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Memphis Depay snubbed Manchester United and Tottenham to fight for his place at Barcelona. Christoph Freund was offered to various clubs in England's top-flight football. RB Salzburg CEO Stephan Reiter denies Chelsea are close to hiring Christooph freund as a sporting director.
Youri Tielemans doesn't regret staying at Leicester despite interest from Manchester United and Arsenal. PSV would sell Cody Gakpo if the right offer arrived. Bruno Fernandes was angry after a switch to Tottenham collapsed. Chelsea are hijacking a deal for Aston Villa ace Douglas Luiz. Erik Ten Hag wants to wait until the summer for more transfers. Richard Arnold is not keen on more additions in the January transfer window. The Athletic reports that Erik ten Hag would like to make more signings. Manchester Utd were busy in summer transfer market. Fernande was offered to Spurs by Frederico Varandas.
Ivan Toney is not happy with Arsenal's jibes about Brentford. England fans can drink beer during World Cup matches if it's non-alcoholic Budweiser Zero. Tyrell Malacia is relaxed about starting at left back against Liverpool. The World cup starts in 60 days. Alcoholic lager will cost around £13-a-pint. Ticket holders can buy pints within the stadium perimeter before and after matches. Budwiser zero will be the only beer on sale for around $6- a- pint. Fans are warned not to smuggle alcohol into Muslim countries.
Adnan Kanuric has signed a contract with Nottingham Forest. The 22-year-old goalkeeper has been training with the first team since his contract at FK Sarajevo expired in July. Christoph Freund has snubbed Chelsea to stay at RB Salzburg. Memphis Depay was offered to Chelsea before they signed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Arsenal are interested in Eintracht Frankfurt's Jesper Lindstrom. The Denmark international scored five goals across all comps last season. He has a market value of £15m.
England are facing relegation from the Nations League. They need to beat Italy and Germany to stay in the top 10 and qualify for Euro 2024 qualifying draw. Russia have been excluded from next month's qualifying. Roberto Carlos came close to joining Chelsea in 2007. He signed for Fenerbahce instead. Russia were kicked out of the next European Championships because of ongoing war in Ukraine. Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic refused to play against them in World Cup play-offs. All Russian sides have also been banned from European club competitions this season. The ban was in response to the invasion of Ukraine and continuing invasion.
Michael Knighton is moving forward with his bid for Manchester United. Youri Tielemans doesn't regret staying at Leicester despite interest from Manchester Utd and Arsenal. PSV would sell Cody Gakpo if the right offer arrived. Bruno Fernandes was angry after his move to Tottenham collapsed. Erik ten Hag wants to wait until the summer for more transfers. He was at Sporting Lisbon before joining United in the transfer window. The Athletic report that Arnold wants more signings in January. It is not the same as in summer. Richard Arnold is keen on waiting until summer to make more additions.
Roberto De Zerbi managed to get his players back to Italy after the Russian invasion. Manchester United are in talks to extend Marcus Rashford's contract. Ethan Nwaneri became the Premier League's youngest player on Sunday. Benjamin Pavard was persuaded to stay at Bayern Munich despite interest from the likes of Manchester Utd, Chelsea, PSG and Juventus. The Times reports Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal were interested in Ethan. He came on as a substitute in the dying minutes against Brentford. The Times claims he is the youngest Premier league player ever.
