Kean left Everton to join PSG on a season-long loan some weeks ago. A PSG official has already talked up the possibility of signing the young striker permanently at the end of his loan spell, with the Italian international has scored five goals in seven PSG games in all competitions.

PSG sporting director Leonardo has been impressed with the performances of Moise Kean since he joined the Champions League finalists at the start of the season and the ex-AC Milan player confirmed that the club wants to sign him permanently – something that you would never have predicted back in January 2020, when mybettingsite.uk had him at short odds to be returning to old club Juventus after struggling to make any kind of impact at Everton.

Leonardo also spoke about Cristiano Ronaldo and the PSG transfer rumours surrounding him. The 35-year-old will likely leave Juventus next summer with the Old Lady keen to get his high wages off their finances, which has been strained due to Covid-19. Ronaldo is clearly the highest earner in the topflight of Italian football and he earns five times more than Paulo Dybala, who’s the second highest earner at the Juventus Stadium. Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo earns a whooping €31m annually in Italy having agreed the astronomical fees upon signing a four-year contract when he left Real Madrid for Juventus.

Moise Kean and Cristiano Ronaldo were at Juventus together before the latter left Turin for Everton in a €30m deal. He struggled for form at Everton in his first season and it was not surprising when the Toffees opted to loan him to PSG this season. He could link up with Ronaldo once again if PSG manage to pull off a transfer for the former Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United player.

On Ronaldo, PSG official Leonardo believes that his club represents one of the few teams that could afford to sign him if he leaves Juventus.

After a mixed inaugural season in Italy’s Serie A and Germany’s Bundesliga, it became a household talking point during the 2018 World Cup, during which it received a generally positive reception.

It wasn’t without its flaws though and several professional referees claimed that match officials were under pressure to overturn their original decision once VAR stepped in.

The Premier League however, has been less eager to implement the system with the flaws in the current system being one reason why the Premier League clubs voted against implementing VAR this season. Manchester City though, might wish that it had been used this season, after succumbing to a 1-1 draw with Wolves that saw Wolves’ Willy Boly score with his hand. Fortunately, this result hasn’t damaged Manchester City in the Betfair Premier League odds, with the defending champions still the favourites, priced at 8/11.

With rumours circling that initial trial games will be taking place shortly in preparation for a full rollout next season, we take a look at how the table thus far would be different had VAR been introduced from the beginning of the 2018/19 season.

Should the Premier League use the same rules as FIFA did in Russia for the World Cup, then the VAR system would be looking for ‘clear and obvious errors’ made by the referees in four areas of the game. Goals (including offsides and fouls in the build-up), penalties, cases of mistaken identity and straight red cards would all be reviewed by VAR.

With regards to the opening 60 games of the Premier League season, the final outcome of only one game would have been affected if VAR was used. Most prominently, champions Man City would likely have secured a 100% start to their season and would be sitting alongside Liverpool had VAR been in play. Although, it is impossible to know what would have happened after a goal had been ruled out.

In their 1-1 draw with Manchester City, Wolves broke the deadlock thanks to a Willy Boly goal that, as seen clearly in subsequent replays, was as a result of a handball. There were no appeals from Manchester City players at the time and the goal stood.

Had VAR caught it, the Citizens would now potentially be top of the league on goal difference.

Elsewhere, margins of victory and contentious fouls would likely have been affected.

Chelsea could have potentially avoided a dramatic end to their victory against Newcastle. In the build-up to Newcastle’s equaliser, there was a suspicion of a foul from a trailing elbow from DeAndre Yedlin on Olivier Giroud. Yedlin went on to provide the assist for Joselu. Upon examination, VAR officials could have disallowed the goal and left Chelsea with a clean sheet and a superior goal difference.

Marcus Rashford received a red card in Manchester United’s victory over Burnley after head-butting former United player Phil Bardsley. Rashford reacted to a subtle kick from Bardsley, who did get booked by referee Jon Moss. However, if VAR had been used, Bardsley could have so easily seen red for his initial kick.

Burnley were lucky to have not been reduced to 9 men in the same game, as Jon Moss missed the deliberate handball of Ben Mee as he frantically chased Romelu Lukaku who was through on goal. As it stood, despite much protesting, United were the only ones to see red.

