Arsenal winger Theo Walcott admits he was reduced to tears by Fabio Capello s decision to drop him from England s World Cup squad.

Walcott had been confident he would go to South Africa with England after being named in the provisional 30-man group, but he was surprisingly axed from Capello s final party.

The 21-year-old was playing golf with a friend and his cousin when Capello called to give him the news which left him crying tears of frustration.

I had the day off so I was on the golf course and I got the phone call, Walcott told The Sun.

He just said, I m sorry. I m not going to bring you to South Africa, but I ll see you in 2012 for the Euros.

I didn t know what to say at all. He said, have a good break and good luck. I ll see you soon. …

Teddy Sheringham is not concerned Mason Greenwood is merely playing a supporting role to Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United, believing it is better to play out of position than watch from the sidelines.

Greenwood broke into the United team as a winger but has long been considered their future at centre-forward.

The 19-year-old started in that position against Leeds United on the opening day of the Premier League season and scored in a 5-1 win.

However, five of his subsequent six starts in all competitions have seen Greenwood stationed on the right wing, while he also occupied the flank after coming off the bench in the EFL Cup defeat to West Ham.

Greenwood has not added to his tally of three goals this term since Ronaldo returned to Old Trafford.

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The list of clubs interested in signing Joachim Andersen from Sampdoria is getting longer by the day.

The 22-year-old Danish centre-back has enjoyed a steady progress in the Serie A ever since joining Sampdoria from FC Twente in 2017 and his fine performances in Italy have not gone unnoticed.

The towering defender went from making only 7 Serie A appearances in his debut season to all five starts during the current campaign, not missing a single minute of action thus far.

The Under-21 Denmark international’s appearances have caught the eye of AS Monaco and Inter Milan, whereas the latest reports coming from the Italian media are claiming that Bundesliga heavyweights Borussia Dortmund have also took notice of Andersen’s emerging presence.

Andersen move…

According to , PSV Eindhoven s Hirving Lozano would cost any club interested in his services €60million.

Mexico played a very good World Cup this year in Russia, and interest has been understandably sparked in Lozano as their arguably best performer in the tournament. The 22-year-old has been impressive for his club in the Eredivisie this season, and the Catalan outlet believe he is destined for bigger things .

Having spent four seasons at Mexican top-flight club Pachuca, he moved to Eindhoven in 2017 and so far he made 44 appearances and scored 26 goals in their shirt in all competitions. He has mostly been deployed on the left wing, but he is quite capable of performing well as a centre-forward as well.

Lozano, who scored his national team s winning goal aga…

While hurt and disappointed after a Champions League semi-final berth was snatched away at the death, Atalanta head coach Gian Piero Gasperini was in an upbeat mood, highlighting the fact that club president Antonio Percassi always targets 40 points to secure Serie A safety each season.

Atalanta have been the Cinderella story of Italian and European football this term, breaking records during their third-place finish in Serie A and memorable run to the Champions League quarter-finals.

Gasperini s Atalanta – competing in their first Champions League last-eight fixture – were moments away from an historic semi-final on Wednesday, however, Ligue 1 powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain completed a stunning turnaround to prevail 2-1 in Lisbon.

Mario Pasalic s first-half …

Juventus are in an interesting situation with their goalkeepers for some time now. Gianluigi Buffon had left the club in the summer of 2018 to join Paris Saint-Germain, perperinbut then he decided to return for one last year in Turin. Then he stated that he is still not ready for retirement and in the meantime we had Mattia Perin who was occasionally in goal for Juventus.

But then in the midst of all that, we also had Wojciech Szczesny becoming Juventus number one goalkeeper and now his stay at the club could be prolonged. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus are set to offer the Poland international a new contract at the Allianz Stadium.

This new deal should tie up the 29-year-old goalkeeper for the next five years as he would be signing a contract until 30 June…

Bayern Munich have signed Serdar Tasci from Spartak Moscow on loan until the end of the season, with an option to make the move permanent come June.

The Bundesliga leaders were in the market for defensive reinforcements after losing Jerome Boateng to injury, with the Germany international potentially out of action for three months due to an adductor problem.

Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stated at the weekend they were unlikely to bring in a new defender, but an apparent change of heart has resulted in Tasci s arrival at the Allianz Arena.

We are delighted that we got the opportunity to sign a player like Serdar for Bayern, sporting director Matthias Sammer told the club s official website. 

He is capable of moving us forward with his…

Gareth Bale has been named as Wales player of the year for a record fifth time.

The Real Madrid star has collected the award in five of the last six years, with the anomaly coming in 2012 when Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen took the prize.

Bale s has excelled during qualification for Euro 2016, scoring six goals to bring Wales to the brink of reaching their first major international tournament since the 1958 World Cup.

Chris Coleman s team need a point from their remaining Group B matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina and minnows Andorra to be sure of a spot in France next June.

Bale swept the board at the Football Association of Wales ceremony in Cardiff, also triumphing in the fans and players player-of-the-year categories.

Look at the last year …

World football s governing body FIFA on Tuesday gave Iraqi football chiefs a one year deadline to settle their differences after July s elections to the Iraqi Football Association fell into disarray.

FIFA lifted its suspension on the IFA on March 19 after a solution was reportedly found to a spat over alleged government interference.

But about a week before a new IFA election was due to take place, soldiers sought to arrest contested association chief Hussein Said and three other senior officials on corruption charges.

Two rival general assemblies were then held in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and in the northern city of Erbil on July 24, prompting the IFA to postpone elections of a new executive committee.

Under these circumstances, the case was referred …

Bayern Munich head coach Julian Nagelsmann believes Jude Bellingham should have been sent off in the 2-2 Der Klassiker draw against Borussia Dortmund.

Nagelsmann s side went into a two-goal lead after strikes from Leon Goretzka and Leroy Sane, but a late comeback changed the course of the game, with Youssoufa Moukoko and a last-minute Anthony Modeste header levelling for the hosts.

The game could have been different, however, had Bellingham been shown a red card for a challenge on Alphonso Davies that left the Bayern defender with a suspected concussion.

Bellingham was not booked for the foul, where a high boot struck the head of the Canada international, and Nagelsmann believes the wrong action was taken – where a yellow would have been his second of the game,…