Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he will give away his FA Cup winners medal even though victory would make him the most successful manager in the competition s history.
The Gunners face Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday as they look to claim their third FA Cup in the last four seasons and seventh overall for their manager.
That would give Wenger the outright record, which he currently ties with former Aston Villa boss George Ramsay.
Chelsea, meanwhile, are eyeing a double and first Cup crown since 2012, but Wenger will not be keeping any memorabilia if Arsenal can stop their rivals.
I have no medals at home from anything, the Arsenal boss told reporters.
You come to my home you will be surprised. There is no trophy, no medal, nothing.
I …
Inter star Ivan Perisic has opened the door to joining Bayern Munich, citing their new coach Niko Kovac as a very big influence on him.
Perisic has spent three years in Milan after leaving Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, though he has regularly been linked with moves away from San Siro.
Manchester United are said to have been particularly interested in him over the last year, though those reports faded away and briefly gave way to suggestions of Bayern s interest after Kovac s appointment.
Kovac was Perisic s coach for two years at international level with Croatia until 2015, and the 29-year-old winger holds the former midfielder in high regard.
He [Kovac] had [a] very big influence on me, Perisic told Sportske Novosti.
I played great for Croatia und…
Timo Werner is ready to swap RB Leipzig for Liverpool this summer if his £52 million release clause is triggered, according to Sky Sports.
The striker moved to Leipzig from Stuttgart in 2016 and since then he has netted 88 goals in 150 appearances for his current club. His form this season has been particularly good 27 strikes in 36 games. Last summer, he extended his contract to 2023 after being close to joining Bayern Munich for €30m, and a release clause of double that amount was inserted in the deal.
The 24-year-old Germany international has been flirting with Liverpool in the last few months. In an interview with Viasport in February, he described their team and their manager as the best in the world, and later added that he sees himself as a good fit for Jurgen…
With the European domestic leagues quickly drawing to a close, we have another stacked weekend schedule from across the continent. So, for those of you out there looking to stick on a Sunday acca, we have found a handful of helpful tips that are worth keeping an eye out for.
Sunday 16th May
BST 16:30 West Brom vs Liverpool
Managing to come from behind away at Old Trafford earlier in the week, Liverpool still find themselves dreaming of a late charge for the top-four. Despite showing a host of issues throughout the 2020/21 campaign, Jurgen Klopp s men will undoubtedly be boosted by their 4-2 win against their bitter rivals on Thursday night. Watching Chelsea slip up against Arsenal in West London, Jurgen Klopp s men know that victory on Sunday afternoon can see…
Brentford manager Thomas Frank hinted at the club s potential interest in signing Christian Eriksen as he bids to make a return to top-level football, and even the rumours have the Danish coach pinching himself.
Eriksen has not played since suffering a cardiac arrest during Denmark s Euro 2020 opener against Finland in June last year, an emergency that meant he had died for five minutes .
He was subsequently fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) – while the device could potentially save his life should something similar happen in future, it effectively ended his time at Inter due to Italian football regulations prohibiting professionals from having such implants.
However, ICD are permitted in other European leagues, and the mutual contract…
Coronavirus again cast a shadow over the 2021 Copa America as Venezuela s preparations for their opening match versus Brazil were thrown into chaos.
The tournament has been moved from Colombia and Argentina to Brazil amid political unrest in the former nation and a spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths in the latter.
Brazil has also suffered horribly during the pandemic, although calls to postpone the tournament have been resisted despite some players from the host nation voicing their opposition.
Now Venezuela s attempts to snap a run of eight winless Copa America encounters with the Selecao – who have won six in that streak look set to be compromised after news that 12 of their travelling party have tested positive for coronavirus.
The health department…
Spanish winger Albert Riera has joined Ukrainian side Metalist Kharkiv on a free transfer, .
The Spaniard has been a free agent since his contract at Galatasaray was cancelled last month and he has quickly found a new club.
Riera is club s second high profile signing in the space of just few days, with Nigerian midfielder Ayila Yussuf having joined from Dynamo Kiev.
The 31-year-old is best known for his two-year spell at Liverpool, but he has also represented Mallorca, Bordeaux, Espanyol, Manchester City, Olympiakos and Galatasaray.
He has made a total of 60 league appearances for the Turkish giants over the last two and a half years, but was allowed to leave as the club officials wanted to offload a couple of foreign players in order to make way for new…
Pep Guardiola has revealed Manchester City are affected by travel problems during one of their most hectic periods of the season.
City have four away games in less than a fortnight, with Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup trip to Newcastle followed by a Premier League clash with Wolves, a Champions League outing to Leipzig and then another league game against Arsenal.
Guardiola’s men would normally travel back by train or plane to minimise time on the road but neither is available on Wednesday.
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“We cannot come back by plane because we don’t have planes to travel back so we have to take a bus, it’s two, three hours later, we arrive here so, so late,” said the Catalan.
“T…
Juventus are well placed to reach the UEFA Europa League final despite their defeat to Benfica, according to striker Carlos Tevez.
Antonio Conte s Juve were beaten in Lisbon on Thursday, going down 2-1 to recently crowned Portuguese champions Benfica at the Estadio da Luz.
However Juve, who will host the Europa League final, remain in the tie after Tevez claimed an away goal for the Italian giants his first goal in European competition in five years.
My goal isn t the important thing, as it matters only that we are still in the running for qualification, Tevez told Sport Mediaset.
I am in good shape physically, so I m happy.
We ve got a very good chance of getting through to the next round. Qualification is wide open for the second leg.
Tevez s…
Roberto Mancini s bid to bring the good times back to Inter begins with a derby showdown against Milan in Serie A on Sunday.
Having been announced as Walter Mazzarri s replacement last week, Mancini s first task is to mastermind a triumph at San Siro that would take Inter above their bitter rivals in the Italian top flight.
Mancini won three league titles and two Coppa Italia crowns in his four-your spell at at the Inter helm, which ended in 2008, but he returns to a club struggling to live up to past glories.
A fifth-place finish last season left them without UEFA Champions League football this term and domestic form has been underwhelming, with Inter languishing in mid-table.
Leaders Juventus are 12 points clear of Inter, who ended the last decade with …