​ Under pressure?  ©IMAGO Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti did little to hide his frustration with his side, following their 5-2 defeat to Barcelona in the Supercopa final on Sunday night. In a match played in front of a somewhat neutral crowd in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Italian tactician got straight to the point after the game, by pointing…

​ Done Deal 14.01.2025 – 19:07 | source: Transfermarkt | Reading Time: 3 mins Official  ©TM/IMAGO Over the last 13 months, there have been rumors that Donyell Malen could leave Borussia Dortmund. Now it is finally official. On Tuesday, Premier League club Aston Villa have reached an agreement with Dortmund to sign the 25-year-old forward. Dortmund will receive…

​ Two players with 100+ yellows  ©TM/IMAGO 898. That’s the number of yellow cards handed out in the Premier League this season to date. Just over the half-way mark through the campaign and the cards have been flying. Chelsea and Southampton alone have received 58 yellows apiece, while the player with the most this term is Leicester’s Boubakary Soumaré…

​ Stats compared with Leicester’s title season  ©TM/IMAGO At the start of the 2024/25 season, many people expected Nottingham Forest to be embroiled in yet another relegation battle, and it looked like it could even be the year they faced the drop. Having spent heavily on a plethora of players since being promoted back in 2021,…

​ Up for sale  ©TM/IMAGO While many clubs around Europe’s top five leagues will be planning to blow the dust off their cheque books with the clear intention of adding new players to their squads over the course of January, one Premier League side in particular will likely spend the next few weeks looking to…

​ Negotiations advanced  ©TM/IMAGO Could Christopher Nkunku leave Chelsea this month? Multiple reports on Monday have the French forward linked with a permanent transfer to German giants Bayern Munich. According to a report by Sky Germany, Nkunku has already informed the Chelsea bosses that he wants to leave the club. The report also added that Nkunku has…

​ Jesus joins Saka on injury list  ©TM/IMAGO In Arsenal’s last two games against Newcastle and Manchester United in the EFL Cup semi-final first-leg and the FA Cup 3rd round tie respectively, the Gunners created a combined XG of 6.44 goals. Yet Mikel Arteta’s team managed just one goal across those two ties (one of which went to extra-time) which…

​ €80m fee reported  ©IMAGO Khvicha Kvaratskhelia looks set to swap Naples for Paris this month, with multiple reports suggesting that the Napoli forward is set to complete a move to Paris Saint-Germain in the coming days. According to L’Equipe, the Georgian international will cost the Ligue 1 giants around €80 million, making him the club’s fourth most…

​ €446m top  ©TM/IMAGO It’s been a relatively slow start to the January transfer window but business is expected to gather pace over the coming weeks. Marcus Rashford is destined to leave Manchester United this month, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is edging closer to joining PSG and Arsenal need to strengthen their attacking options to avoid another trophyless season. The January…

​ €12m market value  ©IMAGO Manchester City’s poor form towards the conclusion of 2024 had been unprecedented during Pep Guardiola’s trophy-ridden reign at the Etihad. Without their midfield hub Rodri, they endured an eight-game winless run, and would now need a miracle to get back in this season’s title race and chase down a fifth Premier League in-a-row….