Bayern Munich´s path to Champions League glory

Leicester City want to sign Freddie Woodman from Preston North End in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Leicester are among the clubs who are keen on securing the services of the former Newcastle United goalkeeper.

Preston are reportedly willing to sell the 25-year-old goalkeeper in the summer of 2023. Woodman has been on the books of Preston since the summer of 2022 when he joined from Premier League club Newcastle.

The 25-year-old former England Under-21 international goalkeeper has established himself as the number one between the posts for Preston and is one of the better players in his position in the Championship. 

So far this season, Woodman has made 34 appearances in the Championship, one in the Carabao Cup and two i…

Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City have never dominated a team like they did against embattled neighbours Manchester United in Saturday s Premier League derby.

City completely outplayed United in a 2-0 victory at Old Trafford, where the Premier League champions humbled their bitter rivals thanks to Eric Bailly s own goal and a Bernardo Silva effort.

Guardiola s City have won more away Premier League games at Old Trafford than any other team (eight).

The all-round display against United delighted Guardiola, whose City enjoyed 67.4 per cent possession and had five shots on target compared to just one for the Red Devils.

Maybe this was the game that we dominated for the most time, Guardiola said.

Except for 10 minutes of the second half, the ot…

Jadon Sancho has all the qualities to become as good as Cristiano Ronaldo, according to Borrusia Dortmund team-mate Raphael Guerreiro.

England international Sancho has shot to prominence in Germany after opting to leave Manchester City in 2017 to pursue first-team opportunities. 

The 20-year-old has been linked with a move to Manchester United and Guerreiro believes the sky is the limit for Sancho.

In fact, he could even put himself on a par with all-time great and five-time Ballon d Or winner Ronaldo.

Cristiano is one of the best in the world – and to even be as good as him, Jadon still has to work a lot, a lot,  Guerreiro, an international colleague of Ronaldo s, told Bild. 

He has everything you need to be just as good as Cristiano, …

Romelu Lukaku hoped to have answered some of his critics with a hat-trick in Belgium s Euro 2024 qualifying opener at Sweden.

Lukaku scored all three goals as Belgium claimed a 3-0 win in what had looked like being the toughest game of their campaign.

Goals have not flowed so easily at club level this season, with Lukaku returning to Inter and scoring just three times in Serie A – albeit while hampered by injury.

But Friday s game was a step in the right direction as Belgium s record goalscorer said: It was not an easy game, but we can be satisfied. We did well.

I am happy that I can play minutes and show the outside world what I can do.

3 Romelu Lukaku scored his third hattrick for the tonight, equalling Robert De Veen as the player with the…

Fernando Santos could not question Portugal s effort as he revealed some players were in tears after losing to Belgium at Euro 2020.

Portugal were reigning European champions having stunned France in Euro 2016 and an exciting squad hinted at another challenge over the coming weeks.

But a draw with France in their final Group F match saw Santos side condemned to a last-16 clash with the world s top-ranked team.

Thorgan Hazard was the matchwinner for Belgium, his spectacular strike enough for a 1-0 success – their first against Portugal since 1989.

This was despite Portugal attempting 23 shots – worth 1.7 expected goals (xG) – to the Red Devils six (0.2 xG).

We are disappointed and sad, Santos told TVI24. I ve got some players crying in the d…

Wolfsburg forward Andre Schurrle is relishing the opportunity to make history for the Bundesliga club when they host Manchester United in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Dieter Hecking s men will qualify for the knockout rounds of the competition for the first time with a draw against Group B rivals United at the Volkswagen Arena.

Runs to the quarter-finals of the Europa League in 2009-10 and 2014-15 represent Wolfsburg s best performances in continental competition to date.

But Schurrle who joined Wolfsburg from Chelsea in February said: It s an extremely beautiful game and that s why we re extremely motivated.

We know it s a big opportunity for us to write history for Wolfsburg and hopefully we will leave as the winners.

United require a vic…

In what was a repeat of the 2016 final out in Rio, Brazil managed to once again get one over on Germany as they opened this summer s Olympic adventure with an action-packed win in Tokyo.

Opening Group D tipped as a landslide pick to cruise their way to the later stages, the South American giants run rampant at an empty Yokohama Stadium as they picked up what was an emphatic 4-2 win on Thursday lunchtime.

Looking to claim back-to-back gold medals after Neymar s heroics on home soil five years ago, a first-half hat-trick from Everton ace Richarlison was enough to wrap up proceedings against a German side that did try to rally in the second 45.

Finally wrapping up the game with just moments remaining and dominating from the opening whistle, we have taken a look at …

Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich has cast doubt on Leroy Sane s transfer by saying the Manchester City winger would already be here if he wanted to join the Bundesliga champions.

Speculation over Sane s future hit fever pitch after Bayern coach Niko Kovac publicly stated he is confident of signing the Germany international, before apologising to City boss Pep Guardiola for making the comments.

Kimmich, who played in all of Bayern s Bundesliga matches last season before clinching his fourth consecutive title since joining the club in June 2015, was unable to provide an update on Sane s situation but called his international team-mate s intentions into question.

I do not know what the signals are, Kimmich told reporters after Bayern s 6-1 Audi Cup win over Fenerb…

Bernardo Silva has rallied his Manchester City team-mates to pour their Champions League heartache into a final push for Premier League glory.

City bowed out of Europe s top competition on away goals on Wednesday, despite winning 4-3 at home to Tottenham.

The scoreline only told a portion of the incredible drama after Raheem Sterling thought he had completed a match-winning hat-trick in injury time – sparking scenes of bedlam at the Etihad Stadium not seen since Sergio Aguero s unforgettable title-sealing winner against Queens Park Rangers in 2012.

However, a VAR review showed Aguero had been fractionally offside in the build-up when the ball fell to him after Silva blocked Christian Eriksen s pass, taking City from ecstasy to agony and leaving their quadruple …

CSKA Moscow have approached Everton with the idea of signing Jean-Philippe Gbamin on loan for the rest of the season, according to multiple sources.

The defensive midfielder, also capable of playing as a right-back or a centre-back, arrived to Goodison Park from Mainz 05 in 2019, as a replacement for Idrissa Gana Gueye who had joined Paris Saint-Germain, but in the two and a half years since, he s only worn the club shirt on eight occasions in all competitions. Injuries have severely cut his ability to contribute to the team, and he simply had no chance of establishing himself as an important part of the plans, whether under Carlo Ancelotti, Rafa Benitez or Frank Lampard.

Currently fit, Gbamin will be keen to try and get his career back on track, and with the likes of A…