AC Milan are interested in signing Olivier Giroud from Chelsea in the summer transfer window, according to . The Italian giants have made contact with the entourage of the former Arsenal striker and already have made an agreement in place with them.
Serie A outfit Milan are ready to pay Giroud as much as €4 million per year as salary, including bonuses, and will hand the France international striker a two-year contract. However, with Chelsea having trigged a clause to extend the 34-year-old’s contract by a year, Milan will have agree on a transfer fee with the European champions.
Giroud has been at Chelsea since 2018 when he joined from London and Premier League rivals Arsenal. The Frenchman has struggled for playing time at the Blues in recent seasons, and it is un…
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Liverpool will be aiming to continue their perfect start to the Premier League season on Saturday afternoon as they travel to the King Power Stadium to do battle with in-form Leicester City.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds arrive in the East Midlands top of the table after taking maximum points in their opening three league games. Meanwhile, Claude Puel’s men will look to halt their terrific run with another victory.
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Despite the surprise at Puel keeping his job at the King Power Stadium at the end of last season, the Frenchman finally appears to be silencing the doubters in the East Midlands. The Foxes were unfortunate to lose their opening Premier League game against Manchester…
Manchester United are interested in signing Leon Goretzka from Bayern Munich in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that the Premier League giants will make a move for the Germany international midfielder if Paul Pogba leaves.
Goretzka has been on the books of Bayern since 2018 when he joined from Schalke. The 26-year-old has established himself as one of the best players for the German giants and has won the Bundesliga title thrice and the Champions League once.
Bayern are one of the biggest clubs in the world and will not sell their best players. United will have to offer a lot of money for the Bundesliga outfit to even consider selling Goretzka, who scored five goals and gave five assists in the Bundesliga and scored two goals and provided…
Arsenal have been urged to show patience with Mikel Arteta and allow him the time and space to build a successful team.
A 3-1 win over Chelsea on Saturday took some of the heat off manager Arteta, after it had been building during a grim seven-game winless streak in the Premier League.
But matches against Brighton and Hove Albion on Tuesday and West Brom on Saturday are just as important, and should Arsenal slip back to losing ways then Arteta will again come in for scrutiny.
He is a year into his Arsenal coaching career, with the former captain looking to rebuild after Unai Emery s reign proved a disappointing follow-on from the Arsene Wenger era.
Emery s long-serving assistant Juan Carlos Carcedo also left Arsenal as the club decided to clear out the fi…
Klaus Gjasula went from villain to hero for Albania after cancelling out his own goal with an equaliser in stoppage time to salvage a point in a 2-2 draw with Croatia.
It looked like Ante Budimir had inspired Croatia to a comeback win, playing a part in two goals in two minutes after Qazim Laci s early strike, but they could not hold on.
Albania led after just 11 minutes as Jasir Asani curled a delightful cross into the near post for Laci, who glanced his header past Dominik Livakovic at his near post.
They should have been 3-0 up at the break; Croatia were cut open by Asani s throughball, but Kristjan Asllani s drilled effort was straight at the goalkeeper, who later held onto Rey Manaj s flicked header.
Zlatko Dalic s side came out determined for the se…
Brendan Rodgers believes Luis Palma is gradually becoming more accustomed to the demands of playing for Celtic.
The Honduran scored his team’s second goal in the 3-1 win over Kilmarnock in what was his first Premiership start since arriving from Aris Thessaloniki in August.
Rodgers felt it was unrealistic to expect new signings to be “perfect right away” and revealed he was looking only for incremental improvement.
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The Celtic manager said: “The players at the top end of the pitch have to create and score goals, that’s their contribution.
“But Luis is settling in very well. These guys are coming from different climates and cu…
Christian Pulisic stole the show with an eye-catching strike and another assist as the United States opened their Copa America campaign with a 2-0 triumph over Bolivia on Sunday.
Gregg Berhalter s side never appeared troubled in a routine victory at AT T Stadium in Texas, thanks to the solo endeavours of captain Pulisic in their Group C opener.
The Milan forward needed just three minutes to curl in a sublime opener before teeing up Folarin Balogun – who another strike ruled out after the interval – just moments before the break in a one-sided first half.
Bolivia rarely seemed likely to forge a comeback as the USA managed a winning start to a Copa campaign for the first time since the 1995 edition when they defeated Chile 2-1 in Uruguay.
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Gareth Southgate believes it is an embarrassment England is playing next month s Nations League match at home to Italy behind closed doors.
June s Euro 2020 final rematch at the Molineux Stadium will be held without fans in attendance, after UEFA sanctioned the English Football Association for crowd trouble that marred that Wembley loss for Southgate s side.
Fans burst into the stadium without tickets and fought with stewards as England lost in that dramatic penalty shootout, and were given a two-game attendance ban by European football s governing body as a result.
Asked if the FA were given a lenient ruling upon announcing his squad for the upcoming international window, Southgate was blunt on England and English football s reputation.
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AC Milan are interested in signing Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita on a free transfer in the summer of 2023, according to . The Guinea international midfielder is out of contract at Liverpool at the end of the season, and defending Serie A champions Milan are keen on bringing him to San Siro.
Keita reportedly told Liverpool in the summer of 2022 that he was considering leaving the former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners. The Reds have yet to offer the midfielder a new contract, but manager Jurgen Klopp is a fan and has told FSG to get a deal done.
However, Keita himself wants to leave Liverpool at the end of the season because he wants to play regularly in the first team. The midfielder has had injury problems during his time at the Reds so far this seas…
Benfica have confirmed they have reached an agreement with Liverpool over the sale of Darwin Nunez.
Releasing a statement on their website early on Monday, Benfica confirmed the Uruguay striker will head to Anfield for a fee of £64million (€75m), with a further £21.4m (€25m) in potential add-ons.
Nunez signed for Benfica in 2020 from Spanish second tier side Almeria for around €24m and scored 45 goals in 85 games, 61 of those starts, for the Primeira Liga club in all competitions.
The club also notified that finalising the deal will now depend on the agreement of personal terms between Nunez, his representatives and Liverpool.
It is further informed that the aforementioned agreement is dependent on the signing of the player s employment con…