Liverpool face Everton in FA Cup third round, holders Manchester City host Port Vale

Manchester United are interested in signing Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that United manager Erik ten Hag was keen on bringing his Dutch compatriot to Old Trafford in the summer of 2022, and that he still wants the midfielder in his team for next season and beyond.

The report has claimed that Ten Hag has told his United bosses that he wants De Jong in his team for the start of next season. Ten Hag wants the Netherlands international to play alongside former Real Madrid defensive midfielder Casemiro in the middle of the park.

De Jong has made 17 starts and four substitute appearances in La Liga for Barcelona so far this season, scoring two goals and providing one assist in the process. The 25-year-old…

Antonio Conte wants Harry Kane to reproduce his world-class England form in a Tottenham shirt and believes the striker s World Cup qualifying feats were just the boost he needed.

A desperate start to the Premier League season by Kane has seen the striker net just once in 10 games for Spurs, and provide only a single assist.

After last season s 23 goals from 35 games, which he complemented with a career-high 14 assists, it marks a drastic waning in fortunes for the England captain.

The most widely advanced theory among those questioning that decline is that Kane is fatigued, not only from his exertions with England at Euro 2020 but from a drawn-out saga concerning his own future.

Kane was widely expected to be a Manchester City player by now, but that di…

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Turning their attention to EFL Cup duties in midweek, Wolves will welcome Championship outfit Stoke to Molineux on Thursday night.

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Starting with the hosts, marking their Premier League return with a 2-0 win away at last year s surprise package Sheffield United, many have Wolves tipped as a potential top-four dark horse this time around. Not having to split their attention with Europa League duties this season, Nuno Espírito Santo s men have certainly enjoyed a well-deserved break this summer. Making a return to Molineux on Thursday night, the Oranges should also be boosted by what is an eye-catching record in the Midlands. Including signing off the extended 2019/2020 campaign with back-to-back 2-0 and 3-0 wins against Crystal …

Casemiro is the latest Brazil player to endorse his former Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti for the Selecao s vacant head coach position.

Brazil are yet to appoint a successor to Tite, whose six-year stint in charge came to an end after the five-time world champions were knocked out at the quarter-final stage of the 2022 World Cup by Croatia.

Ramon Menezes, who guided Brazil s Under-20s to South American U-20 Championship in February, has taken over on an interim basis for Saturday s friendly against Morocco.

The coach who has been linked with the full-time role the most, however, is Ancelotti.

Several Brazil players have openly approved his potential candidacy and Casemiro joined the chorus, though the former Madrid player reminded his team-mates of a ne…

Kasper Dolberg starred on his former stomping ground in Amsterdam as Denmark stormed to a 4-0 victory over Wales to progress to the Euro 2020 quarter-finals.

In for the injured Yussuf Poulsen, ex-Ajax striker Dolberg became the first Denmark player to score twice in a Euro knockout game since Henrik Larsen in 1992 with two clinical finishes.

With the backing of a partisan crowd at the stadium where the absent Christian Eriksen made his name, Denmark hit the front midway through the first half before Dolberg – on his first start of the tournament – doubled his tally shortly after the break.

Mathias Jensen, Martin Braithwaite and Joachim Andersen all hit the woodwork, though those near-misses mattered little when Joakim Maehle made sure of an emphatic Danish vi…

Barca line up Messi replacement

La Liga champions Barcelona are showing interest in Juventus forward Paulo Dybala, according to El Mundo Deportivo.

The Catalans appear to be preparing for life without Leo Messi and they seem to have found a perfect replacement for the Argentine superstar.

It was arguably the world s best footballer who urged the club chiefs to try and lure Paulo Dybala from Juventus, and they might just act accordingly.

The problem is that the Argentine only recently joined the Bianconeri in a mega money deal from Palermo and it is believed it would take at least €60 million to prize the 22-year-old away from Turin.

After impressing at Stadio Renzo Barbera last term, Dybala continued the rich vein of form, scoring 6 goals in 13…

Newly-promoted Premier League side Brentford have confirmed the signing of centre-back Kristoffer Ajer from Celtic.

The Norway international has penned a five-year deal with the Bees for what is reported to be a club-record fee of £13.5million.

Ajer has spent the past five seasons as a Celtic player, which includes half a season on loan with Kilmarnock in 2016-17, and has also previously played for IK Start in Norway s Eliteserien.

He featured 177 times for Celtic in all competitions and was a key part of the club s run of 12 successive trophies in four seasons before their spell of dominance was ended in 2020-21.

A statement on the Scottish club s official website on Wednesday read: Everyone at Celtic Football Club wish Kristoffer every success in his f…

Lazio president Claudio Lotito said the club will consider offers for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic amid growing links to Manchester United.

Midfielder Milinkovic-Savic reportedly has a verbal agreement to join Premier League giants United, with Ander Herrera having left for Paris Saint-Germain and Paul Pogba s future uncertain at Old Trafford.

According to reports, United are ready to offer €90million to prise Milinkovic-Savic from Lazio – who signed the 24-year-old Serbia midfielder in 2015.

As I said a long time ago, it doesn t matter how hard it could be [to keep Milinkovic-Savic], Lotito said.

We will see what the market can offer and all the conditions that are going to be.

We [as a club] feel great with Milinkovic, as he feels with the clu…

Ajax s stunning upset of Real Madrid is proof they can win at Juventus and reach the Champions League semi-finals, according to former skipper Siem de Jong.

Erik ten Hag s team head to Turin with their quarter-final tie evenly poised following a 1-1 draw in Amsterdam last week.

The position is better than the one they held after 90 minutes of the previous round, when the Eredivisie leaders sensationally overturned a 2-1 deficit against European champions Madrid.

Hakim Ziyech, David Neres, Dusan Tadic and Lasse Schone all scored in a stunning 4-1 second-leg success in the Spanish capital, ending the holders hopes of claiming a fourth straight crown.

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Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka were on target as Arsenal made it back-to-back Premier League wins with a 2-1 success over Brentford.

Smith Rowe took his tally for the season to 10 in all competitions with a fine individual effort in the 48th minute at Emirates Stadium.

And Saka secured the points for Mikel Arteta’s side when he drilled home with 11 minutes remaining, before Christian Norgaard s consolation in the dying moments.

While the Gunners remain sixth in the table, they closed the gap on fourth-placed Manchester United to a single point and still have two games in hand.

Arsenal, unbeaten in their previous 32 home Premier League games against promoted sides, dominated from the start, with Saka s deflected strike testing David Raya before Alexand…