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·26 July 2026

Football365

·26 July 2026

Real Madrid ne saalon mein Premier League clubs ko 24 players beche hain, aur Arsenal ko ummeed hai ki Vinicius Junior is number ko 25 tak le ja sakte hain.

Arsenal Vinicius ke liye ‘exploring a move’ kar rahe hain, aur woh ummeed karenge ki yeh unki Bernabeu se aakhri kharidari jitna hi achha saabit ho. Yeh Real se kabhi bhi Premier League mein hue sabhi signings ki ranking hai.

The ‘complete fanny’ ko England mein settle hone mein wazeh aur samajhne layak mushkilein aayi, kyunki unki British record transfer ke baad unke liye mausam, khana aur “porcelain” women ke saath adjustment tough tha. Unke ghar par burglary ki koshish final straw thi. Aur Louis van Gaal ki team ke restrictive system mein khelna bhi madadgar nahi raha hoga. Manchester United ne recent Champions League final ke man of the match ko sign kiya aur badle mein chaar goals paaye, uske baad hi Di Maria ko ek saal ke andar loss par bech diya gaya.

2016 mein ek saal ke contract ne future Fulham manager Arbeloa ko West Ham ke saath England lautne ka unexpected mauka diya. Unka pehla Premier League spell Liverpool ke starting right-back ke roop mein guzra tha, jahan unhone Lionel Messi ko Nou Camp mein anonymous kar diya tha aur ek badnaseeb title challenge ka hissa rahe the. West Ham mein unhone chaar games khele, sirf Accrington ko haraya, aur Sam Byram ke back-up ke taur par kaam karte rahe, lekin December mein season-ending injury ke baad unhe deal khatam hone par retirement ki taraf bhej diya gaya.

Woh Carlo Ancelotti ke under khelne aaye the, jo Colombian ke do saal ke deal ke ek season baad opposite direction mein chale gaye. Rodriguez ne campaign ke club ke pehle paanch matches mein teen goals aur assists ke saath shuruaat ki. Baad mein unhe kuch choti-choti injuries hui aur mausam badalte hi form dheemi pad gayi. Unki weekly salary £200,000 thi aur unhe jo fee par sign kiya gaya tha, use pehle £20m, phir £12m aur aakhir mein confusing tareeke se free transfer bataya gaya. Isse yeh sochna padta hai ki Everton ko financial problems kyun hui.

2003 mein Steve McManaman ke liye kaafi zabardast summer tha. Golfer Sergio Garcia ne kaha ki unke dost “Arsenal se baat kar rahe the”, jabki Everton ne bhi midfielder ko Merseyside wapas laane ki koshish ki. The Times ke mutabik, Real Madrid ne ‘cheekily offered’ kiya tha ki agar Chelsea Claude Makelele ki demands kam karne par raazi ho jaaye, to woh McManaman ki £3m-a-year wages kam kar denge. Lekin Manchester City ne European champion ke liye sabse zyada zor lagaya, bhale hi fans ko jaldi hi us faisle par pachhtana pada.

McManaman jab join hue tab woh already 31 saal ke the, aur jaldi hi unki pehchaan dheere, injury-prone aur us flair ya sheen se door khiladi ke roop mein ban gayi jo unhe pehle Bernabeu tak le gayi thi. Ek off-pitch scandal ne bhi unki elder statesman wali role ko aur kamzor kar diya, aur March 2005 mein Kevin Keegan ke jaane ke saath hi McManaman ka waqt khatam ho gaya.

Chelsea ke liye 47 matches mein 16 Premier League goals Morata ko Moussa Sissoko, Neil Ruddock, Joseph-Desire Job aur Joe Allen ke level par laakar khada kar dete hain. Yeh kaafi interesting dinner party hai. Blues somehow apna lagbhag saara paisa wapas nikaal le gaye — woh aksar aisa kar hi lete hain — lekin phir bhi yeh unki Didier Drogba ke kareeb pahunchne ki doomed search ka ek aur chapter tha.

Ab tak Liverpool ke liye khelne wale sabse bade Nunez, Antonio, Michael Owen ki £8m Real Madrid purchase ka sweetener the. In dono mein se ek ne 2004/05 season European champion ke roop mein khatam kiya. Woh Reds ke ekmatra player bhi hain jinka club ke liye single goal ek cup final mein aaya.

Ek samay sab kuch bahut achha chal raha tha: Reguilon ne Tottenham fans ko dikhaya tha ki attacking full-back kaisa hota hai, aur Jose Mourinho ko iski keemat sirf £500 aur Spanish ham ki ek leg padi. Lekin Antonio Conte ke first nine games mein se aath mein starting karne ke baad, defender jaldi hi picture se bahar ho gaya.

