What the papers say
West Ham will join Liverpool, Tottenham and AC Milan in the hunt for 26 -year-old Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo, according to the Guardian. The former Manchester City player will be a free agent in summer, but Fulham are hoping to retain his services.
Football Insider says Chelsea are trying to secure the signature of Athletic Bilbao forward Nico Williams for £43million. The 21-year-old Spain international has scored six goals and had 14 assists for Athletic in all competitions this season.
Former Arsenal loanee Dani Ceballos is set to leave Real Madrid for rivals Atletico Madrid as he struggles for game time at the LaLiga leaders, the Sun reports. The 27-year-old Spain midfielder has played just 14 games for the Real Madrid in the league this se…
From Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country to Hazelight’s next game, Dying Light: The Beast, and more, several major titles are confirmed to be receiving new showings at The Game Awards imminently, and it seems another announcement may have been added to that list.
Sloclap, the developer of acclaimed indie hitSports Bettings Sifu and Absolver, seems to be teasing an announcement for The Game Awards. Taking to Twitter, the studio wrote, “See you at The Game Awards. Expect to be surprised!” Whether that means the studio is set to announce a new game or something else entirely remains to be seen, but sure enough, it sounds like fans of Sl…
Noel Le Graet, president of the French Football Federation, does not want France captain Hugo Lloris to wear a rainbow armband at the Qatar World Cup in support of LGBTQ+ rights.
The One Love campaign was announced in September in which 10 European nations declared they wanted to send a message against discrimination, including captains wearing an armband featuring a heart containing multi colours to represent all backgrounds during the 2022 World Cup.
The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, England and Wales each signed up to the initiative, aimed to take place at the tournament and beyond.
However, Le Graet has now said he will discuss it with Lloris, admitting he would rather the defending world champions not take part.…
Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo has refused to rule out the possibility of a return to Manchester United in the future.
The Portugal international broke the world record transfer fee in 2009, when he joined Madrid from Manchester United in a 94-million-euro deal after helping Sir Alex Ferguson s men win three Premier League titles and one Champions League crown, among other trophies.
Spanish TV show Punto Pelota found a video made by former team-mate Rio Ferdinand, who had a short conversation with the 27-year-old after Madrid s 4-0 victory against Racing Santander on Saturday.
Questioned by Ferdinand on a return to Old Trafford, Ronaldo said: You never know, my friend.
The former Sporting Lisbon talent also stated that he is determined to break …
Porto striker Hulk has indicated that he is in the dark about where he will play next season.
The Brazil international s future at the Estadio do Dragao has been a fervent source of conjecture since his agent declared last week that this was the right time for the striker to leave.
Hulk has done little to quell talk of a summer transfer and admitted earlier in the week that he was aware of the interest of clubs in his services, though he remains uncertain about where he will ply his trade next season.
I do not talk about transfers, he told Globoesporte. That is something that I leave for my agent. All I know is that I will stay in Europe.
That is where I want to continue to play, also because my family likes to be there and is settled there.
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As well as preventing Netherlands from dropping crucial World Cup qualifying points in Luxembourg, Memphis Depay broke the country s long drought from free-kicks during Sunday s 3-1 victory.
Having already scored a header after coming on for Wesley Sneijder as a half-time substitute, Depay stepped up and found the bottom-left corner with a dipping set-piece strike from 25 yards with six minutes remaining.
That made him the first player to score a direct free-kick for the Oranje in over three years, with Arjen Robben – scorer of Netherlands first goal – the last to do so against Turkey back in October 2013.
The goals from Depay, who is yet to start a Premier League game for Manchester United this season, were also his first at international level since his str…
Theo Walcott has hailed England s strength in attack following their comeback 3-2 win over Sweden at Euro 2012 on Friday night.
Handed a cameo with a little over 30 minutes left to play, the winger turned the game on its head with an instinctive half-volley from 30 yards, before darting between two opposing defenders to set up Danny Welbeck for the winner.
Walcott acknowledged his own need to be prepared when coming on after missing out against France, before adding that Wayne Rooney’s return from suspension will only prove to boost their firepower .
I think in tournaments you have to wait for your moment, he said after the match.
If you re not starting the first game and you ve got to always train well, always be ready when the boss needs you. Ther…
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta hopes for good news on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang s contract in the next few days .
The Gabon striker scored the Gunners third as they eased to a 3-0 win at Fulham in their first match of the 2020-21 Premier League season on Saturday.
Aubameyang has hit 55 goals in the top flight since his debut on February 4, 2018, which is more than any other player in the competition in that time.
However, the 31-year-old s future has been the subject of intense speculation in recent months, with his contract expiring in 20201.
Arteta stated this week that Arsenal fans could feel pretty relaxed about the player s future and he suggested again on Saturday that a positive update is around the corner.
I m really positive we re going to ge…
Pep Guardiola hopes not to be on the receiving end of another lesson from Jurgen Klopp when Manchester City travel to face Liverpool and a man he believes to be the best out-and-out attacking coach in world football.
Guardiola and Klopp sparred memorably during their time in charge of Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
The head-to-head concluded at four wins apiece, with Dortmund triumphing on penalties in the semi-final of the DFB-Pokal in 2015 before losing the final to Wolfsburg.
That compounded a trophy count weighted in Guardiola s favour as he claimed a domestic double in 2013-14 before retaining the Bundesliga title as Klopp headed for the Dortmund exit door.
But the Signal Iduna Park club did celebrate back-to-back German Super…
Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta was overjoyed after his country thumped Italy 4-0 in Kiev on Sunday to win Euro 2012.
The Barcelona playmaker turned in an impressive display to help La Roja to their third consecutive major international tournament success, an unprecedented feat.
After winning Euro 2008 under Luis Aragones, Vicente del Bosque has now guided Spain to victory at the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 and Iniesta predicted that the achievement would prove difficult to match.
I am very happy to win this title again, to do something unique and magical, he told reporters.
This is practically unrepeatable and I am enjoying the moment.
The important thing is that Spain are champions and that this is what the entire team wanted.
Spa…