The Blaugrana have no interest in their former star, who left for Paris Saint-Germain last summer Barcelona have no interest in re-signing Lionel Messi after letting him depart to Paris Saint-Germain last summer amid financial difficulties. Club president Joan Laporta said he is not in direct communication with the player and does not see the PSG forward as an option for the Blaugrana. Mess...Full Story »

Salford could be unchanged for the visit of Crawley on Tuesday as they look to make it 10 unbeaten in League Two.Defender Jordan Turnbull returned from suspension for the Ammies’ 2-1 win over Walsall at the weekend and is contention to start again.However, Gary Bowyer may still be without a handful of players including Ash Eastham, Josh Morris, Luke Burgess, Conor McAleny, Liam Shephard an...Full Story »

Ousmane Dembele's future at Barcelona remains uncertain, but teammate Pedri is hopeful that the Frenchman will extend his deal at the Camp Nou. With links to Paris Saint-Germain surrounding the winger in recent weeks, he has found arguably his best form in all his time as a Barcelona player. "I have a very good relationship with him and he is a crazy player," Pedri told La Vanguardia. "He ha...Full Story »

Real Madrid have Aurelien Tchouameni high on their list of targets for the summer. The question now is whether they will pay the 60 million euros that Monaco are asking for the player. Whether that sum is expensive or not depends on the needs of the Spanish club, but it is clear that the team have not had a replacement for the ever-present Casemiro for a long time and with what they have at V...Full Story »

Redditch United footballer Thomas Ranking has sadly passed away, the club announced on Sunday Tributes have flooded in for non-league footballer Thomas Rankin who has unexpectedly passed away in his mid-20s. Rankin played for Redditch United of the Southern League Premier Division Central. The club announced the sad loss of the player, who had been with the side for three seasons, on social me...Full Story »

Barcelona is set to offer defender Ronald Araujo a new contract but should they fail to reach an agreement with the young South American, both Arsenal and Chelsea could make a move. That’s according to a recent report from the Express, who claim both London sides are monitoring the player’s situation ahead of the summer transfer window. Araujo, 23, has been with Barcelona since 2...Full Story »

Wayne Rooney has done a remarkable job in making it conceivable that Derby County could avoid relegation into League 1 this season, despite the club being slapped with a 21-point deduction at the beginning of the campaign, and now it has emerged that George Clooney wants to purchase the club in order to help the former Manchester United star. Clooney is believed to be interested in getting in...Full Story »

Man United and Arsenal transfer target Youri Tielemans has revealed what it will take to convince him to join one of them this summer. The Belgian midfielder has revealed he wants to play Champions League football, which simultaneously bares good and bad news for one of Arsenal and Man United with both of them in the hunt for the final Champions League spot which can be achieved via a top fo...Full Story »

Lionel Messi said he will reconsider his future in football later this year but said it's likely "many things will change" after the World Cup in November and December in Qatar. Messi's comments came after Argentina beat Venezuela 3-0 on Friday in the remaining match of the penultimate round of South American World Cup qualifying. "I don't know what I will do after the World Cup. I am thinki...Full Story »

Gareth Southgate was pleased by the way England came through their testing friendly with well-drilled Switzerland as skipper Harry Kane continued his march towards the national team’s scoring record.Preparations for this year’s World Cup got under way in front of a sell-out Wembley crowd in the Alzheimer’s Society International against the team 14th in the FIFA world rankings.S...Full Story »

Republic of Ireland boss Stephen Kenny has admitted he could not have expected Chiedozie Ogbene to have made such a spectacular start to his international career.The 24-year-old, who plays his club football in League One with Rotherham, scored his third goal in six senior appearances for his country and also set up Alan Browne’s late equaliser in a 2-2 friendly draw with world number one s...Full Story »

Mark Hughes was pleased with Bradford’s performance as the Bantams gained their first home point since he took over as manager a month ago.The 0-0 draw against promotion chasing Newport ended a dismal run of five consecutive home defeats, three of them under Hughes. His other two matches ended away wins at leaders Forest Green and Hartlepool.Bradford’s home form is so poor they have ...Full Story »

Exeter manager Matt Taylor was delighted with all but eight minutes of the Grecians’ 2-1 win over struggling Stevenage, which was a huge boost to their chances of automatic promotion.Two thundering headers from defender Sam Stubbs – his first goals for the club – did the damage in the first half, although Luke Norris had made it 1-1 when he finished of Elliott List’s cros...Full Story »

There was no danger of Northampton boss Jon Brady getting carried away after his promotion-hunting team returned to winning ways with a 2-0 League Two victory over Hartlepool.After a stuttering run of form, goals in either half from Sam Hoskins and Chanka Zimba ensured the Cobblers kept their noses in front of the chasing pack in a hotly-contested promotion battle.Northampton remain third, three...Full Story »

Wayne Brown praised teenager Junior Tchamadeu after he came off the bench to score a dramatic stoppage-time winner to seal Colchester a 1-0 victory over Tranmere.Tchamadeu slammed home from the edge of the area after Alan Judge had hooked Tom Eastman’s pass into his path in the fifth minute of time added on.U’s interim boss Brown said: “Credit to Junior, coming off the bench.&l...Full Story »

Phil Brown believes that his Barrow side can stave off relegation from League Two by hard work and winning their four remaining home games.On Saturday they suffered a 2-0 defeat at Leyton Orient, for whom Paul Smyth opened the scoring in the second-half before Ruel Sotiriou netted to take his tally for the season into double figures.“You get your rewards from hard work,” Brown said.&...Full Story »

King’s Lynn gave their survival hopes a lift and dented Halifax’s promotion chances with a 2-0 National League victory.Josh Barrett’s 53rd-minute goal, a close-range effort following Michael Clunan’s pass, set the Linnets on their way.And Gold Omotayo’s goal in added-time at the end of the contest made sure of a success which moves them to within seven points of saf...Full Story »

Ayr fought back to draw 1-1 with Morton in their cinch Championship match at Cappielow.After an early stoppage for striker Gavin Reilly to get treated for a blow to the head, Morton had the ball in the net, but the effort was ruled out for a foul on Ayr goalkeeper Aidan McAdams.Morton tested McAdams again with a long-range free-kick by Robbie Muirhead.Cameron Blues did break the deadlock seven m...Full Story »

Bradford ended their dismal run of five consecutive home defeats as they gained their first home point under new manager Mark Hughes with a 0-0 draw against promotion chasing Newport at Valley Parade.They had lost their three previous home matches since Hughes took over as manager a month ago and have won only once in 15 home games and only four in all.The first half featured constructive approa...Full Story »

Dan Mooney’s 10th goal of the season late in the second half earned Altrincham a 1-0 victory over Aldershot.Neither team were able to find an opener in a relatively quiet first half.Visiting goalkeeper Ethan Ross produced a good save two minutes after the break to keep out Mooney.But the hosts sealed all three points in the 87th minute as Mooney’s deflected effort beat Ross.Full Story »