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Bellerin late goal rescues
point for Arsenal in a very entertaining match at the Emirates
After playing a 1-1 draw against West-brom at the
weekend the Gunners were looking to get back to winning ways after a frustrating
game , the Arsenal side were without their key defenders with Calum chambers
and Rob holding coming in replacement of
the absentees, the game had loads of captivating moments wsith both the team
going against each other from the start of the whistle to the finish.
Waves of chances coming in the first half with Alexis
Sanchez hitting the post and Alvaro Morata missing a glorious chance.
The second half saw the Gunners get into the lead
after Jack Wilshere fired a shot pass Thibaut Courtios, the Blues came back after referee Anthony Taylor
adjudged a penalty to the Chelsea side after bellerin foul on Eden Hazard in
the box.
A fine cross from substitute Zappacosta which Marcos
Alonso tucked in perfectly well after the Arsenal defense was caught ball
watching. it looks the game was heading for a Chelsea win a 92nd
minute equaliser from Hector Bellerin did help the Gunners rescue a point.
Liverpool
to demand at least £130m from Barcelona for Philippe Coutinho
Philippe Coutinho hopes to complete a long-proposed
move to Barcelona this month but it will take the second highest transfer fee
in history for Liverpool to consider selling the Brazil playmaker.
Liverpool rejected three bids from Barcelona in the
summer, the third worth up to €130m (£119m) and including €40m (£36.6m) in
add-ons, with Jürgen Klopp stating the 25-year-old was not for sale. That
stance has softened recently and Coutinho’s representatives have continued to
explore the possibility of Liverpool sanctioning their client’s departure to
the Camp Nou.
Coutinho remains determined to join the La Liga
leaders and, while a deal could be struck this month that would allow him to
move in the summer, his preference is for a January departure.
The former Internazionale midfielder has responded
impressively to his disappointment of the summer, when he had a transfer
request rejected and missed the first few games of the season with a back
injury. He has scored 12 goals in 20 appearances and has played a significant
role in their progress to the Champions League knockout stage.
Despite his wishes, Liverpool have yet to receive
another offer from Barcelona and remain in a strong position over Coutinho’s
future. He is under contract at Anfield until 2022 and has no release clause in
the £150,000-a-week deal he signed only 12 months ago.
Arsenal
close in on Greek youngster Mavropanos
Arsenal are closing in on the signing of centre-back
Konstantinos Mavropanos from PAS Giannina for a fee in the region of £2million.
The 20-year-old broke into the Super League side's
first-team towards the end of the season before cementing his place in the
starting XI this term, but has already attracted interest from Greek giants
Olympiakos and the Premier League side.
And it is the Gunners who are closest to signing him
in the January transfer window due their new chief scout Sven Mislintat having
close links with the player's agent from his time at Borussia Dortmund.
Mislintat, who identified and scouted the player, is
expected to focus heavily on bringing the best young players to Arsenal and
Mavropanos' arrival is likely to see him immediately loaned out to Bundesliga
side Werder Bremen.
Mavropanos would follow his compatriots Panagiotis
Retsos and Sokratis Papastathopoulos to Germany where the hope is that he
develops into a ready-made Premier League player in the coming seasons.
Ozil
yet to make decision on future as Arsenal start contract talks
Arsenal finally opened talks with Mesut Ozil's
representative last month over a contract extension but the German star has yet
to make a decision on his future, as per reports.
The Gunners are confident that Ozil will not sign a
pre-contract with a foreign club in January, with Alexis Sanchez and Jack
Wilshere in the same position as their contracts also expire in the summer.
Talks over a renewal for Ozil were put on hold back
in February last year due to the uncertainty surrounding manager Arsene
Wenger’s own contract situation. However, when the Frenchman renewed his deal
by a further two years at the end of May, there was no decision taken to resume
talks with any of the aforementioned trio.
The club didn't put their first formal offer on the
table to Ozil's representative until December - a delay of almost 10 months -
while Wilshere has also yet to be offered a contract , despite Wenger claiming
there is a difference in financial terms between club and player.
Conte
hints at openings for Luiz and Batshuayi to leave in January
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte claims he will be
understanding of players who want to leave the club in search of more playing
time ahead of the World Cup in Russia, but does not believe the Blues are in a
position to lose players without replacements coming in.
The comments suggest that Conte will not stand in
the way of the likes of David Luiz and Michy Batshuayi should either of them
decide they would like to go in search of greener pastures.
Luiz has been hampered by injury this season but has
also fallen down the pecking order at Chelsea, losing out to Andreas
Christensen, and Batshuayi has started just two Premier League matches this
term.
"I was a player,
I will understand if someone is worried about the World Cup," he said.
"I will understand, at the same time it’s very important to keep players
very happy to stay here, to work with us and I think this must be our priority
He added: "Our squad is not big and for this
reason I think it’s impossible to send on loan one player or to sell one player
if we don’t take another player.”
Conte is also keen to
keep players on staff who are happy with their place at the club, insisting
that unhappy players lead to a poor dynamic in the dressing room and can have a
negative impact on the team.
Aguero drops fresh Man
City exit hint
Sergio Aguero has again suggested all is not well at
Manchester City, echoing his claims from 12 months ago that his employers will
soon decide his future.
The Argentine has echoed his sentiments from
February of last year when he first suggested his employers would have to
decide his future.
Reports state that Aguero is unhappy with his
treatment by City boss Pep Guardiola , as he believes he is being forced out by
the Catalan, though he is determined to stay at the Etihad Stadium.
“I have until 2020, I think,” he said after
Tuesday's 3-1 defeat of Watford, in another suggestion that his contract
situation is far from clear even to those in the know.
“The truth is that I hope to see out my contract and
I’ll try to do my best from here until the end of the season, and after that we
will see what happens with me.”
Asked if he wants to stay, he replied: “Yes, for me
yes. Obviously my plan is not to change clubs. The truth is I’m very happy
here, but as always, as I said before, the club has the last word, they’re the
only ones who decide, because obviously the club is the one who makes the
decisions, they are the ones who say you have to go or have to stay, so I’ll
respect whatever they tell me.”
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