Month: December 2024

On this day (June 22nd) in 2017, Mohamed Salah made his way from AS Roma to Liverpool. Since then, the Egyptian has captured the hearts of the Anfield faithful not only with brilliant performances in the club shirt, but also with the many aspects of his charity work.

As for those performances however,

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What the papers say

Manchester City and West Ham had come to an agreement in principle on a £85million transfer deal for midfielder Lucas Paqueta before the bid crumbled due to potential betting breaches, the Daily Mail reports.

Fulham’s pursuit of Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi has become tougher as the Evening Standard says Everton and Nottingham Forest have joined the race for the 22-year-old.

Chelsea have agreed to a £14million deal for New England Revoultion’s 23-year-old goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, according to the Daily Mail.

The same publication says Mason Greenwood is set to look for offers from clubs in Turkey and Italy after he and Manchester United parted ways after an internal investigation.

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Gianni Infantino believes FIFA currently has majority support among national associations for its plans to stage World Cup tournaments every two years.

The FIFA president gave that verdict at the world governing body s global summit on Monday, where FIFA-commissioned studies said the game would receive a significant financial boost if the plans are approved.

The overall boost would amount to $4.4billion in the first four-year cycle of a new international calendar, it was claimed, and that would climb to $6.6billion if each confederation also switches its regional competition to become biennial.

Currently, the men s and women s World Cups take place every four years, but dramatic change could be coming.

Not only is it feasible from a sporting point of…

Manchester City defender Nicolas Otamendi was pleased after keeping a clean sheet in Sunday s stalemate against rivals Manchester United.

The 0-0 draw was the first scoreless game between the two Manchester sides since November 2010.

Otamendi was taking part in his first Manchester derby since his £28.5million move from Valencia in the off-season.

The Argentina international said he was happy to be involved in such a big game and to contribute to City s clean sheet.

I am happy. This is one of the games that I always want to play, he said.  I was happy to be on the field. We couldn t get the victory but I am still happy.

We weren t just great in defence but we were organised in all aspects of the team. We secured an important point and it s i…

Reading have sacked manager Brian McDermott with only two months remaining in the season as they look to secure their Premier League status.

McDermott took over at the Madejski Stadium in late 2009 initially as caretaker manager following the departure of Brendan Rodgers.

After guiding the club to promotion last season as winners of the Championship, McDermott was named the League Managers Association Championship Manager of the Year.

However, with the club sitting 19th in the Premier League and following a 2-1 loss at home to fellow relegation candidates Aston Villa, club owner Anton Zingarevich has decided to look elsewhere in a bid to ensure Premier League football for the club next season.

A club statement reads: Reading Football Club has announced to…

Hertha Berlin have completed the signing of Javairo Dilrosun from Manchester City.

The 19-year-old has agreed to a long-term deal with the Bundesliga club and will finalise his move on July 1.

We have been watching him for a long time and followed his development closely, Hertha general manager Michael Preetz told the club s website. 

He has enjoyed a terrific tactical and technical education at Ajax and Man City and is a quick and excellent match player. 

We are delighted to have got his signature over a number of notable clubs and that he has chosen to come and prove himself at Hertha.

Dilrosun, who reportedly turned down approaches from Swansea City and Derby County to join Hertha, has impressed for City s youth teams since joining from A…

Tom Starke marked his first Bayern Munich start since March 2014 with a penalty save as Carlo Ancelotti s side celebrated their fifth successive Bundesliga title triumph with a 1-0 victory that consigned Darmstadt to relegation.

With Sven Ulreich having joined Manuel Neuer on Bayern s injury list, third-choice goalkeeper Starke was called upon for Saturday s clash at the Allianz Arena and proved his quality to deny former Bayern man Hamit Altintop from the spot late on.

Having won the league in style with a resounding 6-0 thrashing of Wolfsburg last time out, Bayern had little to play for, though Juan Bernat s 18th-minute effort all-but ended Darmstadt s slim hopes of survival.

A rather disjointed Bayern performance was reflected by some wasteful finishing from…

Antonio Conte declared he is a serial winner after Chelsea won the FA Cup on Saturday.

Eden Hazard s first-half penalty earned a battling 1-0 win against Manchester United at Wembley, ensuring the Italian has collected a trophy in each of his last five seasons as a club manager.

Speculation Conte could leave Chelsea has intensified this term and he indicated he had the chance to return to the Italian national team, whom he led between 2014 and 2016.

And after adding the FA Cup to last season s Premier League crown, Conte launched a passionate defence of his record.

I think after two years the club knows me very well and if they want to continue to work with me, they know me, he said. I can t change, nothing changes. My way is always the same.