Kevin Nolan says landing Andy Carroll is not “the be all and end all” and they will find a replacement if he doesn’t come.
Sam Allardyce would love to build next season’s team around the England striker, who impressed during his loan spell from Liverpool despite only scoring seven times, but it is looking unlikely after reports on Tuesday claimed he wanted to return to the Reds.
Nolan, who played with Carroll during their spells on Tyneside, hopes to see his good friend back in claret and blue, but says if that is not going to be the case they will find a replacement.
“It will be massive if we do get Andy, but it is not the be all and end all,” Nolan said.
“I have been with Sam a long time. When he did not manage to get his first man, he has always managed to get his second man and we always manage to do well.
“If he gets the chance to bring the quality of the players he wants, then I am sure we will be aiming for the higher echelons of the Premier League.
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“I have a lot of faith that Sam will get the men he wants in the summer and will be working hard with the chairman to do that.”
Coming in between the two legs of their Champions League semi-final, Liverpool’s Premier League match against Stoke always had the look of a sticky afternoon’s work where Jurgen Klopp’s priority would be resting players.
That’s exactly as it panned out; with the Potters content to absorb pressure despite draws not really being satisfactory for them at present, the emphasis was on a rotated Liverpool to take the initiative.
Unlike against Roma just five days previously, the Reds were unable to do so and it was hotshot Mo Salah who missed an early opportunity to smash the game wide open. From then on, Liverpool never really got going.
The 57-cap attacker endured a rare afternoon where nothing went in as none of his seven shots found the target, in sharp contrast to the red-hot form that has taken him to within Ian Rush’s all-time Anfield record for goals in a season.
He struggled to get into the game in open play, with only one trademark dribble and just the 40 touches throughout, as Paul Lambert continued his impressive Anfield record – he has never lost there to date.
Salah was also dispossessed twice by Stoke’s battling rearguard but he was surely just saving himself for the bigger test to come in midweek.
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Liverpool are certainly getting into the swing of things in the early days of this summer’s transfer window. After announcing the signing of James Milner from Manchester City on a free transfer last week, the Reds have now followed that up by landing Danny Ings from Burnley for an as-yet undecided fee, while Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Adam Bogdan is also expected to join the club for free in the coming few days.
That makes a goalkeeper, a midfielder and a striker that the Anfield club have already recruited, yet Reds boss Brendan Rodgers knows that further strengthening is needed before he can deem it a successful summer. So potent when spearheaded by Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge during that near-glorious 2013/14 campaign, the way in which Liverpool’s attacking force regressed last season was painful to witness for both fans and manager alike.
While Sturridge remains at the club (albeit in a seemingly permanent state of convalescence), Rodgers has failed to find an adequate replacement for Suarez since his £75 million sale to Barcelona, with Mario Balotelli and Rickie Lambert – last year’s striking recruits – falling well short of the mark.
Two players the Reds have been repeatedly linked with are Aston Villa forward Christian Benteke and West Bromwich Albion hitman Saido Berahino, and with both being young, proven in the Premier League and apparently keen to move on to bigger things, signing one of them would certainly be an upgrade on Liverpool’s current striking misfits. But which one would be the best fit at Anfield?
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Benteke’s magnificent renaissance with Villa in the latter half of last season suggested that his blip during the previous campaign under then-manager Paul Lambert was due to the Scot’s failure to make the most of the striker’s greatest strengths, rather than any inadequacy on the player’s behalf in dealing with the demands of Premier League football.
Tim Sherwood – who replaced Lambert in February – saw that Benteke’s brute physicality and strength could be maximised to devastating effect, as the Belgian battered and barged past countless defenders on the way to scoring twelve goals in fifteen games for Sherwood’s rejuvenated Villa side.
However, as effective a striker as the Belgian may be, there are reasons to doubt whether he would truly be a good fit for the Reds. Rodgers has always favoured quick, technically gifted attackers at Anfield, capable of taking on, running in behind and beating defenders with their pace and trickery. The ideal Liverpool striker in Rodgers’ view is a player who doesn’t rely too heavily on his height or strength, and is no mere focal point for a barrage of long balls or crosses from out wide – hence the Northern Irishman’s decision to offload Andy Carroll soon after he became Liverpool boss in 2012.
While there is no denying that Benteke possesses significantly superior technical skills to Carroll, and is a far better player than a bog-standard target man, his lack of pace and relative weakness at beating defenders in one-on-one situations means he may struggle to adapt to the high-pressing, high-intensity style of play implemented by Rodgers at the Merseyside club.
