According to AS, are interested in bringing Bayern Munich s Juan Bernat back to his native country.
The 25-year-old left-back is under contract with the Bavarians until 2019, having joined the club from Valencia in 2014. This season he has made only nine appearances in all competitions. He was substituted at halftime in the first leg of Bayern s Champions League quarterfinal against Sevilla due to an underwhelming performance, and he is reportedly unhappy about the treatment he s getting at the club.
Diego Simeone s side are looking for a backup option and an eventual long-term replacement for the 32-year-old Felipe Luis, and the Argentinian manager sees Bernat as a player that ticks all the right boxes. Atletico are confident of getting the deal done this summer for a…
Roma great Francesco Totti has admitted a measure of surprise over former team-mate Mohamed Salah s stunning debut season at Liverpool.
Salah beat Kevin De Bruyne to the PFA Players Player of the Year award on Sunday for his incredible 31-goal haul in the Premier League, which has him five clear in the race for the Golden Boot.
He has also scored eight in the Champions League and will look to carry that form into the first leg of Liverpool s semi-final encounter with Roma on Tuesday.
Totti, who played alongside Salah for two seasons at Stadio Olimpico, believes the winger s exceptional run of performances on Merseyside is a credit to Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.
To some extent, it surprises me that [Salah] has been doing so well in his first season at Liverp…
Karim Adeyemi will not be leaving Salzburg in January despite an explosive start to the season, according the Austrian club s sporting director Christoph Freund.
The 19-year-old forward has long been touted as a potential star of the future, having originally been in the Bayern Munich academy as a child before being let go and joining Unterhaching.
It was there that he attracted the interest of numerous foreign clubs and he ultimately picked Salzburg, with Chelsea among those he turned down, and the move has so far gone well.
After an impressive 18 months on loan at Salzburg s sister club Liefering in the second tier, Adeyemi got his chance at the Red Bull Arena early last year as he played 10 Austrian Bundesliga games before the end of the season.
Then i…
Timo Werner and Kai Havertz have struggled at Chelsea as they have yet to adapt to the different styles in the Premier League, according to Gus Poyet.
The Germany internationals moved to Stamford Bridge before the start of the season as part of a massive squad overhaul costing upwards of £222million.
Neither player has found top form in England, though, as Chelsea s run of two wins in eight league games saw Frank Lampard sacked as head coach and replaced by Thomas Tuchel.
Werner has nine goals and five assists in 28 games in all competitions this season, with only Tammy Abraham (11 goals and four assists) registering more direct goal involvements for the club. However, the former RB Leipzig star has scored just once in his previous 10 appearances, in a 4-0 FA Cu…
January 1 2022 is a date Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappe have been anticipating for some time.
Los Blancos were the subject of two failed bids for the Paris Saint-Germain superstar in the previous transfer window.
But the new year sees Mbappe enter the final six months of his contract at the Parc des Princes meaning he is free to talk to clubs outside of France.
And it seems Madrid are more confident that ever of landing their top target.
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The future of Mbappe has dominated the rumour mill for months and Spanish publication Marca claims there is total optimism among the Madrid hierarchy they will land their man.
One complication is the fact the two teams are set to meet in a Champi…
Real Madrid are interested in signing Josko Gvardiol from RB Leipzig in the summer of 2023, according to . The report in the Spanish news outlet has claimed that the reigning La Liga and UEFA Champions League winners are willing to pay as much as €90 million in transfer fees for the 20-year-old Croatia international central defender.
German club RB Leipzig, though, will not sell Gvardiol for anything less than €100 million, which means that Madrid will have to increase their offer to secure the services of the 20-year-old, who is doing extremely well for Croatia at the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Gvardiol has made eight starts and five substitute appearances in the Bundesliga for RB Leipzig so far this season. The defender has also scored one goal in four UEFA Champions L…
Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Portugal s friendly against Brazil in Boston on Tuesday as manager Paulo Bento has ordered him to rest.
Team doctor Henrique Jones confirmed that the Real Madrid star is struggling with tendonitis and will miss out following his hat-trick heroics in Portugal s 4-2 win over Northern Ireland on Friday in FIFA World Cup qualifying.
He has had a week of intense treatment, he made an enormous sacrifice and now he needs to rest, Jones said.
Ronaldo s three goals helped Portugal recover from 2-1 down at Windsor Park, where they finished with 10 men after Helder Postiga was dismissed, and increased the 28-year-old s international tally to 43, overtaking the iconic Eusebio s 41 and putting him second only to Pauleta on 47 in the country s all-time s…
Manchester United defender Fabio is keen to leave the club as he searches for regular first team football, .
The Brazil international has made just one appearance for the Premier League champions this season, and spent the who of the last campaign on loan with Queens Park Rangers.
He is currently behind both Patrice Evra and Alexander Buttner in the Old Trafford pecking order, and would have been pushed further down the list if the club had secured the services of Leighton Baines or Fabio Coentrao during the summer.
The 23 year old has told David Moyes that he wants to leave when the transfer window reopens in January or in the summer, with a return to Brazil potentially on the cards.
His twin brother Rafael, who moved to Manchester with Fabio in 200…
Former Sheffield United striker Ched Evans has had his conviction for rape quashed by the Court of Appeal in London.
A re-trial has been ordered and must take place within the next two months.
Evans, 27, was jailed in April 2012 after being found guilty of the rape of a 19-year-old woman at a hotel in Rhyl, Wales, on May 29, 2011. He was released from prison in 2014 after serving half of a five-year sentence.
The Wales international has not played football professionally since his release.
The case was referred by to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which investigates possible miscarriages of justice and announced last October that new evidence had emerged in the case.
Lady Justice Hallett announced Thursda…
Marco Reus is adamant he has no intention of leaving Borussia Dortmund despite interest from abroad.
Manchester United and Manchester City are both reported to be interested in the 24-year-old, but he has insisted he is happy at the club.
Reus began his career at Dortmund but left in 2006 and had three years at Borussia Monchengladbach between 2009 and 2012 before returning to the Westfalenstadion after six years away.
Coach Juergen Klopp has seen Mario Gotze depart during the close-season and striker Robert Lewandowski ask to leave, but Reus has told his fellow German not to worry about his commitment to the Dortmund cause as he targets another push for the UEFA Champions League title.
Dortmund have absolutely no reason to worry about me leaving the club. I am …