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Deco is a sporting director who seems to belong to another era, relying very little on Big Data and mostly trusting his intuition, yet he has managed to take Barcelona into the future
In Spain, they say he has built a team in his own image. And given what he has won in his career, that is no small thing.
For years, Chelsea and Aston Villa have been trading players in multi-million-pound deals, and some are starting to feel uneasy about it
Dibu Martínez is the eighth player to move from Birmingham to Stamford Bridge, or vice versa. Nothing illegal, but the coincidences are starting to pile up.
Kean’s arrival is yet another sign that Como mean business (even the Scudetto, why not?)
Fàbregas’ side have shown that they have the financial and sporting means, the enthusiasm and the strength to attract any player—and the ambition to achieve any goal, both in the short and medium term.
Now that he has joined Tottenham, Savinho wants to go by Sávio, even though two years ago he went by Sávio and asked to be called Savinho
The Brazilian winger has decided to change his name again, returning to his previous apelido without explaining why.
Gorter’s goal for Venezia shows that Lecce’s transfer model is still working
The Dutch midfielder is one of the many foreign talents the Salento club has scouted and signed as teenagers, before bringing them into the Primavera.
Bayern have signed 18-year-old Senegalese forward Bara Sapoko Ndiaye, but the story is how they developed him at an academy in Gambia
The move stems from a joint project with an American club and could offer a model for the future.
Chelsea have a 40-man squad again, with one group now training away from the first team
The approach is different from last year’s ‘bomb squad’, but several players have been left out because Xabi Alonso considers them outside his plans.
Until a few months ago, Jacobo Ortega was playing for Real Madrid C. Now he’s moved to Strasbourg for €10 million
For more transfer tips, keep an eye on what’s happening around the Bernabéu (including the lesser-known players).
Salah joins Trabzonspor amid a huge reception, but questions remain over the deal’s financial foundations
Turkish media, in particular, have speculated about political backing for the move given the club’s proximity to President Erdoğan.
Chelsea have spent more than €250 million on new signings for the fifth season running
Once again at Stamford Bridge, a major transfer campaign has been funded by equally lucrative player sales.
Barcelona set to spend more than €8m on Club Brugge winger who is yet to make his first-team debut
His name is Jesse Bisiwu, he is 18 years old and Barça’s scouts are convinced he resembles Dembélé.
Premier League clubs are spending huge sums on English players, and there is nothing surprising about it: the market is simply responding to supply and demand
The £135 million Manchester City invested in Elliot Anderson is not exactly madness, even if it is difficult to see it as anything else.