Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world and will make the difference for Juventus in the Champions League, says Blaise Matuidi.
Ronaldo, yet to score for Juventus, helped Real Madrid win the Champions League in four of the last five years, including defeating Juve in the 2017 final in Cardiff, when he struck a brace.
Juve also lost in the final to Barcelona in 2015, with Matuidi backing Ronaldo to help the Serie A champions as they bid to collect a first European title since 1996.
Ronaldo has something different, we are talking about a player who has won five Ballons d Or, Matuidi said to Gazzetta dello Sport.
We can say that he is the best in the world and we can only be happy to have him with us.
For sure his experience is one of w…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes the Premier League still has steps to take to become the toughest domestic club competition.
Guardiola is into his second season in charge of City, having won three LaLiga titles – and two Champions Leagues – at the helm of Barcelona and three Bundesliga crowns with Bayern Munich.
But the Spaniard said the Premier League was not yet the most difficult, pointing to the records of English clubs in Europe.
Chelsea were the last English side to reach a decider in the Champions League, claiming the trophy in 2012, with Spain (six times), Germany (two) and Italy (two) the nations with finalists since then.
I know you like to hear, it is the toughest one, congratulations . You are the most viewed, Guardiola sai…
Manchester United s Matteo Darmian has attracted the eye of Juventus and Inter Milan, according to Turin-based Tuttosport.
Darmian started his career with AC Milan where he spent three seasons and then went to Padova for a 12-month loan. After that he played a season for Palermo and four for Torino, before moving to Old Trafford in 2015.
However, the number of his appearances in a Manchester United shirt has been declining from season to season. In 2017/18 he took to the pitch only 17 times in all competitions, and this term he played only once with manager Jose Mourinho preferring first Antonio Valencia in the right-back role, and now even Diogo Dalot ahead of the Italian. The situation has, therefore, attracted interest in his services from a number of clubs, and Juve…
Tony Pulis has been sacked as West Brom head coach after a dismal run of form that leaves the Baggies in danger of relegation from the Premier League.
The former Stoke City boss has garnered a reputation as a survival specialist, but West Brom have stalled in 2017, winning only three Premier League matches since February.
Two of those victories came in the first two games of the current campaign before a torrid 10-game winless run began, with West Brom s latest result a dispiriting 4-0 home reverse to champions Chelsea.
Owner Guochuan Lai watched on as sections of the Hawthorns support chanted for Pulis sacked and the club have now acted as they sit 17th in the table.
0-4 This was Tony Pulis’ joint heaviest home defeat, matching his 4-0 defeats to Ma…
Fans have started arriving at the King Power Stadium to sign the book of condolence for Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
Srivaddhanaprabha was one of five victims in a helicopter crash at the ground following Leicester s 1-1 draw with West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday.
Four others on board, including two members of Srivaddhanaprabha s staff, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, as well as pilot Eric Swaffer and passenger Izabela Roza Lechowicz, died in the crash.
Supporters have paid tribute to Thai businessman Srivaddhanaprabha, who oversaw their remarkable Premier League triumph in 2015-16, following the accident, with wreaths, flowers and scarves placed outside the ground.
On Monday, the Leicester squad and members of th…
Pumas UNAM have made the perfect start in Group A of the CONCACAF Champions League, claiming their second win in two matches, defeating Honduras Progreso 2-0 in Mexico City.
After their opening 4-2 win over W Connection, the youthful Pumas marked their first home match in the Champions League since 2011-12 with an assured victory, after second-half goals from Eduardo Herrera and Saul Berjon.
Woodrow West was looking tough to beat in the Progreso goal, before Francisco Palencia s side hit the lead in 65th minute through Herrera, with a spectacular overhead.
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Pumas added another in injury time, with new signing Berjon settling the result.
In Group B, Deportivo Saprissa open…
Alexander Isak has signed a contract extension with Real Sociedad that ties him to the LaLiga club until the end of the 2025-26 season.
The Sweden striker has scored 26 league goals in Spain since arriving from Borussia Dortmund, while he also found the net seven times during a successful Copa del Rey run in the 2019-20 campaign that ended the club s 34-year trophy drought.
After helping his country reach the last 16 at Euro 2020, Isak has committed his long-term future to La Real, who reached an agreement with Dortmund over a buy-back clause earlier in the offseason.
According to reports in the Spanish media, the new deal for the 21-year-old – who has been linked with a move to the Premier League – sees his release clause rise to €90million.
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Crystal Palace are interested in signing Liverpool s Dominic Solanke on loan for the second half of the season, according to the .
Solanke is a product of Chelsea s academy, but in the three years he spent as their player, he appeared only once in their shirt. He did, however, spend the 2015/16 season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem, where he played 26 games and scored seven goals. Since moving to Liverpool in 2017, he scored a single goal in 27 appearances last season, and he s yet to play in 2018/19, with Roberto Firmino, Daniel Sturridge and Divock Origi all preferred by manager Jurgen Klopp.
He won the 2017 U-20 World Cup with England and made his senior international debut in November the same year.
Palace, on the other hand, are struggling for goals this term, …
Brighton and Hove Albion defender Ben White is set to undergo his medical ahead of the proposed move to Arsenal on Wednesday, according to .
The 23-year-old caught the attention of the wider football public with fine performances on loan with Leeds United in the Championship in 2019-20, as Marcelo Bielsa s team strode towards the subsequent Premier League promotion. Leeds were very keen on making the switch permanent last year, but Brighton knocked their efforts back, judging rightly that the player s stock would only rise with time.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is thought to be keen on adding a centre-back who can start attacks from the back, having lost the services of David Luiz at the end of last season. The agreement between the two clubs is set at £50 million and in…
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is coveted at the Santiago Bernabeu.
His French connection with Zinedine Zidane means there is constant speculation.
However, Pogba is set to remain at United for the time being.
TOP STORY – MADRID GIVE UP ON POGBA… FOR NOW
LaLiga giants Real Madrid will not sign Manchester United star Paul Pogba in January, according to Mundo Deportivo.
Pogba – still recovering from injury – continues to be linked with Madrid amid doubts over his United future.
Madrid, however, recognise there is no chance of prising the Frenchman from Old Trafford in the New Year.
Desde el Real Madrid reconocen que no hay “ninguna posibilidad” de que Paul Pogba llegue en el mercado de invierno y e…