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‘We all like him’: Roy Keane hails ‘really good’ Euro 2024 midfielder West Ham are huge admirers of

West Ham United now begin a new chapter after the departure of David Moyes.

In recent years, West Ham fans have been used to the team competing in Europe, but they will have their midweeks empty next season.

Whether it’s through winning the FA Cup or finishing in the top seven, Julen Lopetegui won’t just be tasked to get the club higher up the table, but also improve the style of play.

That will require changes to the squad, with departures expected and several big names linked with moves to the London Stadium.

In recent times, HITC has revealed that there is interest in Wolves centre-back Max Kilman, who worked with the West Ham boss in the Midlands.

But the Hammers are also huge admirers of Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher, who might not be handed a new deal at Stamford Bridge and that has interested several Premier League clubs, as HITC revealed in April.

Roy Keane stated that Gallagher is a player ‘we all like’ as he touched upon the midfielder’s energy, as he told ITV Sport.

Gallagher is currently on England duty at Euro 2024, he started the last group game draw against Slovenia, but was subbed off at half-time.

One area Keane thinks Gallagher has issues in is his lack of ability when in possession because ‘you certainly can’t question his honesty’.

West Ham United’s transfer interest in Conor Gallagher

“Aren’t you supposed to do that for every game, press well and bring energy,” said Keane.

“Conor Gallagher. We all like him. I think he’s a really good player. Sometimes I think he lacks real quality when he is in possession. He is a workman-like player. You certainly can’t question his honesty. He will get forward. And as I said, just that question mark when he is in possession.”

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If Conor Gallagher leaves Chelsea…

It seems as though the player in question wants to stay, but with 12 months left on his deal and the possibility of making a serious profit on an academy star, then others seem to be unwilling.

Either way, if Gallagher leaves Chelsea, then his next club have a player that they can very much rely on and prove to elevate the qualities around him.

READ MORE: West Ham United’s newest signing says he was desperate to move to the Hammers

Push or allow Gallagher the freedom to get forward and then he will also score crucial goals for you.

Either way, when Euro 2024 concludes, this is a name looking out for throughout the summer transfer window.

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‘Really come after him…’ Danny Murphy says Liverpool star ‘frustrated’ with teammates at Euro 2024

Virgil van Dijk could be facing some familiar faces at Euro 2024 if the Netherlands draw England in the knockout stages.

The Liverpool centre-back is regarded as one of the best in the Premier League and a proven winner on the domestic stage.

But the Netherlands aren’t performing as well as they would have liked. They finished third in Group D and lost their final group game 3-2 to Austria.

Virgil van Dijk is a man who has been critiqued heavily for his performances and it’s something that is the norm for the Liverpool man on the international stage.

The 32-year-old can’t argue too much because the Dutch have been all over the place from a defensive aspect and it seems to be getting to the player.

Danny Murphy stated that, during the Netherlands’ 3-2 defeat to Austria, he was ‘getting frustrated’ with his teammates.

Stefan de Vrij and Lutsharel Geertruida were two players seemingly under fire from the Liverpool man.

At that time, the Netherlands were 1-0 down, with Murphy sharing that van Dijk was ‘really coming after’ de Vrij and he would have given them a few stern words at half-time, as he told Match of the Day on BBC One.

Ronald Koeman’s side did come out for the second half with a bit more fight about them because Cody Gakpo scored straight away amid his own mixed performance.

But they still proceeded to concede two more goals, with van Dijk coming under fire himself, despite his annoyance with what was around him.

Virgil van Dijk ‘frustrated’ at Euro 2024

“Van Dijk is getting frustrated,” said Murphy. “He has come across de Vrij there. Really come after him to try and get after some people and close someone down.

“He has had a little pop at Geertruida as well. Telling him to come on. I expect a few words at half-time, never mind from the manager, but from the lads and Virgil van Dijk. When he goes in, give them a few kicks because it has been lacklustre from too many of them.”

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Virgil van Dijk at Liverpool next season

Many felt that van Dijk was back to his best during the previous campaign and he is going to be key in Arne Slot settling in.

The arrival of van Dijk and Alisson Becker started Liverpool’s trophy dominance under Jurgen Klopp.

READ MORE: Director claims £20m Liverpool ace ‘definitely wants’ to join his side this summer

There have been Saudi clubs wanting to sign those two and you feel Slot has to stop any possible sale, even if the money might be too good to turn down.

The new Liverpool boss needs as much early support as possible because this gig is going to be far tougher than he thinks.