Such a player could theoretically thrive in a striking partnership with the more conventional Rodgers forward – see Liverpool’s 3-0 drubbing of Tottenham at White Hart Lane early last season as a prime example, where Daniel Sturridge and Mario Balotelli complemented each other brilliantly – but given how often Sturridge is injured, and how badly Balotelli struggled while leading the attack on his own, it represents too great a gamble.
Saido Berahino, on the other hand, is much better suited for the current Liverpool side. The England youngster is a supremely gifted footballer and is only getting better, scoring 20 goals in all competitions for the Baggies last season.
The 21-year-old is in many ways similar to Reds attacker Raheem Sterling; lightning quick, skilful and capable of changing a game with one moment of magic, the prospect of seeing the duo team up at Anfield is certainly an exciting one.
And yet things are never that easy with Liverpool; not only has Sterling expressed his strong desire to leave the club this summer, but his agent Aidy Ward is the very man who represents Berahino. Relations between the Reds hierarchy and Ward are toxic at best after the agent made a number of barbed comments in the media, leading to the club cancelling a scheduled meeting where they were due to discuss Sterling’s future.
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And so Brendan Rodgers faces something of a dilemma if he is to make a move for one of his two preferred targets; does he opt for Benteke – an excellent striker who may nevertheless find it difficult to adapt to the Liverpool system – or Berahino, a player who is for all intents and purposes better suited for the Reds but whose representative is very much a persona non grata at Anfield?
Of course, Rodgers may have identified other striking targets, and his interest in these two early-summer favourites may wane between now and the start of the new season.
Whatever happens, an intriguing couple of months await for Liverpool.
Is it coincidental that stories linking Arsenal with Schalke’s Julian Draxler emerge on the same day as revelations about Jack Wilshere’s need for a further operation? It soothes the tension to a degree, but injury concerns to Wilshere aside, Draxler is exactly the type of player Arsenal and their “£70 million war chest” should be targeting this summer.
Forget Theo Walcott and that protracted transfer saga for a moment; Arsenal needed Jack Wilshere more than anything to round out that group of young British players who extended their contracts with the club. The youngster wasn’t so much the icing on the cake but rather the foundation for the now and very much for the future. Without Wilshere, there wasn’t to be that much in the way of excitement and, importantly, hope.
For that, the cynics do have a leg to stand on this week following rumours of an approach for Draxler. You have to ask why Schalke would put themselves in a position to let go of one of Germany’s most exciting talents; and let’s not ignore the fact that Draxler could be one of the best players in Europe in a few years if he continues of the same path. He’s been given the important central role in the Schalke attack just behind the striker and has recorded eight league goals this season.
That’s why a £15 million figure seems a little low for a player of his potential. If that is the correct figure, or thereabouts, why not just add a little more to the pot and go in for Isco? That’s the question some fans may have, while others wouldn’t shy away from asking for Mario Gotze this summer. Julian Draxler, however, seems about right for Arsenal at this stage. Moreover, it has to be believed that this would be an outstanding piece of business for the club if they manage to pull it off. Arsenal has adopted the approach of buying up youth products from some of the leading nations in football: Brazil, Spain, Germany, among others. However, with the exception of one or two, the club have never really cherry-picked from the highest point of the tree. A move for Draxler would be a notable and welcome change from the norm.
It also needs to be addressed that a young player in the mould of Draxler may actually be needed at Arsenal. The club currently have players like Santi Cazorla who is far too good to go unnoticed, and many are catching on to his importance and influence in this Arsenal team. But big clubs need stability and hope for the future. They need a level of continuity and an easy transition in the passing of the torch. Wilshere’s injury problems may not go away for a long time, if ever, and you get the sense that the burden of expectation needs to be eased a little.
I’m not too interested in the club vs. country row. England need Wilshere, and all that. Well it’s not really Arsenal’s problem, rather the wider issue of youth development in this country. It says a lot when a nation such as England put so much weight on one player. Germany, meanwhile have been able to draft in players of Draxler’s quality when regular first-team members have been out. It should say a lot about the Schalke midfielder at this time as he was recently handed his first start for Germany ahead of players like Lukas Podolski.
At only 19 years of age, Draxler is already at the top of European football, currently competing in a league which can make a real claim for title as the most exciting in Europe, while also taking in the experience of Champions League football and all the demands of challenging for the highest possible place in the Bundesliga.
