According to Marca, Paco Alcacer is on the verge of his Borussia Dortmund move being made official after he was spotted arriving in Germany. He s set to undergo a medical as he prepares to make his switch from Barcelona to the German giants, with Barca being set to receive €2.2 million in addition to any extras with Dortmund having the option to purchase him.

The 24-year-old forward has been with Barca since back in 2016, after spending six years with Valencia. Unfortunately, despite scoring some important goals at the Nou Camp, he s failed to make a consistent impression as he probably would ve hoped.

Dortmund have started off strong in Bundesliga this season, with a big 4-1 win over RB Leipzig. On the other hand Barcelona have registered back to back wins against Al…

Borussia Dortmund s new signing Axel Witsel has claimed Carlo Ancelotti previously attempted to take him to Bayern Munich.

Witsel joined Dortmund from Tianjin Quanjian after an impressive World Cup campaign with Belgium, having transferred to the Chinese Super League side from Zenit in January 2017.

Ancelotti was dismissed from his role as Bayern boss in September 2017, but Witsel has revealed the Italian was keen on signing him before his tenure at the Bundesliga giants was cut short, although Tianjin Quanjian had no desire to sell the 29-year-old at the time.

They did not call me but my former coach Fabio Cannavaro, and he then kindly and politely told Ancelotti that it was not possible , Witsel told Bild.

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Theo Walcott was the shock casualty as England coach Fabio Capello named his final 23-man squad for the World Cup on Tuesday.

Walcott was widely expected to be on the England team s flight to South Africa on Wednesday after playing a significant role in the qualifying campaign, but Capello has decided Manchester City s Shaun Wright-Phillips and Tottenham s Aaron Lennon represent better options on the flanks.

Also receiving the unwanted call from Capello to hear they had been left out were Everton left-back Leighton Baines, Manchester City winger Adam Johnson, West Ham midfielder Scott Parker, Tottenham centre-back Michael Dawson, Sunderland striker Darren Bent and Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone.

It is the second time Walcott has been involved in a controve…

Manchester City earned their third straight Premier League title as Arsenal faltered against Nottingham Forest, who earned a 1-0 win to secure top-flight safety.

Manchester United took another surge towards Champions League football and Brighton booked their spot in Europe next season with a win against Southampton.

Here the PA news agency takes a look at another action-packed weekend of top-flight football.

Celebrations for City as Arsenal lose out

Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions for a third successive season after Arsenal lost 1-0 by Nottingham Forest on Saturday. The Gunners had spent 248 days at the top of the table and held an eight-point lead over City in March, but poor results saw Pep Guardiola’s side able to take advantage to sea…

New Sunderland forward Jeremain Lens believes Dick Advocaat is the man to get the best out of him after completing a move to the Stadium of Light.

Netherlands international Lens joined Sunderland on a four-year deal on Wednesday.

The transfer ends a two-year spell at Dynamo Kiev in which he won the Ukrainian Premier League once and the Cup on two occasions.

However, Lens scored only 16 goals in his time with Dynamo having previously enjoyed the best season of his career under Advocaat in 2012-13, netting 19 times, with 15 of those strikes coming in the Eredivisie.

And, speaking to Sunderland s official website, Lens who also played for Advocaat at AZ said: It will be the third time [working with Advocaat], I have good periods with him, in PSV I reach my o…

Radamel Falcao is excited by the prospect of being reunited with Diego Costa at Chelsea and believes their playing styles complement one another.

Colombia international Falcao completed a season-long loan to the Premier League champions from Monaco earlier this month.

Falcao will once be a team-mate of Spain international Costa, having previously played together at Atletico Madrid.

With manager Jose Mourinho normally employing just one striker in his starting line-up, it is likely the duo will be fighting it out for a starting berth at Stamford Bridge.

But Falcao believes the pair can be effective as a partnership.

Speaking to Chelsea s official website, he said: He is crazy! And happy. I know him from Atletico and we enjoyed very good times. …

With the inaugural UEFA Nations League kicking off this week, teams will be looking to get the new campaign off with a win while battles in the Brazilian Serie A really start to heat up. On that note, we here at Soccer News have found a handful of helpful tips that can boost your midweek acca:

Thursday 6th September

19:45 BST Germany vs France

Two sides who endured very different summers in Russia, Didier Deschamps newly crowned World Champions France will travel to the Allianz Arena filled with confidence. Lifting a title for the first time in 20 years, The Blues have been in remarkable form over the past 12 months and have now only lost on of their last 19 outings in all competitions. Winning their last four on the bounce and also now unbeaten in their last three …

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Scotland and Portugal will lock horns this Sunday in a thrilling match that will put two sides going head-to-head despite their opposite form in recent matches. While Scotland will try to end their friendly woes, Portugal will aim to continue their success playing away from home. Kick-off is scheduled for Sunday at 17:00 BST.

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There s no way to make things pretty here: Scotland have been struggling of late, and those problems have become even more noticeable when we talk about friendly matches. The Scots have dropped their last three friendly matches, and have won just once of their past six contests (W1, L5) under this category. To make things even more difficult, they have now gone 312 minu…

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Following consecutive losses, AC Milan confront a significant challenge to their diminishing title aspirations this Sunday evening as they welcome the formidable Atalanta BC to San Siro.

While Milan currently hold a seven-point lead over their Lombardy counterparts in the Serie A standings, Atalanta s recent streak of five consecutive league victories signals a narrowing of the gap between the two teams.

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Despite a 3-2 defeat on the night, Milan successfully advanced past the Europa League playoffs on Thursday, having carried a three-goal advantage to Rennes following their dominant performance in the first leg of the knockout tie.

Rafael Leao once again found the back of the net in France, but Benjamin Bourigea…

Carlo Ancelotti acknowledges Karim Benzema is a bit tired following his return from injury, but has refused to rule out using the striker when Real Madrid face Getafe on Saturday.

Benzema missed three weeks after sustaining a thigh injury in the Champions League win over Celtic last month, returning to Los Blancos side for last week s 1-1 draw with Osasuna.

The France striker crashed a late penalty against the crossbar in that match as Madrid dropped points for the first time this season in LaLiga, and also failed to impress in Wednesday s 2-1 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk.

Benzema failed to score despite recording eight shots totalling 0.93 expected goals (xG) in that contest, and Spanish media reports had suggested he was doubtful for the trip to G…