Christian Eriksen became the latest Premier League star to swap the grey skies of Blighty for la dolce vita when he secured a move from Tottenham to Inter Milan this week.The Dane followed what has become a well-worn path since last summer, when there was something of an exodus of players heading from England to Italy.This month alone, Eriksen has joined Ashley Young, Asmir Begovic and Victor Moses in starting a Serie A adventure.But what about those who made the move last summer – have they flopped or flourished so far?Aaron RamseyClub: JuventusMoved from: ArsenalDeal: Free transferMuch like Juventus as a whole under Maurizio Sarri, Ramsey’s progress in Turin has been slow and steady rather than spectacular.The Wales midfielder was...
Manchester United’s lack of a director of football has been a theme in these columns and it was most recently discussed here, a few weeks ago.In the meantime, the club have been engaged in an exhausting pursuit of Bruno Fernandes, the Portuguese midfielder who became a United player with just hours of the January window left to spare. The negotiations followed a familiar pattern: initial interest, a lengthy impasse, and then a quick resolution following rumours of interest from other clubs.What Fernandes is actually worth is very difficult to say, because he’s never played in a league competition which provides proper context. According to Sky Sports in the UK, United have agreed to a deal which, depending on performance, could...
Remember this one for a pub quiz question in years to come - who was Mikel Arteta’s first signing at Arsenal?The answer, we know now, is Pablo Mari. The 26-year-old Spanish defender arrives as loan cover for the Gunners, following injuries to the likes of Calum Chambers and Shkodran Mustafi, who was stretchered off at the Vitality Stadium on Monday night during Arsenal’s 2-1 FA Cup victory over Bournemouth.Will Mari become a name that your entire quiz team remembers or a Pointless answer though?City dwellerIt could be a coincidence, but it’s likely that Mikel Arteta knows Pablo Mari from his time at Manchester City - despite the defender having never actually made an appearance for the Citizens.Mari originally caught City’s...
Two thousand minutes is a long time. It's 1.3 days, to be exact.You can poach over 600 eggs in that time (assuming you poach one egg at a time). You can listen to 'Three Lions' by Baddiel and Skinner563 times in a row.In fact, you can watch Mike Bassett: England Managera whole 22 consecutive times, and we'll tell you for free, the news report of the Norwich City bus taking a wrong turning up the dual carriageway will still be funny.The Premier League players we're asking you to name, however, have spent 2,000 minutes or more playing top-flight football this season. That's a long time. But at least they had toilet breaks in between, unlike our Mike Bassett marathon.Unlike these...
It's the end of an era for Tottenham.Christian Eriksen's departure from Spurs marks another key cog of Mauricio Pochettino's machine moving on. The Dane, who has become one of the finest playmakers in the world in England, moves on to bewitch Serie A with his ferocious free-kicks and killer through balls.It was only a matter of time until the people who direct incomprehensible perfume adverts started making new signing announcement videos. https://t.co/MsKU1wJgqc— FourFourTwo (@FourFourTwo) January 29, 2020In 226 league appearances for Tottenham, Eriksen managed to bother the net 51 times, against 20 different sides. Can you remember who he scored against?Below we've listed out every Premier League team he ever scored against in the white of Tottenham (or blue, turquoise,...