Barcelona are watching Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz. Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reports Barca are one of the clubs following Wirtz. In fact, in an interview around a month ago with BILD, the player declared that when he was little he "always wanted to play for Barcelona. That has not changed, but I still have time until that could arrive". Bayer are unlikely to let...Full Story »

Real Madrid eye Porro, Aarons and Dalot (El Nacional)The Blancos are hoping to upgrade at right-back in the summer Real Madrid are lining up options to replace Dani Carvajal at right-back, having decided to sell the 30-year-old this summer. The likes of Achraf Hakimi and Trent Alexander-Arnold have been deemed out of their reach, so they are lining up alternative candidates. Manchester Unit...Full Story »

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander disagreed with the decision to award Ross County a penalty in his side’s 1-0 cinch Premiership defeat.Joseph Hungbo scored the only goal of the game from the spot after Jake Carroll brought down County’s Kayne Ramsay as the right-back drove into the box.Alexander felt the foul took place outside the penalty area, but admitted his side were not clin...Full Story »

Antonio Rudiger's representatives are in talks with Real Madrid and PSG. The Chelsea defender is set to become a free agent at the end of this season. Discussions between Rudiger's representatives and Chelsea had taken place in January. However no new contract offer was presented by the Premier League club. Sky Sports says Real Madrid and PSG have been in "constant dialogue" with Rudiger's...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund are considering a move for Chelsea forward Timo Werner. According to Sky Germany, Dortmund are interested in bringing Werner back to Germany, after an inconsistent spell so far in England. The German forward signed for Chelsea for £45m from RB Leipzig, reported Sky Sports. Werner is out favour at Stamford Bridge, managing just six starts in the league this season. Sum...Full Story »

Port Vale assistant manager Andy Crosby felt his team were denied three points by a wrongly disallowed goal at Harrogate.Just two minutes before heading in an equaliser midway through the second half to cancel out Alex Pattison’s opening goal, on-loan Leeds striker Ryan Edmondson had seen a similar effort chalked off after being penalised for an alleged push.But Crosby, standing in for Dar...Full Story »

Steve Cotterill was full of praise for his Shrewsbury side who forced league leaders Rotherham to cling onto a goalless draw at Montgomery Waters Meadow.After an even first half, Salop unleashed a barrage on Josh Vickers’ goal including George Nurse’s 30-yard piledriver that cannoned off the inside of the post before Vickers smothered Matthew Pennington’s rebound.“On anot...Full Story »

League One leaders Rotherham were forced to hang on for a point after a goalless draw against Shrewsbury.The home side dominated the second half and hit the post through George Nurse, but the Millers stood firm to notch their sixth consecutive clean sheet on the road and maintain a seven-point gap over second-placed Wigan.The runaway leaders started brightly and top scorer Michael Smith should h...Full Story »

Uche Ikpeazu dealt Derby’s Sky Bet Championship survival prospects a damaging blow with his late winner securing a 1-0 Cardiff victory.Both sides had hit the frame of the goal – Cardiff outscoring Derby two to one on that count – but the contest seemed destined for a goalless draw until Ikpeazu, on as a 66th-minute substitute, stuck out a foot from Perry Ng’s cross.The 85...Full Story »

Newport moved into the Sky Bet League Two play-off places after holding top of the table Forest Green to a 1-1 draw.Finn Azaz struck early for the Exiles but Jack Aitchison’s second-half goal ensured the visitors left Rodney Parade with a point.The hosts opened the scoring after just two minutes when Robert Street’s cross found Azaz in the box. The striker calmly controlled the ball ...Full Story »

Kevin Van Veen is likely to miss Motherwell’s cinch Premiership encounter against Ross County with a shoulder injury.Left-back Nathan McGinley remains out with a knock but back-up goalkeeper Scott Fox returns from illness.Midfielder Barry Maguire has been ruled out for the season following surgery on his quad tear.Ross County saw their injury issues ease on Saturday when Jack Burrough...Full Story »

Arsenal may reportedly be considering an ambitious move for Bayern Munich goal machine Robert Lewandowski. The Poland international is one of the best players in the world at the moment, having scored a stunning 333 goals in 362 games for Bayern in total, including a record of 39 in 33 appearances so far this season. According to FourFourTwo, Arsenal are one of a few clubs interested in pris...Full Story »

Real Madrid are considering a move for Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva, who still wants to leave the club. According to Defensa Central, Madrid are aiming to bring in the Portuguese midfielder, due to uncertainties over the future of the likes of Isco, Dani Ceballos and Marco Asensio. Losing the Spanish trio would leave Madrid short in attacking midfield and Silva is having one of ...Full Story »

Newport will be without midfielder Robbie Willmott for the clash with Sky Bet League Two leaders Forest Green at Rodney Parade.Willmott was forced off in the first half of the victory over Tranmere and now faces an extended lay-off with a calf problem.On-loan Coventry defender Josh Pask and striker Courtney Baker-Richardson are already out until at least April due to hamstring injuries.And defen...Full Story »

Portsmouth will be without Ronan Curtis for the visit of Oxford.Curtis picked up his 10th booking of the season in Saturday’s 3-3 draw with Fleetwood and must now sit out two games.Defender Sean Raggett should be fit, despite taking a nasty fall in that game.Shaun Williams (back) and Kieron Freeman (ankle) continue to work their way back towards full fitness while Michael Jacobs has a knee...Full Story »

Cardiff boss Steve Morison hopes for better news on the illness front ahead of the Bluebirds’ Sky Bet Championship clash against Derby.A number of players were laid low by sickness prior to Cardiff’s 1-0 home defeat against leaders Fulham on Saturday.A lengthy list included Mark Harris, Isaak Davies, Uche Ikpeazu and Jordan Hugill, although Davies and Hugill were able to feature amon...Full Story »

Manchester City are reportedly regarded as frontrunners, ahead of clubs such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, in the race to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland this summer. The two LaLiga Santander giants are also interested in acquiring the services of the talented Norway international in their bid to strengthen their attacks ahead of next season. However, according to Bild, it is t...Full Story »

Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst claimed his side would have beaten Motherwell if Scottish referees had video assistance as he defended his players’ mentality following a 2-2 Ibrox draw.The cinch Premiership champions missed the chance to cut the gap on the leaders to a point as they threw away a two-goal lead hours after Celtic were held by Hibernian.The Light Blues were utterly d...Full Story »

Pepe is regarded as one of the toughest footballers around today but the veteran defender slept in his mother's bed until he was 17. Although he's been capped 123 times for Portugal, Pepe grew up in Brazil and moved country to further his football career in his late teens. And while he had developed physically, he still required a great amount of love and attention from his mum. Speaking to...Full Story »

Huddersfield head coach Carlos Corberan praised the mentality of his players after a 2-0 win against Birmingham at St Andrew’s.A first-half own goal from Birmingham captain Gary Gardner and Lewis O’Brien’s second made it 15 games unbeaten in the Sky Bet Championship and moved the Terriers up to third place in the table.“It’s down to many things – we’re i...Full Story »