Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Top transfer rumours


Islam Slimani to Leicester City: Despite a significant summer facelift already this window, the Foxes are keen to do some last minute transfer business as they look to bolster their squad for the challenges ahead. According to reports, the reigning Premier League champions have had a 35 million Euro fee for Algeria forward Slimani accepted, despite initially being interested in both him and teammate Adrien Silva, but have left it late to get the

PSG ask Chelsea for £38m for David Luiz


Paris Saint-Germain have told Chelsea that their initial offer for David Luiz is not enough and are demanding £38 million for him. The Blues' bid of £32m fell short of the French champions' valuation of him and PSG won't sanction the sale until they find a replacement. The Brazil international wants a return to Stamford Bridge, but the money on offer from the Blues is below the French champions' valuation. However, Les Parisiens have been looking into options from their shortlist since Tuesday night, but are yet to put in any formal offers on replacements with the transfer window due to close at 23:00 BST on Wednesday.

Okocha's goal makes me dizzy - Oliver Kahn


Oliver Kahn has disclosed that he is yet to recover from the wonder goal he conceded against Nigeria's Austin Jay Jay Okocha in a Bundesliga fixture between Eintracht Frankfurt  and Karlsruhe in 1993. The German legend reminisces about the former Nigeria international's sensational goal after 23 years. The former Bayern Munich skipper paid a tribute to the Nigerian legend as he recalled the encounter exactly 23 years after on his Twitter page. Okocha who came on as a second half substitute for Eintracht Frankfurt provided an assist and scored his wonder goal, by dribbling the entire back-line of Karlsruhe before slotting the ball past Kahn to secure a 3-1 win.