Mateo Kovacic has been shortlisted by ex-manager Thomas Tuchel as a midfield target for Bayern Munich ahead of the summer. This is according to Christian Falk, who says that Tuchel is "dreaming of a player like Kovacic", who is about to enter the last year of his Chelsea contract. The Croatian recently spoke to Chelsea's official website, expressing his love for London and his club, amid rep...Full Story »

MLS is continuing its pursuit of Lionel Messi, commissioner Don Garber confirmed, but it will take a "clever" league-wide effort to get a deal done. WHAT HAPPENED? Garber is in full recruitment mode, talking up a Messi transfer to Inter Miami for the second time in as many months as MLS looks to secure the biggest transfer coup in its history. With Messi out of contract this summer, the leagu...Full Story »

Manchester United are reluctant to get involved in a saga this summer over Harry Kane. The Tottenham striker is emerging as the club's number one summer transfer target. However, the Manchester Evening News has poured some cold water on links to the England captain. United do not want to get involved in Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy's games, according to the source. While they are willing...Full Story »

Barcelona forced to consider Raphinha sale (Fichajes) Barcelona will be forced to let Raphinha go this summer despite only just signing the Brazilian winger from Leeds, claims Fichajes. They would like to give him more time to develop but their financial crisis and desire to bring in Lionel Messi is said to mean they must offload Raphinha, who has provided cover for oft-injured Ousmane Dembe...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola insisted there was nothing decisive about Manchester City’s 4-1 win over Premier League rivals Arsenal but acknowledged something big had shifted with the title now in his side’s hands.City made light of a fixture long billed as a high-pressure title decider, with the dynamic play of Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland ripping through the Arsenal defence time and again.C...Full Story »

Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom urged his side to enjoy themselves after clinching promotion to the Premier League with a 2-0 win over West Brom at Bramall Lane.Second-half goals from Sander Berge and Anel Ahmedhodzic gave the Blades, who lost in the play-offs last term, the victory they needed to seal their return to the top flight.Heckingbottom said: “I said to the players befor...Full Story »

Frank Lampard said Chelsea supporters have every right to be worried after they slipped to a fifth straight defeat under his management against Brentford at Stamford Bridge.Cesar Azpilicueta’s own-goal and a late breakaway effort from Bryan Mbeumo sealed a 2-0 win for the visitors and condemned Lampard’s team to a sixth game in their last seven in which they have failed to score as t...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper says his side still have work to do after they moved out of the Premier League relegation zone with a 3-1 win over Brighton.Forest were on a seemingly irreversible slide back to the Championship after a horror run of 11 games without a victory going back to February, but they stopped the rot at the City Ground.Another defeat had been on the cards after the Sea...Full Story »

David Moyes accused the VAR of “disrespect” after West Ham were denied a late penalty as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat by Liverpool.Moyes angrily confronted Chris Kavanagh on the field at full-time after the referee decided not to award a penalty when Thiago’s arm hit the ball as he challenged Danny Ings in the box.The Hammers boss was convinced VAR Neil Swarbrick should have at...Full Story »

Champions Manchester City produced a stunning performance to seize complete control of the Premier League title race with a devastating 4-1 win over leaders Arsenal.Kevin De Bruyne struck twice with John Stones and Erling Haaland also on the scoresheet at the Etihad Stadium as City delivered a potentially decisive blow to the Gunners’ hopes of lifting the crown.Arsenal claimed a late reply...Full Story »