Atletico Madrid have confirmed Marcos Llorente aggravated a thigh injury in Tuesday s Champions League defeat to Liverpool and is being assessed.
The 26-year-old initially sustained the injury during Atletico s 2-0 win over Barcelona on October 2 and was forced to pull out of Spain s squad for their recent World Cup qualifiers.
He was not fit enough to start the dramatic 3-2 loss at the hands of Liverpool but was introduced from the substitutes bench for the final 10 minutes.
Llorente pulled up late on in the game and is now facing another possible spell on the sidelines.
A statement on Atleti s official website on Wednesday read: Marcos Llorente has suffered a relapse in the muscle injury he suffered in his right thigh.
The player has undergone…
Alberto Aquilani would be willing to return to parent club Liverpool next season if a proposed deal with Juventus fails to goes through.
Aquilani, 26, joined Liverpool from AS Roma in 2009, but endured an injury-plagued first season in the English Premier League.
The midfielder made just 18 appearances in all competitions before being sent out on loan to Juventus at the start of the 2010/11 campaign.
A permanent transfer to the Turin club has been discussed, but with Liverpool reportedly seeking a fee of 14 million pounds, it remains to be seen where the Italy international will be plying his trade next season.
The future? I m at Juve, but I don t know what will happen, Aquilani told La Gazzetta dello Sport .
I m on loan and if I m not redeemed…
Championship high-flyers Leeds United have confirmed the loan signing of Aston Villa midfielder Barry Bannan until the end of the season.
Bannan, 21, has been at Aston Villa since 2008 and impressed early this season with a string of English Premier League and Europa League performances that won him a call-up to the Scotland squad and subsequently an international debut.
But since the return to fitness of former Leeds midfielder Fabian Delph and new signings Jean Makoun and Robert Pires arrived at Villa Park, Bannan has found opportunities in a packed midfield limited.
With that in mind, Leeds swooped to seal the capture of a player who won promotion from the Championship with Blackpool last season.
Barry is a player we have been tracking for a while, L…
Manchester United and Manchester City are set to lock horns in a battle to sign West Ham United defender Angelo Ogbonna, .
The fierce rivals have both been impressed by the twenty-seven year old’s performances this season his first in English football.
Having moved to West Ham from Juventus last summer, the Italy international has racked up twenty-two appearances for the in all competitions with his one and only goal for the club so far coming in the last minute of extra-time in last month’s FA Cup fourth round replay victory over Liverpool.
Obgonna played fifty-five times for Juve where he won back-to-back Serie A tables while he began his career with their neighbors Torino and has also had a loan spell with Crotone.
He has been capped ten time…
Maarten Stekelenburg blames himself for missing out on the FIFA World Cup with Netherlands after a disappointing club season with Fulham.
The 31-year-old was first-choice for the Netherlands at the 2012 European Championship and also started the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa.
However, he has since dropped down the pecking order for his national side and a move to the Premier League did little to revive his fortunes.
Stekelenburg suffered a shoulder injury on his debut for Fulham and things went from bad to worse as the club were eventually relegated, with David Stockdale preferred in goal towards the end of the campaign.
Having lost out to Jasper Cillessen, Michel Vorm and Tim Krul for a place in the Netherlands World Cup squad, Stekelenburg has taken resp…