Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater was the both the buzzer beater and the booster shot that Chelsea FC's summer transfer window needed. It was a very up and down window, featuring plenty of misses on their top targets, but overall the end result was okay. Deadline day, and the couple days that preceded it brought a lot of bad news to Stamford Bridge, but when you … [Read more...] about Danny Drinkwater Completes Last Minute £35m Move to Chelsea
Archives for August 2017
Tottenham Add Fernando Llorente, Beat Chelsea to Swans Striker
Chelsea Football Club's up and down summer transfer window seems to be barreling towards a disastrous finish. This week saw a bunch of bad news for the Blues, as Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea to Swansea City striker Fernando Llorente. Just yesterday, Chelsea Manager Antonio Conte believed that he was about to reunite with his former player at Juventus. It's another … [Read more...] about Tottenham Add Fernando Llorente, Beat Chelsea to Swans Striker
Ross Barkley Backs Out of Chelsea FC Move During Examination
While the Chelsea FC summer transfer window was a bit of mixed bag heading into deadline week, the final 48 hours are looking disastrous right now. The past couple of days have seen: … [Read more...] about Ross Barkley Backs Out of Chelsea FC Move During Examination
Arsenal FC Transfer Deadline Day Talk: Alexis Sanchez, Thomas Lemar
Happy summer transfer window deadline day. Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez is certainly one of the most primary "players to watch" today, if not THE player to keep an eye on. Manchester City reportedly kept up the effort to sign the Chilean superstar today, but because of some transfer window domino theory, it looks like it's not going to happen. It's been well documented … [Read more...] about Arsenal FC Transfer Deadline Day Talk: Alexis Sanchez, Thomas Lemar
Chelsea FC Acquire Defender Davide Zappacosta from Torino
Happy summer transfer window deadline day everybody. While we await the outcome of the Fernando Llorente situation (apparently Tottenham are now interested in acquiring the Swansea City striker as well), Chelsea FC closed a deal to acquire a new defender, and he's one who's worked Chelsea's manager before. Torino and Italy right-back Davide Zappacosta is on his way to west … [Read more...] about Chelsea FC Acquire Defender Davide Zappacosta from Torino
Serge Aurier Pledges a Fresh Start with Tottenham Hotspur
About three hours ago, Tottenham Hotspur officially announced the arrival of new right back Serge Aurier from Paris Saint-Germain. Aurier comes over on a five year deal which will keep him at the club until 2022. The transfer fee was reported to be about £23 million, which seems downright thrifty in an extremely inflated transfer market such as this. PSG might have been … [Read more...] about Serge Aurier Pledges a Fresh Start with Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool FC Unveil £40m Signing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Liverpool FC have officially unveiled Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain today as their fourth signing of the summer transfer window. The Ox comes over for £40 million, which is a very steep price to pay for a guy that was only a part time first teamer. In fact, the fee would have been a club record, had Anfield not signed Naby Keita earlier this week. Earlier in the week, we saw … [Read more...] about Liverpool FC Unveil £40m Signing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Ohio State Football: Billy Price Tells it Like it is on Recruiting
Ohio State football star Billy Price was a refreshing oasis of candor within a brutal dessert of horrifying tedium at B1G Media Day. College football talking season gets more corporatized and dumbed further down every summer, so when someone like Price comes along, it's glorious. The OG was the highlight of Media Day, and you don't need to be a Buckeyes fan to enjoy this audio … [Read more...] about Ohio State Football: Billy Price Tells it Like it is on Recruiting