According to , West Ham United, Newcastle United and Leicester City are interested in signing Sporting Lisbon winger Gonzalo Plata in the January transfer window. It has been reported that Portuguese giants Sporting are open to letting go of the 20-year-old when the transfer window opens next month.
The report has claimed that Sporting would accept an offer of £20 million for Plata. The Portuguese club are willing to send the winger out on loan first in January to generate interest in him. Brighton and Hove, West Ham, Leicester and Newcastle all are reported to be keeping tabs on the Ecuador international winger.
Plata has been on the books of Sporting since 2019. According to , the winger made 12 starts and nine substitute appearances in the Portuguese league last sea…
Juventus will try to tempt Emre Can and Leon Goretzka to join them next summer, chief executive Giuseppe Marotta has revealed.
With their contracts in the final year, Germany internationals Can and Goretzka can leave Liverpool and Schalke respectively on free transfers at the end of the season.
Consistently linked with both players in recent months, Marotta confirmed the Bianconeri are keen to bring them both to Serie A as they look to add further depth to an already star-studded squad.
They are available for free at the end of the season, Marotta told Calciomercato.com.
We are interested and we ll make an attempt but it all depends on their will.
Having progressed through Bayern Munich s youth system, Can spent just one year with Bayer Leverku…
Bastian Schweinsteiger has called upon his Germany team-mates to show some fight during the course of their Euro 2012 campaign.
Under Joachim Loew s tutelage, Germany have received universal acclaim for their free-flowing, attractive football, but the Bayern Munich midfielder claims they should also incorporate an aggressive edge to their game.
We need a certain amount of aggressiveness, he told DFB.de.
You can win games not only by playing attractively. Therefore it s important that we show the German virtues, as well as attractive play.
The Euro 2008 finalists begin their bid for continental glory with a tricky fixture against Portugal on Saturday, a match the 27-year-old feels his side must win in order to set a positive tone for the rest of the t…
What the papers say
Manchester United have joined Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in the race for Belgian midfielder Romeo Lavia, according to the Independent. Liverpool had their bid rejected by Southampton and United look like they will swoop in to try and lure the 19-year-old to the club.
Aston Villa look to be interested in American Tyler Adams and are willing to reach Leeds’ £25million release clause to free up the 24-year-old midfielder, the Daily Mail says.
The Telegraph reports that Bournemouth look like the favourites to sign Bristol City midfielder Alex Scott, beating Wolves to matching the £25m transfer fee.
Turkish club Besiktas are in talks with former Arsenal and Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, whose contract with Liverpool expired…
Paris Saint-Germain missed the chance to finish the Champions League group stage with a 100 per cent record as they suffered a 3-1 defeat at Bayern Munich.
Bayern s 3-0 defeat at the Parc des Princes in the reverse fixture in September marked the end of the Carlo Ancelotti era at the Allianz Arena and Die Roten fans may now see that painful evening as a blessing as PSG s star-studded forward line was delivered a lesson in ruthlessness by Jupp Heynckes men.
Kylian Mbappe and Neymar spurned chances for PSG while Edinson Cavani, save for a neat touch to set up Mbappe for the goal that cut Bayern s lead to 2-1, struggled to make a lasting impression.
By marked contrast Bayern needed little invitation to take full advantage of their attacking openings, Robert Lewando…
Zinedine Zidane has described Sergio Ramos as one of the most inspiring footballers in LaLiga in the wake of the Real Madrid captain s row with Sevilla.
The centre-back gestured to Sevilla fans after scoring a late penalty in the 3-3 Copa del Rey draw on Thursday, having become frustrated at the abuse he had received from some sections of the home support at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
Sevilla have made an official complaint to the Spanish Football League (LFP) over Ramos behaviour, prompting Madrid to publish a statement in which they vowed to defend their captain s interests.
Head coach Zidane has hailed Ramos as an important figure in Spanish football, although he is eager to bring the matter to a close.
Above all, Ramos is our captain, he s an example…
Michy Batshuayi scored a brace as Crystal Palace earned a thrilling 5-3 win over Bournemouth, achieving their highest points total in a 38-game Premier League season in the process.
The Eagles raced into a three-goal lead on the final day at Selhurst Park, Batshuayi notching twice before Jack Simpson put through his own net as the Cherries looked a shadow of the side that beat Tottenham last time out.
Jefferson Lerma s long-range rocket threatened to spark a comeback on the stroke of half-time and goals from Jordon Ibe and Joshua King gave Bournemouth hope either side of Patrick van Aanholt grabbing Palace s fourth, but Andros Townsend clinched the win with a well-taken finish 10 minutes from time.
What a way to finish the season
— Crystal Palace F.C.…
Arsenal are ready to offer Jack Wilshere a new contract, according to the Mirror.
The England international began the 2017/18 campaign seemingly frozen out under manager Arsene Wenger but has started each of his side’s last six Premier League games, impressing with his form.
His goal in last week’s 2-2 draw with reigning champions Chelsea was his first in the league for over two-and-a-half years and he now looks set to be rewarded with a new deal having been linked with a move away in the summer.
He spent most of last season on loan with Bournemouth, who along with West Ham United and Crystal Palace were among the sides again interested in securing his services.
In total, Wilshere has played one hundred and seventy-eight times for the Gunners, sc…
Erling Haaland was on target as Louis van Gaal had to settle for a 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with Norway in his first match back in charge of the Netherlands.
Haaland opened the scoring with his first goal of Norway s qualifying campaign at the Ullevaal Stadion on Wednesday, but Davy Klaassen equalised in the first half.
Prolific Borussia Dortmund striker Haaland struck the post in the second half in Oslo, where neither side could fashion a winner.
A draw in Van Gaal s first game in his third spell as coach of his country leaves both the Netherlands and Norway a point behind Group G leaders Turkey, who were held to a 2-2 draw by Montenegro.
FT. A draw it is
— OnsOranje (@OnsOranje)
Cody Gakpo was handed a first Netherlands start…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is backing Karim Benzema, Eden Hazard and Marco Asensio to define an era for Los Blancos.
In the eyes of many, Madrid have regressed as an attacking force in the years since their much-revered BBC triumvirate of Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo was disbanded.
While Benzema has arguably found another level to his game with 45 LaLiga goals since the start of 2018-19, Bale fell out of favour before leaving and Hazard has struggled for form and fitness since essentially being brought in as Ronaldo s replacement last year.
But Hazard made his first appearance of the season in Saturday s 4-1 win over Huesca, scoring for the first time in 392 days, while Asensio is expected to have a big future at the club after recovering fro…