Latest news with #NoniMadueke
The Guardian
3 hours ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Which two Premier League clubs have shared the most players?
Noni Madueke has made the short journey across London to join Arsenal from Chelsea. Some Arsenal fans have expressed annoyance at their club giving yet more money – £52m – to their rivals for a player deemed surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge. The road from Chelsea to Arsenal is a well worn path. Kepa Arrizabalaga swapped south-west London for north London earlier this summer for £5m, following in the footsteps of Kai Havertz and Jorginho, who made the same move in 2023 for a combined £77m. A total of 15 players have represented both Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League, with Havertz and Jorginho joining Ashley Cole, Cesc Fàbregas, Petr Cech, Olivier Giroud, David Luiz, Emmanuel Petit, Lassana Diarra, Nicolas Anelka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Raheem Sterling, William Gallas, Willian and Yossi Benayoun. That is still some way off the benchmark for the number of players to have represented two specific clubs in the Premier League – it's a record shared by two other London sides. Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham have shared 24 players over the 33 years of the Premier League. Only one of those 24 players made more than 100 Premier League appearances for both Spurs and Fulham: Simon Davies, who joined Spurs from Peterborough United in April 2000. After playing 121 league games for Spurs, the former Wales winger moved to Everton before finishing his career at Fulham, where he made 137 appearances across six seasons. Davies joins Clint Dempsey, Steed Malbranque, Danny Murphy, Paul Konchesky, Bobby Zamora, Sean Davis, Louis Saha, Mousa Dembélé, Dimitar Berbatov, Ryan Sessegnon, Stephen Kelly, Carlos Vinícius, Michael Brown, Scott Parker, Darren Bent, Wayne Routledge, Manor Solomon, Kasey Keller, Paul Stalteri, Lewis Holtby, Josh Onomah, Adel Taarabt and Eidur Gudjohnsen in having played for both clubs. Aston Villa and Everton are second on the list, with 22 players having represented both clubs in the Premier League, including the division's leading appearance maker, Gareth Barry, who played 365 games for Villa and 131 for Everton. When it comes to goals, a record 15 players have scored for Liverpool and Aston Villa in the league: Philippe Coutinho, Emile Heskey, Patrik Berger, Stan Collymore, Peter Crouch, Milan Baros, James Milner, Christian Benteke, Oyvind Leonhardsen, Robbie Keane, Joe Cole, Stewart Downing, Danny Ings, Dean Saunders and Stephen Warnock. Just one of those 15 players reached double figures for both clubs: the evergreen James Milner, who scored 12 for Villa and 19 for Liverpool. Milner has also netted league goals for Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester City – but not his current club Brighton. Crouch (22 goals for Liverpool and six for Villa) and Keane (five for Liverpool and three for Villa) are part of an elite group of 10 players who have scored for six or more clubs in the Premier League, with Craig Bellamy the only player in the league's history to have scored for seven: Coventry, Newcastle, Blackburn, Liverpool, West Ham, Manchester City and Cardiff City. This is an article by Opta Analyst
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Why Chelsea refuse to sell their 5th choice defender after club decision
Chelsea's ruthless transfer strategy has gone to another gear this summer, with the Blues now past the stage of selling off the players from the previous regime and into the stage of selling players bought within the last two years if the chance for profit is there. Noni Madueke and Djordje Petrovic are gone, Renato Veiga and Joao Felix are likely to be next as the summer of sales rolls on. High player turnover every summer the new reality for Chelsea Tosin and Cole Palmer celebrate Club World Cup win. (Photo by) It's an upsetting of the usual order of things in football – you wouldn't have seen a first team regular like Madueke sold to a league rival in the days of Jose Mourinho. But that's how it is now. Anyone is for sale at the right price. But that doesn't mean there won't be decisions taken for the sake of the group as a whole. Chelsea consider defender 'untouchable' for off the field reasons Curiously, given we're happy to sell first choice players, there's a fifth choice player who is apparently considered 'untouchable.' An exclusive from the Sun over the weekend claimed that Tosin Adarabioyo was not for sale, despite interest from Crystal Palace and West Ham. Wesley Fofana and Levi Colwill form Enzo Maresca's favoured partnership and Trevoh Chalobah seems to be established as third choice now. With the impending arrival of Jorrel Hato, Tosin could soon find himself 5th choice centre-back – but he won't be going anywhere. That's because of his dressing room benefits – as one of the senior player who is seen to knit things together behind the scenes despite the endless personnel turnover, plus his close relationship with the team's star player Cole Palmer. That's the best kind of job security of all.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
How does Madueke's new homegrown status affect Arsenal?
