Barcelona are interested in signing Aymeric Laporte from Manchester City in the summer transfer window, according to . It has ben reported that the Spanish and the English clubs have already started talks over the transfer of the Spain international.
City paid Athletic Bilbao £57 million in transfer fees when they signed Laporte in January 2018. Barcelona are unable to match that sum even now, but they are open to sending Sergi Roberto to the Etihad Stadium to bring down the transfer fee. City manager Pep Guardiola is reportedly a fan of the 29-year-old, who can play as a full-back or as a midfielder, and believes that he would be a good signing for the Premier League champions.
Laporte made in the Premier League and four appearances in the Champions League for City…
Manchester United icon Ryan Giggs has urged the club s fans to get behind under-fire manager Jose Mourinho.
Pressure is mounting on the Portuguese following successive defeats to Brighton and Hove Albion and Tottenham, with the former Chelsea boss defiantly demanding respect at a news conference that followed the latter.
Mourinho takes his side to Burnley in the Premier League on Sunday looking for a first win since the opening day, and Giggs who spent a spell in caretaker charge at Old Trafford in 2014 wants the 20-time English champions to put up a united front.
I think purely coming from me being a United fan, I was there on Monday [for the Tottenham defeat], I think it s a time for the fans to stick together, get behind the club, get behind the team, get …
If Tuesday s first knockout game at Euro 2020 was billed as a battle to secure a straightforward run to the final, the late kick-off was all about Ukraine and Sweden seizing an opportunity to prove the doubters wrong.
After overcoming their old rivals Germany at Wembley Stadium, England will be strongly favoured to reach the competition s showpiece by progressing through the kindest side of the draw.
Yet every other nation alongside them will also sense the possibility of making history at a tournament that has already seen its fair share of upsets.
It is Ukraine who will get the chance to shock the Three Lions in Rome on Saturday, having claimed a 2-1 win over Sweden with a goal in stoppage time of extra time.
And, though Andriy Shevchenko s side did not…
Mikel Arteta lauded Arsenal s win over Chelsea as special after his team ended a seven-game winless run in the Premier League.
Arsenal handed the under pressure Arteta a belated Christmas present on Boxing Day, with Alexandre Lacazette, Granit Xhaka and Bukayo Saka striking in a 3-1 win.
Chelsea pulled one back through Tammy Abraham late on, with Jorginho seeing a penalty saved by Bernd Leno as Arsenal avoided a nervy finish.
The victory lifted Arsenal up a place into 14th, ahead of matches against fellow strugglers Brighton and Hove Albion and West Brom.
Obviously a really big win for us, a relieved but ecstatic Arteta told Sky Sports.
We were really disappointed and frustrated with the results, not the performances as much. The players were s…
Phil Foden is confident his combination play with Jude Bellingham will improve after the Manchester City star s performance in England s Euro 2024 opener came in for criticism.
While Real Madrid talisman Bellingham scored the winning goal against Serbia with a powerful early header and produced an inspirational display, the impact of Foden was more limited.
Foden scored 27 goals and added 13 assists in a stunning club season for Premier League winners Man City, but he created just one chance in Sunday s 1-0 victory.
The 24-year-old moved out to the left flank, making way to accommodate Bellingham playing centrally behind captain Harry Kane, with Bukayo Saka out on the right.
As well as not making a creative impact, Foden also failed to register a single s…
AC Milan moved to the top of Serie A with a 1-0 win at Genoa that saw Christian Pulisic score late on before both sides had their goalkeepers sent off in stoppage time.
After substitute Pulisic broke the deadlock by firing home in the 87th minute, the Rossoneri were then reduced to 10 men in the eighth minute of time added on when Mike Maignan was dismissed.
Pulisic’s fellow substitute Olivier Giroud took over from Maignan in goal, and saw the Milan bar rattled moments later – before the drama continued with Genoa keeper Josep Martinez being shown a second yellow card.
CAPTAIN AMERICA gives Milan the lead late against Genoa
— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN)
With Giroud then making a save in the final few moments, Milan saw out the victory as t…
Spain battled their way to a 1-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win over Belarus on Sunday, enabling head coach Vicente del Bosque to celebrate his 100th game in charge.
During his reign, Del Bosque has guided the nation to World Cup glory in 2010, which was followed by a triumph in stunning style at the European Championship two years later.
Spain are bidding to win their third successive Euros after lifting the trophy under Luis Aragones in 2008 and they moved a step closer to qualification for the finals in France next year as David Silva s goal settled a scrappy affair in Borisov.
The win leaves Spain second in Group C, three points behind Slovakia and three clear of Ukraine, looking well-placed to claim one of the two automatic berths on offer.
If we are posi…
Arsenal have held talks with representatives of Napoli striker Victor Osimhen about a potential transfer this summer, according to .
The Gunners are in desperate need of a high-quality player to spearhead their attacking line from next season, with Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang gone since January, and Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah set to leave at the end of the season as free agents. In fact, they might go for more than one name in the market, and while Manchester City s Gabriel Jesus remains high on their list, Osimhen s representatives have been to England to discuss a move to the Emirates too.
On the other hand, the fee required to prize the 23-year-old Nigerian from Napoli might be a problem. Known as a tough man to deal with, Napoli president Aurelio Di Laurent…
Reported Leeds United target Carlos Corberan has signed a contract extension as West Brom head coach after links to the Premier League club.
Spaniard Corberan was part of Leeds fan favourite Marcelo Bielsa s backroom staff amid the Argentine s spell at Elland Road.
Corberan subsequently took a head coach role at rivals Huddersfield Town, guiding them to the Championship play-off final in 2022 before resigning amid reported disagreements with the club s board.
Jesse Marsch s dismissal by Leeds on Monday created speculation the Whites would move to bring in Corberan, who has taken West Brom from second-bottom in the Championship to the play-off positions since his appointment in October.
Leeds majority owner Andrea Radrizzani told supporters on Tuesday a de…
England 0-0 Italy: Three Lions fall short in revenge bid as Nations League campaign continues to fal
England s bid to gain a measure of revenge for their Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy fell flat as the Three Lions were held to a disappointing 0-0 draw by an experimental Azzurri outfit at Molineux on Saturday.
Exactly 11 months on from Italy beating England on penalties at Wembley, Gareth Southgate s men failed to kick-start their Nations League campaign against a side who have not qualified for Qatar 2022 and were battered by Argentina in the Finalissima.
England had chances but were arguably second-best in the first half, as they were cheered on by a massively reduced crowd made up mostly by children as a consequence of the crowd trouble at last July s final.
The hosts had the better of the second period but nonetheless slumped to three successive games wit…