Cesc Fabregas-led Como have raised quite a few eyebrows through their transfer activity this summer. The Serie A outfit notably made headlines by acquiring the services of former Barcelona superstar Sergi Roberto. They have also signed Real Madrid youth prodigy Nico Paz. But apart from these two, there have been headline transfers such as Raphael Varane, Andrea Belotti and Emil …
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Sven Goran Eriksson's death: Reaction from around the world
Former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson died on Monday morning after a long fight against pancreatic cancer. He was 76. The Swede had a distinguished career as a manager and head coach in Europe at the club and international level. Some of his more notable stops as a manager included Benfica, Roma, Lazio and Manchester […] Former England manager Sven …
Read More »Sebastian Kehl on Gio Reyna: “He could become important for us”
Gio Reyna’s long-term future with Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund remains up in the air, but his present looks to be in Germany after all. Reyna played nine minutes on Saturday in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-0 Bundesliga victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. The U.S. men’s national team playmaker didn’t play a large role in the opening weekend triumph, but still earned his first …
Read More »Barcelona working to register Olmo in place of injured defender, documents sent to La Liga
With their efforts to register Dani Olmo in La Liga by sanctioning player exits not bearing fruit, Barcelona seem to have moved to a different tactic to get his enrolment completed. It has been close to three weeks since Olmo was signed but he has not yet been registered in La Liga, leading him to miss the first two matches …
Read More »Sky: Monza pushing to sign newly-promoted Juventus fullback Jonas Rouhi
Monza are reportedly interested in signing young Juventus left-back Jonas Rouhi who is currently part of Thiago Motta’s first team. After starting his career at Bromma, the 20-year-old joined the Bianconeri’s youth ranks in 2020. He rose through the various age groups before featuring for Juventus Next Gen last season. The youngster’s exploits earned him a promotion to the first …
Read More »Paul Mitchell’s ‘secret trip’ as Newcastle consider new bid for £20m man – Report
According to The Mail, Paul Mitchell was at the Stadium of Light in a ‘secret trip’ on Saturday to watch Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford as Newcastle consider a fresh bid. Reports this morning suggested that the club are back in talks and keen to sign the 21-year-old on a loan-to-buy deal after having a £16m bid rejected in June, with …
Read More »JuJu Smith-Schuster is signing a one-year deal to return to the Kansas City Chiefs
After winning the Super Bowl with the Chiefs in 2022, JuJu Smith-Schuster signed with the Patriots. He got a three-year, $25 million deal to be one of their top WR targets. Smith-Schuster did not live up to the hype in his first season with New England. That led to the 27-year-old being released by the Patriots earlier this month. It …
Read More »Ancelotti assures Mbappe that goal drought will end, but when?
Kylian Mbappe has yet to score his first LaLiga goal for Real Madrid under Carlo Ancelotti, even though it has only been two games. Los Blancos recently picked up a 3-0 win over Real Valladolid. Federico Valverde, Brahim Diaz and 18-year-old Endrick featured on the scoresheet. Only Valverde was among the starters, as Kylian Mbappe led the line. Yet, for …
Read More »Champions League Qualification: Sparta Prague vs Malmo
Match Preview Sparta Prague will aim to protect a 2-0 first-leg when Malmo are their visitors in a decider for qualification for the league phase of the 2024-25 Uefa Champions League. Jens Stryger’s first-half own goal and Matej Rynes’ goal two minutes from time have put the Czech First League leaders in a commanding position against the table-toppers in the …
Read More »Barcelona tracking 18-year-old Brazilian pearl who could cost €20 million
Barcelona are always keeping a close eye on the Brazilian footballing scenes with the intention of spotting and signing the next big thing emerging in the country. The Catalans were interested in signing Endrick, although he ended up at Real Madrid. They signed Vitor Roque last year, although things did not pan out as planned and the striker left on …
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