Crystal Palace have agreed terms with Colombia midfielder Jefferson Lerma on a three-year deal.
The 28-year-old will join the Eagles on July 1 when his current Bournemouth contract ends.
“I am very happy and excited by this new opportunity,” Lerma told the official Palace website.
Jefferson has a message for you all.
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC)
“Crystal Palace has good players and a good team, and I want to help with every objective the club has next season.”
Palace chairman Steve Parish said: “Jefferson is a strong addition to our squad.
“He is a proven performer at Premier League level, and his combative and competitive nature will endear him to the Palace fans.”
Lerma made a £25million switch to Bour…
Marcus Rashford scored twice to spare Dean Henderson s blushes as Manchester United yet again came from behind to beat beleaguered Sheffield United 3-2 and go sixth in the Premier League.
A terrible mistake from goalkeeper Henderson, replacing David de Gea against his former club, put an early opening goal on a plate for David McGoldrick at Bramall Lane on Thursday.
Yet it was deja vu for the Red Devils as they produced another fightback, Rashford equalising and Anthony Martial scoring his first top-flight goal of the season to put them in front at half-time.
The visitors were a huge threat on the break as they bossed the second half and Rashford took his tally for the season to 12 as they made it 10 consecutive Premier League away wins, despite McGoldrick s lat…
Pep Guardiola expects Chelsea to be back challenging for the title in the near future.
Chelsea last won the Premier League during Guardiola’s first season at Manchester City in 2016-17.
Since then it is City who have dominated the competition, taking the crown in five of the past six campaigns.
Chelsea did edge out City in the 2021 Champions League final but there has been plenty of turbulence at the London club since, and they currently sit 10th in the table.
Guardiola, who takes his side to Stamford Bridge on Sunday, said: “Chelsea remain one of the more important teams in England.
“It’s true that in the Premier League they were not close to winning it in these last seasons but they’re still one of the strongest teams, there’s no dou…
Kepa Arrizabalaga and Edouard Mendy credited one another after the former was introduced in extra-time and produced shoot-out heroics to ensure Chelsea s first Super Cup win since 1998.
Penalties were required after Gerard Moreno cancelled out Hakim Ziyech s opener and, in the closing minutes of extra-time, Thomas Tuchel sent on Kepa at Windsor Park.
The Spanish goalkeeper stepped up to the plate, denying both Aissa Mandi and Raul Albiol, to secure a 6-5 shoot-out victory and Chelsea s second Super Cup success at the fifth time of asking.
While Tuchel hailed his analysts and backroom staff for the decision based on statistics after the game, the two goalkeepers rejoiced together when speaking to BT Sport.
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Jadon Sancho retains the faith of Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag despite his penalty miss in Saturday s Community Shield defeat to Manchester City.
United were on course to win their third piece of silverware under Ten Hag when Alejandro Garnacho gave them an 82nd-minute lead at Wembley Stadium.
However, Bernardo Silva s 89th-minute header took the game to penalties, and both Sancho and Jonny Evans failed to convert from the spot as City triumphed 7-6.
Sancho spent the second half of last season on loan at former club Borussia Dortmund after a public falling out with Ten Hag, who accused the winger of being a poor trainer in the aftermath of a defeat to Arsenal last September.
Ten Hag said he had drawn a line under the incident after Sancho rejoined …
Reiss Nelson s 97th-minute strike completed a remarkable comeback for Arsenal in a 3-2 win against Bournemouth.
Phillip Billing scored the second-fastest goal in Premier League history to hand the Cherries a shock lead, with Marcos Senesi doubling the advantage in the second half.
Thomas Partey and Ben White struck in quick succession to bring Arsenal level, though it seemed the Gunners would remain on course to drop crucial points in the title race.
Substitute Nelson had other ideas though, firing in from just inside the box in the dying moments to restore a five-point advantage over Manchester City.
9.11 Phillip Billing s goal for Bournemouth against Arsenal was scored in 9 seconds, 11 milliseconds the second-fastest goal scored in history, after Shane…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has confirmed Kevin De Bruyne will start their final Champions League group game against RB Leipzig on Tuesday.
De Bruyne missed a month of action after contracting COVID-19 but made his return off the bench in Saturday s 3-1 win at Watford.
The Premier League champions have already secured top spot in Group A after their 2-1 win against Paris Saint-Germain on matchday five.
Speaking at a media conference ahead of City s trip to Germany, Guardiola revealed the Belgian will start the game, saying: Kevin had the corona, was growing and after had the setback.
It s normal, the people who have the corona feel empty. Step by step he plays the minutes, tomorrow he will start and we ll see how many minutes.
Guardi…
UEFA president Michel Platini has told European Championship expansion critics not to play if they do not like the changes.
The competition finals originally only contained four teams when it started in 1960, before expanding to eight for the 1980 edition and then to 16 ahead of Euro 96 in England.
Sixteen sides have contested the competition in each of the last five championships, but that will be increased once again to 24 for Euro 2016, which will be hosted by France.
Speaking on the eve of the qualifying draw for the tournament and at the launch of his week of football plan which will see qualifying for the finals spread out rather than the bulk of international matches being played on one night of the week Platini revealed that England were among the countri…
Jurgen Klopp conceded Liverpool s 4-1 humbling at the hands of Napoli in the Champions League was their worst game since he took charge in 2015.
Liverpool were comprehensively beaten by the Serie A side in their opening game in Group A, the heaviest defeat by a Premier League side in their first game of a Champions League campaign since Arsenal lost 3-0 to Inter in 2003-04.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of their second group game at home to Ajax, Klopp did not hold back in his assessment of the horror show at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
After Premier League games were postponed following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Klopp also said his team would rather have played this weekend but respected the decision not to.
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Competition: Euro 2016 qualifier
Market: Portugal to win against Armenia
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Portugal travel to face Armenia in this weekend’s Euro 2016 qualifier, and given the impressive form they have enjoyed of late, it should be a comfortable win for the visitors. The home side have been the whipping boys of the group, picking up just one point for their troubles so far.
The away side are currently top of Group I after four games, and victory on Saturday afternoon will keep them at the summit. Portugal could extend their lead over second-placed Denmark to five points depending on the result of their game.
Four wins from their last five games will strike fear into a struggling Armenia outfit, who themselves have been defeated five times in their previous si…