Manchester United are lining up a lucrative offer for Paris Saint Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, .
The Sweden international is set to be of contract at the end of the season and a whole host of clubs across Europe and beyond are keeping an eye on his situation.
Arsenal and Chelsea are two of the club linked with a move to secure his services though fellow Premier League outfit Manchester United are keen to usurp their rivals with a £250,000 per-week offer.
Ibrahimovic turns thirty-five in October but is showing no signs of slowing down after netting thirty-five times in all competitions so far this season.
He has scored at least twenty goals in each of the last nine campaigns, across spells with Internazionale, Barcelona, Milan and lastly PSG w…
Stefano Mauri slammed the misinformed Italian media after he was embroiled in another match-fixing scandal.
Italian newspaper La Repubblica has reported that Mauri handed a six-month ban in October last year for failing to report a case of match-fixing is being investigated by prosecutors on links to Roberto Palmieri.
Investigations centre around a conversation on Skype between Palmieri close friend of Italian defender Alessandro Zamperini and an account with the username stefano160268 which has been linked to Mauri.
The conversation mentioned betting on a Serie A match between Lecce and Lazio in 2011, specifically on the game featuring more than 4.5 goals coincidentally it ended 4-2 in favour of the Romans.
However, Mauri has slammed reports linking the …
Neymar is not worth the €222million Paris Saint-Germain paid Barcelona, according to Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness.
PSG stumped up a world-record fee to prise the Brazilian away from Camp Nou, and prior to the completion of the transfer Hoeness branded the Ligue 1 club s willingness to part with such an astronomical sum as a sign of weakness .
Neymar won LaLiga twice, struck the final goal in Barca s 2015 Champions League final triumph and has scored 52 goals for Brazil.
However, Hoeness is unsure whether the 25-year-old – who could make his PSG debut against Guingamp on Sunday – was worth such a significant outlay.
€222million? I don t consider Neymar that good, Hoeness said on Sky.
Hoeness was also critical of Neymar s Brazil team…
Stoke City midfielder Charlie Adam believes Scotland s best player Kieran Tierney could soon play for a Premier League title contender.
Tierney has starred for club and country since breaking through at Celtic in 2015-16, winning four international caps and claiming back-to-back PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year Awards.
The 20-year-old left-back has been earmarked as a future Celtic captain and recently wore the armband in a Scottish League Cup win over Kilmarnock, showcasing his versatility with an impressive performance in central defence.
Adam, capped 26 times by Scotland, insists it is only a matter of time until his countryman makes a move to one of England s top clubs.
Tierney is Scotland’s best player now – he is different to anything el…
Brazil coach Tite praised the performance of Neymar and was pleased at Roberto Firmino s contribution in the 5-0 thrashing of Bolivia.
Liverpool forward Firmino scored twice as Brazil opened their World Cup qualifying campaign in impressive fashion, despite having not played an international fixture in nearly 12 months.
Marquinhos and Philippe Coutinho also scored, with Bolivia not helping their cause with an own goal in the rout in Sao Paulo.
Neymar did not score but was influential throughout, the Paris Saint-Germain forward showing no signs of the back problem that had bothered him during the build-up to the game.
We seek knowledge, strategies, [to play] with harmony, Tite said after the resounding victory.
Neymar was loose…
When Jadon Sancho slalomed past Serhiy Sydorchuk and Andriy Yarmolenko in Rome, those who remember him as a boy in the football cages of south London would have barely batted an eyelid.
Yet it was a joyous piece of skill from the England winger, who will join Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund once Euro 2020 finishes, and reflected his growing confidence at international level.
The Ukraine pair strained to prevent him dancing through midfield, and it eventually took a cynical foul from Yarmolenko to halt the winger s charge.
Sancho, now 21, was raised in the Kennington district south of the Thames, where cage football has been a breeding ground for bright, young English talent, players who have to be nimble-footed and daring with their skills in confined s…
Martin Jol admits Andrew Johnson could be sold before his contract expires but only if Fulham receive a suitable offer.
The striker s current deal expires at the end of the season and it has been reported that the Cottagers may want to cash in on the 30-year-old now, with QPR reportedly having a two-million-pound bid rejected.
Jol has indicated that he wants to hold on to the forward but will listen to more substantial offers, while conceding if he does not sign a new deal the player will be allowed to leave at the end of the season.
What s the point for us for Fulham, for my club to sell a player for that sort of money? the manager said before Saturday s 4-0 win over Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup.
To get somebody will cost a lot more money so for me…
´He does rash things´ – Neville claims Alexander-Arnold could cost England in World Cup crunch games
Trent Alexander-Arnold will be a potential World Cup liability if England boss Gareth Southgate takes the plunge and picks the Liverpool right-back, according to Gary Neville.
Despite playing a starring role in Premier League and Champions League games for Liverpool, Alexander-Arnold s defensive shortcomings have caused concern.
He has been consistently terrific when attacking, but with England s defence likely to come under heavy strain the deeper they go in the Qatar 2022 finals, Neville doubts Alexander-Arnold is the man for the job.
Southgate is expected to name his squad on Thursday, and Neville said: It s a really tough one because his brilliance going forward is out of this world, but we re talking about knockout football, and how are England going to win …
Bayern Munich s Ivica Olic said he will not be leaving the club in January despite being linked with a move away from the Allianz Arena.
The experienced Croatia international has endured an injury-plagued spell of late and has fallen down the pecking order in Jupp Heynckes side.
Olic is out of contract at the end of the season and has attracted interest from teams in Germany, Italy and Spain, but the striker said Bayern had made it clear he was going nowhere.
They (Bayern Munich) say they are relying on me and that selling me is not an option, the 32-year-old told Sportske Novosti.
I had told them I d wanted to go and had some great offers but they didn t want to discuss it. They even told me I would be punished if I continued to talk about leaving.
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says his squad lacks depth, despite the Italian spending lavishly on players since his arrival in 2009.
Mancini has recently been vocal about what he believes is a player shortage at the Premier League leaders, with strikers Mario Balotelli and Eden Dzeko both injured, while Yaya and Kolo Toure will be missing throughout January due to African Nations Cup duty with Ivory Coast.
Despite Gareth Barry returning from suspension in time for their up-coming Carling Cup clash with Liverpool, Mancini will also be without influential centre-back Vincent Kompany, who has received a four-match ban following his dismissal in the FA Cup defeat to Manchester United.
All the people think we have a lot of players, said Mancini. But we have …