Month: January 2025

Could Raheem Sterling leave Premier League champions Manchester City?

The Englishman has slipped down the pecking order in 2021-22.

LaLiga giants Barcelona are reportedly ready to offer Sterling regular football.

TOP STORY – BARCA INTERESTED IN STERLING

Barcelona are targeting a loan move for Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling, according to Sport.

Sterling has fallen out of favour under Pep Guardiola this season, leading to speculation over his City future.

The England international is reportedly open to reunion with former City team-mate Sergio Aguero at Barca.

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The Independent claims Manchester United are prioritising a move for West Ham s Declan Rice. The Red Devils are eyeing Rice…

Tottenham Hotspur captain Michael Dawson has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2016, .

The 29 year old has been at White Hart Lane since 2005, when he left Nottingham Forest in a double deal that saw Andy Reid move with him.

He has made over 200 league appearances for the North London club, and was part of the squad that secured qualification for the Champions League in 2010, and helped them make the quarter finals in the competition the following season.

The Yorkshire born defender looked set to leave Spurs last summer with a move to Queens Park Rangers looking likely, only for him to remain with Andre Villas-Boas’ men and establish himself as a first choice centre-back.

Internationally, he has been capped four time…

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola says it could be two years until he moves to the Premier League.

Guardiola last month confirmed he would leave Bayern when his contract expires at the end of this season and he subsequently announced that his desire to work in England s top flight is behind the decision.

Several leading club have been tipped to move for Guardiola, with Manchester City viewed as the front-runners to have the 44-year-old in place for the start of the 2016-17 season, due in part to his close relationship with City director of football Txiki Begiristain.

But the former Barcelona boss told a news conference that his move to the Premier League does not necessarily have to come next season.

When I sign a contract I will announce it immediately,…

West Ham United are interested in signing Manchester United duo Nemanja Matic and Phil Jones, according to . It has been reported that the Hammers are checking out the two United players as potential targets in the summer transfer window. The London club, though, will have to pay the the 32-year-old Serbian midfielder and the 29-year-old English central defender over £120,000 per week as salary each.

Jones has not played since January 2020 due to injury. The 29-year-old has never really been one of the best central defenders in the Premier League, and West Ham would be wise not to sign him, especially he has not played for so long.

Matic is a hugely experienced player who has won multiple trophies and knows the Champions League inside out. The Serbian would make the H…

Paulo Dybala is one of the most important signings in Roma s history, according to former Giallorossi striker and head coach Rudi Voller.

The Argentina international has made an impressive start to life in the Italian capital, scoring four goals and providing two assists in seven Serie A appearances since his free transfer from Juventus.

The former Bianconeri forward has also netted twice in the Europa League and his impact has caught the eye of Voller, who scored 68 goals in 198 games for Roma between 1987 and 1992.

He s one of the most important signings in Roma s history, he told Corriere dello Sport. The fans were waiting for a big hit, and he arrived. [He is] magnificent, and he is fulfilling expectations.

I hope he can continue like this and not h…

With their heroes set to face Turkey in a Euro 2012 qualifier on Friday in Berlin, German fans are preparing to take their fight against rising Bundesliga prices to the capital s streets this weekend.

Around 4,000 football fans are expected to demonstrate in Berlin s city centre on Saturday to protest peacefully against the commercialisation of Germany s football league.

In what might come as a surprise to football fans in England, who are used to seeing ticket prices increasing year-by-year, German fans have said enough is enough when it comes to paying to see live Bundesliga action.

Fans from 50 different clubs from the various of the German league will take to the streets in different areas of Berlin and march to the demonstration s rallying point at Berlin s…

Chelsea striker Diego Costa insists he remains grateful to Jose Mourinho as he prepares for another tussle with Manchester United.

Mourinho brought Costa to Chelsea from Atletico Madrid in 2014 and the Spain international repaid that faith by firing the Blues to the Premier League crown in his first season in England s top flight.

But a dreadful title defence followed, with Mourinho sacked as Chelsea lurched towards the relegation zone in December 2015 and Costa was one of a number of senior players to badly underperform amid rumours of dressing room unrest.

Costa was back on song at the start of this term under Antonio Conte, helping to establish a dominant position at the top of the league that they appear unlikely to relinquish.

Chelsea s two wins ov…

Uruguay international Maximiliano Gomez continues to be linked with a move away from Celta Vigo with Premier League outfit Tottenham becoming the last in line to join the chase for the 22-year-old striker.

Gomez has been hitting the headlines ever since joining Celta Vigo in 2017. Having scored 17 La Liga goals in his maiden season with the Galician side, Gomez currently has six in 10 league matches early in the new campaign.

that Tottenham Hotspur have taken notice of Gomez’s flying form, adding that Spurs are now joining Borussia Dortmund who also have the Uruguayan on their radar.

Maxi Gomez has widely been compared to compatriot Luis Suarez due to his style of play. Gomez’s tenacious attitude has seen his stock go through constant rise and it will be on…

Former Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan says the club will never go anywhere while owner Mike Ashley is still in charge.

Keegan is revered on Tyneside for a five-year stint in charge of Newcastle from 1992 to 1997, during which he transformed the side into one of England s best and won the club plenty of admirers with their brand of attacking football.

The former Liverpool midfielder returned to St. James Park for an eight-month spell in charge in 2008 before resigning due to differences with Ashley, who he said can never take the English Premier League club forward.

The club can never go anywhere under Mike Ashley and (managing director) Derek Llambias it can t go anywhere, I promise you that, Keegan said in his column on ESPNsoccernet.

You will never get …

Al Hilal made a dream start to their league campaign and take that good form into their AFC Champions League quarter-final against Al Sadd.

Comfortable back-to-back league wins see the Saudi Arabian side with a 100 per cent record in the league and with plenty of confidence.

Laurentiu Reghecampf s men have scored seven times in two league games ahead of Tuesday s first leg at their King Fahd International Stadium home.

Brazilian Thiago Neves has been among the players to make a flying start to the season, scoring three times.

In the Champions League, Nasser Al-Shamrani has delivered for the most part.

The 30-year-old forward has scored seven goals in the continental competition, the second most behind Asamoah Gyan (10).

Al-Shamrani was the…