Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale is ready to leave Arsenal in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Ramsdale is not happy playing second fiddle to David Raya and has decided to move on at the end of the season.
HITC has reported that Ramsdale’s representatives are aware of potential interest in the goalkeeper, who started the season as the number one at Arsenal and is now behind Raya in the pecking order. Arsenal signed the Spain international goalkeeper on a loan deal from London and Premier League rivals Brentford. It will be made permanent at the end of the season. Ramsdale has made 152 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career. He has kept 38 clean sheets and has provided one assist.
Arsenal are third in the Premier L…
Casemiro’s late winner kept Manchester United in with a chance of ending a disappointing season with silverware as Erik ten Hag’s men edged past Nottingham Forest to set up an FA Cup quarter-final clash with Liverpool.
Ten Hag won the Carabao Cup during a promising first campaign but has come under increasing pressure during a troubled second season that threatened to unravel if they lost at the City Ground.
But last year’s FA Cup finalists dug deep and Casemiro turned home Bruno Fernandes’ free-kick at the death to secure a 1-0 win against Forest and set-up a mouth-watering quarter-final at Old Trafford.
The 89th-minute winner, which took several minutes to clear by the VAR, keeps United’s season alive having been dumped out of Europe in December and l…
Joe Hart is an immovable object according to England team-mate Jack Butland, but the back-up goalkeeper has vowed to fight to be the nation s number one.
Butland earned just his second England cap against Lithuania in Monday s final Euro 2016 qualifier.
It was Butland s first appearance for England since making his debut three years ago and the 22-year-old is determined to establish himself in the international fold, even if he is up against Hart.
I am not someone who enjoys being on the bench. I won t kick up a fuss and I will always be a team man, but ultimately I want to play, Butland said.
Joe is a fantastic keeper, rightly he is the No 1, established in the Premier League, over 50 England caps he is almost an immovable object.
But I want t…
Everton manager Roberto Martinez has confirmed that striker Apostolos Vellios has left the Premier League club.
The 22-year-old arrived at Goodison Park from Iraklis Thessaloniki in 2011 and has since made only 24 appearances for the club, scoring three goals.
The Greek frontman failed to make a single league appearance for Everton during the 2013-14 campaign, but made two starts during a loan spell at Championship side Blackpool.
And Spaniard Martinez believes Vellios will benefit from a move away from Goodison Park.
I think it s been a disappointing season for himself but he s always had a terrific attitude and always a real desire to try to work hard for the team, Martinez told evertontv.
He s probably in a position now where, at a very young age still, …
France international striker Andre-Pierre Gignac has joined Marseille on a five-year contract from Toulouse, the French champions president Jean-Claude Dassier announced on Friday.
The transfer fee was not revealed but Toulouse had been holding out for 18 million euros for Gignac, as they must pay 20 percent of his transfer fee to his former club Lorient.
Marseille recently sold captain and striker Mamadou Niang to Fenerbahce for around eight million euros and also stand to lose winger Hatem Ben Arfa, with Werder Bremen and Newcastle United believed to be interested in signing him.
Gignac, 24, was the top scorer in the 2008-09 league season with 24 goals.
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Stefano Pioli is adamant Milan possess the quality to compete with Chelsea in Tuesday s crucial Champions League clash at San Siro.
While the Rossoneri are going well on the domestic front, sitting three points behind Serie A leaders Napoli after Saturday s 2-0 win over Juventus, they have struggled on the European stage this term.
Milan suffered their heaviest Champions League group-stage defeat when they lost 3-0 at Stamford Bridge last Wednesday, leaving them third in Group E after three games.
The Italian giants have also lost four of their last five games at home to English teams in the Champions League (W1), and are winless in their last five European meetings with Chelsea (D3 L2).
However, Pioli is confident they can test the Blues this time around…
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In what is a heavyweight Champions League showdown on Wednesday night, Barcelona will welcome Inter Milan to the Nou Camp.
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Starting with the hosts, left hugely frustrated away at the San Siro last week as they were hit with a controversial 1-0 loss on foreign soil, Barcelona know that they face a must-win showdown on Wednesday night. While Xavi s superstars might have continued to impress since opening the 2022/23 campaign, the former Spanish champions have managed to muster just a single victory from their opening three Group C battles. Currently sat third in the table and fearing that they could once again miss out on a Champions League knockout stage ticket this season, fans around the Nou Camp will be calling on their sid…
Chelsea are interested in signing Victor Osimhen from Napoli in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners watched the striker in action on Wednesday evening.
Napoli were in action against Sassuolo away from home in Serie A on Wednesday evening. The Nigeria international striker scored a hat-trick to help the defending Italian champions win 6-1. Chelsea were in attendance to watch the striker. The Blues are keen on signing Osimhen in the summer transfer window. He has scored 11 goals and given three assists in 13 starts and two substitute appearances in Serie A this season.
Chelsea are 11th in the Premier League table at the moment with 35 points from 25 matches, as many as 17 points…
Paris St Germain coach Luis Enrique insists they will have a better team next season even after the expected departure of star forward Kylian Mbappe.
It is understood the 25-year-old France international, whose contract expires at the end of the season, has told the club he wants to join Real Madrid this summer, a move which has been touted for a number of years.
“It doesn’t cross my mind that the team will be weaker next season. I’m absolutely sure,” Enrique told a press conference ahead of Friday’s match against Mbappe’s former club Monaco.
“If everything goes well, I think and I’m convinced that we’ll have a better team next season.
“Me, I always want to try to improve the team and I think there is always a way to improve.”
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Anderlecht and Club Brugge have been raided by police as part of a wide-ranging investigation into alleged corruption in Belgian football.
Top clubs, agents and referees were targets of police raids on Wednesday, the federal prosecutor’s office has confirmed.
The investigation began at the end of 2017 following a report by the police s sport fraud unit after there was an indication of suspicious transactions in professional Belgian football.
During their investigation, the authorities concluded there was evidence of the influencing of competitions in the 2017-18 season , using this to expand the probe to include a look into match-fixing.
A total of 44 raids took place in Belgium on Wednesday, while a further 13 were carried out simultaneously in France,…