Monthly Archives: July 2017

The Spanish forward Lucas Perez has declared that he is unhappy at his current team Arsenal. The reason is that he didn’t receive a lot of playing time. The 28-year-old Spaniard has only started 2 Premier League matches last campaign. He managed to score one goal in the league. Perez added 3 goals in the local cups and a hat-trick in The Champions League.

A few months ago he had the chance to sign for a team from China, but the club didn’t let him go. The chiefs persuaded him that he will play more during the next campaign. However, now with the arrival of Alexandre Lacazette, he has even given his shirt number (9) and the Spaniard will now play with 28 number on his shirt. That made the Spaniard declare his determination to leave the Emirates as soon as possible.

Even though, Arsenal paid Deportivo La Coruna £17.1 m. to have the forward in the squad, Arsene Wenger didn’t use him a lot in the matches of the team during the last season. However, Lucas Perez proved that he is useful and managed to score a hat-trick in his only start in a Champions League game – against Basel. Perez also took part in 4 games of the FA Cup for Arsenal and scored a goal against Sutton United in the 2-0 victory.

In my opinion, Perez is a very good player, but he must receive his chance to prove his qualities. On the other hand, I don’t think that this will happen as Wenger has already signed Lacazette. Moreover, there are players like Olivier Giroud, Danny Welbeck, Theo Walcott, Joel Campbell in the team, which is going to limit his playing time at the Emirates Stadium. At both ends, it won’t be difficult for a player like Perez to find a new team, but it is sad that he will leave the club that way.

Alvaro Morata has recently become one of the best forwards in the European football. The 24-year-old striker is too good to sit on the bench, which is going to happen if he stays at Real Madrid.

The Spanish international forward started his professional career exactly at Real Madrid. He was a part of the Los Blancos’s second team in the period between 2010 and 2013. Meanwhile he managed to record 37 appearances and 10 goals for Real Madrid’s first team. However, it’s always difficult to find a place among the regular XI of Real Madrid, no matter how good you are. That’s why, on 19th July 2014, Juventus bought him for about 20 million euros. Morata had a very successful spell at the Italian giant. The Spanish forward scored 27 goals in 93 matches for Juve in all competitions (2 seasons). He was a key player in Juventus’ road to the Champions League final in 2015.

To continue with, Alvaro Morata returned to Real Madrid one year ago and showed he’s worth the 30 million euros Los Blancos paid to have him back in the team. The striker scored 20 goals in 43 games in all competitions for Los Blancos last campaign. He was really effective, because he was in the starting XI on only 18 occasions!

With the beginning of the summer transfer window, Morata was firstly linked with Manchester United. Jose Mourinho wanted the Spaniard to replace Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who left the team this summer. However, The Red Devils gave up of Morata, because of the high transfer fee. Then, there were rumours that Chelsea are going to sign the 24-year-old forward.

The latest rumours send Alvaro Morata to AC Milan. The Italian club is making a good selection. They have already bought Andre Silva, Lucas Biglia, Ricardo Rodriguez and many other good players. The Red and Blacks are ready to pay 70 m. euros, which sounds like a good offer.

The England’s top ever international goal-scorer Wayne Rooney has returned to his favourite club – Everton. The forward left for Manchester United in 2004 and became the captain of The Red Devils in 2014. However, after 13 seasons at Old Trafford the England’s star returned to the club, in which he started his magnificent football career.

Rooney made his debut for The Toffees in 2002 against Tottenham Hotspur and made an assist in his first game for Everton. He scored his first professional goal in the League Cup against Wrexham. However, his star raised after his late winning goal against Arsenal in the Premier League on 19th October 2002, just 5 days before he turned 17. During his first two professional seasons, when he was at Everton, he managed to score 17 goals in 77 appearances.

The 31-year-old player recently became the top England’s goal-scorer. He has bagged 53 goals in 119 appearances for The Three Lions. Wayne Rooney also became the Manchester United’s best goal-scorer of all time. When he started his career he was used a a centre forward, but he has proven he can play as a midfielder. However, Ronald Koeman has said that he is going to use Rooney as a striker. Everton paid Manchester United about £10 m. for Wayne Rooney.

At both ends, with the departure of Romelu Lukaku there will be some problems in attack, but Wayne Rooney will boost the team’s strength as he is a real leader and he is still a very good player, who knows how to win matches!

Wayne desperately wanted to come back to the club. I have no doubts about his qualities, even though he is now 31 years old. He knows how to win titles. He has the ambition and the winning mentality, which we need. So, I am really happy that he is back. He loves Everton and will be very useful. Ronald Koeman

The Toffees have already spent about £96 m. this summer. The Dutch legend and a manager of the team – Ronald Koeman signed the best young English goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, the captain and key player of Ajax – Davy Klaassen, the former player of Barcelona Sandro Ramirez, the young Nigerian forward Henry Onyekuru and the English international defender Michael Keane.

To continue with, Koeman used the last few matches of the last season to give a chance to some of his young talents. Ademola Lookman, Tom Davies, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Mason Holgate became an integral part of Everton’s first team. Lookman and Calvert-Lewin were key players in England’s triumph at the World Cup U20, the second one even scored the winning goal in the final match. Holgate reached the semi-finals of the Euro U21 with the English national team.

Moreover, the club will surely not sell its stars. Romelu Lukaku became the second-best goal-scorer of The Premier League with 25 goals last season. The 24-year-old forward has already scored over 50 league goals, so he will remain the main weapon in attack for The Toffees. Ross Barkley, James McCarthy, Morgan Schneiderlin and the experienced player Gareth Barry will pull the strings in midfield. Furthermore, the club has a lot of good defenders. Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines, Seamus Coleman and Ashley Williams have proven they are quality players in defence. In addition, Jordan Pickford will fight for the starting position of a goalkeeper with the experienced Dutch keeper Maarten Stekelenburg and the Spaniard Joel Robles.

The Ronald Koeman’s players finished in 7th position last campaign with 61 points, 8 behind the 6th-placed Manchester United. So, The Toffees qualified for The Europa League. However, the aims in front of the team will be connected with a good performance in European club competitions, but maybe the goal will be a place in The Top 4.

The main reason for the Toffees’ good performance during the last campaign was the home form (13 victories and 4 draws of 19 home matches). I think that they will be even more impressive in the next campaign. If you love the risk you can place a bet on the team to finish in Top 4 (odds of about 11.0). However, I would prefer the less risky bet (Everton in Top 6 – odds of 3.75).