Matuidi pens four-year PSG extension

Days after accusing other Premier League clubs of buying the title , Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said Arsenal should be considered among the big spenders.

The Portuguese boss did not go into specifics when he defended the Blues recruiting policy last week, as the English champions bolstered their squad with the signings of Asmir Begovic and Radamel Falcao (on loan).

However, on Monday, Mourinho stoked the fire with London rivals Arsenal ahead of their Community Shield clash on Sunday claiming Arsene Wenger had spent big without success, but declared they would be contending in 2015-16.

If you add up the amounts clubs have spent in the last three or four years I think maybe you will find a surprise. If you put [Mesut] Ozil plus Alexis Sanchez, plus [Calum] Cham…

Sergio Busquets is set to sign a new improved deal with upon his return from international duty, according to .

The deal actually represents an annex of his existing contract, which is set to increase his salary and activate the option on a two-year extension which should keep the 30-year-old at Camp Nou until the summer of 2023. The holding midfielder is also set to receive a prize at the contract s expiration, a kind of a loyalty reward for staying true to the club colors which several former players already received and which could amount to a staggering figure anywhere between €200million and €500million.

In the last year or two there have been some feeble reports of clubs being interested in signing Busquets, but it was never likely to happen with Barcelona ob…

Merseyside Police are making enquiries after CCTV footage emerged appearing to show Everton star Ross Barkley being punched at a bar in Liverpool city centre.

Footage from a security video reportedly shows Barkley, 23, being struck in the face by a man during a night out in the early hours of Monday morning.

Merseyside Police have confirmed they are aware of the footage that has gone viral on social media but say no report of an assault has been made.

A statement read: Merseyside Police is aware of footage online reportedly showing an assault in a bar in Liverpool city centre.

No report of an assault has been received but officers are making enquiries to establish the circumstances of the incident.

Attacking midfielder Barkley, who won the …

Abdoulaye Doucoure scored the most important goal of his career and possibly Everton’s history to save the side from relegation with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth.

His powerful 20-yard strike, a bolt from the blue, was enough to extend the club’s top-flight stay to a 70th successive season but for long periods that proud record appeared in doubt.

But Doucoure’s 10th goal for the club capped a remarkable turnaround in four months for the Mali international who was training on his own in January after a fall-out with former manager Frank Lampard.

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Five days after having his contract extended by 12 months – and with his side just over half-an-hour from heading into the Sky Bet Championship – he delivered when it matter…

Mikel Arteta hopes his Arsenal team can match Arsene Wenger s expectations for this season, as the Gunners great believes his former side have a good chance to win the Premier League title.

Arsenal are top after eight matches of the season, a point ahead of champions Manchester City.

Arteta s men may well have been removed from the summit by the time they play again, though, facing Liverpool on Sunday after City play Southampton on Saturday.

Despite City s own imperious form, three-time title-winning manager Wenger told Sky Sports he did not see any super dominating team , prompting his optimism for Arsenal to claim a first championship since his last success in the 2003-04 campaign.

Responding to Wenger s thoughts ahead of the Liverpool game, Arteta, who…

Olympiakos announced on Friday that Serbian striker Marko Pantelic has joined the club on a two-year contract.

No financial details of the deal were revealed by Olympiakos but local press reports said Pantelic would be earning 1.4 million euros a year.

Pantelic, 31, began his career with Greek club Iraklis Salonica in 1995 and has since represented a number of teams, including Paris Saint-Germain, Red Star Belgrade, Hertha Berlin and Ajax.

He spent the 2009-2010 season at Ajax, playing in 25 matches and scoring 16 goals before being released.

Pantelic has won 35 Serbia caps and scored seven international goals.

Olympiakos also announced the signing of Spanish midfielder David Fuster on a three-year contract from Villarreal, for a reported fee of …

LONDON (AFP) – Belgium international forward Moussa Dembele on Wednesday joined Fulham from Dutch side AZ Alkmaar for a fee of 6.5 million euros, the English club announced on their website.

The creative 23-year-old, who has scored five goals in 28 games for the Belgian national side, has signed a three-year contract and becomes new Fulham coach Mark Hughes s first signing.

Dembele won the 2008-09 Dutch title with AZ and could make his debut when Manchester United visit Craven Cottage next weekend.

I am very happy to join Fulham and look forward to training with the team to prepare for the first home game of the season, Dembele told the Fulham website.

It has always been a dream to play in the Premier League and I will make sure that I make the most …

Toronto police have issued a warrant for the arrest of Chelsea youngster Lucas Piazon after an alleged sexual assault in July 2015.

Piazon – who is currently on loan at Reading – was in Canada as part of Brazil s Pan American Games football team, a competition they took bronze in with Piazon scoring in the third-place match.

A statement issued on Thursday said Piazon and Botafogo goalkeeper Andrey Da Silva Venture were both wanted by police over the alleged incident.

It read: The Toronto Police Service is alerting the public to a sexual assault investigation. 

It is alleged that on Saturday, July 25, 2015, a 21-year-old woman, along with a friend, met two men in a nightclub in Toronto. The two men accompanied the women to one woman s residence, on…

Cardiff City have completed the signing of Spanish defender Juan Torres Ruiz Cala on a two-and-a-half year contract, .

The 24 year old, whose contract with Sevilla was terminated last week, is the seventh player to arrive at the South Wales club since Ole Gunnar Solksjaer was named as their new manager last month.

Cala made thirty-two appearances in La Liga since turning professional in 2010, while he has also had loan spells at Segunda Division side Cartagena and AEK Athens in the Greek Super League.

The Bluebirds won their first league match of 2014 last weekend, beating Norwich City to move of the bottom of the Premier League.

They have the chance to move out of the relegation zone as they take on fierce local rivals Swansea City in Saturday’s …

There s no denying Julen Lopetegui is going through a horrible year in his career. He was sacked as the Spanish national team manager a few days before the World Cup in Russia because of Real s announcement of his appointment to replace Zinedine Zidane, and now he s staring the same fate in the eyes at Madrid.

Former Italy, Juventus and Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has been named among the favorites for the job, should Lopetegui be finally put out of his misery. However, another Chelsea name that has been linked with Real is Eden Hazard, who played two seasons under Conte at Stamford Bridge, winning the 2016/17 Premier League title and the 2017/18 FA Cup in that time.

However, the relationship between the Belgian forward and the Italian manger has reportedly broken dow…