Manchester City are interested in signing Johan Bakayoko from PSV in the summer of 2024, according to . The report has claimed that City, who won the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup last season, are considering making a move for the 20-year-old Belgium international winger at the end of the season.
Bakayoko has been on the books of PSV since 2019 and has established himself in the first team. The 20-year-old is one of the best young forwards in Europe and is rated very highly. The Belgium international has played as a right-winger and as a playmaker for PSV this season. He has made 18 starts and two substitute appearances in the Eredivisie this campaign, scoring four goals and providing eight assists in those games. Bakayoko has also scored one goal and…
Nemanja Matic is set to join AS Roma from Manchester United as a free agent this summer, according to multiple sources. It obviously means the former Serbia international will be working with Jose Mourinho again.
The defensive midfielder passed through many clubs on his long football journey so far, but the most interesting developments were arguably the ones when Chelsea sold him to Benfica for €5 million in 2011, only to bring him back at Jose Mourinho s request in 2014 for five times that amount. Nonetheless, Matic made it worth while to Chelsea as he played a huge part in their Premier League triumph the following season. Mourinho was behind the idea for him to join Manchester United in 2017 as well, and with his contract now set to expire, he has already confirmed he wou…
Real Madrid have expressed gratitude and appreciation to exemplary player Casemiro ahead of his move to Manchester United.
United have agreed a fee reported to be £60million plus £10m in add-ons to take the midfielder to Old Trafford.
The Brazil international is set to sign a four-year deal with the Red Devils, who are bottom of the Premier League after losing their first two Premier League games under new boss Erik ten Hag.
Casemiro joined Los Blancos in January 2013 at the age of 20 and has gone on to win 18 trophies including the Champions League five times, three LaLiga titles and the Club World Cup on three occasions.
The 30-year-old will appear before the media in the press room at Real Madrid City on Monday, when president Florentino Perez will b…
Milan head coach Stefano Pioli noted the positive step his team took as they earned their first win in the Champions League group stage this season against Dinamo Zagreb.
An Olivier Giroud penalty was followed by goals from Alexis Saelemaekers and substitute Tommaso Pobega, though Mislav Orsic briefly made a game of it as he pulled a goal back before the latter s late strike.
The win was Milan s first at home in the Champions League since September 2013 when they beat Celtic 2-0.
The six games without victory at San Siro was their longest run in the competition, having drawn three and lost three, but the win against their Croatian opponents on Wednesday gave the Rossoneri four points in Group E, having drawn 1-1 at Salzburg last week in their first game.
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Enzo Maresca does not foresee any issues in Chelsea s camp when Enzo Fernandez links up with the Blues squad in the United States.
Fernandez is due to join Chelsea s squad for their pre-season tour on Monday.
That comes on the back of Fernandez issuing a public apology after he broadcast a video of Argentina s squad signing a song that includes lyrics that questioned the heritage of some French players.
Disciplinary proceedings have been opened up by Chelsea, but Maresca does not feel there will be problems when Fernandez, a big-money signing from Benfica in 2023, returns to the squad.
It is quite easy in terms of the player [making] a statement to apologise. The club did the same, so I don t think there is something to add in terms of the situation. It …
Braga will take a slender 1-0 lead into next week s Europa League quarter-final second leg against Rangers thanks to Abel Ruiz s strike in Thursday s tie.
The hosts had already hit the post through Ricardo Horta and had an Andre Horta strike ruled out when Abel Ruiz fired them ahead shortly before half-time.
Rangers eliminated Borussia Dortmund and Red Star Belgrade to make it this far but could not register a shot on target at Estadio Municipal de Braga.
The sides meet again at Ibrox in a week s time, with the winners of this tie to face either RB Leipzig or Atalanta in the semi-finals.
After a slow start to the contest, Braga came to life in the 25th minute when captain Ricardo Horta s side-footed shot from 12 yards came back off the post.
Braga…
Pablo Mastroeni has backed new arrival Diogo Goncalves to mirror the impact of departed star Andres Gomez, as Real Salt Lake prepare to return to MLS action against the San Jose Earthquakes.
Real Salt Lake emerge from the Leagues Cup break third in the Western Conference standings, with only Inter Miami (56) bettering their 51 goals this season in MLS.
However, they must continue their playoff push without Gomez, who has joined French side Rennes after contributing seven goals and 13 assists in regular-season action this year.
The $11million fee RSL received for Gomez allowed them to strengthen in the transfer market, and Mastroeni feels Goncalves – brought in from Copenhagen – could replicate his impact.
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Desperate to claim a crucial Premier League boost on Saturday lunchtime, Manchester United will travel to St. Mary’s when they meet Southampton.
Southampton
Starting with the hosts, while Southampton might have book a Premier League return for this season, it is no secret that Russell Martin’s men have a real challenge on their hands this time around. Already pencilled in as a landslide relegation contender this year, the former Swansea boss has seen his squad show a string of worrying issues since opening proceedings last month. Last seen heading into September’s international break with a routine 3-1 loss at the hands of Brentford, the Saints have lost each of their opening three Premier League appearances. Now one of just two…
Rodri fired the winning goal as Manchester City finally claimed Champions League glory and completed the treble with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Inter Milan.
The midfielder rifled home in the 68th minute as the Premier League winners City wore down the Italians in a draining final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on Saturday.
The contest was a tight one, with City suffering a serious blow in pursuit of the prize that has eluded them for so long when they lost Kevin De Bruyne to injury in the first half.
The prolific Erling Haaland was also kept quiet by a stubborn Inter side but Rodri eventually made the breakthrough with a firm strike after a Bernardo Silva pass was deflected into his path.
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Friday marks the 10th anniversary of Sir Alex Ferguson’s last game as Manchester United manager, with the club still searching for a return to their glory days under the long-serving Scot.
Here, the PA news agency compares those years to the last decade of Ferguson’s triumphant reign.
Ferguson’s last 10 years
United won the Premier League in five of Ferguson’s last 10 years in charge, taking his total to 13 titles overall.
That included a run of three in a row from 2006-07 to 2008-09, before he added the 2010-11 title and signed off in 2012-13 with another.
They never finished outside the top three in that time, with an average league position of 1.7, and averaged 84.4 points per campaign.
His sides won 68 per cent of their league games a…