Everton have been punching above their weight in recent seasons, and with their capture of Romelu Lukaku yesterday, they have shown they are now able to compete at the top-end of the transfer market.
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Southampton FC was valued at £57.5m just 18 months ago. Perhaps Liverpool, having signed three of their players for a total of almost £50 million, might have been better off just buying the entire south coast club.
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Loic Remy failing his medical at Liverpool has thrown Brendan Rodgers’ transfer plans into disarray, as the QPR and France striker had been earmarked with the unenviable task of helping to replace Luis Suarez.
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With the Premier League kicking off in three weeks, most of the focus in the transfer window has been on the high-profile moves involving the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and Alexis Sanchez.
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The MLS has been steadily adding a roster of big-name players to complement its home-grown base in recent years.
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The Galway Plate is just less than a week away and we can already report plenty of interest in the race since it was priced up on Monday.
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Football kit launches have become as big a part of the close season as tiresome transfer tittle-tattle and pointless pre-season tours to far-flung places.
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With Europe’s top clubs splashing the cash this summer on the likes of James Rodriguez, Toni Kroos and Luis Suarez there’s bound to be a few duds amongst the transfer hits.
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With Patrice Evra leaving Manchester United for Juventus for a paltry £1.2 million, only two players remain at the club from their Champions League triumph in Moscow in 2008. ..