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Tottenham Hotspur star scores twice in private friendly after avoiding Euro 2024 injury nightmare

Tottenham Hotspur only have a handful of players in action at Euro 2024 with a number of stars missing out for various reasons.

Ange Postecoglou guided Tottenham to a fifth-place finish in the Premier League this past season, securing Europa League football.

The top four evaded Tottenham but this was a decent first season under Postecoglou despite a number of players being snubbed for Euro 2024 action.

Pedro Porro was surprisingly axed by Spain whilst James Maddison was overlooked by England.

Timo Werner has also been snubbed by Germany as he returns on loan to Tottenham from RB Leipzig, so a number of Spurs players are missing from Euro 2024.

There is some Tottenham representation in the tournament; Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has been featuring prominently for Denmark, even leaving Jamie Carragher surprised with his display against England.

Radu Dragusin has been shining for Romania too whilst centre back Micky van de Ven has been utilised as a substitute by the Netherlands.

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Micky van de Ven scores twice in Netherlands friendly

Spurs centre back Van de Ven came on for just three minutes against Poland in the first group stage game before then playing 25 minutes against Austria on Tuesday.

Van de Ven couldn’t prevent a 3-2 defeat against Austria, but the Netherlands are still through to the knockout stages of the competition.

It’s a tough ask for Van de Ven to break into the Netherlands side but he is certainly giving it a good go right now.

Ronald Koeman’s side took the surprise decision to play a behind-closed-doors friendly against lowly German side TSV Havelse.

Koeman seemingly wanted to keep his squad sharp and give chances to fringe players ahead of a huge knockout clash in the coming days.

Van de Ven certainly took his chance, scoring twice in a dominant 6-1 victory for the Dutch side.

Wout Weghorst also scored twice whilst Brian Brobbey and Jeremie Frimpong got themselves on the scoresheet too.

Van de Ven may still be on the bench for the next Netherlands clash but scoring twice in a private friendly is certainly one way to try and push for a starting role.

The Tottenham star may even just feel lucky to be in contention for action right now having recently avoided an injury.

Van de Ven was involved in an incident with former Tottenham winger Steven Bergwijn during a Dutch training session.

Unsurprisingly, Van de Ven was pretty angry with Bergwijn described as going ‘all out’ on the centre back’s ankle.

That situation has been calmed down with Bergwijn apologising and Van de Ven will be hoping to have caught Koeman’s eye after avoiding an injury nightmare.

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'Perfect': Ange Postecoglou loves what he's hearing from Arsenal's Declan Rice

Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou has shared his thoughts on the verbal fire currently facing the England team at Euro 2024.

Many players have come under the spotlight as Gareth Southgate’s side crawl their way to the knockout stages, including Arsenal midfielder, Declan Rice.

Arsenal’s club-record transfer was recently dubbed ‘overrated’ by James McClean as he and his England teammates struggle at Euro 2024.

It has resulted in the likes of Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer firing shots at the team for their lacklustre performances.

England recorded an unconvincing 1-0 win over Serbia to open their account, before they were lucky in their 1-1 against Denmark

Heading into their goalless and final group game against Slovenia on Tuesday, the likes of Declan Rice urged the team to ‘go out and make a statement’ and prove their worth this tournament.

They aren’t the only top players being questioned in Germany because Kevin de Bruyne of Belgium has received the same treatment.

But as Ange Postecoglou pointed out, the Manchester City playmaker ‘went out there to make a statement’ during his side’s must-win game against Romania.

And when the Spurs boss heard Rice utter the same words, he absolutely loved it and dubbed it ‘perfect’, as he told ITV Sport.

England criticism at Euro 2024

“I look at it through a different prism,” responded Postecoglou on players not being able to hide away from criticism given that there is so much media coverage.

“We look at that from our perspective. What I found with young people, they are a lot more mature than we think they are. We have seen 16-year-olds (Yamal) ripping it up in this tournament. Sometimes when you are in camp, especially a national team, you do feel under siege because all the information is sort of coming from one or two sources.

“Whereas, at club football, you go out for a walk, someone will see you and give you a bit of a cheer up and then you get a better perspective. I don’t know if they are protecting the young players. Who are they protecting? They aren’t protecting Cole Palmer. He hasn’t played yet (before the Slovenia game). They’re not protecting Eze – What Declan (Rice) said there was perfect. ‘Go out there, play and make a statement’. You saw de Bruyne the other night, he went out there to make a statement. Modric, they got knocked out, but they went out there and made a statement. That’s what this platform is all about.”

