Arsenal midfielder Serge Gnabry is currently tearing up the competition with Germany at the Olympics in Brazil. The 21-year-old winger has netted six goals in just five matches, tying him for most goals scored in the tournament with teammate Nils Peterson (one of Germany’s three over-aged players). While highly-rated players such as Neymar, Lars Bender, […]

London (AFP) – Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew is confident the proposed arrival of striker Christian Benteke from Premier League rivals Liverpool will help bolster spirits at the south London club. A reported fee of £27 million ($35 million, 31 million euros) plus a further £5 million of add-ons has been agreed between Liverpool and […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will not stand in Joe Hart's way if the out-of-favour goalkeeper decides to leave the club, he said on Friday. Guardiola has left Hart on the bench for City's first two games of the season, with Willy Caballero starting instead, and is reportedly close to […]

Lisbon (AFP) – Attacking midfielder Rafa Silva, who was crowned champion of Europe with Portugal during the summer, has just signed a five year deal with Portuguese giants Benfica Lisbon. Benfica broke the Portuguese transfer record to table a 15 million euros (£13 million) deal for the Sporting Braga man completing the most expensive transfer […]

Paris (AFP) – After being deprived of a place in Portugal's Euro 2016 squad due to injury, Bernardo Silva is the man of the moment for Monaco at the start of the new season. The principality club travel to face Nantes at the Stade de la Beaujoire on Saturday on the second weekend of the […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino is planning to further strengthen his squad during the remaining weeks of the transfer window and expects Christian Eriksen to commit his long-term future to the club. Pochettino is attempting to bring together a group of players capable of coping with the demands of playing in the […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Chelsea manager Antonio Conte will pit his wits against a familiar face on Saturday as his side travel to face a Watford side coached by fellow Italian Walter Mazzarri. Conte was recruited by the Stamford Bridge hierarchy partly because of his reputation as a determined and demanding coach, qualities he […]

Glasgow (AFP) – This time last year, Tom Rogic's career at Celtic was at a crossroads. The Australian international had endured a frustrating time at Celtic Park following his arrival from A-League side Central Coast Mariners in January 2013. The Socceroo star suffered several injury problems and found his game time limited before being shipped […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is relieved Sadio Mane's freak training ground injury will not keep him out for long with the forward possibly in contention for Saturday's trip to Burnley. The Senegalese international, a £30 million ($40 million, 36 million euros) buy from Southampton, was taken to hospital after landing […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona head into the new season looking to wrestle the Champions League trophy back from Real Madrid, while defending their La Liga and Copa del Rey titles for the third year running. Having already started the season in the best way possible, by beating Sevilla and lifting the Spanish Super Cup, Luis […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Javier Mascherano has joined the queue to the Camp Nou treatment room with champions Barcelona hit by a spate of injuries before they begin the new season in La Liga against Betis on Saturday. Luis Enrique's side paid a high price for winning the Spanish Super Cup against Sevilla, with captain Andres […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Following opening-day defeats, champions Leicester City and Arsenal, last season's Premier League top two, will be desperate to get their campaigns in gear at the King Power Stadium on Saturday. Three months on from their fairytale 5,000-1 title win, Leicester were stunned 2-1 by crisis club Hull City last weekend, […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City's new manager Pep Guardiola takes his team to Stoke City bolstered by the news that promising forward Kelechi Iheanacho has signed a long-term deal to stay with his club. The 19-year-old Nigerian came off the bench in the opening-day victory over Sunderland, and is considered one of the […]

Rome (AFP) – After a busy close season in the transfer market, Juventus kick off their bid for a record sixth consecutive Serie A title on Saturday by entertaining Fiorentina. The visit of Paulo Sousa's squad, fifth last season, will provide a tricky first examination for a Juve side that has seen change aplenty in […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool travel to nearby Burnley on Saturday eager to prove their opening weekend 4-3 win away to Arsenal was no flash in the pan. Raising their game against English football's established powers has been something successive Liverpool teams have had no problem in doing. But the five-times European champions have, remarkably given […]