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BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
What's next? 'I'd move heaven and earth to buy Alvarez'
It is going to be the most exciting transfer window in living memory, first under FSG have typically not spent very much. When we did, on Alisson and Virgil van Dijk, it was bankrolled by the £142m sale of Philippe Coutinho to summer, Arne Slot's first in charge, we only brought in Federico Chiesa, who despite having one of best chants of the season, barely had a all the noise suggests a stratospheric and - hopefully - dynasty-defining Frimpong has already signed to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold, who somehow earned Liverpool almost £10m from Real Madrid despite being out of contract in a matter of big one is Florian Wirtz. The German is nearly over the line for what will be a British record fee. Adding one of the world's best playmakers to an attack which includes Mo Salah and Luis Diaz is an enormous statement of Kerkez is close to signing at left-back, too. The Hungarian was the Premier League's best left-back last term and will be an upgrade on Andy Robertson. It is exceptional still need a new centre-forward, given the probable departure of Darwin Nunez and maybe even Diogo Jota, but there is no firm news yet on who that will it were me, I would move heaven and earth to buy Julian Alvarez. The Argentine works his socks off, is a brilliant finisher from inside and outside the box and is selfless in his is the perfect foil given Salah will play from the right and do little defensive work, with Wirtz in pockets of space in central Madrid are apparently keen on Nunez, so perhaps something can be done swapping the South American strikers, although this is very in an ideal world, I would hope Liverpool have a look at Crystal Palace's Adam Wharton, too. The Englishman would suit a fluid, ball-playing midfield more from Jordan Chamberlain at Empire of the Kop, external
New York Times
3 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
The Athletic FC: Mbeumo to Man Utd? Pivotal week for Wirtz, Messi trading cards to be remade
The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic's daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox. Hello! A critical week for Florian Wirtz. Manchester City home in on Rayan Cherki. A USMNT star set for the big time. And a big Manchester United boost. Strap in for our transfer special. On the way: 🤝 The return of DealSheet 🪪 Messi trading cards twist 🔴 Mbeumo keen on Man Utd 🤔 Who wants £100m Grealish? Fairly or unfairly, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), the Liverpool owner, has a reputation for being tighter than the Undertaker's chokehold. Were that categorically true, Liverpool would be nowhere near the hunt for Florian Wirtz. As it is, they're the only club in the hunt for the 22-year-old. The Athletic's first DealSheet of the European summer is live today and Wirtz has top billing in it — at the start of what David Ornstein sees as a 'pivotal week' in bartering over the midfielder's price. Advertisement Liverpool have bid twice for Wirtz, taking their offer to £110m ($149m). Bayer Leverkusen holding out so far is a warning that they'll have to go higher. Should Wirtz to Anfield happen, it'll be a club record at both ends. So how, or why, is FSG putting up the cash when Manchester City baulked and backed out of the auction? Truthfully, nothing has changed. FSG's model is based on reinvesting the revenue Liverpool generate, and Champions League money combined with enhanced kit sponsorship from Adidas has done no harm. But more than that, FSG is benefiting from the last summer window, when Liverpool's net spend was a barely-worth-typing £100,000. The continuity gamble paid off as new head coach Arne Slot brought home the Premier League title. It's paying off again by allowing them to consolidate that success emphatically. Jot this down as a rare occasion when standing still was moving forward. Our DealSheet is packed with great transfer nuggets. Let's get to some more of them: One other story to touch on is Atletico Madrid's interest in Johnny Cardoso, the USMNT midfielder who currently plays for Real Betis in Spain. An opportunity so big would catapult the 23-year-old to a different level, 12 months out from the World Cup. Everybody wins in that scenario. Tottenham Hotspur have the right to first refusal on Cardoso — a legacy of their sale of Giovani Lo Celso to Betis in 2024 — and it kicks in this summer, but Atletico are the more coherent, established machine. However the cards fall, Cardoso has earned his stripes and a step up in level to boot. It would be doing Jack