Inter Milan chief Piero Ausilio has revealed how close they were to losing Lautaro Martinez. The Argentina striker joined Inter from Racing Club, but only after a move to Atletico Madrid stalled. Ausilio told Radio Serie A: "It was a special story: in fact, he was already an Atlético de Madrid player. We took a plane to risk our 1% with the risk of making a fool of ourselves, but it was...Full Story »

Jude Bellingham turned down Manchester United offering him a move, with the Red Devils failing to give any assurances of how often he'd play. That's according to former Manchester United captain, Rio Ferdinand, who says that he's heard from "a very good source" that Bellingham was in discussions with his former club. The England international has since moved onto Real Madrid, where he has net...Full Story »

Brendan Rodgers hailed Celtic’s traditional never-say-die spirit following their late 2-1 cinch Premiership win over St Mirren at Parkhead.Saints attacker Conor McMenamin headed the visitors in front in the seventh minute but returning Hoops midfielder David Turnbull levelled in the 18th minute with a fine strike before hitting the post with a penalty just before the half-hour mark.The lea...Full Story »

Rangers crushed Dundee 5-0 in a cinch Premiership match that was delayed due to traffic and then briefly suspended following flares in the away end.Ryan Jack’s strike had the visitors in front at half-time before four goals after the break from Danilo, Sam Lammers, Cyriel Dessers and James Tavernier extended their unbeaten run under new manager Philippe Clement to three games.Dundee offere...Full Story »

Juventus are eyeing a move for Arsenal star Thomas Partey in January to replace Paul Pogba in midfield. WHAT HAPPENED? The Serie A giants are reportedly plotting a January loan move for Partey, according to TuttoJuve.com. Partey, who has been plagued with multiple injuries this season, has managed to clock just 341 minutes on the pitch for the Gunners and is supposedly considering making a mo...Full Story »

Chelsea eyeing move for Bayer Leverkusen defender Chelsea are interested in signing Bayer Leverkusen defender Edmond Tapsoba in January, according to TEAMtalk via Fichajes. Tapsoba is a key member of Xabi Alonso's side and has exhibited fine form in the ongoing campaign. The Blues are currently in search of a long-term replacement for Thiago Silva in central defence. Barcelona enter race to...Full Story »

Barrow have called for life bans after an arrest was made relating to an alleged incident of racist abuse during Tuesday’s win over Morecambe.Dom Telford’s first-half goal settled the match but the main issue occurred off the pitch and was addressed by both clubs after the final whistle.A statement on Barrow’s website read: “We are aware of an allegation of racist abuse b...Full Story »

Lincoln interim head coach Tom Shaw was frustrated after his unbeaten run in temporary charge came to an end, with Oxford coasting to a 2-0 Sky Bet League One victory at a foggy Sincil Bank.An early goal from Ciaran Brown, plus a second-half goalkeeping howler from home keeper Lukas Jensen, saw second-placed Oxford dominate the Imps, ending their own three-game winless run in fine style.For Shaw...Full Story »

Derby assistant head coach Richie Barker admitted he still had frustrations despite his side’s 4-0 demolition of Northampton.Barker thought the margin of victory should have been even bigger after Derby bounced back in style from defeat to Stevenage to blow Northampton away.He said: “I’m pleased with the result but more so with the performance, the goals were excellent.“M...Full Story »

Rebecca Loos has claimed that David Beckham used the word 'ludicrous' to describe their alleged affair for a reason. Earlier in the month, Beckham's Netflix documentary brought his alleged affair with Loos back into the limelight. Beckham's wife, Victoria also spoke about how she felt at the time and the difficulties the pair faced during that time. The former Manchester United and England ...Full Story »

REAL MADRID are ready to do business with Chelsea over a permanent deal for Kepa Arrizabalaga less than three months into his loan. But the Spanish giants will not pay more than £17.5million for the keeper who cost the Blues a world-record £71.6m five years ago. Kepa Arrizabalaga is on course to join Real Madrid permanently Credit: Getty Kepa, 29, is back home in Spain as season-lon...Full Story »

The footballer dressed to impressed for the special occasion and left little to the imagination with her choice of clothes. Madelene Wright stunned in her Halloween costumeThe glamorous footballer dressed as an angelMadelene stunned earlier this month after stripping to her underwearHer fans rushed to compliment her lookWright plays for Leyton OrientShe often shares saucy snaps on social media ...Full Story »

The incident happened as the Ligue 1 left their hotel on route to the Stade Velodrome for their clash with Marseille. Lyon's team bus arrives at the Stade VelodromeLyon manager Fabio Grosso was reportedly cut by glass Image choquante ! On a décidé de la publier car c'est trop grave... #Grosso #OMOL https://t.co/u61yDuG34e pic.twitter.com/MLY3PwEYb7— Olympique-et-Lyonnais (@...Full Story »

Roberto De Zerbi was frustrated with Brighton’s 1-1 draw against Fulham but insisted there were positives to their performance at Amex Stadium.Joao Palhinha’s stunning 65th-minute equaliser cancelled out Evan Ferguson’s opener as Fulham fought to earn a point on the road.And De Zerbi believes the Seagulls lacked a cutting edge on a day where they rued missed first-half opportun...Full Story »

The wife of Mauro Icardi, 36, shared a snap wearing a figure-hugging catsuit for the promo for Wanda Nara Cosmetics. Wanda Nara unleashed her inner CatwomanNara dazzled as Batman's nemesis in a photoshoot for her cosmetics brand Wanda captioned the series of photos on Instagram: My new CATWAN pod came in! A limited edition capsule that brings out the villain in me." Last week, Wanda broke dow...Full Story »

Wolves boss Gary O’Neil called the decision to award Newcastle a first-half penalty in their 2-2 draw at Molineux “scandalous”.O’Neil was delighted by the way his players battled back, twice coming from a goal down to earn an impressive point through Hwang Hee-chan’s equaliser, but Wolves were once again left fuming at the officials on a busy afternoon for referee A...Full Story »

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho felt he saw the worst and the best from his side as they recovered from a terrible start to fight back and secure a hard-earned 3-2 win at struggling Reading.Protests from the home fans – with around 2,000 supporters also staging a pre-match protest march against Chinese owner Dai Yongge – saw the game paused twice after tennis balls were thrown onto the...Full Story »

Darren Ferguson was relieved to survive an “unprofessional” second-half wobble as his side held off a fightback from 10-man Blackpool to win 4-2 at Bloomfield Road.Posh appeared to be cruising as goals from Kwame Poku, Harrison Burrows and Ricky-Jade Jones put them 3-0 up inside an hour against a home side who had Oliver Casey dismissed shortly after the restart.But the hosts scored ...Full Story »

Carlisle boss Paul Simpson rued that there was “nobody else to blame but ourselves” following his side’s 1-0 defeat at the Abbey Stadium.The Cumbrians produced a disappointing performance to lose to a Cambridge side that were on an eight-game winless run in League One.Sub George Thomas headed the winning goal for the Us, before Simpson’s side ended the match with nine men...Full Story »

Interim Bristol Rovers manager Andy Mangan raised the prospect that he could take charge of the Gas following Joey Barton’s sacking after a 2-1 over Northampton at the Memorial Stadium.Mangan was placed in temporary charge of the first team in the wake of Barton’s exit on Thursday and such was his players’ response that he is already quizzed about the possibility of taking over...Full Story »