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Tottenham are expected to formalise their interest in Southampton captain Pierre-Emile Højbjerg with an opening bid, after effectively being given the green light to pursue him. The 24-year-old has started 27 of the Saints' 28 Premier League games this season, skippering the side under manager Ralph Hasenhüttl - who signed a new four-year deal last week. Capped 33 times by Denmark, Højbjerg first attracted interested from Spurs and Everton in January, but Southampton were unwilling to sell -...

suit Barcelona need to raise around €70m in player sales by June 30 if they are to press on with signing Inter forward Lautaro Martínez this summer. Martínez comes with a €111m release clause inserted into his contract, which both Barcelona and Inter have accepted will be impossible to trigger given the financial impact the coronavirus outbreak has made on world football. Even Barcelona have suffered as a result. Martinez has a €111m release clause Selling players has been an easy way of...

As the rest of the continent takes its first steps in following the example set by their German counterparts, the finish line of this nightmarish campaign inches closer and closer. With the end (vaguely) in sight, why not follow the well-trodden path of every football fan far and wide by getting ahead of ourselves and turning to the upcoming transfer market. While the economic impact of the coronavirus is looms large, the endless churn of the transfer market has already begun. As a myriad of...

Dele Alli will finally learn his fate in the coming days relating to an FA charge of alleged discrimination bringing the game into disrepute that was initially made in February - and whether it rule him out of Tottenham's clash with Manchester United next week. Alli was charged on 24 February when he made a post on Snapchat referring to the coronavirus outbreak and appeared to mock an Asian man. Alli could face a ban if the charge is upheld But with English football suspended before his case...

Ajax's Donny van de Beek and his agent have been informed by Real Madrid that they will not be making any moves for players 'for now' - and Manchester United could look to take advantage as they prepare a €40m bid. While Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt departed last summer, Van de Beek has stayed put and continued to shine for the 2018/19 Champions League semi finalists. The Dutchman made 37 appearances in all competitions in 2019/20 before play was halted due to the coronavirus, grabbing...

Brazil has officially withdrawn from the bidding process to host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, citing an ability at this time to provide the necessary guarantees to meet FIFA’s standard protocol to ensure the tournament could have gone ahead if selected as hosts. The Brazilian football federation (CBF) noted the willingness of the country’s federal government to address a letter of support for the bid to FIFA insisting that Brazil has the infrastructure to host such an event, as has been...

Manchester City could miss out on an estimated £200m in revenue and prize money if their two-year ban from the Champions League is upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) this week. City’s three-day appeal to CAS against UEFA’s ruling for ‘serious breaches’ of Financial Fair Play regulations following the reopening of a 2014 investigation is currently being heard. City could be banned from the Champions League until 2022 The Times describes a ‘devastating effect’ if the appeal...

While it's Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané who take the acclaim from adoring fans and pundits alike, it's Liverpool's man in the centre of the park who deserves the most credit - Jordan Henderson. The Reds captain has been instrumental in the rise of Jurgen Klopp's side, consistently proving the doubters wrong as one of Europe's top midfield talents. Ever since the former Borussia Dortmund manager arrived at Anfield, there has been speculation about who should be signed to augment the midfield....

Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Silva will leave the club when his current deal expires on 30 June, following a phone call with sporting director Leonardo. The captain made the switch to Paris in the summer of 2012 and has since made 310 appearances for the club. During his time with Les Parisiens, he has helped his side to seven Ligue 1 trophies, while he has also won the Coupe de France four times and the Coupe de la Ligue five times. PSG will not renew Thiago Silva's contract However,...

lity Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Ander Herrera has lifted the lid on why he walked away from Manchester United last summer after five years at Old Trafford. Despite being a regular part of the team under both José Mourinho and successor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Herrera declined to extend his contract and instead opted to seal a free transfer to the French giants. Herrera sat down with The Athletic to reminisce about his time in Manchester, and here's what he had to say. On His Choice to Leave...

