Competition: La Liga
Market: Barcelona to beat Girona
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La Liga returns for yet another round of games this weekend as the competition continues to heat up. Every single point is precious at this stage as a win can quite often see a side rise up a number of places in the league table and, with this in mind, Barcelona host Girona on Saturday.
Barcelona have been superb this season and they are running away with the league. After 24 games they have won 19, drawn five and they are yet to lose, while they have scored 62 times and conceded 11 goals. In their last five they have managed to win three and draw twice which has seen them onto 62 points. The current leaders are seven points clear of Atletico Madrid in second and another draw could see …
Rangers are interested in signing Billy Gilmour from Chelsea in the January transfer window, according to . It has been reported that Rangers manager Steven Gerrard wants to bring back the youngster on a loan deal until the end of the season, with Premier League club Chelsea open to the idea of sending the 19-year-old out on a temporary deal.
Gilmour has recently returned from injury after missing four months following a knee surgery. The Scotland Under-21 international joined Chelsea after leaving Rangers in 2017, and the Gers have now reportedly made an approach for the teenager.
Chelsea have a very strong team, and it is going to be hard for Gilmour to play on a regular basis for Frank Lampard’s side this season. While the teenager has done well when he has turned …
Aston Villa have completed and the signing of Matt Targett from Southampton for an officially undisclosed fee.
Having won promotion to England s top flight, Villa are working hard to strengthen their squad as much as they can for the upcoming challenges. As manager Dean Smith explained, they see Targett as a player with the experience of playing in the Premier League, but young enough with a lot of potential to improve further. The left-back is expected to help the team form a strong defensive line, and Smith is looking forward to working with him.
The 23-year-old is a product of the Southampton Academy, and he made 63 first-team appearances for the Saints in all competitions prior to the switch. He was named their Young Player of the Year in 2014/15, and he was shippe…
s Jerome Boateng has dropped a huge hint he could be leaving the German champions soon, according to Sky Sports.
Apparently, the centre-back feels he has accomplished everything he could with the Bavarian club and he s in the process of asking himself whether that is what he wants to continue doing. He s come to the stage of his career where he s not certain that there are goals still to be achieved at Bayern, and he wonders if he really wants to continue proving himself at the same level, with the same pre-conditions, time and again. He feels such questions are not only typical career questions, but rather vital ones, ones that drive people.
After spells with Hertha and Hamburger SV, Boateng spent a year at Manchester City before joining Bayern in 2011. He has accumul…
James Milner scored a 95th-minute penalty to extend Liverpool s winning run to 17 Premier League matches in a dramatic 2-1 victory over Leicester City at Anfield.
The Reds looked set to ease to victory after Sadio Mane marked his 100th league appearance for the club with his 50th goal five minutes before half-time, but Jurgen Klopp s men missed chance after chance to extend their lead.
And Leicester, having scarcely threatened, struck through James Maddison with 10 minutes remaining as Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers threatened to end the Reds streak on his first return to Merseyside since his departure in 2015.
However, there was time for late drama as Mane won a penalty having been clipped by Marc Albrighton moments after Mohamed Salah hobbled off with an ankle…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic wants to take revenge on Pep Guardiola, according to the Sweden striker s agent Mino Raiola.
The 34-year-old is widely expected to join Manchester United on a free transfer, with his Paris Saint-Germain contract set to expire after four prolific years with the French champions.
Ibrahimovic who scored 50 goals for PSG in 2015-16 and Guardiola are on poor terms after their relationship broke down during the striker s one-year spell under the head coach at Barcleona in 2009-10.
Guardiola is taking over at Manchester City for the new season and, with Ibrahimovic set for United, two of football s biggest names are primed to rekindle their rivalry in the Premier League.
Raiola told Marca: I think he wants revenge on Guardiola, although he…
Wales manager Chris Coleman has no worries over star man Gareth Bale losing his cool during next week s World Cup qualifier against Republic of Ireland.
Bale was sent off for just the second time in his professional career earlier this month, when he pushed Jonathan Viera during Real Madrid s 3-3 LaLiga draw with Las Palmas.
Coleman needs the 27-year-old to be in prime form when his Euro 2016 semi-finalists head to Dublin, with Wales currently four points behind Ireland in Group D, and he believes Martin O Neill s side will be frustrated if they feel Bale cannot be riled.
I m not at all worried, Coleman told reporters, who feels the Las Palmas red card is an isolated incident for a player last dismissed for Tottenham against Stoke City in October 2008.
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Aaron Wan-Bissaka represents the latest big-money recruit for Manchester United.
The England Under-21 international has completed a switch to Old Trafford for a reported fee of £50million having starred in a breakthrough campaign for Crystal Palace in 2018-19.
However, United s recent high-profile acquisitions have failed to live up to the hype, with the club having a poor record in the transfer market since long-term manager Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.
Right-back Wan-Bissaka will be the sixth most expensive signing of the post-Ferguson era and here we look at how the five men who cost more have fared.
PAUL POGBA £89.3m
That United had to pay a world-record fee to bring back Pogba is perhaps a sign of the club s muddled thin…
Borussia Dortmund are in search of a new striker following the departure of Michy Batshuayi on loan to Valencia, and according to a report by , the 1997 Champions League winners are interested in Barcelona s Paco Alcacer.
Alcacer has no place in plans of Ernesto Valverde at Nou Camp for the 2018/19 season, but he has appeared on the list of priorities for Lucien Favre in the dugout at Signal Iduna Park.
The 24-year-old versatile forward arrived to Barcelona in 2016, having been a Valencia player his entire professional career up to that point which started in 2010. He did, however, spend a year with Getafe on loan in 2012/13.
In two years with the Catalan club, he played a total of 50 games in all competitions which isn t that bad given the quality they possess …
Sven-Goran Eriksson believes England s current squad is not only another golden generation , but might even be better than the teams he managed.
Eriksson was in charge of the Three Lions between 2001 and 2006, a period during which England s selection of players was labelled a golden generation .
Despite managing the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney, Eriksson could only reach the quarter-finals of both the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, as well as being eliminated at the same stage of Euro 2004.
Ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Swede has praised the talent available to current manager Gareth Southgate, who he suggested might have even better options at his disposal.
I think the squad here with Engl…