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It’s quite clear that Arsenal and Arsene Wenger in particular have identified the German market as an extraordinary pool of talent – many of whom come at prices which would normally be deemed affordable. It makes sense then for Arsenal to identify a player like Draxler, and it shouldn’t just raise suspicions in those of us who are most cynical at this time of year. Julian Draxler would be a great signing for Arsenal, and one who may be very much needed as a way of balancing out the worries with Jack Wilshere.
As reported by The Daily Mirror, Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Sporting winger Gelson Martins this summer.
What’s the story?
Having failed to consistently challenge for the English Premier League title this season, Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to sign quality in the summer transfer window that can help them bridge the gap between themselves and Manchester City.
One player on their radar is Sporting attacker Gelson Martins, who has had a superb season for the Portuguese club.
That’s according to The Mirror, who reckon the player is one of a number of targets for Pochettino when the transfer window opens.
Rated at £27m by Transfermarkt, is he a player that Spurs should be looking at ahead of next season?
Is he Premier League quality?
With 13 goals and 12 assists for his club this season, it’s clear that Gelson Martin has a cutting edge to his game that demonstrates he could be a hit at Tottenham Hotspur. That tally follows on from last term when he scored seven and created another 13 assists.
It’s the kind of contribution that could have a major impact on Tottenham’s attacking prowess, taking the pressure off the likes of the ever reliable Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen.
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Still just 22 years of age, Martins has the potential to improve even further and could become an elite right winger upon making the move to a side like Spurs and surrounding himself with even better players.
On his way to the World Cup with Portugal, he’s certainly a player to keep an eye on this summer.
For weeks it’s been Chelsea and Manchester City at the top of the table, and Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal chasing behind. Those three chasers have put together wonderful runs since Christmas, and sit just behind the top two. It’s not impossible.
After a win at the Emirates over fellow chasers Liverpool, Arsenal have really knocked Liverpool out of the chase, seem to have sewn up a Champions League spot for next season, and crucially have moved up to second place in the table.
So there may still be a title challenge in Arsene Wenger’s men. And the French tactician has said that Arsenal will need to be ‘perfect’ in order to win the title this season.
They will have to be perfect if they are to topple Chelsea, as they not only have to make up seven points (rising to 10 if Chelsea win their game in hand against bottom club Leicester) and should they make up those points, they’ll need a seven-goal swing in goal difference too.
Arsenal have been almost perfect in the league this calendar year. They’ve lost only twice – away to Southampton on New Year’s Day, and away to Tottenham thanks to a very late Harry Kane goal.
Their two losses since the turn of the year added to the four before Christmas make six defeats this term, and Chelsea have only lost twice, and continuing that sort of form will not be good enough for Arsenal. They need to win all of their remaining games and hope that Chelsea lose a couple.
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But Chelsea have some hard fixtures of their own, starting next weekend in a West London derby against Queens Park Rangers, who would love nothing better than starting a drive away from the relegation spots with a win against Chelsea. The Blues then face a match at home to in-form Manchester United, a team who also nurse ambitions to fight for the title.
Then it’s the big one from Arsenal’s standpoint. Even if Chelsea do negotiate those two potentially tough games, the next game is Arsenal v Chelsea at the Emirates.
It’s tempting to regard this as D-Day for Wenger’s men, but in fact Arsenal need to be perfect – they need to win that one just as much as they need to win all their other games. After all, it’s not just Chelsea who they need to pip to the title, it’s also the two Manchester giants.
And if Chelsea don’t slip up there, they still face Liverpool at the Bridge. Almost a mirror image of last season’s showdown at Anfield, when Chelsea – and Steven Gerrard’s slip – cost Liverpool the title last season.
So the title race isn’t over just yet.
Chelsea have lots of potential banana skins to get over yet, and they should definitely not believe that the title is theirs just yet.
Chelsea have been in a ‘slump’ of late, too. They haven’t been playing well, although ominously they’ve been accumulating points. Their slump has consisted of drawing a few too many matches, and two of those draws cost them their Champions League run this season. But despite their seemingly dip in form, they still know they can gain points, and they still have lots of players to call upon to bail them out.
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So Arsenal will need to be perfect, and win their remaining seven fixtures – and two of those are are against Chelsea and Manchester United.
The title isn’t quite in Chelsea’s hands, and a perfect run from Arsenal (or City, or United) would really put the pressure on them. But it’s not quite Arsenal’s to win just yet. It’s very much Chelsea’s to lose.
In a vocation that’s fraught with danger and plagued by a lack of security, there are perhaps few managers in the game that can lay claim to reaching the sort of crossroads that Everton’s David Moyes is currently approaching this season.
