Bayern Munich director Hasan Salihamidzic has reportedly dismissed talks of Callum Hudson-Odoi signing a new contract with Chelsea. Bayern are desperate to sign the 18-year-old, having failed with four bids in January. Reports in England this week have claimed Hudson-Odoi is ready to sign an extension on his current deal, which expires next season. However, Sky Germany reporter Torben Hoffm...Full Story »

Bayern Munich's under-performing players have been ordered to bounce back immediately from the Champions League humbling by Paris St Germain which led to the departure of coach Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian paid the price for a 3-0 defeat in France, meaning interim coach Willy Sagnol will take the Bundesliga champions to Hertha Berlin on Sunday. The midweek defeat followed a 2-2 home draw with ...Full Story »

Anderlecht will hope to lift the gloom that has descended over the club by claiming victory against Mainz in the Europa League on Thursday. Group C is one of the tightest in the competition, with Anderlecht, Mainz and St Etienne all locked together on five points. The outcome of Thursday's clash could therefore prove decisive in determining which two teams progress to the knockout stages. Sin...Full Story »

WANTED: Yoshinori Muto United have targeted the Mainz striker and are weighing up a £15m bid in January. Boss Louis van Gaal has had him watched several times this season and Starsport understands Muto comes personally recommended by Sir Alex Ferguson. Former boss Fergie is a big fan of the Japan international and reckons his pace, eye for goal and ability to hold up the ball could boost...Full Story »

Mainz are on the brink of the Bundesliga top six after winning 2-1 against 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Yoshinori Muto gave Mainz a flying start after five minutes and the match played further into the home team's hands when Frankfurt captain Alexander Meier picked up his second yellow card of the game in the 40th minute. Just two minutes after Meier's dismissal, Yunus Malli added a...Full Story »

Yoshinori Muto grabbed a hat-trick as Mainz denied Augsburg what would have been only their second win of the season in the final minute at the Augsburg Arena, snatching a 3-3 draw. Bottom-placed Augsburg were looking to follow some of their recent cup wins with points in the Bundesliga, yet Muto's goal for Mainz 20 minutes into a game otherwise dominated by the hosts told a familiar tale. Mut...Full Story »

Hannover's miserable start to the season continued on Saturday as they were beaten 3-0 by Mainz, whose summer recruit Yoshinori Muto scored his first goals for the club. Muto beat the offside flag to put Mainz in front with his shot hitting the inside of the far post on its way past Ron-Robert Zieler in the 15th minute. The Japanese striker added a second with a close-range header after Hannov...Full Story »

Japan striker Yoshinori Muto has rejected an offer from Chelsea and is likely to join Germany's Mainz 05, according to reports. According to Sports Nippon daily, FC Tokyo and Mainz have agreed on the 22-year-old’s transfer. The transfer fee is said to be around 3.0 million Euros (402 million yen) according to the paper.  Last week media reports suggested that Chelsea made a fo...Full Story »

Chelsea have launched a bid for FC Tokyo striker Yoshinori Muto, according to the club's president Naoki Ogane.Muto, 22, who only graduated from university last month has an impressive record in the J-League, having scored 13 goals last season, and he has already notched up three in five this term.The striker has been attracting attention from many clubs across Europe and Ogane has confirmed t...Full Story »

VISITORS ... Nigel Reo-Coker and Darren Pratley arrive to see Muamba in hospital THEY were three words he had heard his pal say hundreds of times before. But this time they left midfield hardman Nigel Reo-Coker close to tears and too choked to speak. "All right, Nige?" Only three days earlier, the Bolton star had feared he would never hear his Trotters team-mate Fabrice Muamba say that, or...Full Story »