Welcome to The Radar, a Sky Sports column in which Nick Wright uses a blend of data and opinion to shed light on need-to-know stories from up and down the Premier League. This week: 🔴 Rice playing higher up for Arsenal🤕 Newcastle’s left side KO’d🔵 Brighton’s unsung defensive hero Rice’s attacking evolution Arsenal were five … Read more
The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers… THE SUN Manchester City are set to go head-to-head with rivals Real Madrid again this summer – in a battle for £85m-rated midfielder Florian Wirtz. Tottenham are eying an ambitious £80m transfer swoop for Dortmund and England U21 star Jamie Gittens. Image: Germany’s Florian Wirtz is … Read more
Manchester City’s dire need for a central midfielder had finally been addressed with the £50m signing of Nico Gonzalez from Porto. In the 23-year-old Spaniard, Pep Guardiola hopes to have found someone who can play instead of Rodri – and alongside him. Gonzalez’s height and physicality hint at the sort of robustness and athleticism that … Read more
The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday’s newspapers… THE SUN Arsenal and Manchester City could battle for Martin Zubimendi next month, according to reports. Image: Martin Zubimendi in action for Real Sociedad Liverpool continue to compile a dossier on Sheffield United’s teenage striker Ryan One. Wolves have Sunderland No 1 Anthony Patterson on their radar … Read more
Only Mohamed Salah has more goals and assists than Enzo Fernandez in the last six weeks in the Premier League. But he is more interested in the collective. His response when the numbers are put to him shows why he is seen as a leader by Enzo Maresca. “I’m not too big on statistics,” Fernandez … Read more