Kurt Zouma has belatedly completed a season-long loan move from Chelsea to Everton, the Toffees have announced.
Zouma spent last season on loan at Stoke City, who were relegated to the Championship, after struggling for regular football during Chelsea s 2016-17 Premier League title-winning campaign.
The two-cap France defender had been expected to finalise a switch to Goodison Park before Thursday s Premier League transfer deadline, but the move was not confirmed until a day later.
It marks another addition to Marco Silva s defensive options after Yerry Mina arrived in a big-money move from Barcelona, with Ramiro Funest Mori and Ashley Williams having departed earlier in the close season.
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Alexis Sanchez is a ready-made superstar who will lift the performances of Manchester United s players, according to Ryan Giggs.
Chile international Sanchez finalised his move to Old Trafford on Monday in a swap deal that sees Henrikh Mkhitaryan join Arsenal.
Questions have been asked about where the 29-year-old, who is reportedly set to earn in the region of £350,000 a week, will play in Jose Mourinho s side, with competition in attacking areas coming from Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata.
But United great Giggs believes Sanchez s versatility will alleviate any such concerns and expects the arrival of the former Barcelona star to force his new team-mates to step up their efforts.
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Radamel Falcao s first Champions League goals for over six years helped Monaco extend their lead at the top of Group E with a comfortable 3-0 win over CSKA Moscow.
Both the Monaco captain and Valere Germain took advantage of some shambolic CSKA defending to score before the Colombia striker whose previous strike in the tournament came in February 2010 added a wonderful third before half-time.
The Ligue 1 side are now in pole position to qualify from Group E and hold a two-point lead over Bayer Leverkusen in second before they host Tottenham – who are four points adrift in third in three weeks.
CSKA had chances of their own, particularly through Carlos Strandberg who was picked ahead of Lacina Traore against his parent club but were left to pay the price for a s…
American international Christian Pulisic has in a £58 million deal this week. His transfer, however, continues to raise eyebrows and split opinions.
Pulisic will spend the rest of the season on loan back at BVB. He will join his new club in the summer of 2019. He signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with the Stamford Bridge outfit and will remain in London until 2024.
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Pulisic became the USMNT’s youngster captain at 20 years and 63 days old in a friendly defeat to Italy in November. He is also the youngster player ever to find the net twice in Bundesliga, having done it at the age of 17.
On Wednesday, Christian Pulisic became the most expensive American player in football history, thus crush…
Monaco have sacked Leonardo Jardim after winning a single match in Ligue 1 this season.
Jardim led the club to Ligue 1 glory in the 2016-17 campaign, ending Paris Saint-Germain s stranglehold on the title, and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in the same season.
But Monaco s talented young squad has been decimated by sales since then, with stars including Kylian Mbappe, Bernardo Silva, Thomas Lemar, Fabinho and Benjamin Mendy departing.
And Jardim has paid the price for Monaco s poor start to the season, which has seen them take just six points from nine league matches, while Champions League defeats to Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund leave them bottom of Group A.
Speaking to the club s official website, Jardim said: I m grateful and…
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has turned down mega-money offers for a move to the Chinese Super League, according to his agent Dimitri Seluk.
Toure has returned to the first-team picture at the Etihad Stadium over the past two months having mended relations with manager Pep Guardiola, who took exception to Seluk s often scattergun outbursts regarding his client and the ex-Barcelona boss coaching credentials.
The 33-year-old former Ivory Coast international has four goals in 11 appearances since his return and is out of contract at the Etihad Stadium at the end of the season.
Reports on Tuesday suggested Toure was the subject of a £430,000-per-week offer from an unnamed Chinese club and Seluk told Sky Sports News that he turned down a weekly wage of £520…
Roma have completed the sign of striker Tammy Abraham from Chelsea for a fee of €40million (£34.1m).
Abraham has signed a five-year contract with the Serie A club to fill the void left by Edin Dzeko s departure to Inter.
Chelsea will reportedly receive a further €5m in add-ons and have an option to re-sign the 23-year-old, who fell further down the pecking order when Romelu Lukaku returned to Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal were linked with Abraham, but he has opted to try and kickstart his career under Jose Mourinho in Rone.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold is fit and raring to go as Liverpool prepare for their Premier League opener against Norwich City on Saturday.
The right-back, who signed a new long-term contract at Anfield in July, suffered a thigh injury in June, forcing him to pull out of England s Euro 2020 squad.
Alexander-Arnold has been eased back into pre-season action and finally completed a full 90-minute outing in Sunday s 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao.
Yes, definitely, the 22-year-old responded when asked if he was 100 per cent ready. I’ve started pre-season quite well, in training I ve been putting the work in, got the all-clear from the medical staff early doors in pre-season and have been able to push on, get fit and get the full 90 under my belt today.
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Antonio Conte has claimed Romelu Lukaku would not be out of place playing American Football, as he hailed the Inter star s atypical style of play.
Lukaku has been in sensational form throughout his Inter career. Last season – his first campaign with the Serie A giants – he finished with 23 league goals; only Ronaldo (25) and Istvan Nyers (26) have scored more in their debut seasons with the Nerazzurri.
The 27-year-old Belgium forward also netted 30 times across all competitions for the first time in his career, and equalled Ronaldo s record from 1997-98 of 34 goals for Inter.
Lukaku has also struck up a brilliant relationship with fellow forward Lautaro Martinez.
Indeed, across the opening 23 Serie A games this term, the duo have combined for 30 go…
Trent Alexander-Arnold would love Jadon Sancho to join Liverpool, hailing the Borussia Dortmund star as a special talent.
Sancho, 20, has been linked with a move back to the Premier League, although Manchester United are reportedly in pole position to land the England international.
But international team-mate Alexander-Arnold would be keen to play alongside Sancho, who joined Dortmund from Manchester City in 2017, at club level.
If he came to us, he d make our team better, the Liverpool right-back told Michael Dapaah during an Instagram Live chat on Thursday.
So, I d be more than happy for him to come because I played with him at England and he s a special, special, special, special talent.
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