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Gareth Southgate’s style of play

The issue isn’t the players, but the man behind the wheel and that’s Southgate.

This is a tournament too far for the former centre-back and his sleep-walking style is ruining a lot of players’ reputations.

READ MORE: ‘He will move…’ Paul Merson hails ‘brave’ Euro 2024 defender amid Arsenal transfer interest

Harry Kane is having to take a lot of verbal hits, Phil Foden has been questioned and so has Jude Bellingham.

All of these players were the best in Germany, England and Spain’s top tier during the recently concluded campaign.

Yet, they play like complete and utter strangers when they don the colours of their country and that problem lies with one man only. 

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‘Very surprised…’ Barry Ferguson admits shock at treatment of Celtic star at Euro 2024

Celtic fans will be looking forward to turning their attention back to domestic matters after Scotland’s horror show at Euro 2024.

There was hope and expectancy going into the summer tournament and belief among some that they could progress through to the knockout stages.

But Scotland were slapped 5-1 in their opening game against Germany, with Celtic captain Callum McGregor coming under fire for his performance.

Yes, the performance was better against Switzerland, with the team picking up a point and Anthony Ralston this time in the firing line.

But a very, very late defeat to Hungary sent Scotland on the early flight home, with Barry Ferguson claiming that Steve Clarke might ‘regret’ some of his decisions.

One of them included not even handing a single minute to Celtic winger James Forrest during the tournament.

Chris Sutton called for it during the draw against the Swiss and Ferguson admitted that he was ‘very surprised’ he never saw Forrest at all, as he told Go Radio.

The ex-Rangers man highlighted Forrest’s performances under Brendan Rodgers during the latter months of the season.

Even though Scotland were struggling in the final third, with no shots on target for a must-win game, only two goals were scored, and one of them being an own goal, yet the man who dazzled Celtic’s wings was unused.

Steve Clarke doesn’t use James Forrest at Euro 2024

“I certainly, sitting at half-time, as I said before it would have been 10-15 minutes maximum, and then he would have made the changes,” said Ferguson.

“I was very surprised that I never seen James Forrest. I thought that was a game that would have suited him. I thought they were there for the taking. Hungary have got good players, but defensively I thought they were suspect at times.

“Bringing Che Adams off. Putting Lawrence Shankland on, I would have maybe said ‘you know what, keep the two of them on’ and then bring in James Forrest, who we all know how he finished the season off. Absolute flying the last month, so I am sure he (Steve Clarke) will go away, digest that and he will probably regret that he never made some of the changes.”

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James Forrest at Celtic next season

The 32-year-old has one year remaining on his contract and you feel this could be the final 12 months of his trophy-winning career at Parkhead.

He is going to prove to be a useful squad player next season. Not expected to start, but he deserved his increased minutes towards the end of the previous campaign.

READ MORE: Celtic boost in £8m chase as director admits club ‘want to’ sell this summer

Rodgers’ first season back was pretty up and down, but in the end, he got the job done and delivered two trophies.

You feel Celtic will now stick their chest out and really show their worth next season and dominate like they once did under Rodgers. 

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‘Crazy to say’: Darren Ambrose reacts to who Newcastle United want to sign

It’s been pretty quiet so far on the transfer front for Newcastle United after they missed out on European football.

Eyes aren’t just on who could come into St James’ Park, but who could possibly leave.

It is well-documented that Newcastle have the richest owners in the Premier League, but Financial Fair Play (FFP) and Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) have handcuffed them to spend how they wish.

You could argue that during the time Eddie Howe has been at the club, a large percentage of his signings have worked out really well and there aren’t many bad eggs.

Lloyd Kelly has been the recent addition to the squad after he left Bournemouth, whilst they missed out on Tosin Adarabioyo, who decided to join Chelsea. 

And now there is talk of a striker possibly coming in, with the rumour mill jumping up and down of late.

Sources told HITC that Newcastle are keen on signing Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin after he scored seven Premier League goals last term.

Darren Ambrose was unsure about this possible deal because he highlighted how Calvert-Lewin replacing Callum Wilson is just bringing in one injury-prone player for another.

The only big plus side on Calvert-Lewin’s side is that he is 27 and Wilson is 32, so it would make sense, in that regard.

But Ambrose did admit that as ‘crazy’ as it sounds, a possible £25 million deal for Calvert-Lewin ‘isn’t that much for a centre-forwards nowadays’, as he told talkSPORT.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin at Newcastle United

“I think Callum Wilson offers you a little bit more than Dominic Calvert-Lewin,” said Ambrose. “The pace he has going in behind. He is good in the air.

