Sevilla defender Jules Kounde admitted he could leave the LaLiga side in the off-season amid links with Manchester United.
Kounde has emerged as one of the most sought-after centre-backs in the transfer market after countryman Dayot Upamecano joined Bayern Munich and Ibrahima Konate agreed to swap RB Leipzig for Liverpool.
United have long been linked with a move for Kounde, who helped Sevilla to a fourth-placed finish in LaLiga this term, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s Premier League giants reportedly eye a new partner for Harry Maguire.
The 22-year-old France international – also a reported target for the likes of Real Madrid, Chelsea and Arsenal – said he wants to win trophies.
Regarding my future, I may change this summer, Kounde told reporters as Fra…
Lazio have announced the appointment of Stefano Pioli as head coach following Edoardo Reja s resignation.
Reja confirmed his departure on Thursday after failing to secure UEFA Europa League football for next season, with Lazio ending the Serie A campaign ninth.
The Italian had been in charge of the Rome-based club since January, returning for a second spell after Vladimir Petkovic was sacked.
Pioli joins Lazio after suffering relegation with Bologna and ultimately losing his job.
The 48-year-old, a former Juventus and Fiorentina centre-back, has had numerous coaching jobs since hanging up his boots in 1998, including spells with Parma, Chievo and Palermo.
Pioli took over at Bologna in October 2011 and guided the club to ninth and 13th-placed fin…
Jose Mourinho s bid for UEFA Champions League history is alive after reaching the last eight following Chelsea s 2-0 win over Galatasaray.
Mourinho went all the way in this competition with Porto in 2004 and Inter in 2010 and is bidding to become the first manager to the lift the famous trophy with three different clubs.
After a 1-1 draw in Turkey in the first leg, first-half goals from Samuel Eto o and Gary Cahill on his 100th Chelsea appearance sealed a comfortable 3-1 aggregate success for the Premier League leaders on Tuesday, with the long-awaited Stamford Bridge return of Didier Drogba proving an anti-climax.
Eto o opened the scoring with the first attack of the game, controlling Oscar s pass before firing low into the corner and Chelsea made their dominance cou…
Inter captain Mauro Icardi labelled Maxi Lopez ignorant after the Torino striker refused a handshake as the pair s bitter feud continued on Sunday.
A strange football love triangle has developed since Icardi married former Sampdoria team-mate Lopez s ex-wife Wanda Nara, just several months after she divorced the Argentinean in 2013.
The fall-out intensified when Icardi got a tattoo of Lopez s three children on his arm, with the latter then refusing to shake the hand of his countryman in a Serie A fixture in April 2014.
And in another episode of the clash, dubbed the Wanda derby , Lopez bypassed Icardi again before kick-off as Torino stunned Inter 2-1 at San Siro.
Unfortunately these things happen, it depends on the ignorance of certain people, Icardi is …
Atletico Madrid 2 Real Madrid 1 (2-4 agg): Calderon comeback falls short as Isco sets up Juventus sh
Real Madrid reached a third Champions League final in four years after seeing off Atletico Madrid despite a 2-1 defeat in the second leg of their semi-final tie on Wednesday.
Two goals in the first 16 minutes from Atleti threatened to produce another memorable comeback in this season s tournament, until Isco s strike just before half-time effectively ended those hopes and sealed a 4-2 aggregate win.
The players were greeted with a tifo from the home fans proclaiming proud to be different to you as they walked out onto the pitch for the last European game at Vicente Calderon, but Atletico s electric start was very much in the mould of Madrid s in the first leg.
Saul Niguez thumped in a header with 12 minutes gone before Antoine Griezmann converted a penalty to ge…
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands introduced numerous new character creation options for many of the game’s playable races, but a few, specifically the Horde’s Nightborne and the Alliance’s Light Forged Draenei, were left out. Now, thanks to what Blizzard is calling “passionate feedback” about the issue, new customization options will be coming sooner for those races than expected.
Back in February during BlizzConline, Blizzard said no additional character customizations would be coming until the game’s unannounced next expansion Come from Sports betting site VPbet . That will no longer be the case, with new options instead coming as part of Shadowlands’ 9.1.5 patch.
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Looking to extend on what has been a hugely impressive purple patch, Nottingham Forest will make the trip to Bristol City on Tuesday night.
Starting with the hosts, marking their return from October s international break with a flat display over the weekend, Bristol City have shown some real inconsistencies since opening the 2021/22 campaign. Last seen getting hit with what was a deserved 2-0 defeat at home against Bournemouth, Nigel Pearson s men have now managed to win just one of their last four Championship contests on either side of the break. Knowing that they could face another stern test at Ashton Gate on Tuesday night, the one-time Watford boss will have an extended headache over his side s issues on home soil.…
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…