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·4 August 2022

Transfer news LIVE: PSG want Rashford, Man Utd miss on De Jong but close on Rabiot, Man City eye Arsenal star

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Marcus Rashford says he is refreshed and refocused for the upcoming season after a disappointing 2021-22 campaign (Zac Goodwin/PA)

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Marcus Rashford is in talks with PSG about a shock move to Paris as the Manchester United forward considers his future. The Independent reported that Rashford, who has one year left on his Old Trafford contact with an option for the club to extend for a further year, has held discussions with the French champions via his representatives. However, PSG are not ready to firm up their interest with an offer while it is thought Rashford still wants to prove himself at United under new manager Erik ten Hag.

United meanwhile are trying to bring in a holding midfielder and are close to signing Juventus’ Adrien Rabiot. Director John Murtough is in Turin today to discuss personal terms with Rabiot’s mother Veronique, who is known to be a tough negotiator.

Elsewhere Man City are continuing their exhaustive search for a left-back, and a surprising name on the shortlist is Arsenal’s Kieran Tierney, according to 90min – perhaps they should have kept Oleksandr Zinchenko.

Barcelona raise fresh €100m in desperate bid to register new players for Liga season

Barcelona have sold a 24.5% stake in their audiovisual studio to production company Orpheus Media for €100million euros (£85m), the Liga club said on Friday, as they look to raise more funds to register new players.

The agreement comes after the club signed a deal with digital fan token firm Socios.com to sell off 25% of their stake in Barca Studios last month.

“With this investment the strategic partners in Barca Studios show confidence in the value of the project and the future of digital content in the world of sport,” the club said in a statement.

Michael Jones12 August 2022 20:00

Liverpool report ‘significant increase’ in fans sanctioned for abuse

Liverpool banned one fan for life for using discriminatory language at Anfield last season with several other suspensions of between one and three years handed out for similar offences.

The club reported a “significant increase” in the number of supporters sanctioned for abuse in the 2021-22 campaign, with the offence making up a quarter of all issues reported to the club’s official sanctions panel as part of their Red Together awareness campaign.

Liverpool said 100 per cent of the issues reviewed by the panel received a sanction and it is understood one of those cases resulted in a lifetime ban.

Michael Jones12 August 2022 19:45

What does Erik ten Hag want in a striker at Manchester United?

When Marnix Kolder was playing in a side managed by Erik ten Hag, his role was fairly uncomplicated. “I was the ‘escape’,” he told The Independent earlier this year.

“When the ball was pressured at the back, the long ball from the keeper or the central defender came to me. I don’t know the word in English – a coat stand? The “kapstok”. It’s a typical word in Dutch. The big person they can play the balls to, then you play to the midfielders or to the side.”

In other words, a target man.

Kolder was Ten Hag’s centre forward at Go Ahead Eagles during the first year of his managerial career in 2012-13, which ended in promotion to the Eredivisie.

At 6ft 2in in height, and despite being the wrong side of 30, he scored a goal every other game in his only year working under the future Manchester United manager, before Ten Hag left the “kick and rush” of the Eerste Divisie, Dutch football’s second tier, that Kolder describes to take charge of Bayern Munich II and work in the orbit of Pep Guardiola.

Michael Jones12 August 2022 19:30

Steven Gerrard braced for battle with fellow ‘fierce competitor’ Frank Lampard

Steven Gerrard says his and Frank Lampard’s desire to win is the same now as managers as when they shared an England midfield together.

Gerrard’s Aston Villa host Lampard’s Everton in the early Saturday kick-off, with both sides seeking their first points of the Premier League season after opening-day defeats.

It is the first time that the two men who sparked countless debates over whether they were suited to playing together, but actually did so 71 times for England, have met as managers.

Michael Jones12 August 2022 19:00

Mikel Arteta backs William Saliba to handle increased exposure after debut

Mikel Arteta has backed William Saliba to deal with all of the exposure that comes his way following his fine Arsenal debut, insisting the France defender will keep his feet on the ground.

Saliba, 21, made his long-awaited Gunners bow in their 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace last Friday night.

Having initially moved to the Emirates Stadium from St Etienne in 2019, he rejoined his former club on loan six months later before season-long stays at Nice and Marseille.

Michael Jones12 August 2022 18:30

Ten Hag gives update on Ronaldo

Erik ten Hag has given about update on how Cristiano Ronaldo is training but refused to say say whether the 37-year-old would start against Brentford on Saturday.

Michael Jones12 August 2022 18:15

‘New signings have settled in’ at Chelsea says Azpilicueta

Cesar Azpilicueta says that Chelsea‘s new players have settled in “really quick” at the club ahead of the Blues’ match with Tottenham this weekend.

Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella and Carney Chukwuemeka have all joined Chelsea this summer and the club captain is happy with the new arrivals.

“Raheem and Kalidou have great experience and have played at the highest level,” the Spaniard says. “They are international stars and it’s great to have them here. Marc is a player who has had a good progression in the last couple of years from Spain to Brighton to here, it’s amazing.

“Carney in midfield has arrived and he’s a young prospect which I’m really excited for.”

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