Sherwood and Hoddle believe Marcus Rashford’s red was warranted, but did Burnley’s Ben Mee get away with a deliberate last-man handball?#Rashford #BURMUN #RashfordRedCard #OptusSport pic.twitter.com/Lx7H2LAZUO

— Optus Sport (@OptusSport) 2 September 2018

Elsewhere, the 0-0 draw between Cardiff City and Newcastle United should have seen a red card for both sides. A two-footed challenge from Harry Arter and a separate kick-out from Newcastle’s Kenedy were the two offences committed. Craig Pawson missed both and both teams avoided retrospective punishment.

In terms of penalties, VAR would have almost certainly given Arsenal a penalty during their 2-0 defeat to Manchester City on the opening weekend. City defender Benjamin Mendy was seen to be pulling on Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi during a corner with little attempt to play the ball. The incident however, was missed by referee Michael Oliver.

With red cards changing the momentum of a game significantly, it may well have been possible for Unai Emery’s side to have begun with a victory over the champions had VAR been utilised in the Premier League.

Premier League top four with VAR

VAR could have both helped and damaged Man City’s aspirations of successfully defending their title. City would be sitting at the top of the league table on goal difference, one place above Liverpool, as opposed to the second place behind Liverpool they now find themselves in.

Ultimately, VAR would have actually changed very little in these opening six game weeks. Despite calls for its implementation, the fact that VAR would have been used very few times is an indication that the Premier League still possesses some of the best referees in the world.

These special markets are so enticing to football punters that they can even appear as being more favourable to traditional means of betting. Some websites cover all the specials on offer from the country’s top bookmakers. Oddschanger fall into this category with their own Oddschanger Football Specials page devoted entirely to these transfer specials, price boosts, enhanced accumulators and everything in between.

Frequently appearing specials on bookie websites:

Enhanced Accumulators and Price Boosts
Working as the go-to special market on all major sports betting websites, enhanced prices on a specific team or a handful of teams to win in their games appear almost daily.

Most of these sorts of bets come without the ability to cash out but that doesn’t make them any less desirable, as punters love to see a bet they would have backed anyway, but at superior odds. It’s also something that bookmakers will battle over for the best enhancement, resulting with an even better price for you to get behind.

Manager & Transfer Markets
Predicting the outcome of managerial moves or player transfers can be thrilling to some punters and they always have a novelty feel, as the chances of these bets coming into fruition can be extremely slim. Markets on clubs, players and managers are open throughout the season, as well as when there’s no football on at all, and they’re an interesting way of spicing up a lack of activity in the sport.

Whether it’s based on reasoning behind historical circumstances or someone who’s supposedly ‘in the know’ on social media, backing a player to move to a specific team or a manager to take charge of a specific club can be very exciting, so it’s no question why so many bookmakers offer these markets.

Facts & Figures Betting
Surely the newest of additions to the Oddschanger Football Specials page, backing facts and figures has become the next big thing in betting and it’s helped by the many variations of it. Not only can you get behind statistics like a team to win the league, finish in the top half, bottom half, or find themselves relegated, but you can also add in such things as a player to be crowned as top scorer in a given division.

Bets inside the facts and figures category also include actual statistics like we see in the gradually growing pre-match markets consisting of specific players to achieve a number of shots on target, shots in general, fouls or successful tackles. As a special market, these consist of players to score a certain number of goals throughout their career or push into their national team, and they’re growing in popularity

Indeed with Drinkwater returning to form after being out with an injury, some pundits are calling for Antonio Conte to drop Cesc Fabregas from the team and play a central pairing of Drinkwater and Kante at the heart of midfield.

However, Cesc Fabregas believes that he can still help Chelsea and has vowed to prove his critics wrong. He said that it is the whole team that has been suffering in recent games, but he believes that it is up to the players to turn things around. The Spanish midfielder said that he is focused on his game and he wants to help the team go forward.

Whilst the everton match analysis shows that he ran far less than Kante, his knowledge and reading of the game is second to none – often meaning he is in the right place at the right time, even without all that running.

Some people have called for Conte to replace Fabregas with Drinkwater as they feel that the latter bring more dynamics and energy at the heart of midfield and will help Chelsea win game. It feels however that Conte does not want to sacrifice the creativity that Fabregas brings in the midfield as he feels that Kante and Drinkwater are quite similar in the way they play. Both pairs, however, have already shown that they can play together as they were the first team midfield for Leicester City when they won the league, and they will be hoping that they can reproduce their form in order to help Chelsea win games.

