Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane has admitted Gareth Bale is back in his plans ahead of Real Madrid's opening La Liga game of the season against Celta Vigo on Saturday. Eden Hazard sustained a thigh injury in training on Friday, meaning Bale could even start against Celta following a turbulent summer for the Welshman. Zidane […]

Madrid (AFP) – Eden Hazard will miss the start of the season after sustaining a thigh injury in training on Friday, the day before Real Madrid's La Liga opener against Celta Vigo. Hazard was ready to make his debut in Vigo after joining Madrid for an initial 100 million euros from Chelsea in June. But […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian faces a late fitness test to see if he can face Southampton on Saturday after being injured by a pitch invader during celebrations of Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup win over Chelsea. The Spaniard, who only joined the European champions on August 5, capped his full debut in style by […]

Berlin (AFP) – David Alaba became the latest Bayern Munich star to urge the club to ramp up their activity in the transfer market, and also cast doubt upon his own future in comments to the Austrian news agency APA on Friday. Ahead of Bayern's German league opener against Hertha Berlin on Friday, Austrian international […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Alexis Sanchez still has a future at Manchester United, according to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, despite speculation that the Premier League giants are trying to offload the unproductive Chilean. Reports claim United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has repeatedly attempted to find a buyer for Sanchez, who arrived at Old Trafford 18 […]

Paris (AFP) – The saga of Neymar's seemingly inevitable departure from Paris Saint-Germain is proving a long, drawn out affair bringing the curtain down on what will ultimately feel like a fleeting and failed experiment. Having arrived in France in 2017 hoping a world-record transfer to PSG would help him emerge from the shadow of […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool reserve goalkeeper Adrian enjoyed a memorable full debut in winning the UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul, but Southampton will hope his penalty shootout heroics against Chelsea simply masked a broader problem ahead of Saturday's clash at St Mary's. A Liverpool defence that kept 20 clean sheets in the Premier […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Harry Kane feels he is already reaping the rewards of a rare month off as Tottenham's talisman hopes to outgun England teammate Raheem Sterling when Spurs visit Premier League champions Manchester City on Saturday. Kane was beset by ankle injuries last season after just a three-week break between lifting the […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City will seek revenge against Tottenham on Saturday for their dramatic Champions League exit last season as Liverpool and Manchester United also look to build on impressive Premier League starts this weekend. City completed the first ever domestic treble of trophies in England last season, but fell short once more in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid began the summer by losing six of their best players but are ending it with greater belief than ever they can beat Real Madrid and Barcelona to the La Liga title, thanks in part to the exhilarating form of new striker Joao Felix. Diego Simeone was tasked with his biggest […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona begin their title defence and Real Madrid will hope to launch their revival as La Liga returns in Spain this weekend. Barca face Athletic Bilbao on Friday, boosted by the signings of Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie de Jong this summer, while Madrid play away at Celta Vigo, with Eden Hazard set […]

Madrid (AFP) – Lionel Messi will not be risked for Barcelona's opening La Liga game against Athletic Bilbao on Friday, according to his coach Ernesto Valverde. Messi sustained a calf injury in training last week and missed Barca's last two pre-season friendlies against Napoli. They begin their title defence at San Mames this weekend and […]

Berlin (AFP) – When Bayern Munich open their Bundesliga campaign at home to Hertha Berlin on Friday evening, Serge Gnabry, Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka can be reasonably sure of a place in the starting eleven. Though all still just 24, the three players are already leading figures in the Bayern dressing room, having rapidly […]

Lausanne (AFP) – UEFA on Thursday postponed indefinitely a crucial summit with Europe's top football clubs and leagues in which controversial Champions League reforms were set to be discussed. The meeting, originally scheduled for September 11 at the Nyon headquarters of European football's governing body, was set to bring together the European Club Association (ECA) […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal manager Unai Emery will have Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac available for Burnley's visit to the Emirates on Saturday after the pair missed last weekend's trip to Newcastle over security fears. Ozil and Kolasinac were caught in an attempted car-jacking in London last month. CCTV footage showed Kolasinac leaping from the […]