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Inter Milan lead the race to sign Juventus target Sandro Tonali

Sandro Tonali of Brescia Calcio looks on during the Serie A match between Brescia Calcio and Udinese Calcio at Stadio Mario Rigamonti on February 9, 2020 in Brescia, Italy. Inter Milan have an advantage over arch rivals Juventus in the race to sign Brescia midfielder Sandro Tonali according to a report from Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia, which was aired a short time ago. The report explains that the highly rated Italian national team player has told Inter that he considers them among his favourite potential next destinations. Brescia president and owner Massimo Cellino is continuing to demand €50 million for Tonali, who is widely regarded as one of the best up and coming Italian prospects out there at the moment. Inter are ahead and need to make sure they remain ahead with...
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Leicester City Face Battle with Crystal Palace to sign Burnley defender James Tarkowski

James Tarkowski (5) of Burnley in action during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Burnley at St. James's Park, Newcastle on Saturday 29th February 2020. According to reports from The Mirror, Leicester City and Crystal Palace are ready to battle for Burnley defender James Tarkowski in the summer transfer window. The Foxes were interested in signing the Burnley defender last summer but they were priced out of a move for the England centre-half. However, Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers has renewed his interest in the 27-year-old defender, as he looks to bolster his defence this summer. The report claims that Burnley have slapped a prohibitive £50 million price tag on the former Charlton defender. Leicester City are desperate to bolster their defence following t...
LALIGA

Sevilla held to a draw at Levante

Luuk de Jong of Sevilla scores a goal during the La Liga match between Levante UD and Sevilla FC at Camilo Cano Stadium on June 15, 2020 in La Nucia, Alicante, Spain. The Spanish La Liga is restarting following its break caused by the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Sevilla missed a chance to strengthen its hold on third place in the Spanish league after conceding an 87th-minute own-goal in drawing with Levante 1-1 on Monday. Luuk de Jong put Sevilla ahead a few seconds into the second half but a fluke play near the end gave the host the draw as a cross partially saved by goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik ricocheted off defender Diego Carlos and went into their own net. Sevilla was on its way to opening a six-point gap to fourth-placed Real Sociedad had it held on to the victory. It would also...
PREMIER LEAGUE

Man United Goalkeeper Dean Henderson set to extend loan deal at Sheffield United

Sheffield United goalkeeper Dean Henderson celebrates their victory after the final whistle during the Premier League match at Bramall Lane, Sheffield. Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson will finish the Premier League season on loan at Sheffield united. The England Under-21 international keeper is close to agreeing an extension from United until the current campaign ends, and it could be done before the Blades restart the Premier League with a game at Aston Villa on Wednesday. The Blades and United are both competing for Champions League football, but it appears as though United are prioritising Henderson's development. Blades boss Wilder said: "I spoke to Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) yesterday morning. I thanked him for his co-operation with Dean and we are in the process, in...
BUNDESLIGA

Liverpool loanee Taiwo Awoniyi suffers concussion

Mainz 05's Taiwo Awoniyi is stretchered off after sustaining an injury during the Bundesliga match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and FC Augsburg at Opel Arena on June 14, 2020 in Mainz, Germany. Liverpool forward Taiwo Awoniyi, currently on loan at Mainz, suffered a concussion in their 1-0 Bundesliga defeat to Augsburg on Sunday and was taken to hospital. The 22-year-old collided with Augsburg defender Felix Uduokhai and was carried off the pitch on a stretcher. "Our striker Taiwo Awoniyi suffered a concussion ... and is spending the night in hospital as a precautionary measure," Mainz said on Twitter. Awoniyi, who has scored one goal in 12 league appearances for Mainz this season, has never played for Liverpool and has also had loan spells at Frankfurt, NEC Nijmegen, Excelsior Mouscro...
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Leverkusen Moves to fourth spot despite draw at Schalke

Edmond Tapsoba of Leverkusen in action against Daniel Caligiuri of Schalke 04 during the Bundesliga match between FC Schalke 04 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Veltins-Arena on June 14, 2020 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Leverkusen boosted its Champions League hopes while extending Schalke’s lengthy winless run in the Bundesliga with a 1-1 draw on Sunday. A VAR penalty call looked to have put Schalke on course for its first victory at the 13th attempt, but Juan Miranda’s late own-goal was enough for Leverkusen to move fourth — the final spot for Champions League qualification. Leverkusen is a point ahead of Borussia Monchengladbach, which lost 2-1 to league leader Bayern Munich on Saturday, with three rounds left to play. Leverkusen defender Edmond Tapsoba was penalized for handball earl...
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Real Madrid beat Eibar 3-1 to cut Barcelona’s lead in La Liga

