back when called upon.
He played 20 times in the Premier League last term but was left out of the Gunners matchday squad for their opening fixture at home to Wolves last Saturday.
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This was the biggest indication yet that Arteta is willing to let Kiwior leave, with Riccardo Calafiori s arrival from Bologna also hinting that he is out of …
Former Man Utd midfielder Owen Hargreaves has slammed Erik ten Hag s tactics during the Red Devils 3-0 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Liverpool were completely dominant as a Luis Diaz brace and a second-half strike from Mohamed Salah and saw lose their second match on the trot.
The Red Devils triggered a one-year contract extension for Ten Hag in the summer, but only after considering alternatives in the wake of an eighth-placed finish in the Premier League and unexpected FA Cup success, .
And the Man Utd boss is already back under pressure after taking three points from their opening three Premier League matches of the season and Hargreaves has hit out at the Dutchman for having his full-backs, Noussair Mazraoui and Diogo Dalot, too high up t…
Tottenham Hotspur star James Maddison says that the fans make the North London derby one of the most intense experiences in English football.
Maddison claims that each derby has its own local feel that is different as he experienced while at Leicester City and now at Spurs.
He noted that the build-up to a North London derby gets everyone in the mood for the clash.
Maddison believes that the North London derby is the biggest match he has been involved in across his career.
He adds that every Spurs fan lets the players know how much this fixture means to them.
When you join a new club, rivalries are always a new thing to you, Maddison told Showmax.
So, for example, the last club I played for, Leicester, when I joined, I didn’t realise h…
Former Manchester United defender Phil Jones has revealed that he once lost it with Ralf Rangnick after their former interim boss made him a scapegoat .
66-year-old Rangnick replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at during the 2021/22 season as he was made interim manager towards the end of 2022.
arrived with the view to taking up a consultancy role at the end of the season, but he left after butting heads with club chiefs and became the manager of the Austria national team in April 2022.
On the pitch, Man Utd continued to be a disaster under Rangnick as they finished sixth in the Premier League and only collected 58 points. However, he has since been proven right about matters off the field after
One of Rangnick s low points at Man Utd came in April 2022 as his…
While it lacked the star power (and fireworks) of yesterday s Betr hearing, state regulators gave commonwealth-based DraftKings its initial stamp of approval for an untethered license.
DraftKings, which employs more Massachusetts residents than any other state, met or exceeded criteria for an untethered Category 3 sports betting license, according to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC).
You presented a very thorough application it was very content rich. For that, we are very appreciative. The fact that you re here in Boston, it’s a pleasure to see that, when we know that the legislature always cares about the economic engine of gaming, MGC Chair Cathy Judd-Stein said.
Commissioners Concerned with Responsible Gaming, Employee Diversity
While it was rule…