Manchester United have completed the signing of Brazil international left-back Alex Telles for a reported £15.4million (€17m) from Porto.
Telles, 27, has signed a four-year contract with the option for an additional 12 months, and arrives in a cut-price deal due to him having just one season left on his agreement with Porto.
To join a club with the prestige of Manchester United is a huge honour. You have to work hard to get to this moment in your career and now I am coming to this club, I can promise that I will give everything in my heart to be a success here, Telles said in a statement.
I won many trophies at Porto and I want to continue that at United. The manager has a clear plan and direction for this team and I can t wait to pull on the famous shirt. <…
Manchester United have completed the signing of Mason Mount from Chelsea on a contract to 2028 with the option of a further year, the club have announced.
The PA news agency understands the fee agreed for the 24-year-old England midfielder is an initial £55million.
It s official.
Welcome to Manchester United, Mason Mount!
— Manchester United (@ManUtd)
Mount – who came through the ranks at Chelsea and made 129 Premier League appearances for them, scoring 27 goals and providing 22 assists – said in a statement from United: “It’s never easy leaving the club where you grew up, but Manchester United will provide an exciting new challenge for the next phase of my career.
“Having competed against them, I know just how strong a squ…
Marseille head coach Igor Tudor revealed his players could not hear his instructions amid the last-gasp chaos that cost them a Europa League spot in Tuesday s 2-1 Champions League loss to Tottenham.
The nine-time French champions were set to qualify for Europe s second tier via third spot in Group D with scores locked at 1-1 entering stoppage time, with Sporting CP trailing 2-1 against Eintracht Frankfurt in the other game.
But Marseille ambitiously pushed forward chasing a winner, which would have seen them move above Spurs and advance to the Champions League last-16, rather than conserve third spot.
That move backfired as their backline was badly exposed when Tottenham broke clear in the 95th minute with Harry Kane laying off for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg s winner,…
Manchester United have made a £35m approach for Nemanja Matic, according to the Mirror.
Jose Mourinho, who brought Matic back to Stamford Bridge in January 2014, is keen to reunited with the midfielder as he looks to continue strengthening his squad ahead of United’s return to the Champions League.
Chelsea are willing to let the Serbia international move to their rivals as a thank you for his services to the club but will hold out for a fee of £50m.
The Red Devils were linked with a move for Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Eric Dier though the North London side were not interested in selling, leaving them to make Matic their top target.
The twenty-eight year old has racked up one hundred and fifty-four appearances, with all but three of those outin…
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag is confident Kobbie Mainoo can deal with the hype following his impressive full England debut.
Just four months on from making his first Premier League start, the 18-year-old put in a man-of-the-match performance in Tuesday’s 2-2 draw against Belgium at Wembley.
Mainoo had not even been included in the initial England squad but followed a promising debut off the bench against Brazil by potentially earning a spot at Euro 2024 with his display against Belgium.
That performance has taken the midfielder’s stock to new heights but Ten Hag is confident the success will not go to his head.
“I thought it was very good, but we are not surprised,” the United boss said. “We have seen what he is capable of, that he can ve…
AC Milan boss Stefano Pioli is refusing to look any further ahead than Saturday’s Serie A trip to Fiorentina as he targets a rousing finish to the season.
The Rossoneri, who have won their last five games in all competitions, head for the Stadio Artemio Franchi sitting in second place in the table, 14 points adrift of derby rivals Inter, but only three clear of Juventus in third.
With the prospect of Europa League glory still very much alive – they face compatriots Roma in the quarter-finals – the campaign could yet end on a high note, although Pioli, who will be without the suspended Theo Hernandez, will not allow his players to get ahead of themselves.
He told a press conference: “A decisive period is about to begin. We’ll need to focus on playing the…
MLS glamour clubs LA Galaxy and New York will lock horns on Sunday in the first leg of their much-hyped Western Conference semi-final.
The Red Bulls play host to the Galaxy in New York, with former England midfielder David Beckham potentially lining up for his last hurrah with LA.
The 36-year-old is in the last year of his contract at Galaxy and with overtures from the likes of PSG and a number of English clubs it is widely tipped Beckham will call time on his stint in America and move back to Europe.
Having lost out in the 2009 playoff final to Real Salt Lake, success in the US has eluded Beckham something he is looking to rectify.
Obviously with the Galaxy, we want a championship. We ve done well in the last three years, reaching the final and then wi…
Tottenham signing Vincent Janssen almost quit football after failing to break through at Feyenoord.
Janssen, 22, was released by the Dutch giants in 2013, having been unable to make a first-team appearance at the club.
He spent time in the second-tier before joining AZ Alkmaar, scoring a stunning 27 goals in 34 Eredivisie appearances last season.
Now a five-time Netherlands international, Janssen revealed he came close to giving up on the sport after failing at Feyenoord.
I liked football too much to quit it, but at that moment it was now or never, he told ESPNFC.
And if it wasn t going to be what I wanted, I had to make a choice. I said to myself, One time more I m going to give everything for it , and you can see what can happen.
My f…
Colorado Rapids twice came from behind to beat Los Angeles FC 3-2 in Saturday s thrilling MLS clash at Dick s Sporting Goods Park.
Djordje Mihailovic was the Rapids hero, with two goals in the space of six minutes late in the first half.
Moise Bombito s first-half header had pulled Colorado level in the first half, cancelling out Eduard Atuesta s early strike.
David Martinez had put LAFC seemingly in control, yet the LAFC substitute turned from hero to zero when he was sent off in the 85th minute, paving the way for Mihailovic to follow up a stunning equaliser with a close-range winner.
DJORDJE BRACE!!!!
89 | 3-2 |
— Colorado Rapids (@ColoradoRapids)
The Black and Gold made a quick start as Denis Bouanga hit the bar with a way…
Pep Guardiola has hit out at the scheduling of the March international break and his side’s FA Cup semi-final, but is resigned to fighting a losing battle.
Kyle Walker and John Stones picked up injuries on England duty which have ruled them out of Sunday’s vital clash with title rivals Arsenal and potentially further Premier League games against Aston Villa and Crystal Palace.
The first leg of their Champions League quarter-final with Real Madrid will be City’s fourth game in 10 days and Guardiola is also exasperated at being forced to play an FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea just three days after the second leg at the Etihad Stadium.
Asked if the timing of the March international break needed rethinking, Guardiola said: “Sure, but they will not rethink.…