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Looking to make an immediate return to winning ways late on Friday night, Ceara will welcome Ituano to the Castelao when this weekend’s Series B fixtures get underway.
Starting with the hosts, suffering last-gasp heartbreak away at Juventude last weekend as they eventually slumped to a 1-0 loss, there is no doubt that Ceara will be seeking an immediate response here. Despite watching their three-match unbeaten run come to an abrupt end last time out, the Vozao still have their sights set on mounting a late charge for the promotion spots. Although Guto Ferreira’s men might be seeking some stability since returning from June’s international break, the Fortaleza-based outfit will certainly be excited by the prospect of making a …
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini wants to bring Chelsea forward Daniel Sturridge back to Etihad Stadium, .
Despite being touted as one of the hottest prospects in English football, Sturridge was sold to Chelsea for mere €5.8 million in July 2009.
After being mostly restricted to substitute appearances during his first two years at the club, the promising forward was finally given a real chance to shine by Andre Villas-Boas.
However, he was relegated to the bench soon after Roberto Di Matteo took over and is currently unhappy with his position at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester Evening News claim that Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini plans to offer the player an escape route from Chelsea at the end of the season.
The Italian manager admitted…
Rangers, Celtic and West Bromwich Albion are interested in signing Stoke City attacker Tom Ince in the summer transfer window, according to . West Brom manager Slaven Bilic is considering making a move for Ince before the summer transfer window closes later this month, while Scottish Premiership giants Rangers and Celtic have also expressed interest in the 28-year-old, who can operate as an attacking midfielder, winger or forward.
The report has claimed that Ince does not feature in Stoke’s plans this season, with the Championship club’s manager Michael O’Neill having told him that he can leave. The former England Under-21 international joined the Potters from Huddersfield Town in the summer of 2018, and although he has done well on occasions, he has not been hugely succe…
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are interested in signing Bernardo Silva from Manchester City in the summer transfer window, according to . Spanish giants Barcelona and Atletico would prefer to secure the services of Silva, who can play as a midfielder or as a winger, on a loan deal, but Premier League champions City would rather sell him on a permanent basis.
Italian giants AC Milan are interested in the 27-year-old as well and have actually had talks, but they would like a loan move for the three-time Premier League winner. Silva still has four years left on his current contract at City, which means that he will command a significant transfer fee.
Silva scored two goals and gave six assists in 24 Premier League starts for City . The Portuguese attacker also scored one g…
Mauricio Pochettino’s first match as Chelsea manager ended in a breathless, hard-fought home draw with Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool.
Both sides attempted to kick off the new season with a bang after disappointing campaigns, with the Blues particularly bruised having finished 12th at the end of a humiliating season.
Former Tottenham favourite Pochettino has been tasked with turning Chelsea around and oversaw a promising performance in their Premier League opener, with debutant Axel Disasi cancelling out Luis Diaz’s effort in a 1-1 draw.
The spoils are shared this afternoon.
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC)
The sides also saw one goal apiece ruled out for offside in a helter-skelter encounter that showed how much both would benefit from a midfielder…
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is fully aware of the threat posed by CFR Cluj ahead of the Red Devils UEFA Champions League clash with the Liga I Bergenbier side.
United s starting XI will feature the experienced players at the Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium in Cluj-Napoca on Tuesday, with Sir Alex surely seeking redemption after being axed in the group stages of the competition last term.
We will play the experienced players on Tuesday, confirmed Fergie.
Cluj knocked out Basel over two legs in the qualifier and that shows where they are.
They won in Braga, it s not an easy place to go to. We are taking it seriously. They think they can qualify now.
They have a home game against United, get something and they are in…
Manchester City s Javi Garcia says it is not easy for academy graduates to secure regular first-team football at Real Madrid.
The 25-year-old came through the ranks of the Madrid club s youth system, but eventually left Real for Benfica in 2009, before eventually joining City ahead of the 2012/13 campaign.
It s hard to get into Madrid and harder still to stay there. It s hard to play in the first team. Only the best make it, Garcia was quoted as saying by AS.
People now say that the players who left Madrid could have been playing for them, because they ended up with the national team. Maybe, but equally they might have stayed in the club and never progressed as they did
The best players in the world are there and you have to be tough to cope with the …
Wilfried Zaha is closing in on a new £110,000-per-week contract at Crystal Palace, according to the Guardian.
Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Manchester City have all been linked with a move for the Ivory Coast international but he could well opt to remain at the South London club, where he has just been named player of the season.
As one of the stand out performers in the Eagles securing their top flight status, the twenty-four year old scored seven goals and made nine assists.
Since returning to Selhurst Park, initially on loan in the summer of 2014 Zaha has racked up one hundred and fourteen appearances in all competitions, scoring sixteen goals.
He originally left Palace for Manchester United for £10m in the summer of 2013 but failed to make …
What should have been a very interesting match, given what happened when Aston Villa hosted Liverpool in the Premier League in October, thoroughly lost its competitive edge when the West-Midlands club revealed that a large number of their players and staff had tested positive to Coronavirus around 24h before kick-off. Discussions were held, but in the end it was decided that the third-round FA Cup clash should go ahead as planned, with Villa having no choice but to field their team entirely made of youth players.
Interestingly enough, a very similar thing happened when these sides met in the Carabao Cup last season, only then it was Liverpool who had to field a mixture of their U-23 and U-18 teams as the first team went to win the FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar at the same time. …
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has described the behaviour of Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales as “inappropriate” – but called for FIFA’s investigation to be allowed to run its course.
Rubiales has refused to quit for kissing Spain player Jenni Hermoso after their World Cup final win over England on August 20.
All of Spain’s 23 World Cup winners, plus another 58 players, have said they will not represent their country until Rubiales has left his post.
Rubiales, 46, was provisionally suspended by world governing body FIFA on Saturday for an initial period of 90 days pending an investigation into his conduct in Sydney after Spain’s victory.
The president grabbed his crotch in the stadium’s VIP area in celebration, when he…