Apne hometown club ke saath initial loan spell ke baad, Middlesbrough ne Woodgate ki north east wapsi ko April 2007 mein £7m mein permanent bana diya. Real Madrid ke saath woh badnaam taur par mushkil daur injury-prone centre-half par apna asar chhod chuka tha, lekin Riverside mein do seasons ne 52 games aur do mid-table finishes diye, uske baad Tottenham ne unhe sign kiya.

Us waqt yeh Liverpool ke liye ek transformative move jaisa laga tha — Steven Gerrard ne ise “good from a symbolic point of view that we’ve signed someone who’s so renowned as a world-class player” kaha tha — lekin Morientes ne 61 games mein sirf 12 goals kiye. Aur woh 2005 Champions League run ke liye cup-tied the.

Naye owners ke under pehli important signing more Denis than Luis Suarez thi, bhale hi Robinho ne 53 games mein 16 goals ke respectable total ke saath apna spell khatam kiya. Phir bhi Manchester City ne do predictably turbulent years ke baad usse apne initial outlay ke aadhe se bhi kam par bahar nikaal diya.

Real Madrid ke Champions League final mein Valencia ko harane ke bench se dekhne ke 42 din baad — aur France ke European Championship final mein Italy ko harane ka bench se dekhne ke ek haftे se bhi kam waqt baad — Karembeu Middlesbrough mein ek season ke mid-table fun ke liye pahunch gaye. 1998 ke world champion ne baad mein Premiership ki “amateurish” nature par nishana saadha, jahan game “played up in the air” tha. Our League ke liye aisi be-adabi Steve McClaren ne approve nahi ki, jinhone manager bante hi kuch mahino mein unhe Olympiacos bhej diya.

Apni teenage years ka ek mahina Margate mein school student exchange arrangement ke hissa ke roop mein bitaane ke baad, Salgado hamesha England lautna chahte the. Sam Allardyce ne unhe yeh mauka diya jab woh Blackburn mein, road ke sirf half an hour door, temporarily threatening to reignite his Bolton Galacticos ka asar dikha rahe the. Right-back waqai Ewood Park par kuch campaigns tak mid-30s mein regular starter rahe, aur Rovers ne 10th aur 15th place finish kiya. Lekin Steve Kean ke under unka first-team time dheere-dheere khatam hua, jinhone samjhaya ki club us naye contract ko afford nahi kar sakta jo Salgado certain number of games khelne par kamate. Venky’s, that.

Madrid mein ek chhota sa spell Owen ke liye kaafi tha, jinhone ek saal weather aur food ke saath adjust karne ki koshish ki, phir use chhodkar doosri direction mein Newcastle chale gaye. Miguel Almiron ke almost ek decade aur half baad aane tak woh club-record signing rahe, aur striker 79 games mein 30 goals ke record se khush ho sakte the. Lekin woh wages par bhi heavy burden the aur relegation ke baad acrimony mein chale gaye, interim manager Alan Shearer ke saath ek kadvi ladai shuru karte hue, jab un par club se pehle khud ko rakhne ke ilzaam lage. “I don’t need to justify myself to f**king Newcastle fans,” shayad is sab ka sabse sahi summary hai.

Once disaparagingly but not literally tied to Benjamin White, Varane ka 31 saal ki umr mein, Manchester United join karne ke lagbhag teen saal ke andar, game se poori tarah retirement le lena unki aakhri badi move ko define karta hai. Frenchman jab khelte the tab aam taur par theek the, lekin injuries ki wajah se unhone apne teen Premier League seasons mein kisi bhi season mein 24 se zyada matches kabhi nahi khele.

Real Madrid se pehli Premier League signing ka profile unusually low tha. Suker ne ek saal pehle World Cup Golden Boot jeeti thi, lekin Nicolas Anelka ke aane se woh forward pecking order mein fourth choice tak neeche chale gaye. Croatian baad mein ulta raasta pakad kar Arsenal aa gaye, jahan woh Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp aur Nwankwo Kanu ke baad their fourth-choice striker the.

Lekin Suker England mein khelna Euro ’96 ke atmosphere ka maza lene ke baad se hi chahte the, aur north London mein trophies to nahi mili, lekin unhone anti-super sub ki kaafi rare reputation banayi: unke 11 goals mein se 10 unki 14 starts mein aaye, jabki bench se 25 appearances mein sirf ek goal aaya.