Arsenal's homegrown situation has changed with the news that Noni Madueke is now considered a homegrown player by the Premier League. Photo via Arsenal summer signing Noni Madueke was listed as a non-homegrown player in Chelsea's Premier League squad last season, which was believed to be because his time with Tottenham Hotspur's academy was when he was still just a schoolboy – leaving at 16 years old. Yet the Premier League rules don't specifically give a lower age limit to obtain homegrown status, and The Athletic confirm that the player has now been reclassified as homegrown. The change was actually made earlier this year, before the end of the 2024/25 campaign, with Chelsea or Madueke's camp presumably pushing for it. Arsenal will just reap the benefits. But whilst it's nice that Madueke is homegrown from a Premier League perspective, UEFA rules require that you spend three seasons with an English or Welsh club specifically between the ages of 15 and 21. So Madueke still won't count as homegrown in European competition. Arsenal's Premier League squad Photo byArrizabalaga, Kepa Calafiori, Riccardo Havertz, Kai Hein, Karl* Jesus, Gabriel Kiwior, Jakub Madueke, Noni* Magalhães, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel* Merino, Mikel Nelson, Reiss* Norgaard, Christian Odegaard, Martin Raya, David* Rice, Declan* Saka, Bukayo* Saliba, William* Sambi Lokonga, Albert Timber, Jurrien Trossard, Leandro Vieira, Fabio White, Benjamin* Zinchenko, Oleksandr Zubimendi, Martin *Homegrown As a reminder, the Premier League has a 25-man squad limit, with a maximum of 17 non-homegrown players allowed. Though the likes of Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri remain too young to need including on the senior squad list. In the Premier League, Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri can be named on the unlimited u21 list. In UEFA competitions, they can be included on 'List B', which is the u21 list equivalent. The same is true for Cristhian Mosquera, who is young enough to be left off the Premier League senior list this season. But again, UEFA's rules are different, and Mosquera can't be included on their u21 list as he's been at the club for less than two years. He'll have to be named as a senior player. As you can see above, Arsenal have 24 senior players from the Premier League's point of view, just 15 of whom are non-homegrown. So there's space for the imminent addition of Viktor Gyokeres without causing any issue. Arsenal's Champions League squad Arsenal sign Cristhian Mosquera (via Arrizabalaga, Kepa Calafiori, Riccardo Havertz, Kai Hein, Karl* Jesus, Gabriel Kiwior, Jakub Madueke, Noni Magalhães, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel* Merino, Mikel Mosquera, Cristhian Nelson, Reiss* Norgaard, Christian Odegaard, Martin Raya, David* Rice, Declan* Saka, Bukayo* Saliba, William* Sambi Lokonga, Albert Timber, Jurrien Trossard, Leandro Vieira, Fabio White, Benjamin* Zinchenko, Oleksandr Zubimendi, Martin *Homegrown The situation is trickier here. As mentioned above, Mosquera has to be included as a senior player, and Madueke is not homegrown from UEFA's perspective. So adding Gyokeres will put Arsenal at 26 players for a 25-man squad, and 18 non-homegrown players with a limit of 17. A non-homegrown player has to go. If the Gunners want to sign homegrown Eberechi Eze as well, they'd then have to sell or loan a second player, though it wouldn't matter if that player was homegrown or not. There are clearly some candidates for a sale or loan, notably the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Reiss Nelson, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Fabio Vieira, and Oleksandr Zinchenko. But there hasn't been significant progress on any of those fronts just yet.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Why are fans at odds with Madueke deal?
There has been a strong reaction online from Arsenal supporters about the expected signing of Noni Madueke from Chelsea. There's been a trending hashtag and even an online petition started that has had over 4000 signatures. Why are some Gunners fans so against his signing? Let me know here
BBC News
5 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'I'm very happy with what he is doing'
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he "always wants better" from his players but is "very happy" with forward Gabriel has been linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League this summer after an injury-hit campaign in which he started 25 Premier League games and managed eight Gunners have strengthened in wide areas with the addition of Noni Madueke from Chelsea."With all our front players, I think they are very dependent on the environment we create around them," Arteta said before Sunday's pre-season friendly against Newcastle in Singapore."We always want better and more from every single player. I think Gabi has performed very well and very consistently in the past three or four seasons. "Last year, he had the bad injury that he picked up and he missed a lot of games - but I'm very happy with what he is doing with us."The Gunners are close to confirming the signing of Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres and Arteta says he will be flexible in choosing his starting forwards next season."It is about impact and performance," he added. "How they are feeling, how their emotional state is, how their confidence is."Then as well, the connections you can generate in the team - who links better with who in what we want to achieve in that game and against the opponent that behaves in a particular way."That decision relates to that. Once someone is in the right moment and pushing the door full of confidence, for sure the manager is not going to stop them playing."