Grealish down to call him a £100m flop. His trophy haul at Manchester City is one shy of double figures. When it clicked for him there — really clicked for him — City nailed a Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League treble. But £100m failed to buy 100 league appearances and four years after moving north from Aston Villa, Grealish is cooked — or cooked at City anyway. Pep Guardiola, who curtailed the free spirit in Grealish, doesn't mess about. When you're in vogue, you're in vogue. When you're not, you're gone. See Kyle Walker for recent proof. Advertisement Now 29, Grealish has to break free. But what's out there for a player who is being paid £300,000 a week? Our analysts think Villa's style under Unai Emery would suit him, but finances and existing personnel probably rule that out. Further afield, Serie A champions Napoli could accommodate him tactically (and in theory they have money after selling Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to PSG in January), but they've also been talking about throwing a big wage at City's Kevin De Bruyne. Grealish is a sign of the times: an example of how quickly favour can recede and of how briefly a £100m investment can thrive. In uncoupling themselves, he and City might have to be creative. The 2025-26 season heralds the start of a new domestic broadcast deal for the Premier League. Naturellement, the price has gone up — to £6.7bn over four years. As time goes by, the competition gets richer. And what usually happens when an area of business booms? Other people try to muscle in on it. We've seen it in golf, with Saudi Arabia's LIV tour moving tanks onto the sport's lawn. We saw it with American football and the ill-fated XFL, an alternative to the NFL dreamt up by wrestling kingpin Vince McMahon. And in soccer, we had the hoo-ha over the bid to form a European Super League, rivalling UEFA's Champions League. So, Dan Sheldon asks this morning, why has nobody attempted a Premier League land grab — and is an incursion coming down the tracks? The answer to question two is no, at this stage. And the reason, in response to question one, is that England's top division couldn't be much more financially rampant. As one of the people who spoke to Dan says: 'The economics have gotten so out of whack.' The hand that feeds them is too generous for clubs to bite. (Selected games, times ET/UK) Women's Nations League, Group A1: Austria vs Germany, 2.30pm/7.30pm — DFB Play; Group A3: Spain vs England, 1pm/6pm — ITV1 (UK only). No pain, no gain was otherwise known as Mathew Leckie powering through Australia's A-League grand final on Saturday to pocket a winner's medal and the man-of-the-match trophy. Leckie, a 34-year-old midfielder with Melbourne City, got his nose rearranged by a stray boot against Melbourne Victory but bit down and bled through an unconventionally fitted bandage to shore up a 1-0 win. Sensibly, he's bailed out of forthcoming international duty with Australia's Socceroos, saying he needs 'a really good break'. I bet.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Heico price target raised to $315 from $285 at RBC Capital
RBC Capital analyst Ken Herbert raised the firm's price target on Heico (HEI) to $315 from $285 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The company reported a 'strong' Q2 with 11% organic growth rate while its Flight Support Group – FSG – segment showed particularly strong results in the quarter with organic growth of 14%, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The commentary on the FSG outlook was also notably bullish, and the risks associated with slower airline growth are not materializing, RBC added. Easily unpack a company's performance with TipRanks' new KPI Data for smart investment decisions Receive undervalued, market resilient stocks right to your inbox with TipRanks' Smart Value Newsletter Published first on TheFly – the ultimate source for real-time, market-moving breaking financial news. Try Now>> See Insiders' Hot Stocks on TipRanks >> Read More on HEI: Disclaimer & DisclosureReport an Issue Heico reported Q2 EPS $1.12, consensus $1.03 on Tuesday Heico 'confident' in achieving net sales growth for FSG, ETG segments Heico price target raised to $306 from $264 at UBS HEICO Corporation Reports Strong Q2 Earnings Growth HEI Earnings: Heico Announces Record Results and Reaffirms Guidance Sign in to access your portfolio
BBC News
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'This is what we missed five years ago'
Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock, speaking to BBC 5 Live at Anfield:"Phenomenal. This is what we missed five years ago."It was soulless last time. This is what you wanted and this is what we expected today."What an incredible atmosphere it is today."I'm a little bit lost for words. This is brilliant to see the players enjoying it so much."Since FSG have come in, the thought behind what goes on is meticulous and I think that is credit to the way the club is being run since they came in. This will be so well planned over the last two/three months and I think the parade will be extra special again tomorrow."This is brilliant."BBC Radio 5 Live chief football correspondent John Murray at Anfield:"Virgil van Dijk hoists the Premier League trophy and Liverpool the champions for 2025. And this time we don't have to imagine all the people as in 2020. Today, we can share it as one."Red ticker tape all over Anfield. Red smoke everywhere, what a brilliant scene."There's a banner in the corner of the Kop which says, 'he brought us number 20 and his name is Arne Slot', and that's what they've got."This Premier League title means they're champions for a record-equalling 20 times."Red and white scarves raised on the Kop, in the Sir Kenny Dalglish stand, in the Main Stand, at the Anfield Road end."And the Liverpool players, all of the first team squad, coaches, the lot of them, in one long wobbly line on the edge of the area in front of the Kop with the Premier League trophy on the penalty spot."Great scenes."
Daily Mirror
23-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mirror
Slot makes telling Klopp admission as Liverpool prepare new long-term deal
Owners Fenway Sports Group are expected to offer the Premier League-winning manager a bumper new contract just one year into his current three-year agreement Liverpool are expected to offer Arne Slot a bumper new deal … and the title-winning boss has admitted he could see himself matching Jurgen Klopp 's nine-year spell at Anfield. Klopp joined the club in October, 2015, signing a three-year contract but, at the end of his first season in charge, agreed a fresh six-year deal. And owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) will almost certainly try and persuade Slot - who also signed up for an initial three years when he arrived last summer - to do the same after the Dutchman won the Premier League at his first attempt. On the eve of Liverpool 's final fixture of the campaign - when they will be presented with the trophy after the game against Crystal Palace - Slot refused to be drawn on whether he had been approached to discuss a new contract. But when asked if he could envisage a Klopp-style length of reign at Liverpool, he said: 'I could see it, yes. This club has a history of having managers for a long time and we also saw that with Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson. 'I think, in general, in football and in life, there is not so much patience. Maybe England is an exception. So I could see myself working here for a long time because it's a great club to work for and I'm really happy over here.' Slot has been watching a documentary about FSG's Major League Baseball team. And he clearly believes the owners like continuity, citing the faith they have shown in the manager of the Boston Red Sox. 'Alex Cora is the name,' said Slot. 'I think he finished last in the first two seasons and he is still there. 'It is a combination of the history of the club and how the ownership works. If there is ever a club where you can work for multiple years, it will probably be Liverpool.' Cora actually won the World Series in his first-ever season in charge of the Red Sox (2018) but in five years since (he was not in charge for the 2020 season) his team have only reached the postseason play-offs once. Yet Cora has a contract until 2027. But Slot knows the key factor in him establishing a dynasty at Anfield will be continued success, saying: 'It is kind of arrogant to say it if you have only been here a year that you will be here for nine years. "I don't think it will be enough if after five years I say: 'Do remember that in my first year I won the league title.' Maybe it is different in the modern era and compared to other clubs but the reason Pep (Guardiola) is there (at Manchester City) for nine years and Jurgen was here for nine years is that they both won a lot as well. Maybe that is not THE reason, but it is a reason.' Slot, though, reckons he might have to make any long-term plans without key assistant coach Johnny Heitinga, who has been linked to a return to Ajax, who sacked Francesco Farioli after a late-season collapse saw the Dutch giants miss out on the Eredivisie title. Slot smiled: 'If Ajax would be smart, they would consider him. He is ready to take on a job like that. If John is smart, he would stay one more season.'