Real Madrid's German midfielder Toni Kroos (L) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid CF and SD Eibar at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Valdebebas, on the outskirts of Madrid, on June 14, 2020. Real Madrid beat Eibar 3-1 on Sunday in their first competitive match at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium following La Liga’s three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Toni Kroos got Real off to an ideal start at the empty stadium based at their training ground by scoring in the fourth minute while captain Sergio Ramos struck on the half-hour mark before Marcelo netted in the 37th. Real did ease off after the interval and Eibar forward Sergi Enrich struck the woodwork before Pedro Bigas pulled a goal back fo...
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Gianluigi Donnarumma in talks with AC Milan over new contract

Gianluigi Donnarumma of AC Milan shouts during the Serie A football match between AC Milan and Torino FC. AC Milan won 1-0 over Torino FC. Gianluigi Donnarumma wants to remain with AC Milan and sign a new contract, but the deal could include a release clause of around £53million. The Italy international has long been seen as one of the world's most promising young goalkeepers at 21-years-old and has been a target for Chelsea in the past. The goalkeeper has also had the likes of Juventus, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United but the uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus means there are no offers on the table this summer.   Donnarumma, who broke into the first team at the age of just 16, wants to show faith in the club who's academy he came through a...
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Mainz Ready to make Awoniyi Move Permanent

Mainz' Nigerian forward Taiwo Awoniyi (R) and Frankfurt's Austrian midfielder Stefan Ilsanker vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FSV Mainz 05 on June 6, 2020 in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. Mainz 05 manager Rouven Schroder has confirmed the club’s interest in a permanent move for Taiwo Awoniyi.  The Nigerian striker has been a Liverpool player since the summer of 2015 when he was bought for £400,000. He’s never played for Liverpool, having been loaned out to 5 different teams. “I am very, very positive about him.” Schroder said of Awoniyi “Taiwo never let himself down, always had his head up and the absolute will to improve was never negative. It is a symbol of how team sport works. “We are in an exchan...
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Bayern Munich edge closer to Bundesliga title with win over Moenchengladbach

Joshua Zirkzee (C) of Muenchen is challenged by Matthias Ginter #28, Tony Jantschke and Christoph Kramer (R) of Moenchengladbach during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern Muenchen and Borussia Moenchengladbach at Allianz Arena on June 13, 2020 in Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich swept past Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-1 with a late winner in the 86th minute and moved one step closer to their eighth straight Bundesliga title on Saturday. Leading with seven points clear in the standings, Bayern could claim the championship if they beat Bremen in an away game on June 16. Even if they fail to win this match, they will only need to win just one of their last three matches to secure the title. Though missing suspended top scorer Robert Lewandowski and the league's best provider Thomas Mu...
LALIGA

Lionel Messi Shines as Barcelona beat Strugglers Mallorca

Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona and Iddrisu Baba of Mallorca in action during the spanish league, LaLiga, football match played between RCD Mallorca and FC Barcelona at Son Moix Stadium in the restart of the Primera Division tournament after to the coronavirus COVID19 pandemic, on June 13, 2020 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Lionel Messi scored and grabbed two assists as La Liga leaders Barcelona eased to a 4-0 win away to struggling Real Mallorca on Saturday, making the perfect return to action after Spanish football’s three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The champions got off to a flying start when Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal scored with a diving header in the second minute, while Danish international Martin Braithwaite scored his first goal for Barca later in the first ha...
BUNDESLIGA

Haaland scores late to give Dormund victory over Fortuna

Dortmund's Norwegian forward Erling Braut Haaland (2nd L, no 17) scores the 0-1 during the German first division Bundesliga football match Fortuna Duesseldorf v Borussia Dortmund on June 13, 2020 in Duesseldorf, western Germany. Erling Haaland scored in the fifth and final minute of stoppage time to give Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 victory over Fortuna Dusseldorf on Saturday to keep the Bundesliga title race going. With Dortmund looking tepid throughout, Haaland popped up with a fine glancing header from Manuel Akanji's cross to break the hearts of lowly Fortuna, who had hit the post twice late on. After an uneventful opening period, Raphael Guerreiro found the net midway through the second half with a fine volley, but VAR ruled the goal out as the ball had hit Portuguese wing-back on t...
PREMIER LEAGUE

David McGoldrick Signs Contract Extension at Sheffield United

David McGoldrick of Sheff Utd in action during the Premier League match between Sheffield United and Brighton & Hove Albion at Bramall Lane on February 22, 2020 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. David McGoldrick has signed a contract extension at Sheffield United that will keep the forward at the club until the summer of 2022. The Republic of Ireland international scored 15 times in 45 appearances in his first season with the Blades to help them achieve promotion to the Premier League last year. He is yet to break his duck in the top-flight, though, which is set to resume next week following a three-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. McGoldrick has become the third Sheffield United player to put pen to paper on a new deal this week, following in the footsteps of club c...
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Manchester United Keen to Sign Barcelona’s Ansu Fati

