´I feel privileged to have played for this club´ – Pogba thanks Man Utd fans after Old Trafford depa
Paul Pogba said he feels privileged to have played for Manchester United, as he thanked the Red Devils fans after the club announced he will depart at the end of his contract this month.
Pogba, who re-joined United in an £89million move from Juventus in 2016 after initially coming through the Red Devils youth system, will leave the club for a second time after failing to agree terms on a new deal.
Many of European football s biggest clubs including Champions League winners Real Madrid and Pogba s former side Juventus have been credited with an interest in the midfielder, who has come in for criticism after United ended the 2021-22 season with their lowest-ever Premier League points tally (58), finishing sixth in the English top-flight under interim manager Ralf Rang…
Ajax technical director Marc Overmars said he will not stand in the way of Erik ten Hag returning to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.
Ten Hag has been linked with Bayern, where he coached the club s reserves from 2013 to 2015 before returning to Netherlands to join FC Utrecht and eventually Ajax.
The 49-year-old head coach refused to rule out a high-profile return to Bayern this month after leading Ajax to Eredivisie glory last season and a memorable run to the Champions League semi-finals.
Asked about the speculation amid uncertainty over Bayern boss Niko Kovac, Overmars told Fox Sports: I m happy with it. That means he s doing well.
You must always remain realistic. If such big clubs come for you, how often do you get that chance?
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Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Edouard Mendy have made the final three-man shortlist for the African Football s (CAF) Men s Player of the Year award.
The trio all plied their trade in the Premier League last season, though Mane has since left Liverpool to join Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.
Mane scored 23 goals in 51 games for Liverpool in his final season at Anfield, winning the EFL Cup and FA Cup and reaching the Champions League final, as well as scoring the winning penalty in the shoot-out to win the Africa Cup of Nations for Senegal in February.
His former Reds team-mate Salah was on the losing Egypt side in that AFCON final, but had a stellar club campaign in 2021-22, scoring 31 goals in 51 games for Jurgen Klopp s men.
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Leicester City have agreed a deal with RB Salzburg over the proposed signing of Patson Daka, a number of sources have reported.
A versatile attacking player who prefers the central role, Daka scored a total of 34 goals in and assisted 12 in 42 appearances across all competitions for Salzburg in 2020-21. The 22-year-old has so far accumulated 22 caps ass a Zambia international.
Liverpool were credited with strong interest in his services several months ago, and he was tipped to replace the misfiring Divock Origi in the squad at Anfield this summer. However, it seems the Merseysiders didn t act decisively enough and Leicester, looking to secure a long-term successor for Jamie Vardy, saw an opportunity to swoop in. RB Leipzig and Chelsea were occasionally mentioned as well…
Inter legend Dejan Stankovic has returned to the club after accepting a coaching role in the club s youth academy.
The former Serbia international, who won the Champions League and five Serie A titles with the Italian giants, will focus on the formation of individual technique at San Siro.
Stankovic will gain the chance to work alongside 17-year-old son Filip, who is a goalkeeper on the books at Inter.
Since retiring in 2013, when he ended a nine-year association with the Nerazzurri as a player, Stankovic has carried out a variety of roles including assistant boss at Udinese, Inter team co-ordinator and an advisory role at UEFA.
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Julian Nagelsmann and Bayern Munich were surprised they were allowed to be so dominant in their 1-0 win at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
In one of the ties of the last 16 in the Champions League, Bayern headed to Paris to take on a PSG side who were only able to name Kylian Mbappe on the bench.
Until Mbappe was introduced shortly after Kingsley Coman s decisive goal early in the second half, Bayern were in complete control.
The Bundesliga champions bossed 57.5 per cent of the possession in a first half in which they attempted 10 shots to just one from PSG.
Indeed, that PSG attempt, a blocked Lionel Messi free-kick in stoppage time, came after their longest wait for a first shot in a Champions League match since at least 2003-04.
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Roma head coach Jose Mourinho joked that if he could multiply star Lorenzo Pellegrini, they would all be in his starting XI.
Pellegrini has established himself as an integral part of the Roma side since arriving via Sassuolo in 2017, with the Giallorossi captain s exploits reportedly attracting interest from the likes of Liverpool, Juventus and Manchester United.
Among midfielders last season, Pellegrini led Roma in chances created (65), interceptions (43), tackles won (24) and penalty area entries (241), having also scored seven goals and supplied six assists with a passing accuracy of 82 per cent.
In Roma s season-opening 3-1 win over Fiorentina in Serie A last week, the 25-year-old created two chances while boasting a 93.3 passing accuracy, to go with three re…
David de Gea believes Manchester United would have been more deserving of the victory than Chelsea after the sides played out a dour goalless draw on Saturday.
United s winless run at Old Trafford in the Premier League stretched to a fifth game their longest such league streak since February 1990 after failing to find a way through.
Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy produced good saves to twice deny Marcus Rashford, including in the final stages, and also Bruno Fernandes.
In doing so, the Senegal international became the first Chelsea goalkeeper to keep a Premier League clean sheet away at United since Thibaut Courtois in December 2015
And Mendy s opposite number De Gea feels his side were hard done by to take just a point, which leaves them 15th in the table…
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Looking to extend on their EFL Cup adventure on Tuesday night, Blackburn will welcome local rivals Blackpool to Ewood Park.
Starting with the hosts, enduring what was a public Championship crisis last season as they only just dragged themselves over the finishing line, Blackburn have made a string of improvements this time around. Clearly enjoying life under the guidance of new boss John Eustace and with the mood around Ewood Park at a red-hot high, the former Birmingham boss will be calling on his squad to make another statement here. Getting proceedings underway with an action-packed 4-2 victory against Derby on August 9th, the Lancashire-based outfit have rightfully receive a string of plaudits. Extending on their EFL Cup adv…
The Premier League has referred Everton to an independent commission over an alleged breach of profitability and sustainability rules.
It was announced by the Premier League on Friday that the Toffees are alleged to have broken the regulations during the 2021-22 season.
Everton finished only four points above the relegation zone last season as Norwich City, Watford and Burnley dropped into the Championship.
The Merseyside club are embroiled in another fight to stay in the top flight, sitting in 15th place and only two points better off than third-bottom West Ham – who have two games in hand on Sean Dyche s side.
Everton face an anxious wait to discover if they will be hit with a points deduction.
A Premier League statement said: In accordance wi…