With the average tenure of a football manager plying their trade in England sitting at a paltry 1.7 years, this month marks a staggering 11 years since Moyes first took control at Goodison Park. And most notably, not a single game has been played at a level below the very highest within the land.
Yet with the much-publicized expiry of the former-Preston man’s contract this summer and currently no word upon the agreement of a new deal, there’s every chance that his 11th year in charge of the Toffee’s might also be his last.
Because while Moyes has served as a refreshing beacon of loyalty and longevity within a culture of shortsightedness, there is a feeling that we may be entering the final phase over what has been a hugely successful reign upon the blue half of Merseyside. Yet it’s within how you define the term success – or most certainly how the man himself perceives it – that you might find the answer to where his future lies.
Few managers within the game will ever rack up the sort of lifespan at one club that Moyes has managed at Everton and even fewer will be able to lay claim to having such a wealth of options at the end of their contract. Should he decide that he needs a new challenge, his achievements at Goodison Park have ensured there is plenty of interest both on these shores and further abroad – FC Schalke have been touted as one possible destination, should Moyes seek to take his managerial career overseas.
With his contract situation now having reached the point of expiry, should Moyes stall even further upon a new deal, we’ll soon learn what clubs are genuinely serious about looking to make a move for his services and those whose interest goes no further than simple speculation. Yet for as often as we’ve heard his name linked with the Manchester Uniteds and even in more recent times, the Arsenals of this world, you can’t help but feel that in reality such links are based more upon fantasy as opposed to genuine logic.
And with Sunderland now being the latest club linked with Moyes’ name, the Scot must surely ask himself whether change is right if simply for the sake of it.
The old proverb about the grass being greener on the other side has found itself adjoining Moyes’ name more than a few times over the last couple of months. In Everton, the Scot is at a huge Premier League club, steeped rich in history and primed for a sustained crack at a top six finish.
And in the likes of Marouane Fellaini, Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka amongst others, Moyes has amassed a terrific squad of players that are perhaps only one or two top class players away from a genuine push for what would be a game changing qualification for the Uefa Champions League – both on, and off the pitch.
But as well as stating that he believes this is the best Everton side he’s overseen during his 11-year reign this month, he’s also aware of how hard it’s going to be to keep this team together.
“I know what we have to work with and I know the boundaries of where we can go. I know the restraints that we’ve got at the football club,” he recently stated, giving an ominous reminder of the glass ceiling that Everton have arguably reached given the struggling resources that the club have at their disposal. Because far from adding to a squad in order to push on next season, the chances are Moyes is going to have to yet again face up to the reality of having to subtract some of the quality from his team.
Now after 11 years at Everton and not a single trophy to his name, while no man will ever be bigger than the football club, on a personal level, Moyes is perhaps correct to ponder what direction he next wishes to move onto. For as well as he’s done at the club, memories in this game are notoriously short and all it takes is one difficult season, and a potential move to a team like Schalke is all but history. With Everton set to narrowly miss out on Champions League football and his contract set to expire, Moyes’ stock will perhaps never be higher.
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Of course, even if he was to theoretically move to Gelsenkirchen, Moyes still wouldn’t be taking over a team capable of challenging for a league title. But as one of the top 15 richest clubs in the world, with Champions League football beckoning and most poignantly a footballing culture that Moyes is yet to experience, a move to Schalke represents the sort of challenge that’s worth leaving Everton for.
Yet unless he receives an offer from a club of the same current standing or pedigree of the German club, what would Moyes really be achieving from a sporting perspective in moving anywhere else?
With the current five clubs in the country currently looking unlikely to crave his signature at the end of the season, leaving Everton for any other Premier League club would make a mockery of the notion of needing a new challenge. Because as admirable as reviving the fortunes of another club may be, in terms of pushing forward Moyes’ career, that option simply doesn’t resemble progression. And after all, isn’t that why he’d look to seek change in the first place?
The transfer rumours surrounding Tottenham Hotspur of late have largely been about potential player departures rather than new additions.
However, there is one man that the fans certainly feel that the club should be looking to bring into Mauricio Pochettino’s team.
In a poll, we asked the supporters if the North London outfit should swoop for Real Madrid midfielder Isco this summer, and an overwhelming number were all for it.
The 25-year-old joined Los Blancos from Malaga in 2013, but in recent seasons has struggled to hold down a regular spot in Zinedine Zidane’s team.
In total, the Spaniard has started 27 games in all competitions this season, and only 18 of those have been in La Liga.
