Croatia international Luka Modric has ruled out leaving Premier League side Tottenham.

The 25-year-old has been linked with the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Barcelona.

The highly-rated playmaker signed a new six-year contract with Spurs last May.

There s no truth in all these rumours, he told Sportskenovosti.

The only truth is that I m a Tottenham player and I m happy to be where I am. I m fully focused on my job.

Following my arrival in 2008 every transfer window is the same. Newspapers are always talking about me moving away.

The story is always the same. Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona and so on. Every time it s the same stories and I even saw them last June when I signed my new contract with Tottenham!

My…

LDU Quito s up-and-down Copa Libertadores campaign took a turn for the better, while Estudiantes had their own big win on Thursday.

Ecuadorian side LDU Quito strengthened their spot at the top of the Group 8 table after trouncing Uruguayan outfit Penarol 5-0 at home, in a game that lacked for nothing.

The 2008 Copa winners who have now won two and lost two in their group games took at 22nd-minute lead through Carlos Luna, though the Argentine striker had to be substituted through injury two minutes after breaking the deadlock.

It mattered little for the 29-year-old s side, however, with replacement Walter Calderon doubling LDU Quito s advantage in first-half extra time.

On-loan Reggina defender Carlos Valdez then put through his own net to compound Penar…

Spain international Jesus Navas insists he has no ill feeling towards Vicente del Bosque following his FIFA World Cup snub.

The Manchester City winger failed to make the final 23 for the tournament in Brazil and will miss out on a second World Cup.

Navas had been struggling with injury during the weeks building up to the squad announcement, but had regained full fitness.

However, Del Bosque opted to drop him from the squad along with City team-mate Alvaro Negredo, a decision Navas feels will prove to be the correct one.

It is a shame. I have worked hard to (to gain fitness) but it is the boss who makes the decisions and he always makes the right ones, he told AS.

He has done what is best for the group. The truth is that I have recovered and was geared up…

Manchester United winger Bebe has joined Turkish club Besiktas on a one-year loan deal.

The Portuguese moved to Old Trafford from Vitoria de Guimaraes in August 2010 for a reported 7.4 million pounds but has struggled for first-team opportunities.

The 20-year-old made seven senior appearances for Sir Alex Ferguson s side last season, scoring two goals, including one in the Champions League.

Besiktas finished fifth in their domestic division in 2010/11.

Bebe had signed a five-year contract with Guimaraes in July 2010 but Ferguson moved for the attacker after apparently being alerted to his potential by former United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz.

In 2009 Bebe was a resident at the Casa do Gaiato shelter in Portugal, an organisation which helps …

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…