Victor Osimhen has sealed a one-season loan move to Galatasaray after being exiled from Napoli s Serie A squad.
Last month, Napoli director Giovanni Manna confirmed Osimhen had requested a move away from the club, who he helped win the Scudetto in 2022-23.
Osimhen was linked with Chelsea and Al-Ahli, yet the Blues were reportedly unwilling to meet his wage demands and the striker was reluctant to move to Saudi Arabia.
It appeared as though Osimhen may have to sit out four months before seeking a move, but Galatasaray have moved to bring him in ahead of the Turkish Super Lig transfer window closing on September 13.
The Istanbul giants will cover the entirety of Osimhen s wages, and there will be a break clause for January present in the deal.
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Yaya Toure has left Belgian club Standard Liege to reunite with Roberto Mancini as his assistant of the Saudi Arabia national team.
Toure has had several backroom roles since ending a distinguished playing career four years ago and only joined Liege in June after a spell as an academy coach at Premier League outfit Tottenham.
But the Ivorian felt the chance to work again with the coach who in July 2010 signed him for Manchester City – where they won the Premier League and the FA Cup – was too tempting to turn down.
“I have always looked up to Roberto – so to work with him and learn from him is a perfect fit,” Toure said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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England footballer David Beckham and Australian football chief Frank Lowy handed in their nations bids to host football s World Cup in 2018 or 2022 to FIFA in Zurich on Friday.
They were due to be followed by the Netherlands and Belgium, Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Russia, Spain and Portugal, and the United States in official ceremonies at the world governing body s headquarters.
We have a lot of passion for the game and passion for bringing the biggest sporting event to the country, said Beckham as he handed over the thick three volume bid to the FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
This is something that runs throughout our country, our veins, it s something that we were brought up with, Beckham added, accompanied by Football Association (FA) chiefs.
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Sheffield United are interested in signing Joe Worrall from Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest in the final days of the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the Blades are on the hunt for a new central defender, and that the Yorkshire club have registered interest in Worrall.
Worrall has been on the books of Forest since 2011 and has come through the club’s youth system to establish himself in the first team. The 27-year-old centre-back has been out of the squad for several months now and does not seem to have a future at the City Ground. Worrall has made 37 appearances in the Premier League in his career. He has scored one goal and kept six clean sheets in those games.
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The frenzied events of the days that followed — PSG coach Unai Emery saying Neymar might avoid surgery, surgery happening after the player s father stated a preference for that route and differing recovery timeframes stated by the respective club and national-team setups — gave a taste of the saga to come as one of the world s wealthiest clubs and most iconic footballing nation fret over the wellbeing of their prized asset. Brazil s tournament opener against Switzerland on June 17 looms large.
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The International Football Association Board s unanimous approval of video assistant referees means the much-debated technology is set to be used in Russia, with a final decision to be made by FIFA on March 16. Ever since it was trialed at the Confeder…
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Two unbeaten teams in the Premier League meet at Anfield on Saturday afternoon, as Liverpool host Nottingham Forest.
Arne Slot s side comfortably defeated arch-rivals Manchester United 3-0 before the international break, while Nottingham Forest secured a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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On a day when Mohamed Salah s standout performance at Old Trafford should have dominated the headlines, the Liverpool star instead intensified speculation about his future by suggesting that he is approaching the 2024-25 season as if it might be his final one with the club.
If the Egyptian forward does part ways with Liverpool in nine months, he will do so after once ag…
Spain captain Sergio Busquets admitted it was almost impossible to stay optimistic when he tested positive for COVID-19 just as Euro 2020 was about to begin.
On Friday, Busquets made an emotional return to the squad following a frustrating stretch in isolation, hugging coach Luis Enrique and team-mates as he arrived back in camp.
The Barcelona midfielder was removed from Spain s training base near Madrid and whisked away by ambulance on June 7, yet now he has been given the all-clear and is poised to contribute as Spain attempt to book a last-16 spot.
Busquets said he was very happy, on a high to learn he was healthy to rejoin the group, but recalled the sorry moment when he was told he had the virus.
The doctor called me, he told me, and at that mome…
Willi Lemke, a United Nations special representative for sports and development, on Saturday pledged his full support to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
I will do everything I can to make the 2010 World Cup a success, said the former Werder Bremen manager at the end of Germany s Olympic congress here.
South Africa s World Cup programme is facing several problems including recent crime waves across the republic and concerns about whether the country s infrastructure and stadiums will be ready in time.
Lemke insists giving the 2010 event to the southern African nation was the right idea and would help to stablise the country.
It was absolutely the right thing to give the World Cup to South Africa, said the SPD politician.
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Callum Wilson has signed a new four-year contract to end speculation he could leave Bournemouth.
England striker Wilson had been linked with Chelsea and West Ham, but has now committed his future to the Cherries through to 2023.
And Wilson, who has scored 58 goals in 148 appearances since joining from Coventry City in 2014, feels there is more to come.
We ve improved in all areas since I initially joined the club but there s still a long way to go, Wilson told Bournemouth s club website.
While Bournemouth may be known as a smaller club, we ve got some really big ambitions here. Everyone is pulling in the same direction towards those targets and goals.
I feel like as an individual, my game is constantly improving here at the club. I want to c…
Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has insisted the club are in position to decide where Mats Hummels will play his football next season.
The Germany international, who is under contract at Signal Iduna Park until June 2017, has been increasingly linked with a summer move to Manchester United, with the Red Devils reportedly prepared to offer Dortmund €35 million for the World Cup winner.
We have had the situation in Dortmund recently that we have lost one of our top performers every year, Watzke told Bild.
And we still haven t stopped playing football. But to make it clear, Mats Hummels knows the contract situation.
The decision as to where Mats plays next season is of course only down to Borussia Dortmund.
Even if Dor…