Manchester City are looking to make a big midfield signing in this transfer window, with Leeds United s Kalvin Phillips reportedly at the top of their wish-list.
Phillips, 26, has been with Leeds his entire senior career, and excelled on the world stage when he started every game in England s run to the Euro 2020 final.
He was rewarded for his excellent international play with England s 2020-21 Senior Men s Player of the Year award, and may have the opportunity to parlay that into Champions League football at the Etihad Stadium.
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Phillips stats of one goal and three assists in his past two Premier League campaigns do not tell the story of his impact, as he is arguably England s best defensive midf…
Sheffield United forward Jose Baxter and Wolves goalkeeper Aaron McCarey have both been suspended after failing drug tests.
League One s United confirmed on Saturday that Baxter had failed an out-of-competition screening, with the club now awaiting the outcome of further investigations into the matter.
And shortly after that news broke, Wolves also released a statement with regards to their reserve goalkeeper McCarey, which revealed he had also failed a Football Association (FA) doping control for a non performance-enhancing substance .
Both players deny any deliberate wrongdoing.
The suspensions come just a day after Jake Livermore was removed from duty by Hull City and the FA having also failed a doping test, allegedly due to the presence of …
Atletico Madrid are interested in signing Conor Gallagher from Chelsea in the summer transfer window, according to . The report in the news outlet has noted that Atletico are looking for a new midfielder, and that the Spanish club have identified Gallagher as the ideal candidate.
Fichajes has noted that talks between Atletico, Chelsea and Gallagher will intensify once the UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ends. Gallagher is part of the England squad in Germany, and there is a chance that the Three Lions could go all the way. Gareth Southgate’s side have reached the quarter-finals of the competition.
Gallagher has made 136 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career. The 24-year-old England international midfielder has scored 18 goals and given 13 assists in those g…
Andrea Cambiaso struck with virtually the last kick of the game as Juventus climbed to the top of Serie A with a 1-0 win over Hellas Verona.
Moise Kean had earlier seen two goals disallowed by VAR as Verona chased an unlikely point in their battle against relegation.
Verona have never won away at Juventus in Serie A history and that record now stands at 33 matches, following a heartbreaking defeat.
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Cambiaso s late, late winner earns us 3 points.
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Juve thought they had taken the lead in the 13th minute when Kean, after 10 league games without a goal, spun his marker 25 yards out and launched an unstoppable drive past Lorenzo Montipo.
But the VAR took the play back to when Kean ori…
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After failing to secure their spot in the knockout stage of this years Champions League campaign, Napoli will be looking to get their season back on track this weekend. The Light Blues will play host to a Fiorentina side sat in seventh and with only one away win since September.
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For Maurizio Sarri, he will be desperate to get his Napoli side back on track after a poor run of form since the start of December. In midweek the Light Blues slumped to a 2-1 defeat away at Feyenoord, meaning that Napoli could only secure a spot in the Europa League. Finishing third in Group F, Sarri s side endured an abysmal run on European duty this year. Only securing two wins in their six group games, Napoli have also fo…
Luis Enrique has insisted he is still only in the early phases of developing his Paris St Germain side.
After a sometimes bumpy start to the season results-wise, PSG found some consistency in October, responding to the 4-1 Champions League defeat away to Newcastle with four straight victories in all competitions.
That has seen them move up to second in Ligue 1, one point behind Nice ahead of Friday’s home match against Montpellier, while topping their so-called Champions League ‘group of death’ ahead of Borussia Dortmund, Newcastle and AC Milan.
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But although there has been progress, former Barcelona and Spain coach Enrique…
Thorgan Hazard has agreed to join Borussia Dortmund and is now waiting for Borussia Monchengladbach to accept a transfer bid.
The 26-year-old Belgium international has long been linked with a move to Signal Iduna Park and now appears close to finalising a switch.
When asked if Dortmund are his prospective new team, he told VTM Nieuws: Yes, that s the club. I have already spoken to that club. It s up to the clubs to come to an agreement. I now leave everything to my father [his agent] and the clubs.
I ve already said I would like to take a new step in my career. I want to discover something new. We now have to wait for an agreement between the clubs. That takes time. That s how it goes with negotiations.
Brother of Chelsea star Eden Hazard, Thorgan has s…
Milan head coach Stefano Pioli said his team must not repeat their defensive errors in Saturday s opening win against Udinese when they face Atalanta next week.
The Rossoneri got their Serie A title defence off to a victorious start at San Siro as they beat Udinese 4-2, but had to come from behind after conceding just 90 seconds into the new season when Rodrigo Becao headed in a corner.
A penalty from Theo Hernandez and an Ante Rebic strike quickly turned things around, only for Adam Masina to head in an equaliser just before half-time.
Brahim Diaz restored Milan s lead less than a minute into the second half, before Rebic wrapped things up with just over 20 minutes to go.
While Pioli was clearly unhappy with conceding twice, he did acknowledge that his …
´I go away convinced that we are strong´ – Pioli pleased with Milan and praises De Ketelaere after A
Stefano Pioli hailed Milan s resilience and maturity after the Serie A champions came from behind to claim a 1-1 draw at Atalanta on Sunday.
Milan looked set to suffer a first league defeat since a 2-1 loss to Spezia on January 17 when Ruslan Malinovskyi s long-range effort deflected past Mike Maignan.
However, Ismael Bennacer arced a terrific left-footed effort in off the post to spare the Rossoneri s blushes in the second half.
Although the result halted Milan s seven-match winning run in Serie A and denied the champions a perfect start to the new campaign, it offered further evidence of the Rossoneri s remarkable powers of recovery.
Milan have claimed more points from losing positions than any other Serie A side in 2022 (14), and the overall picture …
It s time for gameweek 29 in the Premier League, and for some it is a double, which will no doubt lead to panicked stockpiling of players from those teams involved.
Do not be fooled into transferring out your star player for a cheaper alternative who has twice as many games on the horizon, though. You get more points for a goal in one game than not scoring in two, after all.
As ever, there are some obvious picks, but also some less obvious ones should you be a fan of the odd differential to gain an upper hand in your mini-leagues.
So let Stats Perform lead you by the hand with Opta data as we pick four players who might just give you those precious extra points in the latest Premier League gameweek.
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