Luka Modric is emerging as one of the leaders in the Real Madrid dressing room. Although he has only been at the club for a year, his style and experience are very in keeping with Real's club tradition. Luka gave this interview to Croatian newspaper 'Sportske Novosti', published in his country today. "We started well but lost something during the international break. We need to be more compac...Full Story »

Despite going a point clear of original leaders Borussia Dortmund, the Spaniard felt die Roten deserved nothing less than a win at the BayArena Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola remains only partially satisfied at going top of the Bundesliga following Saturday's 1-1 stalemate at Bayer Leverkusen. Toni Kroos had opened Bayern's account only for Sidney Sam to equalise immediately, and the Bava...Full Story »

The Belgium international has nothing but praise for the in-form hitman, and believes his colleague was perfectly entitled to declare for Spain over his native Brazil Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has lauded team-mate Diego Costa on his sensational start to the season. The 24-year-old striker has filled Radamel Falcao's boots admirably following the latter's summer departure fo...Full Story »

The German coach rued wasted opportunities as his outfit fell behind Bayern Munich in the race for the Bundesliga title for the first time this season Jurgen Klopp lamented Borussia Dortmund's profligacy after Saturday's surprise 2-0 loss to Borussia Monchengladbach. Die Schwarzgelben dominated for large spells but imploded in the final 10 minutes as Max Kruse and Raffael scored for the host...Full Story »

Although Sabella is in the habit of having all injured players undergo a medical check-up in Buenos Aires, this time they have reached an agreement with Barcelona and the player will not have to travel. The Argentina Football Association (AFA) will not call Leo Messi up to have his injury examined by their doctors. Although Sabella is in the habit of having all injured players undergo a medic...Full Story »

The ex-Lille boss insists that they will play for all three points at San Siro and believes the pressure is eased with the Giallorossi playing well Rudi Garcia says Roma will be gunning for their seventh straight win against Inter on Saturday and will not settle for a draw at San Siro. The Giallorossi have enjoyed a perfect start to the season with six wins from six and look to improve on th...Full Story »

The striker reveals that he has had messages of support from his former team-mates during his current goal drought and insists that AC Milan are capable of winning Serie A Alessandro Matri has vowed to celebrate if he scores for AC Milan against former club Juventus on Sunday. The 29-year-old moved to San Siro from the Serie A champions during the summer and will come face-to-face with his f...Full Story »

"It's a sporting issue; we thought he would be able to come, but after trying to sort it out, in the end we ran out of time. If anyone's to blame it's us, because we didn't consider him earlier". During his announcement of the squad for the upcoming international fixtures, Spain boss Vicente del Bosque explained the absence of Diego Costa, whose possible inclusion has dominated headlines in r...Full Story »

Roy Hodgson's men face the prospect of playing Brazil, Spain or Germany in the group stage if they qualify for next summer's tournament England are unlikely to be seeded if they qualify for next summer's World Cup after Fifa announced it will use October's rankings for the group-stage draw. Roy Hodgson's men sit 17th in the world rankings and, should they top Group H by beating Montenegro an...Full Story »

David Beckham: Former England captain has backed Roy Hodgson's squad David Beckham believes England have the right blend of youth and experience as they prepare for their final World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Poland. Victories in both matches on October 11 and 15 at Wembley would ensure automatic qualification for the 2014 tournament in Brazil, however the Three Lions drew three of...Full Story »