Ansu Fati #31 of Barcelona during team warm up before the Barcelona V Real Sociedad, La Liga regular season match at Estadio Camp Nou on March 7th 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. Manchester United are ready to make a fresh bid to sign FC Barcelona teenager Ansu Fati, according to a report in Spain. Spanish media outlet Sport, as quoted by Metro, is reporting that the Red Devils are eager to sign the highly-rated 17-year-old ahead of the 2020-21 Premier League season. The same article states that super-agent Jorge Mendes tabled a €100m (£89m) bid to sign the FC Barcelona starlet on behalf of Manchester United earlier this week. According to the same story, FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu rejected the offer and underlined his desire to keep the promising teenager at Camp Nou....
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Nantes sign Liverpool Midfielder Chirivella on free transfer

Pedro Chirivella of Liverpool during a training session at Melwood Training Ground on February 21, 2020 in Liverpool, England. Liverpool midfielder Pedro Chirivella has left the club to join Ligue 1 side FC Nantes. The midfielder ends his seven-year spell with the Reds in which he made a handful of appearances for the Reds. Nantes announced via their website they had signed the Spanish midfielder. Chirivella arrives on a free transfer signing a contract until the summer of 2023. Chirivella becomes Nantes’ first major signing since the French transfer window opened on Monday. The midfielder joined Liverpool’s academy at the age of 16 and signed his first professional contract in 2015. His senior debut came in a Europa League tie against Nantes rivals Bordeaux. Despite only bein...
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Leipzig Ease Past Hoffenheim

Dani Olmo of Leipzig celebrates scoring his sides second goal with Marcel Sabitzer during the Bundesliga match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig at PreZero-Arena on June 12, 2020 in Sinsheim, Germany. Third-placed RB Leipzig scored two quickfire goals through Dani Olmo immediately after Hoffenheim had a penalty award overturned by VAR in a remarkable opening 12 minutes on the way to a 2-0 win on the road in the Bundesliga on Friday. The victory gave Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann a happy first return to the club where he began his coaching career as a 28-year-old and ensured an unhappy start for Hoffenheim's unorthodox five-man coaching team who replaced Alfred Schreuder after his sacking on Tuesday. After a bright start, seventh-placed Hoffenheim were awarded a penalty wh...
LALIGA

Valencia held to a 1-1 draw by Levante

Levante's Spanish midfielder Gonzalo Melero shoots a penalty kick to score a goal during the Spanish League football match between Valencia and Levante at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia on June 12, 2020. Valencia were held to a 1-1 home draw by 10-man Levante in La Liga after the visitors levelled eight minutes into stoppage time with a VAR-awarded penalty on Friday. Gonzalo Melero converted the last-gasp spot kick to cancel out Rodrigo’s late opener as Europe-chasing Valencia stayed seventh on 43 points from 28 games. The result left Levante in 12th with 34 points. Earlier, Granada beat Getafe 2-1 on the second day of play in La Liga after a three-month break due to the COVID-19 crisis. The lack of recent play made for a slow start at Mestalla, but Valencia dominated and we...
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Juventus joins race to sign Inter Milan target Hector Bellerin

Hector Bellerin of Arsenal during a friendly match between Arsenal and Brentford at Emirates Stadium on June 10, 2020 in London, England. The Daily Express claim that Serie A leaders Juventus have joined Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan in the race to sign Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin this summer – and they could sign the right-back for a fee of £27million. Bellerin, 25, is now regarded as one of the senior players at Arsenal having clocked up just five appearances shy of 200 outings for the Gunners in all competitions. An impressive amount, given his struggles with injury. The Spain international remains Arsenal’s first-choice on the right side of the defence, but injury has hampered his progress once again this term. Bellerin has clocked up 16 outings in all competitions. Beller...
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Liverpool Keeping tabs on Roma Midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo

Nicolo Zaniolo (R) of AS Roma in action against Aron Ramsey (L) of Juventus FC during Italian Serie A soccer match between AS Roma and Juventus FC at Stadio Olimpico on January 12,2020 in Rome, Italy. Liverpool are reportedly keeping a close eye on developments surrounding Roma midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo. The 20-year-old has previously been linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur, but the Lilywhites have supposedly decided against making a move for Zaniolo in the current economic climate. However, Roma will supposedly have to cash in on some of their players this summer amid the financial woes arising from the coronavirus pandemic, and according to Tuttosport, Liverpool are weighing up a move for Zaniolo. The report claims that Roma do not wish to part ways with one of their mos...
LALIGA

Barcelona Loanee Carles Alena rejects Premier League Move

Carles Alena of Real Betis during the La Liga Santander match between Real Betis v Real Mallorca at the Estadio Benito Villamarin on February 21, 2020 in Spain. Barcelona midfielder Carles Alena has reportedly rejected a pretty tasty offer from a leading Premier League club. The 22-year-old, who is currently on loan at Real Betis, said no because he remains determined to succeed at Barcelona, according to Sport. The report reckons the deal was worth over €25 million and included a big pay rise for the midfielder but he wasn’t too interested. Indeed Alena is said to be not thinking about leaving Barcelona at all and is looking forward to heading back to the Camp Nou once his loan deal is over. The youngster knows that he needs regular game time but is apparently willing to he...
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