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…
Newcastle United are interested in signing James Tarkowski from Premier League rivals Burnley in the January transfer window, according to . England international defender Tarkowski is out of contract at Burnley at the end of the season, and the new Newcastle owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment fund (PIF), believe that he is a very realistic target.
Tarkowski has been at Burnley since 2016 and has established himself as an important player in manager Sean Dyche’s team. The central defender has earned two caps for England and has made 166 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career, scoring seven goals in the process.
Newcastle are second from bottom in the Premier League table at the moment with three points from seven matches, level on points with t…
Jurgen Klopp has dismissed talk of him being plagued by back luck as Liverpool prepare to face Tottenham in his third Champions League final.
Since his domestic double at Borussia Dortmund in 2012, Klopp has been the runner-up in two Champions Leagues, the Europa League, the League Cup and two DFB-Pokals.
The Liverpool manager s last six finals have ended in defeat, but the German is not concerned about that record ahead of the showdown with Tottenham in Madrid on Saturday.
If I would be the reason for losing six finals in a row, then everybody needs to worry really, he said at a press conference on the eve of the all-Premier League showdown.
So if that s not the case then we always have to have a chance and that s how we see it actually,
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Tottenham midfielder Oliver Skipp has signed a new contract to run until 2027, the club have announced.
The 21-year-old has enjoyed a breakthrough season, making 24 appearances in all competitions, 18 of them starts, as Antonio Conte s men challenge for a top-four finish in the Premier League.
The midfielder is currently recovering from injury, however, with his last league appearance coming in a 2-0 defeat at Chelsea on January 23.
Skipp, who made his first-team debut in 2018 after coming through the club s youth system, has now committed his future to the club for the next five years.
We are delighted to announce that Oliver Skipp has signed a new contract with the club that will run until 2027, read a statement on the club s website.
Making h…
England s Harry Kane leads the race for the World Cup Golden Boot going into the round of 16, hotly pursued by Romelu Lukaku of Belgium and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo.
On the final matchday of the group stage, Kane and Lukaku did not have the opportunity to add to their hauls of five and four strikes respectively in Russia. England coach Gareth Southgate and his Belgium counterpart Roberto Martinez afforded both centre-forwards a rest when the qualified teams met in Kaliningrad.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, sits near the top of the charts courtesy of his hat-trick against Spain and early winner versus Morocco, but missed a penalty against Iran to stay behind Kane.
Here, we run down the candidacy of the players with two goals or more to their name, who are still in…
Juventus have completed the signing of Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli for a fee of €90million, Lega Serie A has confirmed.
The striker has signed a four-year deal with the Serie A champions, reportedly worth €7.5m a season, after passing a medical.
Juve are set to pay two instalments of €45m over the next two years to match the striker s release clause, making the deal the third most expensive in world football, after Cristiano Ronaldo s €94m switch to Real Madrid from Manchester United in 2009 and Gareth Bale s €100m move to the Spanish club three years later.
Juventus were desperate to sign a new striker following Alvaro Morata s return to Real Madrid and they have now landed their prime target in last season s Serie A top scorer.
The 28-year-o…
Freddie Ljungberg refused to criticise his inheritance from Unai Emery at Arsenal – hailing the departed head coach as a great leader .
Ljungberg took charge of his first game as interim Gunners boss at the weekend, where they twice came from behind in an eventful 2-2 draw at Norwich City.
It meant Arsenal remained without a Premier League win away from home since the first weekend of the season, while their previous top-flight triumph of any description came on October 6 against Bournemouth.
Brighton and Hove Albion will be the next team that look to prolong that slump when they visit Emirates Stadium on Thursday, but Ljungberg defended Emery, who led Arsenal to the final of the Europa League last season before promoting the former Sweden international to hi…
An injury-time equaliser from Nicolo Barella denied Slavia Prague a famous Champions League win over Inter at San Siro on Tuesday.
The champions of the Czech Republic were not expected to escape from a daunting Group F that also contains Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona but looked on course for a deserved victory in Milan through Peter Olayinka.
Slavia could have added to their tally and were punished in second-half stoppage time, as Barella s shot bounced through a crowded box and into the left-hand corner to ensure the game finished 1-1.
Inter started slowly until Stefan de Vrij headed over when unmarked six yards out, before Lautaro Martinez fired narrowly wide.
Danilo D Ambrosio s header was denied by Ondrej Kolar, who was then lucky not to give away a…