MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Spain center back Aymeric Laporte is heading to Saudi Arabia to play with Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane after losing his place in Manchester City's expensively assembled defense. The 29-year-old Laporte is joining Al Nassr, City said on Thursday, for a reported fee of £23.5 million ($30 million). He has dropped down the list of center backs at City, w...Full Story »

The Belgium star, 21, is rated as one of European football's top speedy prospects. Man City have signed Jeremy Doku from Rennes for £55millionThe Belgium winger has penned a five-year deal Pep Guardiola targeted Doku after losing Riyad Mahrez to the Saudi Arabia gold rush. And City have finally got their man after dribble king Doku penned a five-year deal at the Etihad. The ace, who mad...Full Story »

The 22-year-old USA international shone during his time on loan in Ligue 1 last season with Reims, and it now looks like he'll be returning to the French top flight, with a formal offer seemingly close. See below for details from Sheth via his official Twitter account… Monaco close to verbal agreement on fee with Arsenal for striker Folarin Balogun. Formal offer to follow ahead of di...Full Story »

A highly-regarded up-and-coming member of the midfield ranks at Chelsea is all set to link up with Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest, it has been revealed. The player in question? Andrey Santos. For those not familiar with his name, Santos is a 19-year-old Brazilian international, who was snapped up by Chelsea this past January, in an £18 million deal. After initially being denie...Full Story »

Liverpool will reject any offers for Mohamed Salah, sources have told ESPN, following attempts by Saudi Arabian champions Al Ittihad to make the forward the latest star player to move to the Saudi Pro League (SPL). Salah, 31, has emerged as a target for Al Ittihad, who want the Egypt international to form a strike partnership with former Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema at the Jeddah-based t...Full Story »

Balogun close to €45m Monaco move 🚨Accord Arsenal / Monaco pour le transfert de Folarin Balogun 🇺🇸💫🔹Indemnité d’environ 45M€ bonus compris🔹Contrat de 5 ans🔹Encore quelques détails à régler pour finaliser l’opération. Toutes les parties sont confiantes pic.twitter.com/ADdFcuimLt— Fabrice Hawkins (@FabriceHawkins) August 24, 2023 ...Full Story »

Frankie McAvoy is adamant Hearts are capable of turning around their Europa Conference League play-off against PAOK in Greece next week despite suffering a frustrating 2-1 first-leg defeat at Tynecastle.Lawrence Shankland’s early penalty gave the Jambos a lead but it was swiftly cancelled out by a spot-kick from Stefan Schwab.Shankland then had a goal ruled out for offside following a VAR ...Full Story »

Aberdeen manager Barry Robson praised his team’s bravery after they came from two goals down to get a Europa League draw at BK Hacken.Goals in the last 14 minutes from Bojan Miovski and Nicky Devlin gave the Dons an excellent platform to reach the group stages when they host the Swedish champions next Thursday night.Aberdeen were well worth their 2-2 play-off first-leg draw and substitute ...Full Story »

Hearts’ hopes of reaching the Europa Conference League group stage sustained a major dent on Thursday night as they suffered a frustrating 2-1 defeat at home to Greek side PAOK in the first leg of their play-off round tie.The Jambos made the ideal start when they went ahead through Lawrence Shankland’s early penalty, but the visitors equalised with a spot-kick of their own shortly af...Full Story »

Nicky Devlin netted his first Aberdeen goal as the Dons came from two goals down to seal a first-leg draw against BK Hacken in Gothenburg.Bojan Miovski and former Livingston defender Devlin both finished brilliantly within the space of four minutes as Barry Robson’s side secured a 2-2 draw in the Europa League play-offs.The Swedish champions led through an Amor Layouni goal and an Ibrahim ...Full Story »

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Tottenham are preparing to bid for Nottingham Forest's Brennan Johnson as the forward would like to move to the North London club this summer. The Wales international is a player in demand this transfer window and could be sold if a £50m bid arrives at Forest's doorstep, reports the Daily Mail. Spurs are looking to replace Harry Kane, who was their top goalscorer last season and joined ...Full Story »

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is priortising the sale of three senior players. The Blues manager is having to send some older players to train with the U21s as he doesn't have room to include them in first team training. As many as 19 players have left the club this summer, but there remains 32 at Cobham training daily. The London Evening Standard says the next three to leave will be Rom...Full Story »

Lionel Messi's impact has reached further heights, with two of his Inter Miami team-mates set for their first USMNT call-up. WHAT HAPPENED? Having recently emphatically claimed Leagues Cup glory just days ago, both Benjamin Cremaschi and Drake Callender are said to have been added to the USMNT roster ahead of their upcoming friendlies with both Uzbekistan and Oman, reports FOX Sports. THE BI...Full Story »

Viktoria Varga - the wife of ex-Southampton striker Graziano Pelle - has been dubbed the "world's most beautiful woman" in the past. Viktoria Varga delighted fans with her latest Instagram post Credit: Instagram @vikyvarga The model is on holiday in Sardinia Credit: Instagram @vikyvarga And she looks set to hold on to her crown with another bold outfit choice. Glamorous Viktoria took to Inst...Full Story »

Arsenal are willing to sell Gabriel Maghalaes before the market closes next week. The Brazil defender is attracting interest from Real Madrid and Saudi Pro League clubs. The Daily Mail says the Gunners will sell if they can find a replacement first. Gabriel was a second-half substitute for victory at Crystal Palace on Monday night with manager Mikel Arteta later insisting there were no plan...Full Story »

Inter director Giuseppe Marotta confirmed that Alexis Sanchez wants to return to the club this summer. WHAT HAPPENED? The Chilean international left Inter in the summer of 2022 to join Ligue 1 side Marseille on a one-year deal. With his contract expired in June this year, Sanchez is now a free agent and is reportedly pushing for a move back to the Nerazzurri. Inter director Beppe Marotta has...Full Story »

Sasha, 27, uploaded a collection of pictures onto her Instagram account which included one with the piece of silverware. Sasha Attwood shared this sweet picture of herself and partner Jack Grealish with the Super Cup Credit: Instagram @sasha__rebecca She also posted this one of them out to dinner Credit: Instagram @sasha__rebecca In the snap, the couple have one hand each on the trophy as the...Full Story »

Manchester City have reportedly turned their midfield transfer attention to long-term Liverpool target Matheus Nunes. The reigning Premier League champions are looking to add an extra body in the middle of the park before the summer window slams shut in nine days' time. Etihad chiefs had focused in on Lucas Paqueta, but his £85million price tag plus an FA investigation into potential be...Full Story »

Haaland's explosiveness and power is part of what allowed him to hit 52 goals in 53 appearances in all competitions last season. Schmidt has laid down the gauntlet on taking on Haaland in a race Credit: Getty Her main discipline is the 400 metres Credit: Getty Haaland's top speed has been clocked by experts at 22.5 miles per hour. But German runner Schmidt has claimed that's no match for her...Full Story »