Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane and Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti on Friday added to growing calls for the summer transfer window to close before the season starts across Europe. English Premier League clubs voted on Thursday to shut the 2018 close-season transfer window before the start of the 2018-19 campaign following […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane added his voice Friday to the growing clamour for the summer transfer window to close before the season starts across Europe. English Premier League clubs voted on Thursday to shut the 2018 close-season transfer window before the start of the 2018-19 campaign following complaints by managers that […]

London (AFP) – Philippe Coutinho has been left out of Liverpool's squad to face Manchester City this weekend over his fitness but manager Jurgen Klopp said the Brazilian did nothing "unforgivable" during Barcelona's pursuit of him. The playmaker, who returned from international duty this week, was linked with a move to the Catalan giants following […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will miss his side's Premier League showdown with Liverpool on Saturday due to a calf injury, manager Pep Guardiola revealed on Friday. The centre-back, who has a long history of calf problems, sustained the injury after completing the 90 minutes of Belgium's 4-0 victory over […]

Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo, hounded by allegations of tax evasion in Spain, is "delighted" to be staying at Real Madrid, according to club president Florentino Perez, who called claims that the Portuguese striker might leave the country exaggerated. "As he said a little while back, he's delighted to be here. No one is better placed […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur striker Vincent Janssen is set to join Fenerbahce on loan after failing to establish himself in Mauricio Pochettino's side, the Turkish club said in a statement on Friday. The Dutch forward, who joined Spurs from AZ Alkmaar in July 2016, was left out of Spurs' Champions League squad after the […]

London (AFP) – FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli after the player was caught making an obscene gesture during an England match, the world governing body announced on Friday. Alli stuck his middle finger up during the national side's World Cup qualifier against Slovakia on Monday but said after the […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has threatened to "head-butt" new signing Serge Aurier if he steps out of line in a stark warning over his expected behaviour at the club. The talented Ivorian right-back joined Spurs for £23 million ($30 million, 25 million euros) from PSG on transfer deadline day last week. […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp are proponents of crowd-pleasing attacking football which should make Saturday's Premier League clash between Manchester City and Liverpool an eye-catching affair. However, both City's Guardiola and Klopp at Liverpool are under pressure this season to turn the attractive styles into silverware. With both clubs on seven points […]

Moscow (AFP) – Roberto Mancini's Zenit St Petersburg will hope to make it five wins in a row against Dynamo Moscow when they meet in the Russian Premier League on Sunday. But Mancini has warned his charges to take newly promoted Dynamo seriously after watching his side struggle to a 0-0 draw in their last […]

Madrid (AFP) – The most expensive player in Barcelona's history will take to the field for the first time on Saturday as Ousmane Dembele debuts in a Catalan derby against Espanyol. Atletico Madrid travel to a revitalised Valencia in the headline clash of the weekend, whilst there is an early start for champions Real Madrid. […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is confident his squad can cope with a far busier September than last year. The reigning Premier League champions will kick off at Leicester on Saturday in sixth place on six points, one spot below West Bromwich and one above Watford whilst Leicester are three points […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri will get a final chance to test his troops before next week's Champions League opener at Barcelona in Saturday's Serie A tie at home against Chievo. Serie A champions Juventus travel to the Camp Nou on Tuesday to take on the Catalan side they eliminated in the quarter-finals […]

London (AFP) – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is itching to start work with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and could make his debut in Saturday's Premier League headline clash with Manchester City. The England midfielder, 24, rejected a new contract offer from Arsenal and an approach from champions Chelsea to join Liverpool in a £35 million ($45.8 million, […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United have made the perfect start to the Premier League season, but one of their most fondly remembered former strikers is plotting their downfall. Jose Mourinho's side have begun the campaign with three wins from three matches, without conceding a goal, and start the weekend top of the table […]