Tuesday heralds the start of the Champions League quarter-finals and there are two mouthwatering clashes in store.
With the Premier League title surely wrapped up, Manchester City s attention turns to Borussia Dortmund and the formidable threat posed by Erling Haaland.
The 20-year-old is in demand, with City one of the clubs reportedly interested in his services, and he could join an illustrious group of goalscorers if he finds the net at the Etihad Stadium.
The other game sees a repeat of the 2018 final, with Liverpool travelling to face Zinedine Zidane s Real Madrid.
The Reds have endured a torrid Premier League title defence, but a resounding win over Arsenal at the weekend could provide them with the impetus to produce an eye-catching result…
Andres Iniesta has agreed a new two-year contract with J1 League side Vissel Kobe.
The Japanese club announced on Tuesday, Iniesta s 37th birthday, that he was extending his deal until 2023.
Iniesta moved to Japan in 2018 after a glittering 22-year career with Barcelona came to an end.
The midfielder helped Vissel Kobe win the Emperor s Cup final on January 1 last year and qualify for the AFC Champions League for the first time. They also won the Japanese Super Cup in February 2020.
I m still very motivated to continue this project, Iniesta told reporters. I had a strong feeling when I came here three years ago, and I still have that same feeling now.
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Putting in what was a dominant performance in rural Germany on Saturday evening, Portugal cruised their way to a EURO 24 knockout stage ticket thanks to a 3-0 romp against Turkey.
Not really having to get out of third gear in Dortmund, Roberto Martinez’s men opened the scoring midway through the first-half as Manchester City ace Bernardo Silva produced a first time finish.
Tipped as a potential European dark horse this summer, the 2016 champions doubled their lead just seven minutes later thanks to a calamitous own goal when defender Samet Akaydin did not look up before passing it back to Bayindir, who could not prevent the ball from rolling into his own net.
With Turkey always facing a monumental challenge this weekend, the Crescent Stars failed to find any k…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is reaping the benefits of taking a patient approach with the absolutely sensational Phil Foden, according to Stuart Pearce.
Foden has long been tipped for stardom with boyhood club City, having been part of the England squad that won the Under-17 World Cup four years ago.
However, he has had to bide his time to get opportunities under Guardiola, making just 12 Premier League starts prior to this season.
His lack of minutes led to speculation over possible loan moves to get regular football, yet the talented playmaker has instead remained at the Etihad Stadium to continue his development.
This season, however, Foden has become a key figure. The 20-year-old has scored 14 goals and provided 10 assists to help City enjo…
Former Aston Villa striker Dwight Yorke believes Unai Emery has done a remarkable job and hopes they can maintain the new level they have reached.
Emery joined Villa in November 2022 when the club was in a relegation fight, and led them to a seventh-place finish, securing qualification to the Europa Conference League.
In his first full season in charge, the Spaniard oversaw another impressive campaign as the Villans finished fourth in the Premier League, ensuring Champions League football for the first time since 1982-83.
Villa also reached the semi-final of the Europa Conference League after seeing off Ajax and Lille in the knockout stages, but were knocked out by eventual champions, Olympiacos.
On Monday, Villa confirmed that Emery had signed a contract…
Ronald Koeman gets his first taste of El Clasico from the dugout on Saturday, when Barcelona host Real Madrid.
A favourite of Johan Cruyff s mighty Dream Team of the early 1990s, the pressure is on Koeman the coach to get Barca back to winning trophies at home and in Europe after last season s miserable ending.
He will have a chance to earn some sizeable brownie points against a Madrid side who are reeling from back-to-back defeats to Cadiz and Shakhtar Donetsk, results that have placed much of the pre-game scrutiny on Koeman s opposite number, Zinedine Zidane.
As the former Netherlands boss looks to end a two-game winless run for Barca in Spain s grandest fixture, we look at how his predecessors fared in their first Clasicos in LaLiga
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Eden Hazard was a bit sad to see Chelsea part company with head coach Mauricio Pochettino after just one season in charge.
Pochettino left Chelsea by mutual consent last week after a trophyless campaign and a sixth-place finish in the Premier League.
Chelsea great Hazard, who spent seven years at Stamford Bridge, believes the former Tottenham boss deserved more time.
I was a bit sad, he told talkSPORT. I think he did a great job. I know people want Chelsea to be in the top four but it’s a season of transition.
He s a great manager. I wish him good luck and let s see who is going to be there in the future.
2023/24 wrapped.
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC)
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Fulham boss Marco Silva talked up “quality” Chelsea midfield pair Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez ahead of the west London derby at Craven Cottage.
Chelsea broke the British transfer record twice this year, signing Fernandez from Benfica for a reported £106.8million in January before beating Liverpool to confirm the transfer of Caicedo from Brighton for £115m in August.
Silva spoke on how the pair’s price-tags reflect their ability and expects them to bring the fight to Harrison Reed and Joao Palhinha on Monday.
“Enzo joined in January and Caicedo in the summer as well,” Silva said. “They’re quality. We are talking about two players they almost spent £250 million on.
“This speaks about the quality and about how much they wanted them i…
Robert Lewandowski claimed Bayern Munich s sextuple success is special not only for the Bundesliga giants but football around the globe.
Bayern scraped past CONCACAF champions Tigres UANL 1-0 in Qatar on Thursday to clinch their second Club World Cup title.
It marked the sixth trophy Bayern have won in Hansi Flick s tenure, with that list also including last season s Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League and this term s UEFA Super Cup and DFL-Supercup.
Lewandowski, who scooped The Best FIFA Men s Player award for 2020, has been integral and played a key part in Bayern s win over Tigres as he forced Nahuel Guzman to flap at a cross, allowing Benjamin Pavard to lash in the decisive goal.
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Bayern Munich wing-back Alphonso Davies wants to raise awareness for the plight of refugees worldwide after he was named as a global goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The Canada international, 20, was born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana after they fled their home country due to civil war.
Davies and his family were resettled to Canada when he was five, and at 16 he became the youngest ever player to represent the country s national team.
He is the first footballer to take on such a role with the UNHCR and vowed to help give refugees around the world a voice.
Davies told the agency s website: I am proud to join the UN Refugee Agency as a goodwill ambassador. My own experiences make me …