Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben has extended his deal with the Bundesliga champions until 2017.
Robben has enjoyed huge success since arriving at Bayern from Real Madrid in 2009, claiming two league titles and scoring the winning goal in their 2-1 UEFA Champions League final success over Borussia Dortmund last season.
The Netherlands international s deal at the Allianz Arena was due to expire at the end of next season.
However, the 30-year-old has now committed his future to the Bavarians, and will spend at least three more seasons with Bayern.
And the former Chelsea man has set his sights on securing further silverware with the club in the coming years.
I m delighted we ve now signed the new contract and I ll continue pursuing trophies with FC Bayern, Ro…
Luis Enrique insisted it did not matter in the slightest that six of Spain s starting line-up against Croatia were Real Madrid players.
La Roja destroyed the World Cup finalists in the Nations League clash in Elche on Tuesday, breezing to a 6-0 triumph, the biggest defeat in their opponents history.
Madrid stars Dani Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Nacho Fernandez, Dani Ceballos, Isco and Marco Asensio all started the match, while Sergio Busquets was the one Barcelona player in the first 11.
The selection raised some eyebrows given Luis Enrique s three years as Barca boss between 2014 and 2017, but the 48-year-old has no interest in which clubs his chosen players represent.
I did not know or care, he told a news conference when asked about the number of Madrid…
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has criticised police and stewards at London Stadium after fan protests during Saturday s 3-0 defeat against Burnley spilled over to a shocking extent.
Fans invaded the field after Burnley s second-half goals, with one wrestled to the ground by Mark Noble after confronting the West Ham captain, while another individual planted a corner flag in the middle of the pitch.
A separate group of supporters congregated below the directors box and directed their anger towards Sullivan and fellow owner David Gold, who were ushered from their seats as a safety precaution.
West Ham issued a statement after the match, pledging a full and thorough investigation into how events deteriorated to such a staggering extent, but Sullivan has already ap…
Borussia Dortmund target Omer Toprak has announced his intention to leave Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season.
Turkey international Toprak joined Leverkusen from Freiburg in 2011 and has been heavily linked with a switch to Dortmund, who failed in an attempt to sign him ahead of this campaign.
For now the defender insists he is focused on mounting a strong finish to the Bundesliga campaign, stating he wants a successful end to his time at the BayArena.
I want to have a good and successful end here, Toprak told Kicker. I will look to give my best, like I do every year.
I have been here for a long, long time and my concentration lies solely on the training camp so that we can play a very good second half of the season, that we can play our football,…
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Alaves and Real Madrid will face each other in La Liga this weekend. The match will be held at the Mendizorrotza Stadium and is scheduled to kick off at 9pm UK on Saturday.
Alaves
As expected, Alaves were fighting against relegation from La Liga for most of last season. In the end, they ended up 16th in the standings with 38 points from 38 matches, four points above the bottom three.
This will be the sixth straight season in which Alaves will play in La Liga. It is very likely that the Basque club will be hoping to avoid the dreaded drop to the Segunda Division.
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Joselu and Lucas Perez are likely to start for Alaves.
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Real Madrid missed out on the…
Kylian Mbappe has reiterated his commitment to Paris Saint-Germain amid renewed links to Real Madrid, while the France forward described Liverpool as like a machine .
Mbappe has become one of the world s best strikers since joining PSG from Monaco in 2017, scoring 81 goals in all competitions in his two-and-a-half seasons at the club so far.
Before signing for PSG, Mbappe was heavily linked with LaLiga giants Madrid, and speculation of a move to Santiago Bernabeu has never died down.
However, the 21-year-old insists he has no plans to leave PSG just yet, adding it is not beneficial to the club or his development for a possible switch to Madrid to be continuously discussed.
Everyone talks about it when I was young I talked about it too. But now I m a play…
Leicester City s Andy King has a lot on his mind at the moment as he considers his options for the upcoming summer transfer window.
The 30-year-old midfielder, who is currently on loan with Derby County while being Leicester s longest-serving player, has been told by Claude Puel that he has no place in the manager s plans, and according to local outlet , it s making him indecisive about staying at the King Power Stadium past the summer.
King has been a Leicester player all his career so far, accumulating a total of 379 appearances and scoring 62 goals in all competitions for the Foxes. The Welsh international was also an important player in their title-winning season in 2015/16. He had a short spell on loan at Swansea City last season, and he joined the Rams in the Cham…
Daley Blind has backed control freak Erik ten Hag to succeed at Manchester United and deliver the attacking football that the club stands for .
Ten Hag was in April confirmed as the successor to Ralf Rangnick, who will not take up a consultancy role at Old Trafford after taking charge of Austria.
The former Ajax coach has a sizeable rebuilding job to do after United recorded their lowest points tally in a Premier League season.
The Red Devils also failed to end a league campaign with a positive goal difference (zero in 2021-22) for the first time since the 1989-90 season (-1).
Ten Hag guided Ajax to a third Eredivisie title in four full seasons at the helm and Blind backed the 52-year-old to make a big impact at his former club.
He s really…
Neymar returning to Barcelona from Paris Saint-Germain is possible, according to former vice-president Emili Rousaud.
Neymar swapped Barca for Ligue 1 holders PSG in a world-record €222million transfer in 2017 but the Brazilian superstar has been regularly linked with a Camp Nou comeback.
The 28-year-old forward spent four years at Barca, where he won two LaLiga titles and the Champions League among other honours.
Rousaud believes Neymar could make his way back to Barca due to the coronavirus pandemic and the financial impact of COVID-19.
Neymar coming back is possible, Rousaud told L Equipe.
The coronavirus is going to provoke deflation in the transfer market and the majority of clubs will have financial problems.
Barcelona will ha…
Carlo Ancelotti is not interested in continued speculation linking Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani with a return to Napoli.
With PSG determined to retain Neymar and Kylian Mbappe but reportedly needing to raise funds, Cavani has been linked with a return to Serie A.
But Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has suggested Cavani would need to halve his wages in order to return to the club, who he left for PSG in 2013.
And asked about the speculation at a media conference on Saturday, Ancelotti rejected reports Cavani is a top transfer target for Napoli.
They are rumours that come from every market, Ancelotti said. Then we get ready for January.
But I have fantastic players and I m lucky enough to train them, so I m not interested in p…