Diogo Jota has a small chance of returning from a foot injury to feature in Liverpool s final game of the season, meaning he should be available for Portugal s Euro 2020 campaign.
Jota had been expected to miss both of Liverpool s two remaining fixtures against Burnley and Crystal Palace because of an issue sustained in the 4-2 win at Manchester United last Thursday.
However, the club have since done additional scans on the injury, which have given Liverpool hope he could be available in a fixture that may well decide if they are playing Champions League football next season.
Liverpool narrowed the gap to fourth-placed Chelsea to a point courtesy of their dramatic 2-1 win at relegated West Brom on Sunday, secured through goalkeeper Alisson s remarkable last-minut…
Manchester United should target a striker such as Harry Kane or Erling Haaland instead of pursuing Borussia Dortmund s Jadon Sancho, former assistant manager Steve McClaren says.
The Red Devils have been linked with England winger Sancho for many months, but Dortmund have made it clear they will not sell him before next season.
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is nonetheless keen to add some more quality to his squad, having seen their season ended in disappointment with a 2-1 Europa League semi-final loss to Sevilla their third defeat in the last four of a cup competition in 2019-20.
United mustered 20 shots against the LaLiga side but could only score through a Bruno Fernandes penalty, while errors at the back allowed Suso and Luuk de Jong to send Julen Lopetegui s…
Bayern Munich on Monday announced the transfer of Argentina midfielder Jose Ernesto Sosa to Italian Serie A side Napoli.
Sosa is going to continue his career at the foot of Vesuvius, Bayern Munich confirmed in a statement.
Sosa won Olympic gold with Argentina in 2008, a year after joining Bayern, with whom he had one year of his contract remaining.
In three seasons in the Bundesliga he has competed in 35 games, scoring three goals.
At Napoli Sosa can look forward to taking part in the Europa League where the Italian team s group rivals are Liverpool, Steaua Bucharest and Utrecht.
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Manchester United central defender Harry Maguire has decided to leave in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that United manager Erik ten Hag is open to cashing in on Maguire, and the England international himself wants to leave and join a club where he would get more playing time.
Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Everton are the clubs who are interested in signing Maguire from United in the summer transfer window. Maguire would be better off at Spurs, Villa or Everton, and the 30-year-old should seriously consider a move to any of those clubs.
Maguire made eight starts and eight substitute appearances in the Premier League for United this past season. The 30-year-old also made two starts and two substitute appearances in the Carabao Cup …
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Europe’s in-form side Monaco are now just a step away from making it to the Champions League final and they hope their attack will prove too much for arguably world’s strongest defensive side. Juventus, on the other hand, are confident their back line will contain the opposition attackers and help the team edge closer to the final in Cardiff.
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Having seen league rivals PSG spend heavily in an attempt to become competitive on European level, Monaco attempted to do the same, but club’s decision to adopt a more conservative transfer strategy and focus on young and talented footballers that resulted in a genuine breakthrough. As a result, the Principality club have been absolutely outstanding thi…
Competition: U21 European Championships
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Sweden U21 and England U21 lock horns at the Kielce City Stadium in their opening game of the U21 European Championships this evening, and are favourites to pick up all three points to go top of Group A. Sweden are the defending champions in the tournament but are underdogs given their inferior form in the last 12 months.
Aidy Boothroyd’s England U21s side have picked up four wins from their last six games in all competitions, scoring 15 goals for the troubles. England have a strong squad for the tournament and have beaten the likes of Denmark and Italy ahead of tonight’s meeting with Sweden and fancy their chances given the inconsistent form of their opposition.
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As part of Nintendo’s latest earnings release, the company updated its list of the best-selling Nintendo Switch games of all time Come from Sports betting site VPbet . There are no surprises anywhere, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe topping the charts on its way to becoming the highest-selling Mario Kart game of all time.
As for games released during the past six months, Skyward Sword HD moved 3.60 million units, while New Pokemon Snap sold 2.19 million copies. Mario Golf: Super Rush shifted 1.94 million copies. None of these games cracked the top 10, however.
After Mario Kart 8 and New Horizons, the rest of the top five best-selling Switch games of all time includes Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (25.71 million), The Legend…
What the papers say
According to the Daily Mail, Tottenham have submitted a joint £50million bid to Leicester for midfielder James Maddison and forward Harvey Barnes.
The Daily Telegraph says Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea could all enter the bidding war for West Ham’s England midfielder Declan Rice after Arsenal’s initial £90m bid was turned down.
The Times reports Arsenal are continuing to prioritise a deal for Rice and have therefore pulled out of the race to sign 21-year-old Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo.
Chelsea could face competition from United for the signing of Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana, although United have also shortlisted Porto’s Diogo Costa.
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Christophe Galtier wants his Paris Saint-Germain team to be more ruthless to enable him to rotate his squad and keep players fresh.
PSG are unbeaten in Galtier s first season in charge, sitting top of Ligue 1 and their Champions League group.
However, PSG have not won a game by at least a two-goal margin since the 3-1 away victory over Maccabi Haifa on September 14, meaning Galtier has not had the luxury of being able to substitute key players.
The head coach would like his side to give him more freedom to rotate by killing matches off earlier, stating ahead of Friday s clash against Ajaccio: There are lots of games at the moment.
Of course, I would like us to be more comfortable and have bigger leads to be able to make more changes during games, but the…
Spain head coach Vicente del Bosque has lauded newly crowned La Liga champions Atletico Madrid ahead of the UEFA Champions League final.
Atletico have enjoyed a memorable campaign under the stewardship of head coach Diego Simeone, pipping Barcelona and Real Madrid to win the league title for the first time since 1996.
The Madrid-based outfit have also reached the final of Europe s premier club competition, where they will face city rivals Real in Lisbon on Saturday, which has impressed the former Real boss.
Atletico is an organised team that players with a lot enthusiasm, Del Bosque told reporters at Spain s training session.
They have played with the necessary humility and they have not believed they re less than anyone, but they haven t believed they re superio…