Barca sack Koeman & offer Xavi jobBarcelona have sacked Ronald Koeman following Wednesday's defeat at Rayo Vallecano, while Goal can confirm the role has now been offered to club legend Xavi. The loss left Barcelona in ninth place in the La Liga table, having won just four of their opening 10 league games. Man Utd prepared to lose Pogba on free (ESPN)The Red Devils have accepted that a n...Full Story »

They did the same with Ilaix Moriba in the summer of 2020 Ousmane Dembele in action for Barcelona.EFE Barcelona are still confident that they will reach a deal with Ousmane Dembele to extend his contract, which is currently set to expire in the summer of 2022, and they have yet to make a decision on the strategy they will follow in the event talks don't come to fruition. The Blaugrana have no...Full Story »

Arteta: I have full belief in NketiahArsenal manager Mikel Arteta has given Eddie Nketiah his full support and clarified the forward's future. "We had a situation in the summer that we tried to resolve and we couldn't either way," Arteta said. "That is the contract situation that is more and more common in football for where we are coming from with Covid and a lot of the issues that we have ...Full Story »

Motherwell have no fresh injuries ahead of the visit of St Mirren.Graham Alexander could freshen his team up after three consecutive defeats.Midfielder Robbie Crawford remains out with an ankle injury.Buddies star attacker Jamie McGrath is out of St Mirren’s squad for the trip to Lanarkshire after injuring his hip against Rangers on Sunday.Midfielder Ethan Erhahon is unlikely to make the g...Full Story »

Man City want De Jong Manchester City are plotting a move for Frenkie de Jong, per Calciomercato. Bayern Munich are also in the mix to move for the Blaugrana man. De Jong arrived at Camp Nou in 2019 from Ajax and was a member of Ronald Koeman's Copa del Rey-winning side last term. Newcastle eye Dembele swoop Newcastle United and Juventus are the two sides sizing up a swoop for Ousmane Dembe...Full Story »

Erik ten Hag's stock is only rising higher as he develops his young Ajax side into one of the best in the continent. However, having been linked with the vacant Newcastle United job last week and Manchester United's job on Sunday night after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted it was "the darkest day" of his managerial career, the Dutchman has reiterated the challenge he wants to continue at Ajax. Th...Full Story »

Rudiger in talks with Man City, Tottenham and Juventus Antonio Rudiger is negotiating with Manchester City, Tottenham and Juventus, according to Gianluca Di Marzio. The Chelsea defender's contract expires at the end of the season and clubs are lining up to sign him, with Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain also interested. Man City to move for Zakaria Manchester City are planning a move fo...Full Story »

Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick as Manchester United were ripped apart by relentless rivals Liverpool to leave Ole Gunnar Solskjaer under the most intense scrutiny of his near three years in charge.The 202nd meeting of two of English football’s biggest rivals will live long in the memory after Jurgen Klopp’s men ran amok and recorded the club’s biggest ever win at Old Trafford...Full Story »

Brendan Rodgers remains hopeful Youri Tielemans will sign a new long-term contract with Leicester following the midfielder’s latest star turn at Brentford.Tielemans scored a sensational 25-yard strike to put Leicester ahead and, after Brentford had hauled themselves level, he helped tee up James Maddison to seal a 2-1 victory.The Belgium international’s current contract expires in 20...Full Story »

Alfredo Morelos scored his 100th goal for Rangers as the champions moved three points clear at the top of the cinch Premiership with a 2-1 win over St Mirren.On a blustery day in Paisley, the home side stunned their visitors after just four minutes when midfielder Connor Ronan fired in a wonderful drive from 30 yards.Steven Gerrard’s men recovered to eventually level in the 41st minute thr...Full Story »

Wanda Nara and Mauro Icardi's soap opera isn't showing any signs of slowing down, following the Paris Saint-Germain forward's alleged affair with China Suarez. The love triangle keeps throwing out new developments and the married couple have come out with another overnight on Friday. The PSG forward appeared to be in a position where he considered the matter settled, but he has set things off...Full Story »

Man City weigh up Kroos move Manchester City could make a shock move for Real Madrid star Toni Kroos, reports El Nacional. The Germany international could be open to a change of scenery after almost a decade at the Bernabeu. Overmars opens talks with Newcastle Marc Overmars has opened talks over becoming Newcastle United's new director of football, reports the Mirror. The Dutchman is well...Full Story »

Georgios Giakoumakis’ first Celtic goal in his first start helped the Hoops to a comfortable 2-0 cinch Premiership win over St Johnstone at Parkhead.In the 35th minute of his fourth appearance since signing from Dutch side VVV-Venlo in August, for a reported fee of £2.5million, the Greece striker confidently converted an Anthony Ralston cross from close range.Celtic kept pushing in t...Full Story »

James Rowberry reflected on a winning start as Newport boss and admitted: “I have a great base to build from.”The Exiles were 3-1 Sky Bet League Two victors at Bristol Rovers in Rowberry’s first match at the helm of the south Wales side.The visitors took a 27th-minute lead when Courtney Baker-Richardson converted a low Jake Cain cross and doubled the advantage through Dominic T...Full Story »

Graeme Jones talked up the finishing of Callum Wilson after he struck to earn Newcastle a point at Crystal Palace on Saturday.The Magpies number nine produced a sensational overhead kick with his back to goal in the 65th minute to earn a share of the spoils in the capital after Christian Benteke had opened the scoring nine minutes earlier in the half.It saw Newcastle earn a first point sinc...Full Story »

James Rowberry made a successful start as Newport boss with a 3-1 Sky Bet League Two win over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.The visitors took a 27th minute lead when Courtney Baker-Richardson slid in at the far post to finish a low Jake Cain cross.Dominic Telford doubled the advantage in the 31st minute with a shot on the turn from close range after a poor clearance by Rovers goalkeeper...Full Story »

Joshua King’s hat-trick powered Watford to a stunning 5-2 victory at Everton as Claudio Ranieri got his first win in charge of the Hornets in some style.King played 11 games without a goal for Everton last season but was in devastating form on his return to Goodison Park, where Watford scored four times in the last 12 minutes to come from behind against Rafael Benitez’s men and recor...Full Story »

Ryan Bowman’s perfect hat-trick helped Shrewsbury to a 4-1 win over Cambridge and lifted them out of the Sky Bet League One relegation zone.His treble and a late strike from Luke Leahy made it back-to-back home league wins for the first time this season.Shrewsbury led six minutes in as George Nurse picked out Bowman and the forward powered a header home.Daniel Udoh and Shaun Whalley were d...Full Story »

Paulo Fonseca is poised to become the new manager of Newcastle following the departure of Steve Bruce earlier this week. Paulo Fonseca is reportedly set to replace Steve Bruce at Newcastle with Frank Lampard understood to have pulled out of the running for the vacant hot-seat. The Magpies' new owners ramped up plans to appoint a new boss this week after finally parting company with Steve Bruce ...Full Story »

Tuchel 'fell into a trap' discussing Haaland transferThomas Tuchel claims that he "fell into a trap" when he indicated that Chelsea regularly discussed a move for Erling Haaland. The German previously suggested that the Blues held weekly talks over launching a transfer bid for the Borussia Dortmund star. Speaking now however, the manager stated that his comments were meant to be tongue-in-ch...Full Story »