The Near Post

Chelsea and English winger Raheem Sterling have officially parted ways,A tumultuous post-City career The four-time Premier League-winning winger left Manchester City in July of 2022 after Chelsea bought the now-31-year-old for €56.20M .  During his time with the West London club, Sterling made 81 appearances, scoring 19 goals, but he never properly found his footing in a club that had seen €630.25M worth of players be brought into the club. From the beginning of 2022 until the end of the 2023 Winter transfer window. A loan spell in an attempt to get back on the pitch Following a 2023/24 season that saw the winger notch a productive 18 goals and assists in 43 games , Sterling was reportedly told he was not involved in new manager Enzo Maresca's plans . Sterling then sealed a deadline loan move to Arsenal in Summer 2024. Sterling played in just 28 games for the Gunners last season, where he compiled just six goal contributions across the season, never truly recovering his prior ...

When Tammy Abraham joined Aston Villa back in late August 2018, the English striker made an impact Villians would cherish as his 26 goals and three assists throughout his 40 matches led the way in Villa’s promotion-winning season to get the club back to England’s top flight. Following Abraham’s breakout season, he was then thrust right back to the Premier League, where his career has seen numerous highs and lows across stints at Chelsea, Roma, Milan, and most recently, Beşiktaş. Abraham has since notched 90 goals in 269 appearances , including 13 goals in his 26 games with the Turkish giants. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tammy Abraham (@tammyabraham) A homecoming for Abraham Earlier today, it was announced that Beşiktaş had sold Abraham to Villa for a €21.00M fee , in a move that now adds depth to a core that was solely spearheaded by 30-year-old Ollie Watkins, who has compiled eight goals and one assist in his 23 matches for the third-place side. “...

  Since Manchester United took down Arsenal with a 3-1 result at Old Trafford in the 2022-23 season, United had secured just one point in its following six fixtures against the Gunners, with the North London side notching 16 of a possible 18 points. All that momentum came to a halt with what was a miraculous 3-2 win , which gave way to one of the most historic matches in recent Premier League history.   “The boys had to dig deep today,” quoted an exhausted Michael Carrick , who’s currently filling in as interim coach following the dismissal of Ruben Amorim earlier this month .  The first 20 minutes of the match went better than any Arsenal fan packed tightly into the sold-out Emirates Stadium could have asked for. Mikel Arteta’s side dictated play and kept themselves on the front foot and nearly scored from a Declan Rice free kick, which was neatly swung into the box before Summer signing Martin Zubimendi headed the lofted pass just above the head of United goaltender Se...

Sunday night marks Manchester United’s first Premier League win over Arsenal since United took down the North London side in Erik ten Hag’s debut 2022-23 season. Heading into Sunday’s wintery fixture those 3 -1 heights reached under the Dutch manager looked like Mount Everest when you consider that United had suffered five losses against the league leaders with one draw sandwiched between the paltry results.  However, a pressing Bryan Mbuemo, thumping Patrick Dorgu, and clinical Matheus Cunha, all proved to be the difference in United’s resilient 3-2 win over Arsenal , who snatched a 29th-minute own goal from Lisandro Martinez and a Mikel Merino tap-in, which proved to be one goal short Sunday evening .  Manchester United Ratings GK: Senne Lammens - 8  If you want to be harsh, Lammens could have done better to prevent Arsenal’s equalizing goal. Lammens vaulted himself into a crowd of players from both sides, and that jump eventually led to Merino’s tying goal. However, t...