West Bromwich Albion are interested in taking Southampton forward Jay Rodriguez on loan, .
The one time England international has played just six minutes of league football so far this season having fallen down the pecking order under new Saints’ boss Claude Puel and looks set for a transfer ahead of next week’s deadline.
Hull City, who have won their opening two games of the season despite having just thirteen senior players registered are also interested in signing the twenty-seven year old who moved to St Mary’s Stadium from Burnley in the summer of 2012.
Since arriving on the South Coast he has racked up ninety-two appearances in all competitions, scoring twenty-nine goals though he missed the entire 2014/15 season through injury.
His one…
Jose Mourinho believes people are too preoccupied about him amid the notion that the Chelsea manager is motivated by winning an unprecedented third UEFA Champions League crown with a third club, claiming he is already special.
Mourinho won Champions League titles with Porto (2004) and Inter (2010) but his bid to become the first manager to win the illustrious club competition with three different teams continues after Chelsea crashed out on away goals to French champions Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
Many believe a third European trophy is the driving force behind Mourinho, who is on track to complete a Premier League-League Cup double this season, however the controversial Portuguese boss hit back at those claims on Saturday, pointing to his haul of silverware.
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Defending champions Ivory Coast begin their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign on Monday against a Togo side whose primary aspiration is to act as troublemakers .
Ivory Coast defeated Ghana on penalties two years ago in Equatorial Guinea to clinch their first African title since 1992 and finally make the most of their so-called golden generation .
A number of that team s more experienced players have since retired or been phased out, with Kolo Toure, Yaya Toure, Siaka Tiene, Boubacar Barry and Seydou Doumbia all missing, while Gervinho is absent through injury.
But now coach Michel Dussuyer has a strong core of young talent at his disposal, as Eric Bailly, Serge N Guessan, Franck Kessie and Wilfried Zaha all prepare to take centre-stage for their title defence, …
Former AC Milan coach Arrigo Sacchi has claimed the Rossoneri did not act on his advice to sign Paulo Dybala two years ago.
Dybala came through the youth academy at Instituto in his native Argentina, rising to prominence at Palermo after moving to Italy in 2012.
The 22-year-old did enough to convince Sacchi of his quality during his first two seasons in Sicily, but Milan apparently ignored their illustrious ex-coach when he suggested they snap up the forward.
Dybala then left Palermo a year later for Juventus, where he has become a key figure, and Sacchi has stressed things could have gone differently had Milan listened to him.
I am a keen admirer of Dybala, Sacchi told La Stampa.
I am convinced he will become a great.
If only someone a…
Steve Bruce claimed his first win as Newcastle United boss as Joelinton s maiden Premier League goal earned a 1-0 triumph at Tottenham.
Bruce had seen his side slip to a 1-0 home defeat to Arsenal and a tame 3-1 loss to Norwich City in his opening two matches since taking charge.
Those setbacks only served to deepen the gloom that followed Rafael Benitez s departure, but Newcastle produced a superb away performance as Spurs suffered an early slip up in the 2019-20 season.
Tottenham were behind for much of their opening 3-1 win over Aston Villa but were unable to produce a similar turnaround this time, though the hosts were controversially denied a penalty after Jamaal Lascelles appeared to impede Harry Kane.
3 Joelinton is the third Brazilian player to…
Former Southampton striker Graziano Pelle could be coming back to the Premier League this winter according to various reported from English media.
The Italian seems to be coming to an end of his Chinese spell with Sky Sports sources reporting the 32-year-old is currently negotiating a West Ham switch.
The Hammers have invested significantly to bolster their attacking line at the start of the season but David Moyes is keen to add more firepower and put pressure on his misfiring striker Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez, who is reportedly looking for a way out.
Moyes has expressed his interest in the Italy international who spent two seasons with Southampton between 2014 and 2016 before moving to Shandong Luneng in a £12 million move.
Pelle is said to…
Manchester United s 0-0 draw away to Liverpool on Sunday left Ole Gunnar Solskjaer disappointed , the Norwegian adamant they did enough to end the Reds remarkable long-standing unbeaten home run.
But there were two silver linings; firstly, United remained top of the Premier League, and secondly, the point preserved their own exceptional streak without a defeat.
It ensured United s run without a loss away from home in the Premier League would surpass a full year, having last suffered a domestic defeat on the road at Anfield on January 19, 2020.
Liverpool s win on that occasion took them 30 points clear of United in the table, but the obvious gulf between the two last season has not carried into 2020-21.
United are away from home again on Wednesday as they …
Fulham defensive midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa is on the radar of clubs in Italy, according to . It has been reported by the Italian news outlet that Fulham could be open to a transfer of the 24-year-old, but the Serie A clubs would not be able to secure his services on the cheap. The teams in Italy who are interested in Anguissa have not been named.
Anguissa has been on the books of Fulham since the summer of 2018 when he joined from Marseille for €25 million. According to , the defensive midfielder made 16 starts and six substitute appearances in the Premier League for the Cottagers in 2018-19. Anguissa spent the 2019-20 campaign on loan at Spanish club Villarreal and is now back playing for Fulham.
According to Anguissa has made seven starts and one substi…
Donny van de Beek has been enduring a difficult spell with Manchester United since his £35 million move from Ajax in 2020, starting only four Premier League matches last term and spending no more than six minutes on the pitch in the current campaign. According to Calciomercato, Inter Milan might be willing to offer him a way out of his predicament at Old Trafford.
The 24-year-old has been completely unable to break into the starting XI under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer so far and seems even less likely to do so now, with Paul Pogba on superb form at the moment. The Frenchman has racked up seven assists in five league matches since the start of the season, and he doesn t look like being dropped any time soon.
If the situation doesn t improve for the Dutch international at Unit…
FC Cincinnati have announced they have sacked head coach Jaap Stam.
The former Manchester United and Netherlands defender departs with Cincinnati second bottom in the Eastern Conference after just four wins from 25 games.
Tyrone Marshall, who is head coach of the Under-19 team, takes over on an interim basis while a permanent replacement is sought.
Stam joined the club in May 2020 and presided over 47 games with the MLS club, but won just eight, drawing 13 and losing 26.
The team s poor form forced club president Jeff Berding to take action, with Stam followed out of the door by assistant coaches Said Bakkati and Yoann Damet.
During our nearly two-month process to identify the next general manager for FC Cincinnati, it was apparent that a head …