According to a recent report from Sport Bild, Renato Sanches has revealed that Bayern Munich manager Niko Kovac has yet to explain to him why he hasn’t been featuring in the club’s first team setup lately. It’s been almost a month since the 21 year old midfielder made an appearance, with question marks still being present as to why that is. Sanches is considered to be one of the brightest young Portuguese stars of the modern era, but his loan spell at Swansea City back in 2017 and 2018 hit him hard in terms of his stock.
His best days came during his time with Benfica back in Portugal, where he was able to prove why he’s so highly thought of.
If Sanches continues to spend lots of time outside of the starting XI for Bayern, then there’s a good chance we could s…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has ended speculation over his future by signing a new three-year contract with Arsenal.
The Gunners captain s previous deal was due to expire next June, but he has agreed to re-sign with the Premier League club.
Prolific striker Aubameyang has scored 72 goals in 111 appearances since joining Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund for a fee of £56million in January 2018.
Signing for this special club was never in doubt, Aubameyang told Arsenal s official website.
It s thanks to our fans, my team-mates, my family and everybody at this club that I feel like I belong here.
I believe in Arsenal. We can achieve big things together. We have something exciting here and I believe the best is to come for Arsenal.
Comin…
Eden Hazard was the star of the show as Chelsea earned a dominant 3-0 Premier League victory over Burnley at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
After opening the scoring with just nine minutes played by surging down the left on the counter-attack and curling home from 20 yards, the mercurial Hazard was the central attacking figure in a tactically astute display from Chelsea.
Burnley shocked Liverpool last weekend by finishing clinically on the break in a 2-0 win at Turf Moor, and in a bid to avoid suffering a similar fate Antonio Conte s side sat deep and were happy to allow the visitors to hold the ball in the first half.
Having seen his team run close by League One side Bristol Rovers in a 3-2 EFL Cup triumph on Tuesday, Conte urged his team to kill games off, and he…
Stoke City have announced the signing of Netherlands international Ibrahim Afellay on a two-year contract.
The 29-year-old winger had been searching for a new club since his release by Barcelona at the end of last season.
It s no secret that Ibrahim was wanted by a number of clubs and we are understandably delighted that he has chosen to join us, said Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes.
He s clearly excited about the prospect of playing in the Premier League and the fact that he knows so many players who are already at the club will no doubt help him settle into his new surroundings.
Afellay, who has 50 international caps to his name, arrived at Camp Nou from PSV in 2011 but never managed to become a regular part of the first-team set-up.
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Premier League outfit Brighton Hove Albion will be hoping to avoid an FA Cup upset on Saturday as they travel to the Riverside to play Championship side Middlesbrough.
Promotion-chasing Boro meanwhile will be hoping to reach the fifth round of the historic competition for the fourth time in the last six seasons.
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It could be fair to assume that the North Yorkshire outfit have found life somewhat testing upon their return to Championship football. Currently sitting eighth in the table, they have lost ten of their 28 games and sacked manager Garry Monk in December. Their fortunes have improved slightly with the appointment of former West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City manager Ton…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has rejected suggestions Sergio Aguero does not have a long-term future at the club.
Guardiola sprung a major surprise by leaving Aguero on the bench for Wednesday s 4-0 Champions League defeat to Barcelona at Camp Nou, despite the Argentina striker heading into the match with 11 goals in nine club appearances this season.
Newspaper reports in the UK on Friday stated Aguero could be driven out of the club by Guardiola, who has previously urged the player to improve his overall contribution to City s play.
Speaking at a news conference ahead of Sunday s Premier League match with Southampton, the 45-year-old maintained it was a tactical call to leave his top scorer on the sidelines – allowing him to bolster the midfield are…
Mikel Arteta was unsurprised to have his use of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang questioned with the Arsenal attacker struggling to match his goalscoring prowess of previous seasons.
Aubameyang has primarily played from the left under Arteta, despite also proving adept as a central striker during his two and a half years at Emirates Stadium.
Since his Premier League debut in February 2018, only Mohamed Salah (60) has scored more than the Gabon international s haul of 55.
Prior to the start of the 2020-21 campaign, Aubameyang averaged a top-flight goal every 128 minutes. This season, however, that has dipped to one goal every 450 minutes.
Asked if the solution to Aubameyang s goalscoring troubles is to play him through the middle, Arteta responded: Always t…
Jose Mourinho feels facing his former team Chelsea means less and less as each year passes, with Antonio Conte s men visiting Manchester United on Sunday.
Mourinho enjoyed two spells in charge at the club and is the most successful manager in Chelsea s history, having won a total of eight trophies.
His most recent tenure at Stamford Bridge ended in December 2015 after a tumultuous start to the club s Premier League title defence, ultimately paving the way for him to join United the following May.
This season, Mourinho s past with Chelsea has become something of a sideshow to his feud with Antonio Conte.
After the United boss dragged up Conte s ban for match-fixing earlier in his career – for which he was later acquitted the Italian responded by labellin…
Borussia Dortmund will be very reluctant to part ways with Jude Bellingham next summer amid reports of strong interest from the Premier League, according to Paul Joyce and Matt Lawton of .
The 18-year-old joined the Bundesliga side from Birmingham City in 2020 and signed a five-year contract. There have been suggestions that there may be talks in progress over a new deal, but such claims are wide of the mark at this point. Dortmund are already pretty much in command of Belingham s future for the next few seasons.
Quite apart from that, Dortmund are expected to lose the services of striker Erling Haaland, who becomes available for €75 million at the end of this season and has been targeted by a number of top clubs across Europe. With that in mind, they aren t keen on…
Sergio Ramos would have preferred Paris Saint-Germain to have avoided Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League but conceded I have to face the present .
The Los Blancos legend spent 16 trophy-laden years in the Spanish capital, where he won five LaLiga titles and four Champions Leagues among his plethora of honours.
Centre-back Ramos made the switch to Ligue 1 with powerhouses PSG ahead of the 2021-22 season after Madrid opted not to offer him a new contract.
In a twist of fate, Ramos new side were paired to do battle with his former club, but only after a re-draw was needed following a technical glitch with the first attempt.
Speaking at the opening of his new gym in Madrid, Ramos opened up about the prospect of coming up a club so close to …