Arsenal are considering a January bid for Spartak Moscow midfielder Romulo, Russian media outlet .
It is no secret the Gunners are on the lookout for a new defensive midfielder and they look set to rekindle the interest in their long-term target.
According to Izvestia, Arsenal are ready to offer €12 million for the Brazilian, as well as send one of their hot prospects on a season-long loan to Spartak.
And while the Russian side are not looking to sell the player who is slowly returning to form after a serious knee injury, it is believed that they would accept proposals in the region of €16 million, which is double the amount that they paid for him back in July 2012.
Having been plagued with numerous injuries since arriving in Moscow, Romulo only mana…
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Looking to build on what has been a real purple patch, Manchester City will welcome Crystal Palace to an empty Etihad on Sunday night.
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Starting with the hosts, managing to come past what was a resilient Brighton side earlier in the week, the mood in Manchester City s camp should be at a real high. Securing a 1-0 win against the Seagulls on home soil and still holding a game in hand over both Liverpool and Manchester United, Pep Guardiola s side have played themselves into the title chase. Skyrocketing their way up the table and also managing to secure their spot in the final of this year s EFL Cup, Pep Guardiola s men find themselves enjoying a seven-match winning run across all formats. In fact, not tasting defeat sinc…
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…
Peru coach Ricardo Gareca will use any and all tactics in an effort to stop Neymar when his side take on Brazil in their Copa America opener on Sunday.
The Barcelona striker heads into the Copa America in red-hot form, fresh from a 39-goal season during the treble-winning campaign at Camp Nou, while Neymar has also scored eight times in as many games since being made Brazil captain in September.
Gareca has no qualms about applying a man-marking system on Neymar, however, a tactic that he is already comfortable with.
We will consider whether to order personal marking on Neymar. I ve done that before when I went to other teams, the 57-year-old Argentine told reporters at Peru s base in Lima.
We are looking to Brazil. When the time comes, we will have a cl…
Arsenal are at last back in Premier League action this weekend, hoping to make inroads in the top-four battle amid some inconsistent results from their rivals.
Tottenham are in desperate need of a return to winning ways, but they will attempt to do so away to Manchester City, who are looking really quite imperious.
Liverpool will hope to take advantage of any City slip-up when they host Norwich City, while Leeds United and Manchester United renew their rivalry at Elland Road.
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3 Spurs have lost three consecutive games for the second time in the Premier League this season (also in September 20…
Benfica will hope their fine form against Dutch sides continues when they visit AZ in Thursday s UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg.
The Primeira Liga giants only loss in their last 10 outings against teams from the Netherlands was on penalties to PSV in 1988 s European Champions Clubs Cup
AZ themselves have a decent record against sides from the Iberian nation, avoiding defeat in each of the three times they have hosted Portuguese teams, beating Sporting Lisbon and Braga, while drawing with Pacos de Ferreira.
Table-toppers domestically, Benfica will be confident heading into this game having won 25 of their last 29 matches in all competitions and each of their away fixtures since dropping into the Europa League.
Conversely, AZ are in poor form with just …
Mark Halsey has revealed the incident he was asked to lie about seeing came during Stoke City s 3-1 Premier League victory over Blackburn Rovers in 2011.
During a Twitter exchange on Friday, Halsey claimed referee Andre Marriner may have been asked to lie about his view of Sergio Aguero s clash with Winston Reid during Manchester City s meeting with West Ham, Aguero retrospectively handed a three-game ban.
Halsey went on to say he had been told to say I hadn t seen decisions during his career, something Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) denied.
However, the former referee has divulged the exact decision he claims he was told to change his ruling on.
It came in November 2011 when Blackburn midfielder Steven N Zonzi tangled with Ryan Sh…
Edin Dzeko marked his record-equalling 94th Bosnia-Herzegovina cap with an assist in his country s 2-1 victory over Northern Ireland in their Nations League opener.
The 32-year-old Roma striker, who has now made as many international appearances as Emir Spahic, provided the cross that Haris Duljevic turned home nine minutes before the break.
Northern Ireland goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell was then involved in a second-half mix up with Watford defender Craig Cathcart on his first international start, which Elvis Saric capitalised on to add a second in the 64th minute.
Will Grigg grabbed a stoppage-time consolation for the hosts but it was not enough to deny ex-Real Madrid and Barcelona midfielder Robert Prosinecki a victory in his first competitive game as Bosn…
According to reports in Italy, AC Milan are prepared to enter the race for the signature of Donyell Malen of PSV Eindhoven.
The talented winger has been linked with a number of clubs across Europe, including PSV s fierce rivals Ajax, but the most recent links spoke about interest from Arsenal and Liverpool. However, Tuttosport have reported that the Rossoneri are keen on his services as well.
Malen has already worn the shirts of Ajax and Arsenal, having started out with the Dutch champions at youth level and moved to north London in 2015. Two years later he went back to his homeland and joined the youth ranks at PSV, before making his first-team debut in February 2018 and helping PSV win the Eredivisie title that year. The 20-year-old made his international debut for Ne…
Sevilla left defender Jules Kounde out of their pre-season squad for a trip to Portugal, as he looks to be on his way to Chelsea.
Kounde has been linked with a move for much of the transfer window, and it appears he is now close to changing clubs.
Chelsea have reportedly upped their bid to £55million, and Sevilla s decision to leave him out of plans for their camp in Portugal suggests he may indeed be heading to Stamford Bridge.
However, Barcelona are also reportedly keen on the Frenchman and could make a late attempt to pip the English side to his services.
One thing s for sure
If you ain t aim too high
Then you aim too low
— Jules Kounde (@jkeey4)
Kounde signed for Sevilla from Bordeaux in 2019 and has impressed with the Spanish…