Cesc Fabregas admitted that it has been a tough start to this new campaign and that the players did not expect that things would be like that. He believes that the team should learn to cope with the challenge of playing both in the Champions League as well as the Premier League if they want to stand of chance of winning the title again.

Fabregas said that there are a good spirit and togetherness in the team and that the players believe that they can turn their season around. The Spanish midfielder claimed that it is still early in the season and that the team is still in the Champions League and that there is still so much to play for in the Premier League. It is up to the players to improve their performance on the pitch and win games.

Fabregas admitted that there might be a bit of complacency that has crept into the team after the manner that they won the title last season and that the players should motivate themselves – “it’s still the same players that have won the title and that they have not become bad players after a season – it’s is a mental problem and that it is up to the players to find a solution to their current problems.”

Rumours and reports are being spread around in relation to which manager is going to be selected as the new coach of Everton. Sean Dyche and Sam Allardyce are some of the favorites of taking up the hot seat. Other names that have been popping up but aren’t considered to be as favorites includes the former manager of Borussia Dortmund Thomas Tuchel and the more well-known Carlo Ancelotti.

Sean Dyche is currently at the helm of Burnley, and is the bookmakers favourite according to online-betting.org. He has recently made his voice be heard concerning the rumours linking him with a move to Goodison Park and even though the 46 year old English managers is honoured to be taking into consideration for a coaching a club like Everton, it does not appear that he is interested.

“I’ve said it a few times with the various clubs that have been mentioned, you’re always flattered because it recognizes the work that myself, my players and staff do. You’re flattered by the fact some of your work is recognized. It’s other people’s stories, it’s not mine. It’s right that I get asked about it. Yet again, Everton are another good club, I’m respectful of all clubs in all situations. But I’m equally respectful of my situation now.

“I just get on with it. I’ve been through it, and had the experience of those sort of links at various times, more so than in the last couple of years. I just continue to get on with what I’m doing and that’s the focus.” Burnley’s Ronald Koeman said.

Burnley are currently only slightly ahead of Everton in the league tabele, but taking into consideration that Sean Dyche has spent around 5 years at the club and was able to guide them through promotion into the top tier English League, it’s no surprise as to why Sean Dyche is receiving so much praise and attracting the attention of many other clubs.

One man who is also struggling to make an impact this season is Wayne Rooney. On July of 2017, it was confirmed that Wayne Rooney would make his return to Everton as he announced his departure from Manchester United and even though Rooney is making an impact with 4 goals from 10 matches (enough to make him the current top goal-scorer at Everton) fans were expecting him to be more influential.

Unfortunately for Everton and for fans of the club, their fixtures of these early stages of the EPL have seen them having to lock horns with highly-rated clubs including: Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Arsenal and Leicester City.

It’s clear that these early rounds of the top tier English League has been extremely difficult for Everton after so much tough opponents and negative results which has concluded with Ronald Koeman getting sacked and relegation is a realistic possibility.

Now that Sean Dyche has confirmed his disinterest in taking control of Everton, the English Premier League will have to continue their search in another manager and there are plenty of potential coaches that are emerging but this appointment cannot be taken lightly as the EPL needs an experienced tactician who can bring stability back to Goodison Park and allow the club to start distancing themselves away from the relegation zone.

Speaking on the club’s official website, the England international insisted that his side could still have a good season as they have the right players and manager to turn things around, he said: “There are always times in a season when you have a sticky patch. We had one last year – we started well but then we could not win for a while. I think the season overall was still viewed as a good season. And there is still so much football to play, there is no reason why this cannot be a good season. We are a good side, we have a good manager. All of the players will have been through this type of thing many times before in different periods of their careers and under different managers.”

Everton appeared to have turned the tide last month with back to back victories over Sunderland and Bournemouth respectively. However, things went pear-shaped once more as a 2-2 Europa League draw against Apollon Limassol, was followed by a 1-0 loss to Burnley in the top-flight.

The Toffees were introduced to a tough fixture list which involved Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur – all in the space of just a month, but Ronald Koeman would nevertheless have preferred his side to perform better having brought in quality players from the Premier League as well as Europe.

Everton visit Brighton & Hove Albion in their next league outing following the international break, and they are unlikely to receive any favours from Chris Hughton’s men, who managed to put in a decent display in the 2-0 defeat at Arsenal earlier this month.

