Leeds United have confirmed the loan signing of Sunderland striker Connor Wickham for the remainder of the season.
Wickham, an England under-21 international, came through the ranks at Ipswich Town before moving to Sunderland in 2011.
However, having failed to secure a regular first-team place at the Stadium of Light, making just one start for the club this season, he has spent much of the current campaign on loan at Leeds Championship rivals Sheffield Wednesday.
Wickham, who was also loaned to Wednesday for a spell last season, scored eight goals in 11 appearances for Stuart Gray s side in his most recent stint with the club.
Leeds manager Brian McDermott will hope the 20-year-old can provide extra firepower and fire his side, currently in 11th, to the play-of…
Southampton are keen on signing Queens Park Rangers defender Steven Caulker, .
The south coast club want to take the England international on loan for the forthcoming season, with a view to a permanent move.
Caulker only moved to Loftus Road from Cardiff City twelve months ago, and made thirty-six appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring his one and only goal in a 2-2 draw with Stoke City back in September.
He began his career with Tottenham Hotspur, but spent much of his time at Spurs out on loan in spells with Yeovil Town, Bristol City and Swansea City.
His one and only cap for his country came in a 4-2 friendly defeat to Sweden in November 2012.
West Bromwich Albion have also been linked with a move for the twenty-three year…
October s international break offers the ideal chance to assess the state of play in each of Europe s top five leagues.
With giants such as Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich lacking form in their respective leagues, the door has been opened for some surprise names to start 2018-19 well.
Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla fans will spend the international fortnight gazing at the Bundesliga and LaLiga tables, with their teams topping the tree against the odds.
With a couple of months of the season played, but plenty of action still to come, we take a look at how Europe s major leagues are shaping up
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After Barca won their first four games including an 8-2 hammering of Huesca Ernesto Valverde s men looked on track to defen…
AC Milan have held talks with Barcelona to understand their intentions regarding Gerard Deulofeu as the Rossoneri look to sign the loanee, general manager Adriano Galliani has confirmed.
Deulofeu s registration is owned by Everton but a return to Camp Nou has been touted for the Spaniard at the end of the season as the LaLiga side hold a buy-back clause on the 23-year-old, who left the club in July 2015.
A January loan switch to San Siro has reinvigorated Deulofeu, who has recorded two goals and three assists in 11 league appearances for Milan, and Galliani appears keen to keep the winger at the club on a permanent basis.
In June, you will know, I do not know what will happen in the market, so I cannot say anything, Galliani told Milan TV.
I have spok…
Rangers and Celtic both finished the cinch Premiership campaign with convincing wins, while 10-man Hearts earned a point in a stormy Edinburgh derby against Hibernian to hold off their city rivals in the battle for fourth place.
In the bottom half, Dundee United’s relegation was confirmed as they lost to Kevin Van Veen-inspired Motherwell, while Kilmarnock ensured their survival and consigned opponents Ross County to a play-off.
Here, the PA news agency looks at five things we learned from the weekend’s fixtures.
Ross County must overcome free-scoring Partick
Full-time at Rugby Park:
Kilmarnock 3-1 Ross County
Today s result means that we finish 11th in the cinch Premiership and will contest a two-legged play-off with Partick Thistle.
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Liverpool are interested in signing Victor Nelsson from Galatasaray in the summer of 2023, according to . The report has claimed that former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Liverpool have been monitoring the 23-year-old central defender for several months now and could make a bid for him at the end of the season.
The report has claimed that La Liga club Sevilla wanted to sign Nelsson from Galatasaray in the summer transfer window. They were looking at the 23-year-old as a possible replacement for Jules Kounde, who moved to Barcelona. However, Sevilla did not want to pay the €15-20 million transfer fee that Galatasaray wanted for him.
Nelsson has made eight appearances in the Turkish Super Lig for Galatasaray so fa this season. Last season, the young d…
PARIS (AFP) – Toulouse are in the driving seat in the French league after notching up their third win in three games Saturday, seeing off promoted Arles 2-1, while champions Marseille got off the mark with a 2-0 home success over Lorient.
Whereas Marseille have stumbled into the new season, losing their opening two encounters after ending an 18-year wait for the title, Toulouse have been going great guns and Norwegian star Daniel Braaten s third goal of the campaign set them on their way on 36 minutes.
The one-way traffic continued in searing heat as Etienne Didot made it two on the hour but an Arles side containing Greek new arrivals Angelos Basinas and Angelos Charisteas dug in gamely and pulled one back two minutes later as Franck Dja Djedje capitalised on a defens…
CHICAGO (AFP) – The United States will play host to Poland on October 9 at Chicago in an international football friendly as the European side prepares for its co-hosting of the 2012 European Championships.
The Americans are 7-7 with two drawn against Poland in a rivalry dating back to 1924, with their last clash a 3-0 triumph in 2008 at Krakow. The Poles, 4-2 with a draw on US soil, drew 1-1 in their last US match in 2004.
Poland, who are co-hosting Euro 2012 with Ukraine, figures to draw strong support from a large Polish community in the Windy City of the American Midwest.
These fixture dates are a fantastic opportunity to have the group together for an extended period and then put the work to the test with a difficult match, US coach Bob Bradley said.
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Barca ponder shock swoop for Kuyt
Champions League holders Barcelona are considering a shock move for Feyenoord captain Dirk Kuyt, .
The Catalans aim to sign a forward in the January transfer window who would act as back-up for the starting trio, and they do not plan to spend a lot of money on the new recruit.
And while coach Luis Enrique insists on luring Nolito back to Camp Nou, the club management would prefer to see an experienced centre forward join the ranks instead.
As a result, Barcelona are seriously thinking about former Liverpool star Dirk Kuyt, who is enjoying a very successful spell with Feyenoord.
The 35-year-old has scored amazing 10 goals in as many Eredivisie appearances this term and the Catalans want to make him the next Larsso…
Mario Mandzukic inspired Bayern Munich to victory at Nuremberg, while Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt enjoyed big wins.
Defending champions Bayern restored their 13-point lead at the Bundesliga summit thanks to a 2-0 derby success over to make it 12 successive league victory.
Toni Kroos, who recently rejected a contract extension, was left out by coach Pep Guardiola and Josip Drmic almost gave Nuremberg the lead early on, but Mandzukic opened the scoring on 18 minutes with an improvised finish. It was the 27-year-old striker s 12th league goal of the season.
Mandzukic then set up the second for Philipp Lahm, whose shot went through the grasp of Raphael Schafer for his first Bundesliga goal since 2010.
Dortmund moved four points behind second-placed Baye…