Leeds United are poised to sign star forward Rodrigo Moreno after reaching an agreement with Valencia, the LaLiga side confirmed.
Valencia announced on Tuesday that a preliminary agreement had been struck, though Rodrigo must still undergo a medical and complete all other formalities ahead of a switch to newly promoted Premier League side Leeds.
Rodrigo was previously linked with LaLiga giants Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, but the Spain international is now set for a €30 million (£27m) move to Elland Road.
Valencia CF have reached a preliminary agreement with Leeds United FC this Tuesday for the transfer of footballer Rodrigo Moreno, at the expense of completing all the documentation and other formalities and passing the mandatory medical examination, Valenc…
Inter general manager Giuseppe Marotta said Luciano Spalletti will continue as head coach next season.
Former boss Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte have been linked with Inter, who are on track for their best Serie A finish since 2010-11.
However, Marotta insisted coach Spalletti will remain at the helm in 2019-20.
Have I already chosen the Coach for next year? It is Spalletti, he has a contract, we re happy, Marotta said.
Inter are third in the league following Saturday s 1-1 draw with champions Juventus at San Siro.
Not since 2011 when Inter were runners-up have the club finished as high as third but Spalletti s men are poised.
Inter have collected 62 points, three more than fourth-placed Atalanta with four matches remaining.
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Fabio Cannavaro has stepped down as head coach of Guangzhou as the Chinese Super League side continue to face an uncertain future.
The legendary former Italy centre-back was in his second spell in charge of the club having returned in November 2017, two years after being replaced by Luiz Felipe Scolari.
He guided Guangzhou to the title in 2019 but his position was called into question following last year s runners-up finish.
And with troubled majority shareholders Evergrande Group reportedly on the brink of collapsing, Guangzhou have decided to cut short Cannavaro s latest spell in charge.
After friendly negotiation, Guangzhou Football Club decided to terminate the contract with Mr. Fabio Cannavaro, a club statement read on Tuesday.
Since Novemb…
Out of respect for his past services to the club, Tottenham Hotspur have decided to allow Dele Alli to leave when the winter transfer window next month, according to . Meanwhile, head coach Jose Mourinho wants to keep hold of Harry Winks, who has also been linked with departure lately.
Since his arrival from MK Dons in 2015, the midfielder has made a total of 230 appearances for Spurs in all competitions, scoring 64 goals and assisting for further 56. His contract runs until the summer of 2024.
However, the 24-year-old hasn t been able to win a place in Mourinho s team this season and has mostly been used in the Europa League. He has started only one Premier League match, making an appearance off the bench in one more.
Spurs will ideally seek for a permanent tra…
Joshua Kimmich insists Bayern Munich will want to send a message in their final Champions League group game against Inter, despite it being a dead rubber.
Bayern secured top spot in Group C last week with a 3-0 win at Barcelona, while Inter confirmed second place prior to that with a 4-0 victory at home to Viktoria Plzen.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of the clash at the Allianz Arena, Kimmich emphasised the importance for the Bundesliga side to maintain their recent high standards, even with nothing riding on the outcome of the game.
The coach has addressed it already, he said. We need to send a message to ourselves and our opponents. We want to play freely and have fun out on the pitch, like we have [been doing] lately. We want to win the game in order …
Robert Lewandowski broke his World Cup duck on Saturday and explained his emotional celebration was due to the possibility of this being his last finals.
This is only Lewandowski s second World Cup with Poland, but he is now 34 years old and did not score a single goal at Russia 2018.
That barren run continued in the opening match against Mexico, in which the Barcelona forward saw a penalty saved.
But Lewandowski assisted Piotr Zielinski s strike against Saudi Arabia and grabbed the second himself in a vital 2-0 win to move Poland top of Group C.
The former Bayern Munich man was clearly overcome with emotion as he embraced his team-mates.
The older I get, the more emotional I get, Lewandowski said. I m aware when it comes to the World Cup, it mig…
Philippe Clement’s first Old Firm game ended in his first defeat as Rangers boss as goals from Paulo Bernardo and Kyogo Furuhashi gave Celtic a 2-1 win at Parkhead.
The Belgian had gone 16 games unbeaten since taking over from Michael Beale in October but with no away fans inside the ground due to an allocation dispute between the two clubs it was always going to be the acid test for the injury-hit visitors.
The Ibrox side started the game positively before Hoops midfielder Bernardo scored after 25 minutes, with the Gers missing at least a couple of good chances to level.
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Celtic’s prolific striker Furuhashi curled in a second from 20 yards less than two minutes after the restart and there was more woe fo…
Gareth Southgate has pushed the England squad ahead of their World Cup quarter-final against France, challenging his side to create history in Qatar.
The Three Lions progressed past Senegal in the first knockout round to clinch a tie against the defending champions, presenting England s biggest test so far at the tournament.
Defeat against Didier Deschamps side would mark England s earliest exit from a major tournament under Southgate, who led the side to the semi-finals of the World Cup in Russia and finished as runners-up to Italy at Euro 2020.
While those improvements are significant, England have fallen at a crucial hurdle against tough opponents in each of those tournaments – losing 2-1 to Croatia in 2018 before a heartbreaking penalty shoot-out defeat at …
Fulham defender Joe Bryan is one of 10 out-of-contract players set to leave the Premier League club at the end of the month after they announced their retained list on Thursday.
The west-London club published their released and retained list ahead of the 2023/24 season which will see Bryan, Shane Duffy, Paulo Gazzaniga, Steven Sessegnon, Thorsteinn Antonsson, Sonny Hilton, Ziyad Larkeche, Jonathon Page, Murphy Parker and Jean-Pierre Tiehi leave Craven Cottage.
Bryan – who spent the last campaign on loan at Ligue 1 Nice – will leave the club after making 117 appearances which included two promotion campaigns.
Meanwhile, Gazzaniga, who began 2021/22 as Marco Silva’s first-choice goalkeeper, has since impressed following a loan spell at Girona and made the mov…
There is perhaps no sporting debate that captures the imagination like that concerning the identity of football s greatest ever player.
The incredible goalscoring feats of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo put them at the centre of the discussion, but what about the greats of yesteryear?
Does the cunning of Diego Maradona or the ingenuity of Johan Cruyff make one of them the best to have played the world s most popular sport?
The ultimate reference for all those iconic players, however, is Pele. The only player to have won three World Cups, the ultimate personification of o jogo bonito .
With tributes flooding in after the Brazil icon passed away at the age of 82, Stats Perform delves into the Selecao star s incredible career, asking how it compares to …