The adventure and challenge of actually qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World has been an extremely difficult one for certain players but for others it has been an easy ride. Whilst Brazil qualified way back in March, fans of the European Finalists Italy had a few frustrating nights watching their national side play on socagol, with the team losing to Spain, and now set for a tricky play-off tie against Sweden to get through to the World Cup.

The big players are already on the plane there though…

Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Lionel Messi and his squad had a very tough road and had to clinch a victory in their final qualifying match which saw Messi stepping up against Ecuador as he scored all the goals for his team in that game and just appeared to be unstoppable.

C.Ronaldo (Portugal)
Unlike Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo had a much easier road as Portugal were not even forced to win any of their final 2 matches as they had already qualified and C.Ronaldo contributed significantly as he managed to consistently score goals in almost every single match and spearheaded Portugal to their 5^th successive FIFA World Cup.

Those are the 2 main footballers in the sport and both have managed to secure their ticket into the biggest international competition. Each of those players are regularly critiqued for not being able to perform at the same world-class level that they do with their respective clubs but Messi and C.Ronaldo are beginning to step it up, which is great news for Portugal as they have never won that title before and Argentina has not won that piece of silverware in over 35 years.

Neymar (Brazil)
One of the other players who will certainly be attracting the attention of the media and will have the spotlight on him is Neymar as the Brazilian player is probably one of the most influential figures in the national side which might be too much pressure for a performer who is only 25 years old and already being compared to the likes of Ronaldinho and Pele as well as also has the task of pushing Brazil to the finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and try to get back the piece of silverware that they have not been able to win since 2002.

Eden Hazard (Belgium)
Regular viewers on livestream.services will be used to seeing Eden Hazard’s tricks and flicks, but it’s great that he’ll be able to perform them on a global stage next summer. The Belgium national side is one of those teams that does not have any experience in winning the FIFA World Cup but this time around, expectations are high as the Belgium team has a number of highly-rated players including: Thibaut Courtois, Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard.

The most well-known player out of these listed is Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and at the age of 26, he has already been given the captaincy armband for his country. Belgium dominated their group with no defeats suffered and with such a plethora of talented players at the disposal of the head coach Roberto Martinez, they have a realistic chance of making an impressive run during the 2018 edition of the FIFA World Cup as they are not as known or recognized as other national sides.

Olivier Giroud and Antoine Griezmann (France)
This is a very interesting and exciting period of time not only for the French national team but especially for Alexandre Lacazette as the 26 year old player started to receive worldwide attention back on July 5 when Arsenal decided to splash out €53 million in the French figure and has turned into the top goal-scorer of the English Premier League club with 4 goals from the 8 opening league matches. The €53 million summer signing of Arsenal is still struggling trying to seal a consistent starting spot in the first team of the French national side but he is certainly one of those to keep an eye out in the near future.

During the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stages, France scored 18 goals and Antoine Griezmann scored 4 goals which is the same amount as Olivier Giroud and those are the top goal-scorers for France for those stages of the competition which is proof that the French national football team is not so dependent on a single player in particular which is something that other national sides are current suffering from but Olivier Giroud and Antoine Griezmann are hoping that they can propel France to the advanced stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and maybe even win the title which is certainly realistic as they have a vast amount of talented players.

Yaya Toure said that he is excited to be part of the team and that he believes that the team can challenge for the title next season. He said that it has been a learning season for Pep Guardiola last campaign and that he believes that this time he will be able to help the team challenge for the title.

He said that Manchester City has been making some great signings and that there is hopefully more to come – though there is already a good squad at Manchester City, they will need some additional signings if they want to compete for both the Premier League as well as the Champions League. City are currently the second-favourites to win the Premier League title according to https://sport.netbet.co.uk, with only Chelsea tipped to beat them.

The arrivals of Mendy and Walker at the back should help solve one of City’s biggest problems last season – conceding stupid goals!

Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly agreed the sum of £50 million for the sale of Kyle Walker to Manchester City, though the deal could rise beyond that with add-ons, making Walker the most expensive defender in the world. The Telegraph claims the Walker deal could reach £53 million.

