Ahead of Arsenal s EFL Cup tie with Nottingham Forest, Arsene Wenger says he was surprised to see Nicklas Bendtner sign a two-year deal at the City Ground.
Bendtner spent nine years at Arsenal, making 171 appearances without ever doing enough to fulfil his self-proclaimed wish to be the best striker in the world.
Released in 2014, Bendtner had a brief spell in the Bundesliga with Wolfsburg, before arriving at Forest earlier this month.
And with the 28-year-old set for a showdown with his former employers on Tuesday, Wenger admits Forest s capture of the Denmark international raised an eyebrow.
It was a surprise to me that Nicklas signed for Nottingham Forest, but at some stage Nicklas needs to restart his career, Wenger said.
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There has been a lot of talk about the money Liverpool are investing in Darwin Nunez.
The Uruguay striker arrives at Anfield for a fee that will likely end up surpassing their previous club record of £75million spent on Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in January 2018.
Benfica confirmed on Monday they had agreed to sell Nunez to Liverpool for an initial fee of £64m (€75m), with a further £21.4m (€25m) in add-ons. Liverpool provided their own confirmation on Tuesday.
The Merseyside club will likely be saying goodbye to a key player at the same time, though, with Sadio Mane being strongly linked with a move to Bayern Munich.
So can Nunez emulate what the Senegal star has been able to in his time at Liverpool, or can he even surpass it?
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Having just sold Erling Haaland to Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund have another hot prospect on their hands, with every top club around Europe believed to be watching the developments around Jude Bellingham closely.
Media in Spain have already started their Real Madrid stories, quite typical when it comes to an in-demand young player, but countless examples in recent years prove it s usually a mere attempt at putting off potential competition. Nonetheless, Los Blancos will certainly be in that race, as will many other clubs.
Here s what journalists Fabrizio Romano and Jan Aage Fjortoft have to say on the subject, as guests of Fjortoft s son Markus.
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