Garry Monk expects Roy Hodgson to return to the Liberty Stadium, despite Swansea City s below-par showing on the England boss maiden visit.
Much had been made of the fact Hodgson had never been to south Wales during his spell as England manager, despite the likes of Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge and Leon Britton starring for the club since he took the national-team job in May 2012.
Swansea manager Monk labelled Hodgson s self-imposed absence from the Liberty as strange last month after his team began the new Premier League season with three successive wins, with Dyer who is yet to be capped at international level particularly impressive.
Hodgson finally made the trip to south Wales on Saturday but Swansea s England hopefuls fell to a 1-0 defeat against in-form Sou…
Manchester United midfielder Mats Daehli has moved on a permanent deal to Norwegian side Molde.
The 18-year-old will link up with former United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has managed the Tippeligaen outfit since 2011.
Daehli featured for both the Under-18s side and the reserves at Old Trafford but the Norwegian failed to break into the first team.
Solskjaer told the Premier League champions official website: He s here to develop. There s no pressure on him to come in here and turn our season around. We ll take this step-by-step.
Daehli originally moved to Manchester United from Lyn Oslo.
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Both teams ended up with a red card in the New York Red Bulls 3-1 home win against Inter Miami on Saturday night, where an early Gonzalo Higuain goal was not enough for the visitors to nab any points against their Eastern Conference foes.
Higuain opened the scoring in the 19th minute with an absolute rocket, firing his direct free kick to the goalkeeper-side of the wall and into the top corner.
While that gave Miami the momentum, it was ripped away 10 minutes later when Alejandro Pozuelo was shown a straight red card, putting the away side on the back foot the rest of the way.
Lewis Morgan s goal in the 43rd minute ensured the teams would head into the break all tied up, and Daniel Edelman made it 2-1 for the Red Bulls just eight minutes into the second half.
Former Liverpool attacker Dirk Kuyt believes Georginio Wijnaldum would be a great signing amid reports the Newcastle United star is set to complete his transfer to Anfield.
Wijnaldum impressed at Newcastle in 2015-16 following his move from PSV, but could not prevent them from dropping to the Championship.
The Netherlands international, 25, looks set to return to the Premier League, though, and Kuyt has backed his compatriot to make an instant impact at Liverpool.
It s a great move for Gini. Liverpool are on the way up again under Jurgen Klopp. It s great for Gini that Klopp believes in him, Kuyt told De Telegraaf.
Liverpool were already discussing him during my time at the club. Liverpool scouts already had him down as a big talent during his early yea…
Stoke City have agreed a deal to sign Hannover s Spanish striker Joselu and are aiming to complete the signing over the coming 24 hours.
The former Real Madrid man was Hannover s top scorer in the Bundesliga last term and looks on course to follow Mame Biram Diouf in making the move from the HDI Arena to the Britannia Stadium.
Stoke City have agreed a deal with Hannover 96 to sign striker Joselu and hope to complete the deal within the next 24 hours, read a tweet from the Premier League club.
The 25-year-old, who has represented Spain at Under-21 level, swapped Eintracht Frankfurt for Hannover in 2014 and scored 10 goals in all competitions as his new club finished 13th in the German top flight.
Joselu is set to join a number of other former Bunde…
Real eyeing Nicolas Otamendi
Spanish giants Real Madrid have joined the chase for Valencia stopper Nicolas Otamendi, Superdeporte can reveal.
Manchester United were believed to be in pole position to recruit the former FC Porto star, but los Blancos look set to try and hijack their bid for the Argentine.
Real Madrid officials aim to further reinforce the back line given that Pepe is nearing the end of his career and they believe Otamendi would be a perfect addition to the squad.
And while Valencia are referring interested sides to his €50 million release clause, los Blancos will attempt to lower the asking price.
Nicolas Otamendi enjoyed a brilliant start to his career at Mestalla, producing some impressive defensive displays, while also baggin…
Mikel Arteta officially started work at Arsenal on Sunday and appears set to get busy in the transfer market.
The Gunners reportedly have two targets in their sights, including a Serie A star.
Arsenal could do with an injection of excitement after slipping to 11th in the Premier League following their lacklustre goalless draw at Everton.
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Among the players Arsenal admire is Napoli mainstay Dries Mertens, according to CalcioMercato.
Mertens, on target five times in the Champions League this term, will be available on a free at the end of the season.
Borussia Dortmund are also said to be interested in the 32-year-old, potentially forcing Arsenal to look elsewhere for reinforcements.
Gareth Southgate says the way England took apart the lower-ranked sides in their Euro 2020 qualifying group should give Three Lions fans plenty of optimism for next year s tournament.
England coasted to top spot in Group A, their only blip a surprise 2-1 loss away to the Czech Republic, scoring an impressive 37 goals in eight games along the way.
Having reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Russia last year, England are among the more fancied sides for European Championship glory.
Croatia, who defeated the Three Lions at the World Cup, and Czech Republic will be in England s group at the Euros with one spot yet to be filled, and Southgate is confident his side will compete with the favourites.
We expected to win our [qualification] group but the…
Boca Juniors were crowned back-to-back Argentinian Primera Division champions for the first time in more than a decade.
A 2-2 draw at Gimnasia La Plata on Wednesday was enough to secure a 33rd league title for Boca.
The success moved them to within three crowns of fierce rivals River Plate for the most league titles in Argentina.
The draw at the Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo pushed Boca four points clear of second-placed Godoy Cruz with one game remaining.
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It marked the first time since 2005-06 that Boca had claimed back-to-back league titles.
2 ha ganado su segundo título consecutivo de Primera División, algo que consigue por primera vez desde 2005-…
Atletico keen on Javier Hernandez
Fox Sports is reporting that Atletico Madrid are showing interest in Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez.
The Mexican has returned to Old Trafford following a successful loan spell with Real Madrid, after los Blancos opted against making the transfer permanent.
But, it appears that Hernandez will be given an opportunity to return to Madrid after all, with Atletico Madrid now keen on his services.
Namely, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal plans to offload the talented footballer this summer and los Colchoneros seem ready to pounce.
Atletico have singled out Porto s Jackson Martinez as a perfect replacement for Mario Mandzukic, but they could turn their attention to Hernandez if the Colombian moves el…