‘New Lewandowski’ SAVES Arsenal, Chelsea MUST drop Enzo, Man Utd target DESTROYS City – FootballTransfers Recap

Robin Bairner | Chief Editor

Accredited football journalist and editor covering the game since 2006

The Premier League title race is beginning to take shape, with Liverpool taking control of matters as they came from behind to beat Brighton at Anfield while Manchester City and Arsenal both suffered defeats.

Evanilson’s bittersweet goal for Arsenal

Arsenal would have watched Evanilson’s winning goal for Bournemouth against Man City with a sense of regret.

Dubbed the ‘new Lewandowski’ – a nickname he has embraced – the striker notched the decisive goal for the Cherries against the defending champions to keep Arsenal in touch with Pep Guardiola’s team.

Evanilson, though, could quite easily have been playing for the misfiring Gunners by now, though, as they were following him closely a matter of months ago.

Current ETV

Evanilson

F (C)

B'mouth

Evanilson

F (C)

B'mouth

€29.6M

ETV Range

€22.2M - €37M

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Kerkez ready for a big move

Milos Kerkez was another star performer for Bournemouth, with the left-back turning in a display that saw him deliver two assists against Man City.

Manchester United are known to be following the Hungary international star, so could he become Ruben Amorim’s first major signing during the January transfer window?

Current ETV

Milos Kerkez

D, M (L)

B'mouth

Milos Kerkez

D, M (L)

B'mouth

€15.5M

ETV Range

€11.6M - €19.4M

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Maresca’s easy Fernandez decision

Enzo Fernandez started the season by captaining Chelsea, but he has fallen to the bench in recent games as a result of his poor form.

The Blues play Manchester United on Sunday and there should be no way back into their starting XI for the World Cup winning midfielder, whose signing is starting to look like another expensive mistake.

Darwin’s decisive 10 seconds

Darwin Nunez nearly produced the goal of the season for Liverpool, yet his failure threatens to define what has been a disappointing campaign on a personal level so far.

He’s winning over Arne Slot slowly, but he needs to start scoring soon – and this would have been the ideal moment.

Current ETV

Darwin Núñez

F (C), AM (L)

Liverpool

Darwin Núñez

F (C), AM (L)

Liverpool

€50M

ETV Range

€37.5M - €62.5M

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Guardiola confirms Man City injury

Pep Guardiola received some broadly good news on the injury front on Saturday, but he did confirm another major absentee for his Manchester City side.

’GROSS Vini Jr should be DISQUALIFIED from Ballon d’Or’

Television presenter Rebecca Lowe went on a spectacular rant, during which she demolished Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior, accusing him of “off the scale arrogance” in a conversation with Gary Neville that left the Manchester United star nodding in agreement.