“Calvert-Lewin is probably better in the air. He is a lot taller – the argument is with both of these, they can’t stay fit.

“£25 million in the grand scheme of things, and it’s crazy to say in today’s current climate, but it’s not that much for a centre-forward nowadays. If you can keep Dominic Calvert-Lewin fit, then yes, he will offer you something, with Isak there as well, you only need to put crosses in and he will get on the end of them.”

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Tricky summer transfer window for Newcastle United

When Newcastle were in the Champions League last season, they weren’t able to spend as freely as they would have liked.

Aston Villa are finding that out now, with one of their main players, Douglas Luiz set to leave for Juventus.

READ MORE: Don Hutchison expecting Newcastle to sign star amid ‘very weird’ triple Aston Villa transfer deal

But now that the Magpies are without any form of Europe, you just wonder if another tricky summer transfer window awaits them.

The one big plus they can take out of all of this is. Don’t lose your best players and the last time they were without Europe, they ended up finishing in the top four.

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Arsenal transfer news: £15m goal machine wanted as Mikel Arteta contacts potential midfield signing

Here is the latest transfer news coming out of the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal continue to chase potential signings.

Arsenal are yet to make a move in the summer transfer market but fans are expecting new additions.

The Gunners just came up short in the Premier League title race and Mikel Arteta will be keen to take Arsenal a step further next season.

New signings are needed, so let’s take a look at some of the latest Arsenal rumours…

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Nico Williams

Another winger appears to be on the wish list for Arsenal this summer and Arteta could move for fellow Spaniard Nico Williams.

The Athletic Club star has made a real name for himself in La Liga and is currently on international duty with Spain at Euro 2024.

HITC understands that Arsenal are interested in activating the £43million release clause in Williams’ contract, but have been left shocked by his £300,000-a-week wage demands.

Caught Offside now claim that Arsenal are ready to pay the release clause in a real push to bring Williams to North London.

Arsenal are now expected to hold further talks with Williams’ representatives as a host of other clubs – such as Chelsea and Manchester City – hold an interest.

Pedro Neto

Williams isn’t the only winger on the Arsenal radar though.

Wolverhampton Wanderers star Pedro Neto has been linked with Arsenal for years now and appears to still be on the radar.

Football Transfers now suggest that Wolves are willing to sell Neto for £43million – much less than the £80million wanted in January.

Arsenal allegedly remain keen but are concerned about his injury record – and want a full medical assessment before proceeding with an offer.

Neto has picked up a number of injury problems in recent years and that is an understandable concern for any suitor.

HITC understands that Newcastle United have been in contact about signing Neto too, whilst also targeting Wolves teammate Max Kilman.

Serhou Guirassy

Arsenal are also expected to target a new striker this summer and Stuttgart’s Serhou Guirassy is being linked with a move to North London.

HITC understands that Guirassy was offered to Arsenal in January and he is being mentioned for the Gunners once again.

Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg claims that Guirassy has now decided to leave Stuttgart this summer and has communicated that decision to the Bundesliga club.

Plettenberg suggests that Arsenal are in the mix alongside AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund, but Chelsea are now out of the race.

Guirassy hit 28 goals in 28 Bundesliga games this past season and is ready to make a big move at 28 years of age.

Now able to leave thanks to a €17.5million (£15million) release clause in his contract, Guirassy is a man in demand this summer.

Mikel Merino

Arsenal could go for another midfielder amid questions over the future of Emile Smith Rowe and Thomas Partey.

A left-sided central midfielder to truly replace Granit Xhaka could be targeted but fans may be surprised by links to Mikel Merino.

Spanish newspaper SPORT claim that Arteta has contacted Real Sociedad midfielder Merino over a move.

Barcelona are understood to be keen but Arteta is allegedly looking into a move himself.

Merino joined Newcastle United in 2017 but failed to make a lasting impact in the Premier League and headed to Real Sociedad after just a year in England.

Now 28 and with 23 Spain caps to his name, Merino has excelled for Real Sociedad and appears to have put himself on the Arsenal radar.

Joshua Kimmich

Another midfielder is on the Arsenal wish list with HITC understanding that the Gunners have joined the race to sign Joshua Kimmich.

The Germany star has just one year left on his Bayern Munich contract and he is open to exploring his options away from Allianz Arena.

Arsenal are now considering a move too with Arteta no doubt attracted by Kimmich’s versatility to play at right back and in midfield.

Manchester City and Liverpool are eyeing Kimmich too but Arsenal are paying close attention to his contract situation in Bavaria.

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