Kylian Mbappe joining Real Madrid is just a question of time according to Jerome Rothen, who claims the Paris Saint-Germain star was set for the LaLiga giants prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mbappe continues to be linked with a blockbuster move to Madrid, where head coach Zinedine Zidane has made no secret of his admiration for the France international forward.
The 21-year-old, who swapped Monaco for French rivals PSG on an initial loan deal in 2017, is contracted until 2022 but Mbappe is no closer to committing his future to the Ligue 1 champions despite the club s best efforts.
Former PSG midfielder Rothen said Mbappe almost signed for Madrid before the COVID-19 crisis – which has claimed more than 108,700 lives globally – wreaked havoc on sport and soci…
Bradley Wright-Phillips became the fastest player to score 100 MLS goals as New York Red Bulls moved within three points of Eastern Conference leaders Atlanta United thanks to a 1-0 win at DC United.
Wright-Phillips broke the record in his 159th MLS match, surpassing the record of 174 set by former New England Revolution striker and United States international Taylor Twellman.
The 33-year-old, who moved to New York in 2013, raced onto a pass in-behind DC s defence inside two minutes and fired the ball under David Ouste at Audi Field on Wednesday.
Former Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney came off the bench in the 57th minute for DC, but the hosts were unable to find an equaliser as they remained bottom of the east.
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Pep Guardiola is happier than ever with the way Manchester City are playing and says Liverpool are just one of many Premier League title contenders ahead of Sunday s clash at Anfield.
City were beaten 2-0 by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday following an impressive 1-0 win at Chelsea last weekend.
The champions could go top of the table if they beat leaders Liverpool on Merseyside, where they won 4-1 last season to end a run of 17 away games without a league win over the Reds.
Guardiola feels his side, who trail the Reds by only a point after six games, are in great shape despite their setback in the French capital.
Asked about the importance of keeping pace with the leaders, the City boss said: I never thought about this.
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Looking to extend on their recent purple patch, a free-scoring Napoli will welcome Udinese to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Tuesday night.
Starting with the hosts, certainly laying down another marker over the weekend, there is no doubt that the mood in Napoli s camp is at a real high. Enjoying a stellar purple patch over the past month, The Blues were last seen landing a 4-1 romp against Spezia on the road and they re sat in pole position to clinch a Champions League return. Marching on a six-match unbeaten run, a run highlighted by a stunning 5-2 victory against Lazio last month, Napoli will be calling on the red-hot Victor Osimhen to spearhead their charge on Tuesday night. Gaining a string of plaudit…
Manchester City averted an FA Cup upset and clinched a place in the quarter-finals as Phil Foden scored a brace in a 4-1 win over Newport County.
The League Two side frustrated the Premier League champions throughout a goalless first half at Rodney Parade and came agonisingly close to taking the lead despite City dominating possession on an uneven surface they initially struggled to adjust to.
Newport s admirable resistance was broken when Leroy Sane fired home from close range early in the second half, the winger scoring his 12th goal of the season on an afternoon when his customary flair was in short supply.
Foden then scored a brace either side of an 88th-minute Padraig Amond goal that gave Newport brief hope and extended his record of netting in every roun…
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…