Kylian Mbappe suggested he wants to see Paris Saint-Germain s board take action in the transfer market after Lille pipped them to the Ligue 1 title.
Mbappe scored his 27th top-flight goal of the campaign in a 2-0 win at Brest on Sunday, but Lille saw off Angers 2-1 to claim glory by a point.
PSG lifted the Coupe de France last week but had their Champions League ambitions ended by Manchester City in the semi-finals at the start of this month.
Mbappe is out of contract at the end of next season and told Canal Plus he would like to see some changes to Mauricio Pochettino s squad.
I cannot say what needs to be done, I am just a player, but I think that people have seen, everyone has seen, he said.
When everyone sees, it is easier to draw conclusion…
Roberto Mancini s rampant Italy broke more records as they maintained their 100 per cent points return in Euro 2020 qualifying with a 9-1 thrashing of Armenia in Palermo.
The Azzurri had long since booked their place in next year s finals and last week defeated Bosnia-Herzegovina for a 10th consecutive win for the first time in their history.
There was no slowing Italy in their final Group J game, though, as they turned on the style to end the campaign with 10 victories from 10.
An 11th straight win in all saw seven different Italy goalscorers in a match for the first time, as Ciro Immobile and Nicolo Zaniolo each netted twice.
Zaniolo, debutant Riccardo Orsolini and Federico Chiesa all notched their first goals for their country, with Nicolo Barella, …
Walter Smith refused to blame player burnout after Rangers saw their lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League reduced to one point as Inverness Caledonian Thistle struck late to snatch a 1-1 draw at Ibrox.
A superb strike from Maurice Edu early in the first-half looked to be enough to continue the Gers winning run on Saturday.
But despite chances to increase their lead it was substitute Eric Odhiambo who prodded home the equaliser eight minutes from time as Inverness remain undefeated away from home since November 2009.
Rangers were aiming for their best start to a season for 112 years but the Ibrox side have had a tough run of games with matches against Champions League rivals Valencia, Celtic, a League Cup quarter-final against Kilmarnock and Inverness i…
Deposed Russian champions Rubin Kazan kept alive their hopes of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League with a 1-0 win here on Wednesday over Danish side FC Copenhagen.
A penalty in first-half injury-time by skipper Christian Naboa who had scored Rubin s only other goal in this season s campaign also from the penalty spot was enough to secure victory and dent Copenhagen s hopes of becoming the first Danish side to reach the knockout stages.
Copenhagen are still second and a point ahead of Rubin with one match remaining and will fancy their chances of going through as they play bottom side Panathinaikos while the Russians travel to Barcelona though they did stun the 2009 champions at the Nou Camp in last season s competition.
On-loan striker Sergei Kornilenk…
Manchester United have completed the signing of Athletic Bilbao s Ander Herrera on a four-year deal, with the option for a further year.
Midfielder Herrera becomes the first player to arrive at Old Trafford since Louis van Gaal, currently managing the Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup, was announced as the club s new manager last month.
The 24-year-old joins United after the Premier League side triggered the buy-out clause in his contract at Bilbao.
He will boost a midfield that appeared to lack quality last season as United finished a lowly seventh in the English top flight following a disastrous campaign under David Moyes.
Former Spain Under-21 international Herrera was reportedly set to join United before the start of last season, but the transfer fell…
Argentina defender Martin Demichelis claims Netherlands star Arjen Robben s not a fighter ahead of the FIFA World Cup semi-final.
Demichelis impressed on his first competitive appearance for his country since November 2011 when Alejandro Sabella selected him to start Saturday s 1-0 quarter-final triumph over Belgium.
The 33-year-old, who played alongside Robben and under Dutch coach Louis van Gaal at Bayern Munich identified the forward as a key threat to the South Americans bid to reach a first World Cup final for 24 years.
But the Manchester City centre-back believes Robben, who courted controversy earlier in the competition after admitting to diving during the Netherlands last-16 win over Mexico, does not enjoy physical confrontations on the field and pledged …
ESPN understands that Besiktas are interested in signing West Ham United striker Javier Hernandez in January.
The Turkish outfit are looking to strengthen their forward line once the transfer window reopens, and could move for the Mexico international, who has failed to produce his best form since signing for the Hammers in the summer of 2017.
During his last spell in the Premier League, Hernandez scored fifty-nine goals in one hundred and fifty-seven outings for Manchester United before moving to Bayer Leverkusen via a loan stint at Real Madrid.
However, he has managed just ten goals thus far for West Ham, with his one and only league effort this term coming in a 4-2 win over Burnley earlier this month.
Next up for Manuel Pellegrini’s men is the v…
Santiago Solari has defended honest Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos following allegations of anti-doping violations.
German publication Der Spiegel made a series of claims, as part of the Football Leaks investigation, which suggested Ramos had broken anti-doping protocol on two occasions.
The first related to an alleged post-match mix-up following the Champions League final against Juventus in 2017, in which Der Spiegel claim traces of a forbidden substance were found in Ramos sample.
The second claim alleged the Spain defender knowingly broke anti-doping rules by showering prior to providing a sample after Madrid s LaLiga game against Malaga in April 2018.
Madrid issued a statement disputing the allegations, while Ramos claimed the reports were an atte…
Mauricio Pochettino revealed “some Chelsea players did not sleep” before their Carabao Cup final defeat to Liverpool in February.
The Blues boss said the high expectations of the occasion impacted individuals in the squad prior to their late 1-0 defeat to Jurgen Klopp’s men.
Pochettino believes the experience of playing at Wembley will help prevent a repeat of such problems if his team advance into the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
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Speaking ahead of Saturday’s quarter-final clash with Leicester, Pochettino said: “The expectations can be so high and low and the mood (of the players) depends on the day.“For us to beat Leicester will be massive for us because there is a possibility for this team to play at Wemb…
FIFA is set to examine reports on two separate instances of alleged racism in international matches played on Monday.
The Republic of Ireland Under-21s’ match against Kuwait Under-22s in Austria was called off after an allegation that a Kuwaiti player racially abused one of Ireland’s substitutes.
The senior international between New Zealand and Qatar, also in Austria, was cut short after the New Zealand Football Association said one of its players, Michael Boxall, had a racist remark directed at him in the first half by a Qatari opponent.
Even though the Ireland match was a tier two friendly and not requiring formal FIFA approval to be played, the fact that the Football Association of Ireland said in a tweet on Monday evening it would be reporting the matter …