Chelsea star David Luiz used to hold the tag of the ‘World Most Expensive Defender’ following his transfer to French giants Paris St Germain. The deal cost PSG £50 million in 2014. The hard bargaining City chair Daniel Levy ensured that Pep Guardiola outspent that record as Man City badly wanted the England international. This is the same way Spurs forced Real Madrid to break the world record for Gareth Bale back in 2013. Walker is expected to join the rest of the Citizen’ stars in America for the pre-season tour.

City are also about to wrap up the deal for Benjamin Mendy who was left out of the pre-season trip of French champs AS Monaco. The Ligue 1 side flew out to Switzerland as part of their pre-season plans but Mendy was let behind, sparkling rumours that the deal could be done or about to be done. These defensive reinforcements will add some steel to City’s back-line, allowing Yaya to concentrate on play-making instead of tracking back.

Yaya Toure said that he had started his pre-season well and he is making sure that he will be fit enough for the start of the new season. He said that he is at a moment of his career where he needs to make the most of the playing opportunities that he gets and that it is important that he is ready whenever the coach needs him.

He believes that with the participation of the team in the Champions League he will be getting numerous opportunities to play and that he wants to make the most of these occasions. This is why he has started the pre-season early so that he can get enough time to prepare himself for the new season.

City have slipped out of the top four in recent weeks and it would be fair to state that all is NOT fine and dandy at the Etihad Stadium. Guardiola is under intense pressure to deliver unprecedented levels of success and the Pep project hasn’t worked just yet. City’s usually aggressive offence have been profligate in front of goal – netting 43 times this season; only the fifth-highest tally in the division.

Meanwhile, John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi have struggled to perform well on a consistent basis this season and their lacklustre effort in defence has contributed to City’s demise. The Blues have conceded 28 goals so far this campaign – more than all six of their title rivals. To put their poor record into perspective, Tony Pulis’ West Bromwich Albion have also conceded 28 goals in 22 games this season.

Keown advises Guardiola on how to fix the Man city defence https://t.co/uRFsWfFrax #mcfc #afc

— Metro Sport (@Metro_Sport) January 19, 2017

However, City could decide to harness all of their efforts on winning the Champions League this year. Guardiola won Europe’s elite club competition twice whilst manager of Barcelona but failed to lead Bayern Munich to success in the tournament. Last season, City reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time under Manuel Pellegrini and Pep could be the man to take the Blues to the next level on the European scene.

Guardiola’s men showed their mettle in a tough group; beating Barcelona and Borussia Monchengladbach on their way to reaching the next round. Pep’s side missed out on top spot but managed to avoid the likes of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the next round. As of January 23rd, City are 11/1 with Betway to win the Champions League this season and Pep’s influence will be crucial in determining their fate at the business end of the campaign.

Next up for the Blues in the last-16 stage is a double header with Monaco. The current Ligue 1 leaders have scored more goals than anybody else in European football’s top four divisions and their two victories over Tottenham Hotspur in the group stages should remind Guardiola just how dangerous they can be. Write Monaco off at your peril; they have the talent to make you pay and City cannot afford to adopt a gung-ho approach.

With Guardiola steering the ship, City could be set for more Champions League success in the near future. Pep’s style of play suits the European game and it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see the Blues emulate last season’s run to the semi-finals. From there, Guardiola could take City to the showpiece event in Cardiff as they look to show the world that they deserve to be classed as one of European football’s modern powerhouses.

The former Liverpool manager who is currently playing with Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy has always stated that he wants to return to Liverpool at the end of his career. The player whose contract will expire at the end of the season has yet to decide on what he wants to do next.

Jurgen Klopp said that there would be no problem if the midfielder wants to return to the club and he will think of a possible job to give him. He stated that he has a good relationship with Gerrard and that it will be a great thing for the club to have him back at Anfield.

Even with Liverpool topping the table at the moment, and scoring the most goals, they are still second favourites to Manchester City to win the league, but bringing in someone with Gerrard’s experience, passion and ability could make all the difference.

Klopp stated that he will have a special welcome for the player and that Liverpool will always be grateful to Gerrard for his contribution while he was a player at the club. Klopp said that he would not reveal what has been discussed between Gerrard and him, but he added that the player would be welcome at the club.

He has reassured fans that there will be no problem for the player to work at Liverpool and that he will propose something interesting to the player.

Steven Gerrard said that he has spent the best moments of his career at Liverpool and that he will be glad to return to his home tome. Although he has spent some times in the US, he said that Liverpool will always have a special place in his heart especially when he knows that his friends and relatives live there.