In that time, Isco, who can play centrally either in the middle or further forward as well as on the left, has netted six goals and created seven assists.
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Earlier this month, Don Balon reported that Chelsea, Manchester City and Juventus are all keeping a close eye on the attack-minded player, who is believes to be considering his Madrid future.
You’d have got long odds on Everton being involved in a relegation battle come March, after narrowly missing out on a top four spot at the end of an excellent campaign last season.
But the reality of the situation sees the Merseyside club looking perilously over their shoulders as the pressure continues to grow on Roberto Martinez.
Whatever way you look at it, just six wins from 28 games is not good enough for a club like Everton, especially with the quality of player Martinez has at his disposal. Five games without a win since defeating Crystal Palace at the back end of January has cranked up the pressure on the Spaniard, who knows results need to improve, and fast.
Yet despite a lowly position of 14th in the Premier League table, Martinez could conceivably be on his way to delivering his promise of bringing Champions League football back to Goodison Park, in the form of the Europa League.
The Toffees have been a totally different side in this season’s competition, playing some brilliant football and scoring goals for fun against some notable opposition. Just how they have been unable to replicate this form domestically is hard to pin point, but the fact is they have emerged as genuine contenders for the competition, and the lucrative prize of Champions League qualification that comes with it.
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Some impressive performances before Christmas, saw them top a group containing the likes of Wolfsburg and Lille. Sticking six past the German outfit with just one conceded across the two games was some achievement in itself, given just how well they are fairing in the Bundesliga this season. With Wolfsburg having emerged as one of the favourites to lift the trophy, this highlights just how impressive Everton can be.
And they took this ruthless form into the knock out stages, dismantling a tricky Young Boys team 7-2 on aggregate, to ensure they are the only British side remaining in the cup.
Star striker Romelu Lukaku hit five across the two ties, showing just how effective he can be and, with the Belgian on that type of form, he gives Everton genuine hope of further progress.
A difficult last 16 encounter with Ukrainian side Dynamo Kiev awaits them later this evening, but that certainly won’t faze the English side with what they have achieved so far. Despite some horrendous league form, there’s no doubt they have the quality in their side to cause anyone problems, with the likes of Lukaku, Kevin Mirallas, and Steven Naismith in attack. They will surely fancy their chances of taking a lead to Kiev after the first leg tonight, where they can then utilise their ability on the counter attack once again.
Victory would see them through to the quarter-finals, where as we know in football, anything is possible from then on in. The impressive performances in Europe won’t cover the discontent surrounding their poor league form, but what it has shown, is that they are match for any side on their given day.
How far they go, only time will tell, but it’s clear they posses the quality to win the competition, and hopefully inspire a turn around in league form to secure a comfortable mid-table finish. If Martinez can deliver his promise of Champions League football over the coming months, he will no doubt go down as a hero at the club, and a disappointing season in the Premiership will surely be forgiven.
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Give any Evertonian the option of Premier League survival alongside a Europa League final come May, and I’m pretty sure they would bite your hand off!
Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has urged his team-mates to concentrate on their next game and not think about any specific targets in terms of securing Premier League safety.
The Black Cats are only outside of the bottom three on goal difference, with 18th placed Wigan having a game in hand.
It has been a turbulent few weeks for the Stadium of Light outfit, who have seen Martin O’Neill replaced by the controversial Paolo Di Canio and are now set to face local rivals Newcastle in a must win game.
A home tie with Everton will follow the clash, but Mignolet has urged his team-mates to concentrate on each individual game rather than thinking about future fixtures:
“We can’t think about what’s going to happen in the Everton game or the game after that, or what’s going to happen at the end of the season,” he is quoted by Sky Sports.
“Now we have to focus and get ourselves ready for the game against Newcastle because there are three points to win, three points to lose.
“I know it’s a derby game and there is much more at stake than only the three points, but as football players, you can’t think of that because that’s not important at this moment.
“Points are far more important, and therefore we have to focus ourselves on that and nothing else.”
Di Canio’s appointment has been met with a great deal of criticism, with some suggesting that O’Neill should have been given more time to save the club.
But, Mignolet feels that Sunderland had to react in a bid to steer clear of relegation to the Championship:
“In my short career, I know what it is when a manager leaves and when a new manager comes in,
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“There’s always one factor that is always the same, and it’s when there are not enough points and when the results go against you, and unfortunately, that happened for Martin O’Neill.
“As a team when you don’t get the results, there’s always something to change and you always need something to happen to get a turn-around.”