Tag: centreback

Ronald Araujo transfer news: Liverpool agree loan deal for Barcelona defender to add depth at centre-back | Football News
8 August 2026 Off

Ronald Araujo transfer news: Liverpool agree loan deal for Barcelona defender to add depth at centre-back | Football News

By Total Football News

Liverpool have agreed a surprise deal for Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo to join on loan for the season.

The deal is a straight loan for the 27-year-old, who signed a new Barca contract that runs until 2031 last year.

Araujo will arrive in the UK on Sunday to undertake a medical and complete his temporary switch to Liverpool.

The Uruguay international joined Barcelona B in 2018 before being promoted to

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Ronald Araujo transfer news: Liverpool agree loan deal for Barcelona defender to add depth at centre-back | Football News
7 August 2026 Off

Ronald Araujo transfer news: Liverpool agree loan deal for Barcelona defender to add depth at centre-back | Football News

By Total Football News

Liverpool have agreed a surprise deal for Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo to join on loan for the season.

The deal is a straight loan for the 27-year-old, who signed a new contract until 2031 last year.

The Uruguay international joined Barcelona B in 2018 before being promoted to the first team in 2019.

The centre-back will add to Andoni Iraola’s options at the heart of his defence following the departure

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Liverpool: Centre-back situation and why Andoni Iraola must act to bring in experience
27 July 2026 Off

Liverpool: Centre-back situation and why Andoni Iraola must act to bring in experience

By Total Football News

Two centre-backs caught the eye of Liverpool‘s scouting department at the U17 World Cup in Qatar last November.

Within weeks, the club spent a combined £3.5m on the pair: Senegal’s Mor Talla Ndiaye and Austria’s Ifeanyi Ndukwe.

Under Matt Newberry, Liverpool‘s head of global talent, this was evidence of future planning in full flow.

Yet surely no-one inside the club would have expected the teenage duo to be

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Rob Atkinson: Bristol City centre-back out for ‘weeks’ with injury
5 November 2025 Off

Rob Atkinson: Bristol City centre-back out for ‘weeks’ with injury

By Total Football News

Bristol City hope to have centre-back Rob Atkinson back before Christmas but his hamstring injury is “not good”, said head coach Gerhard Struber.

Atkinson went off just after half-time in the 5-1 defeat by Stoke on Saturday, having started all 13 of the Robins’ Championship matches to that point.

“We know that Rob will be out for the next weeks; we are in exchange with the specialists at the moment,

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Axel Tuanzebe: Burnley sign centre-back on free transfer from Ipswich Town
26 June 2025 Off

Axel Tuanzebe: Burnley sign centre-back on free transfer from Ipswich Town

By Total Football News

Burnley have signed centre-back Axel Tuanzebe on a free transfer following the expiry of his contract with Ipswich Town.

Tuanzebe made 45 appearances in all competitions for the Tractor Boys and was influential in their promotion to the Premier League during the 2023-24 campaign.

The 27-year-old made 22 top-flight appearances last season and has decided to remain in the Premier League with newly promoted Burnley rather than sign a new

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Jaka Bijol: Leeds sign Slovenia centre-back until 2030 from Udinese
23 June 2025 Off

Jaka Bijol: Leeds sign Slovenia centre-back until 2030 from Udinese

By Total Football News

Leeds United have signed Slovenia centre-back Jaka Bijol on a five-year deal from Udinese.

The 26-year-old joins Leeds for an undisclosed fee and becomes the club’s second summer signing after forward Lukas Nmecha signed on a free transfer from Wolfsburg.

Bijol scored two goals in 37 appearances in all competitions for the Serie A side last season.

“This is a big day for me, for my family and I’m happy

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Rob Dickie: Bristol City centre-back has been ‘terrific’, says Liam Manning
3 April 2025 Off

Rob Dickie: Bristol City centre-back has been ‘terrific’, says Liam Manning

By Total Football News

Dickie signed from QPR in June 2023 on a three-year contract and was made vice captain at the start of this campaign.

Since January he has been one of only two specialist centre-backs – along with Zak Vyner – available to Manning, due to Luke McNally being ruled out long-term with an anterior cruciate ligament injury plus Rob Atkinson and Kal Naismith leaving on loan.

Manning said that after the

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Middlesbrough centre-back injury crisis showing signs of easing says Carrick
28 March 2025 Off

Middlesbrough centre-back injury crisis showing signs of easing says Carrick

By Total Football News

Middlesbrough’s injury crisis in central defence is showing signs of easing ahead of their game with Oxford United on Saturday.

Rav van den Berg is back in training after a knee injury, although head coach Michael Carrick will still have to make a call on him before the game.

George Edmundson could return to training next week but Dael Fry’s return from a calf injury is a little further away.

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Regan Poole: Portsmouth centre-back agrees new contract until 2027
12 March 2025 Off

Regan Poole: Portsmouth centre-back agrees new contract until 2027

By Total Football News

Centre-back Regan Poole has signed a new deal with Portsmouth to remain at the club until the summer of 2027.

The 26-year-old has made 33 appearances for Pompey since he signed from Lincoln City in 2023.

He spent more than 10 months on the sidelines due to a knee injury and despite returning in September, following the club’s promotion to the Championship, he was hampered further by calf and hamstring

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Marc Guehi transfer: Crystal Palace reject Tottenham bid in region of £70m for England centre-back
3 February 2025 Off

Marc Guehi transfer: Crystal Palace reject Tottenham bid in region of £70m for England centre-back

By Total Football News

Crystal Palace have rejected a bid from Tottenham for defender Marc Guehi thought to be about £70m.

The England international, who attracted interest from Newcastle in the summer, has 18 months left on his contract with Palace.

He has made 23 appearances and scored three goals in the Premier League this season as Palace find themselves 12th – three points above Tottenham in 14th.

Spurs are not expected to increase

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