Belgium international Thorgan Hazard is set to leave Borussia Monchengladbach during the summer transfer window when he is widely expected to join Borussia Dortmund.
Eden Hazard’s brother has enjoyed a steady rise to full prominence in the Bundesliga and will be sorely missed at Monchengladbach who have already started working on his direct replacement.
And according to the reports coming from Sky Sports Germany, the Bundesliga side have identified Leanrdo Trossard as a possible successor to Thorgan Hazard.
The 24-year-old Belgian winger has been with Genk since 2012. Various loan spells from 2013 to 2016 helped him gain valuable first-team experience and Trossard has this season emerged as one of the key players to Belgium heavyweights both in the domestic ch…
Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun has joined Ligue 1 side Stade Reims on loan for the 2022-23 season.
The 21-year-old made his first-team debut for the Gunners during the 2020-21 season, and also penned a long-term contract.
Balogun featured in the Premier League just twice last season, before spending the second half of the campaign on loan at Middlesbrough his first loan spell away from Arsenal.
While on Teesside, Balogun contributed three goals and three assists in 18 Championship appearances (nine starts) as Chris Wilder s team fell short of reaching the play-offs.
Reims finished 12th in Ligue 1 last season, 12 points above the relegation zone, and begin their new campaign on Sunday against Marseille.
Balogun becomes the French side s sixth si…
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Making their first appearance at the Etihad this weekend, Manchester City will host Premier League returners Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.
Manchester City
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In what is a heavyweight showdown on Tuesday night, Atletico Madrid will face off against an already qualified Bayer Munich at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Atletico Madrid
Starting with the hosts, while they might have left it late away at Valencia over the weekend, Diego Simeone s men put on what was a typical Atletico Madrid performance on the road. Landing a 1-0 victory and only continuing to capitalise on Barcelona and Real Madrid s continued issues since opening the 2020/2021 campaign, Los Colchoneros have enjoyed a real domestic purple patch entering December. Now seen as a real La Liga title contender and sat just a single point adrift of shock league leaders Real Sociedad, fans around the Spanish capital find their side enjoying an…