According to reports in Italy, AC Milan are seriously interested in signing Emre Can from Juventus.
The German has had a pretty rough time in Turin since his arrival from Liverpool as a free agent in 2018. He had hoped for a role more prominent than the one he had at Anfield, as well as certainty for winning trophies with Juventus, but he has fallen very low in the pecking order for a midfield spot under Maurizio Sarri.
According to , Milan s interest existed last summer, but the 26-year-old was certain he would have a role to play in Turin yet. But on September 3rd, right after the transfer window was closed, he was left out of the 25-man list of players registered to appear in the Champions League. It was a blow he apparently hasn t recovered from.
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Javi Gracia hailed Tom Cleverley s winning goal as amazing after Watford came from behind to defeat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park.
Just six minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute, Cleverley completed Watford s comeback with a fine volley into the top corner, his first goal since October 2017.
Saturday s match had been level going into the final stages after Craig Cathcart followed up his first-half own goal with a header at the right end.
Watford are up to seventh, with Cleverley shining despite being yet to start a Premier League game this season as he recovers his full fitness after an Achilles operation.
Asked if he had shown good management to bring Cleverley off the bench, Gracia told BBC Sport: No, he s a good player! The first ha…
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Looking to lay down another Champions League marker on Wednesday night, PSG will make the trip to Juventus.
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Starting with the hosts, while Juventus might have managed to claim a 1-0 victory away at Leece over the weekend, it doesn t cover what has been a worrying rut for the Italian heavyweights. Suffering an infamous 4-3 loss away at Benfica last week, Massimiliano Allegri s side came crashing out of the Champions League and the 55-year-old finds a huge amount of pressure on his shoulders. Although the former Serie A champions might have claimed three domestic wins on the spin, the Old Lady are still facing an uphill struggle if they re to claim another top-four finish this season. Likewise, with their European nightmare und…
Mohamed Salah challenged Liverpool to carry their Champions League form into the Premier League and make the most of their remaining games before the World Cup.
The Egypt international poached the first goal in a 2-0 home win over Napoli on Tuesday as Liverpool ended their group-stage campaign in Europe on a high with a fifth successive victory in the competition.
The Anfield outcome was not enough for Liverpool to topple their Italian opponents from the top of Group A, but both march through to the last-16 stage with ambitions to go deep.
Yet Liverpool s domestic form has been poor this term, with just four wins in 12 Premier League games seeing them stuck in a mid-table rut, exemplified by recent losses to Nottingham Forest and Leeds United.
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On-loan Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor is delighted with Harry Redknapp and no longer wishes to return to parent club Manchester City.
The 27-year-old has been in fine form for Spurs this English Premier League season, scoring three goals in six games for the London club.
When asked whether he wished to return to City after his deal with Tottenham expired, the Togolese made his feelings clear.
I wish them the best of luck, but do I wish to be part of that team right now? No,” he told BBC Sport.
Whenever I woke up last year to go into training it was a headache.
“You want to be in a house where you feel comfortable. Even if the house is a palace, you want to be loved and you want to be happy.”
When the discussion turned to Re…
Paraguay international striker Nelson Valdez has joined Eintracht Frankfurt from Al Jazira on a two-year deal.
Since leaving Borussia Dortmund in 2010, the 30-year-old has been much-travelled, initially enjoying spells at Hercules, Rubin Kazan and Valencia.
Valdez joined Al Jazira last year and scored four goals in 12 league appearances before being loaned out to Olympiacos, where he netted six times in 10 Greek Super League outings.
On Tuesday, Frankfurt confirmed the signing of Valdez and sporting director Bruno Hubner expressed his pleasure at the capture.
With Nelson Valdez, we have a player for Eintracht Frankfurt who brings a lot of experience, Hubner told the club s official website.
He has worked with [coach] Thomas Schaaf already [at We…
Porto have announced head coach Jose Peseiro will the leave the club by mutual consent.
Peseiro, 56, took over at Estadio do Dragao in January following the sacking of Julen Lopetegui earlier that month.
Lopetegui paid the price for a three-match winless run that included a 3-1 home defeat to Maritimo in the Taca da Liga.
Results remained inconsistent under his successor, Peseiro overseeing a 3-0 aggregate loss to Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League round of 32.
The club finished third in the Primeira Liga table, a distant 15 points behind champions Benfica and 13 back from second-placed Sporting Lisbon.
They then lost the final of the Taca de Portugal on penalties to Braga.
The management of FC Porto reached an agreement with the co…
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Meeting for the second time in the space of a few days, Manchester United will welcome Aston Villa to Old Trafford for an EFL Cup showdown on Thursday night.
Starting with the hosts, crashing back down to earth with a downbeat display away at Villa Park last weekend, there is no doubt that Manchester United will be seeking an immediate response here. Eventually slumping to a 3-1 loss against Thursday s opponents, that result brought an end to Erik ten Hag s nine-match unbeaten run across all formats. However, booking their spot in the knockout stage of this season s Europa League, the Red Devils will be glad to make a return to home soil in midweek. Last seen in front of their own supporters claiming a hard-fought 1-0 win …
Tottenham Hotspur could offer Nabil Bentaleb to Newcastle United as they look to sign Moussa Sissoko, .
The North London outfit are one of a number of club interested in signing the wantaway France international, who starred at this summer’s European Championships as his country got to the final.
However, at club level he was unable to help Newcastle secure their top flight status despite playing in all but one of their league games last season.
Bentaleb broke into the Spurs first team in the 2013/14 campaign and has since racked up sixty-six appearances in all competitions with his only goal for the club coming in a League Cup fifth round victory over Newcastle in December 2014.
He has been capped nineteen times for his country scoring three goal…
Eden Hazard has cranked up the pressure on Chelsea by expressing his desperation to win the Champions League after hating missing out on Europe s top table last season.
The Belgium superstar has won the Premier League, League Cup and Europa League with the Blues and also claimed Ligue 1 and Coupe de France medals at previo
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However, Chelsea s sole success in the Champions League came in the season prior to Hazard s arrival and the diminutive forward has been frustrated in his quest for a winners medal.
Hazard played his first domestic match of the season in Saturday s 2-1 win over Leicester City after recovering from an ankle injury and is in line to face Qarabag in Chelsea s Group C opener on Tuesday.
And the 26-year-old, who has…