La Liga

Newcastle United are reportedly understood to have been monitoring Bayern Munich attacker Leroy Sane for some time now. The Magpies’ ability to potentially land the German international’s signature, however, will depend greatly on their Premier League performance. To put it more bluntly: Eddie Howe’s side must qualify for Champions League football if they wish to throw their hat into the …

Photo by Rafa Babot/Getty Images. Antonio Rudiger has admitted he would love to play alongside Arsenal centre-back William Saliba. The Real Madrid defender is enjoying another solid spell at the Santiago Bernabeu. Starting in seven out of eight La Liga matches this season, Rudiger is still one of Carlo Ancelotti’s preferred centre-backs. The same for Eder Militao, who has started …

Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images. Chelsea are one of the sides interested in seeing how Frenkie De Jong’s contract negotiations play out. The Blues have a wealth of talent on their books but are always on the lookout to add more, and De Jong is one of European football’s big names who faces an uncertain future. Although the 27-year-old is …

Although Red Star were well beaten by Inter in their recent Champions League match-up, the quality shown by the visitors Andrija Maksimovic stood out like a sore thumb. At just 17 years of age, Maksimovic is already making some of European football’s biggest teams sit up and take notice. That’s despite the fact that he’s only played in four senior …

Bayern Munich are potentially ‘in the driver’s seat’ when it comes to the transfer battle for Florian Wirtz’s signature. This situation might radically change, of course, if Real Madrid end their relationship with Carlo Ancelotti this summer, despite the Italian’s evident desire to remain. Bayer Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso has been heavily linked with a switch to the Los Blancos dugout …

There’s been a significant development in the career of Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong, with Man United and Chelsea believed to still be keeping a close eye on the Dutchman. It’s been an awful time for the combative midfielder, as he missed the European Championship this summer and, until the past weekend, hadn’t played a game for Barca since the back …

The future of Trent Alexander-Arnold at Liverpool has been cast into further doubt as reports from Spain state that Real Madrid have made contact with the full-back on several occasions recently.  The 25-year-old is out of contract at Anfield at the end of the current season and there has been no concrete sign of a new one being offered to …

Luis Enrique and Kylian Mbappe (Pictures from Movistar, Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique clearly wanted more work rate from star player Kylian Mbappe while he was still at the club, in what must have been a tense final year for the French forward before he left for a free transfer to Real Madrid. Mbappe was a world …

In his exclusive column for CaughtOffside, former Aston Villa attacker Stan Collymore discusses some of football’s biggest talking points, including why Erik ten Hag is finished at Man United, his worry for old pal Gareth Southgate if he took over at Old Trafford, a simple solution to stop set pieces being and a look at a brilliant week in the …

Manchester United ended up beating Real Madrid in the race for Leny Yoro this summer due to offering him an important role in the first-team straight away, according to Fabrizio Romano. Yoro had strong interest from Real Madrid as well as from Man Utd, but Romano explained that the long-term project from the Red Devils ended up winning the talented …