Premier League giants battle for Zenit rebel
Talksport has revealed that a number of Premier League giants are showing interest in Zenit midfielder Igor Denisov.
The Russia international criticized the club’s decision to sign Hulk and Axel Witsel on bumper deals, claiming the new signings now earned three times more than other Zenit players.
The midfielder has since been dropped from the squad, together with forward Alexander Kerzhakov.
Talksport claims that Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool all plan to take advantage of the situation and enter the bidding war for the highly rated midfielder in January.
The 28-year-old, who has spent his entire career at Zenit, is held in high regard by Europe’s top clubs and could dec…
Liverpool responded to Manchester City’s brief return to the top of the Premier League table with a 3-1 win over Burnley which tested their mettle even more than their stretched resources.
Pep Guardiola’s side had overtaken their north-west rivals to reach the summit for the first time since November with victory in the lunchtime kick-off against Everton.
And while the three points re-established their two-point advantage the less-than-convincing nature of victory against the league’s next-bottom side was not quite befitting the occasion of Liverpool’s biggest league crowd of 59,896 after the full opening of the Anfield Road stand.
Liverpool return to the summit, thanks to goals from Diogo Jota, Luiz Diaz and Darwin Nunez
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Willian has returned to boyhood club Corinthians after terminating his contract with embattled Premier League side Arsenal.
After just one season at Arsenal, Willian agreed to tear up his contract despite it having two years remaining in London, having signed from rivals Chelsea on a three-year deal in 2020.
Following the confirmation of Willian s Arsenal departure by mutual consent in anticipation of a Sao Paulo homecoming, Corinthians announced the 33-year-old s arrival.
I want to thank the fans for their affection, too, Willian – a two-time Premier League champion – said. I m getting a lot of messages. I ll do everything to bring joy to Corinthians fans!
Willian played for Corinthians youth teams between 1998 and 2006 before stepping up to the…
Belgium international Thorgan Hazard is set to leave Borussia Monchengladbach during the summer transfer window when he is widely expected to join Borussia Dortmund.
Eden Hazard’s brother has enjoyed a steady rise to full prominence in the Bundesliga and will be sorely missed at Monchengladbach who have already started working on his direct replacement.
And according to the reports coming from Sky Sports Germany, the Bundesliga side have identified Leanrdo Trossard as a possible successor to Thorgan Hazard.
The 24-year-old Belgian winger has been with Genk since 2012. Various loan spells from 2013 to 2016 helped him gain valuable first-team experience and Trossard has this season emerged as one of the key players to Belgium heavyweights both in the domestic ch…
Thibaut Courtois kept believing as Real Madrid battled back against Manchester City, having already seen the 13-time European champions prove they are capable of anything .
On Wednesday, Madrid became the first team in the existing format of the Champions League to reach the final having lost matches in the last 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals.
City had been 4-3 winners at the Etihad Stadium in the first leg and looked on course for another victory at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Less than a minute remained with the scoreline still at 1-0 following Riyad Mahrez s seemingly vital goal.
But Rodrygo Goes then netted twice in the space of 91 seconds to take the tie to extra time, where Karim Benzema s penalty sealed a sensational triumph.
Courtois played…
Olympiacos have confirmed that the contract of James Rodriguez has been terminated by mutual consent with immediate effect. The former Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Everton star is now available on the market as a free agent. His services were reportedly of interest to Galatasaray in January, and it remains to be seen if this latest development brings up any other potential suitors.
Rodriguez joined Real Madrid as a bright prospect on the back of a fantastic World Cup with Colombia in 2014, but 18 months later, the club appointed Zinedine Zidane as the head coach and the former France star had tactical ideas which left Rodriguez being surplus to requirements. Things have steadily done downhill for him ever since.
Having played on loan for Bayern Munich and spent a year…
The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has announced that it will submit itself to an investigation by FIFA s independent Ethics Committee after allegations of bribery were made against its unsuccessful joint bid with Belgium to host the 2018 World Cup.
The KNVB has also ordered an independent audit into the bid, which was hit by corruption claims in a report by Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant this month.
That publication s article claimed the paper was in possession of documents showing bid organisers paid €10,000 to Amadou Dialllo in 2009, at a time when the lobbyist was affiliated with now disgraced former FIFA vice-president Mohamed bin Hammam.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the KNVB said its legal team had found no evidence of wrongdoing after s…
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