transfer round up

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Chatter from the sidelines

Chatter from the sidelines

• East vs West, winner hosts MLS Cup? Clint Dempsey talks changes to AT&T MLS All-Star Game format Now, off to read what baseball does with East vs West before I can understand this article


• Southampton boss Ronald Koeman relishing new Europa League challenge Southampton fans are well made up
  


• Juventus prepare move for former Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri Since they can't get Draxler


• Charlie Austin will reject Aston Villa and Newcastle to join Chelsea or Spurs this summer Actually, I'm surprised that he hasn't been attached to a club just yet, but the season is still young


• Bologna ready to take Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli back to Serie A Oh, Bologna <3


• Besiktas in talks over Gomez deal leaving Fiorentina ?


• Tottenham defender Vlad Chiriches on brink of Napoli move He's already there, but the Napoli boss admitted that he hasn't seen Chiriches play. Prepare for frustration, with glimpses of possibility, Napoli. But mostly frustration


• MLS All-Stars vs. Tottenham: Score and Reaction from MLS All Star Game 2015 Spurs lost 1-2. Defence, what's that all about, Spurs?

Pictures

Drogba in Montreal

Drogba is playing for... Toronto Impact?

Kenedy will be the rare young talent that's being fast tracked to Chelsea's starting XI instead of being loaned out

He's from Brazil and all of nineteen

Manchester United lost to PSG. De Gea seemingly is still unsettled, yadda yadda yadda

Vidal with Bayern. Still can't believe it. But he'll fit in. Doesn't he speak German (from his former stint before going to Juventus?

Celtic still in with a chance for qualifying in Champions League

MLS all stars 2- 1 Spurs

MLS all stars got a penalty and Kaka scored

Spurs defence went begging (again!) when Villa scored. DeBeasley is still playing football?

That's Spurs 2nd kit in action. I don't mind it? Their third kit isn't purple. I'm disappointed

Read the commentary on this, and I have questions. What's an 'expansion team' if the MLS seems to keep on expanding? Aren't all teams expansion teams? Anyway, Kaka and Villa are the first two players from 'expansion' teams to score.

That being said, it seems that Delle Ali (lad from MK Dons, boo at MK Dons) impressed, so did Winks (academy), and Trippier (formerly of Burnley). Spurs is going to be the side of saplings in a forest of trees this season. The consensus is, although Spurs have done well in moving out the deadwood, they're still behind, because they need a second forward, and a holding midfielder (they tried Dier in the role, but he's too young and reckless)

Onomah is another academy lad plying his trade. He might go out on loan

Spurs has a growing fanbase in the US. It's not as numerous as Arsenal or Manchester United, but its growing. Spurs has a narrative of interest to the Americans. The NFL connection will help

OP: done! Cheers, jeers, corrections and commentary pushback, you know the drill

Comments

RE: Yedlin...

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His style of play is a bit like Bellerin's, from what I've seen so far. Hector is also extremely fast, attacks a lot (see his goal against Liverpool) but he's able to track back quickly and tackle well. Although, in Hector's case, his situation is opposite of that of Yedlin's. Wenger converted him from a winger to right-back and it's turned out splendidly. I think Pochettino senses that he could do the same with Yedlin, with some loan experience first (Hector was loaned out to Watford and did quite well with them, I think).