Summer 2017 ke Great Full-Back Changeover ke dauran Manchester City ne Gael Clichy, Bacary Sagna, Pablo Zabaleta aur Aleksandar Kolarov ko nikaal diya, jabki Kyle Walker, Benjamin Mendy aur Danilo ko laya gaya. Teen recruits mein sabse kam mehnga hone ke nate Danilo ne bit-part role nibhaya, lekin kuch hi saalon mein do Premier League titles, do League Cups aur ek FA Cup jeeta. Baad mein unhe Juventus ke saath us deal mein technical profit par becha gaya jahan Joao Cancelo effectively unki jagah aaya.

Unhe panic mein sign kiya gaya tha, Brentford se Manchester United ke 4-0 se haarne ka direct response. Casemiro ne us match ke baad apne agent ko club ko kehne ke liye kaha, “I’ll fix it”, aur kuch waqt ke liye unhone waqai aisa kiya. Unhone team ko ek League Cup dilayi. Phir football unse door ho gaya. Phir thoda wapas aaya. Phir woh bina kuch ke chale gaye aur apni ridiculous aerial ability with him bhi le gaye.

“In my team I love to have Geremi on the bench because he’s a low-profile player who is ready to help, ready to fight for the team, ready to do the job I want him to do. If I need him to play right-back, he can play right-back. If I need him to play right-winger, he can play right-winger. If I need him to pick up a man and mark him out of the game, he does it.” Cameroon ke is khiladi ne Chelsea ke saath do Premier League titles jeete aur, isse bhi zyada important, Jose Mourinho ka dil jeeta.

Bernabeu mein paanch saal Campo ke liye kaafi the, jinhone 1998 mein Champions League jeetne ke baad Real Madrid join kiya, 2000 ke final mein Valencia par unki jeet ka poora match khela aur 2002 ke showpiece against Bayer Leverkusen ke liye squad mein bhi nahi the. Woh setback us season ke end par aaya jab Campo ne sirf paanch baar khela, jiske baad unhe Bolton ko loan par bheja gaya aur sabse jaldi mumkin mauke par free transfer mein badal diya gaya. Spaniard ko midfield ke base par rakhkar Bolton Europe tak pahunch gaye aur unki image long-ball merchants ki nahi, balki zyada technical battles mein tikne wali team ki bani.

Jitna bhi yeh ant mein disastrous raha, with Ozil summarily ostracised, wage bill se nikaale gaye, club ki Premier aur Europa League squads se omitt kiye gaye aur unka aakhri Arsenal appearance unke eventual exit se 10 mahine pehle ho chuka tha, shuruaat aur beech ka daur khoobsurat tha. 2013 mein club-record signing par fans ki celebrations, nine-year trophy drought ko rokne wale teen FA Cups, Premier League assist records, Ludogorets par woh remarkable goal aur process-shaped altar par unki sacrifice — in sab ne lagbhag ek decade ki service di, jise bhoolna nahi chahiye.

Initial loan ka anjaam Baku mein Arsenal ke khilaaf Europa League final glory ke roop mein nikla. Pehla full season khatam hua jab Kovacic ko Chelsea Player of the Year chuna gaya. Agla campaign unke chauthe Champions League winner’s medal ke saath khatam hua. Doosre players headlines zyada lete hain, lekin Croatian ek shaant midfield force the, Manchester City ko move karne se pehle.

Yeh samajhna aasan hai ki Daniel Levy transfer business ko itna late kyon chhodne ki aadat daal baithe, bhale hi yeh kitna hi frustrating kyun na ho. Unhone 2010 mein Van der Vaart ke liye last-gasp move engineer kiya, jab Tottenham ne Bayern Munich ki bid apparently fail hone ke baad aur Real Madrid ne Dutchman ki valuation kam karne ke baad swoop kiya. Yeh squad ke liye ek headline addition tha, unke pehle Champions League campaign se pehle, jahan Van der Vaart ne quarter-final tak ke raaste mein do goals kiye. North London mein unke do full seasons chhote the lekin glorious the, jisme 77 games mein 28 goals aur 18 assists shamil the.

Ek Premier League-winning captain, jo shayad Arsenal mein Mat Ryan ke saath same transfer window mein aate waqt aise outcome ki kalpana nahi kar raha tha, Odegaard ne January 2021 loan permanent karne ke baad Arteta ke under top tak pahunchne ki mushkil journey ka zyada hissa tay kiya. His leadership qualities were noted even then aur Odegaard jaldi hi emerging powerhouse ke creative fulcrum ban gaye. Arteta ke under appearances mein woh fourth, goals mein third aur assists mein second number par hain.

Zinedine Zidane ke “entire engine” ko Claudio Ranieri ka “battery” aur phir Mourinho ka “untouchable” kaha gaya. Chelsea ne pichhle do dashkon mein hundreds of millions kharch kiye hain, lekin shayad sabse influential, important aur metamorphic investment ek 30-year-old holding midfielder par hua tha.