Real Madrid are understood to have reached an agreement to extend defender Sergio Ramos' contract by a further year and keep him at the Santiago Bernabéu until at least 2022. There have been numerous reports suggesting that the Spaniard, who will soon enter the final year of his current deal, has been pushing for a long-term extension which would go against the club's policy of offering one-year contracts to players over 30 years old. Ramos' current contract expires in 2021 Both sides have...

Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana has agreed to a short-term contract extension which will see him remain with the champions-elect until the end of the season. The Englishman is one of several players whose current deal is set to run until 30 June, but given the season is set to run well past that date, there is an option to ink a short-term deal to remain with the club until the campaign comes to an end. Lallana's current contract expires on 30 June According to the Daily Mail, that exact...

Lionel Messi returned to full Barcelona training on Monday following a minor injury scare, making an anticipated recovery ahead of La Liga's restart. Barcelona return to league action on Saturday after a three month hiatus as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, having returned to training at the beginning of May. The reigning Spanish champions kick off their La Liga resumption with a trip to Mallorca, but were without Messi for a handful group training sessions last week, triggering concerns...

It's clear to almost everyone with even a passing interest in both sports that basketball and football teams tend to operate in very different ways. For one thing, NBA franchises have a budget cap whereas football clubs (at least outside of MLS) don't. Meanwhile, football clubs cultivate youngsters in their own academies, a system alien to most professional American sports set-ups. But come this summer, football clubs may need to look at the operations of the big sporting franchises across the...

tion Relegation from League Two is unlikely to be scrapped when EFL clubs meet on Tuesday to vote on how best to conclude their seasons. League Two clubs have already voted to have their campaign ended prematurely as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, while those in League One are yet to reach an agreement due to objections from a selection of playoff-chasing sides. An EGM is being held on Tuesday to vote on proposals put forward by the EFL board, and separate proposals suggested by...

News Having learnt how to use the terms Bananenflanke and Gegenpressing, it's now time for you to start expanding your vocabulary to include the words Trequartistas and Contropiedes as football makes its triumphant return in Italy. Yes, after a three month break, calcio returns with a bang as Juventus host AC Milan in the second-leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final tie. The Bianconeri were fortunate to come away with a 1-1 draw at the San Siro in the first-leg back in February as a late...

Now there was a player, Denis Irwin. We always called him ‘eight out of ten Denis’. So Quick and nimble: quick-brained. Never let you down. Sir Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography When Denis Irwin was at fault for a goal scored by Dennis Bergkamp in a clash between Manchester United and Arsenal in the late 1990s, Alex Ferguson responded to questions about whether he was disappointed with his full-back by retorting that Irwin had never previously made a mistake. “I think we can forgive him one,”...

The box-to-box midfielder - arguably the most demanding role on a football pitch. Get it right and you look like a Swiss Army knife of footballing talent, powered by the legs and lungs of a marathon runner; get it wrong and you look like a headless chicken who is just desperate to touch the ball as much as possible. Over the years we’ve been treated to some truly scintillating midfielders who offer both defensive protection as well as attacking prowess, while seeming to effortlessly cover the...

Chelsea youngster Tino Anjorin has put pen to paper on a bumper five-year contract at Stamford Bridge. The new deal ties the 18-year-old down to the club until 2025, demonstrating Frank Lampard's continued determination to put faith in youth. The Chelsea boss has blooded youngsters Tammy Abraham, Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori, Reece James and Billy Gilmour throughout the season, showing no reluctance to throw them in at the deep end. Anjorin is poised to follow in their footsteps, so just who is...

Lyon star Ada Hederberg has signed a groundbreaking 10-year deal endorsement deal with Nike, in a first for women's football. Hederberg is widely regarded as one of the finest players in the world, winning the inaugural Ballon d'Or Femin in 2018 and being named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year on two occasions. She has not represented her national team Norway since 2017 in protest over how they treat the women's side, forcing her to miss the 2019 Women's World Cup. Hederberg is one of the...