Manchester City are ready to offer Fernandinho a new contract, .
The Brazil international has played every minute of the league leaders Premier League campaign so far this season and scored in the 3-1 win over West Ham United back in August.
He also netted in last weeks 3-3 draw with Celtic in the Champions League while his outing in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur was his one hundred and fiftieth for the club.
He was part of the squad that won the Premier League title in 2014 while he has also been victorious in the League Cup on two occasions.
He has been capped twenty-nine times for his country, scoring twice and featured at the 2014 World Cup finals in his home country.
City’s loss to Spurs at the weekend ended their 100% st…
Julian Draxler s move to Paris Saint-Germain from Wolfsburg has been finalised, the winger signing a deal until 2021.
The Bundesliga club confirmed last month that the Germany international was due to complete a switch, with the Ligue 1 champions formally announcing the deal on Tuesday.
Draxler joined Wolfsburg from Schalke in 2015 and has a combined 153 league appearances for the two clubs.
It is with great joy and great anticipation that I join Paris Saint-Germain, the winger told PSG s official website.
For the first time in my career, I am going to discover a new country, a new championship and I am very proud to live this new stage in a club which has become a reference in Europe, which has recruited many very great players.
I intend to he…
Eric Bailly and Alex Telles are both set to return to Manchester United from their loans at Olympique Marseille and Sevilla, respectively, at the end of the season, but the 20-time English champions have no intention of keeping either of them in their ranks for 2023/24, and according to Fabrizio Romano, they re open to offers for the services of the two defenders.
Both players have been deemed surplus to requirements from the start since Erik ten Hag took over as United boss, with Rafael Varane and Tyrell Malacia arriving last summer to cover the voids in the squad left by their departures, and with Varane expectedly establishing himself as an indispensable member of the back four and Malacia as a rather able backup option for Luke Shaw on the left flank, the situation for 29-y…
(GSM) McDonald Mariga s move to the Premier League is awaiting approval from the Football Association, according to Serie A side Parma.
The Kenyan midfielder, who is a target of Manchester City, has been prevented from completing the deal due to work permit issues.
Parma s general manager Pietro Leonardi told the Italian media on Monday: We hope that this case will be resolved.
We should have some update from England briefly.
Mariga joined Parma on a permanent basis in the summer of 2008, after initially moving on loan from Helsingborgs, and the 20-year-old has made nine league appearances for the club this season.
He is under contract with the Serie A outfit until June 2012.
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Bastian Schweinsteiger downplayed the significance of his ascension to the role of Germany captain, ahead of his first appearance since their World Cup win.
The Bayern Munich midfielder played all 120 minutes in the Germans 1-0 extra-time victory over Argentina in Rio de Janeiro in July, helping Joachim Low s men to a fourth world title.
Schweinsteiger has not appeared for his country since, with Germany playing four European Championship qualifiers and two friendlies to round out their successful 2014 but the Bayern stalwart was sidelined by a left knee problem.
Predecessor Philipp Lahm retired following the World Cup win.
Preparing to wear the armband as Germany s full-time captain for the first time, Schweinsteiger said he did not feel any extra pressu…
Thibaut Courtois has rejected suggestions he could quit Chelsea in favour of a move to Atletico or Real Madrid, insisting he is happy at Stamford Bridge.
The Belgium international impressed during three seasons on loan in LaLiga with Atleti earlier in his career – winning the league title, Copa del Rey and Europa League.
He returned to Chelsea in 2014 and quickly established himself as first-choice goalkeeper, ousting long-term number one Petr Cech in the process.
Courtois is widely regarded as one of the best young goalkeepers in world football and has been linked with both Madrid clubs, but he says his immediate future remains in the Premier League.
I m happy at Chelsea, he said in an interview with The Partidazo COPE. There is no reason not to be ha…
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Looking to sign off their September international fixtures with a flurry on foreign soil, England will make the trip out to Poland on Wednesday night.
Starting with the hosts, while Poland might have really failed to find any kind of form on their summer adventure, the Eagles have managed to bounce back over the past week. Collecting just a single point at the European Championship run, a run highlighted by a shock 2-1 defeat at the hands of Slovakia, new boss Paulo Sousa has seen his side land back-to-back qualifying romps since opening September. Building off of their 4-1 win against Albania earlier in the month as they hit San Marino for seven over the weekend, the one-time Leicester manager has seen his squad gain a reput…
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Fulham and Leeds United will face each other at Craven Cottage in London in the Premier League this week. The game is slated to kick off at 8pm UK time on Friday and promises to be an exciting game of football.
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Fulham are third from bottom in the Premier League table at the moment with 26 points from 29 matches. The Cottagers are just two points behind 17th-placed Newcastle United, who have played 28 games. Scott Parker’s side are still very much in danger of going down from the Premier League at the end of the season, but there have been some very encouraging signs that they could escape the dreaded drop to the Championship.
The Cottagers will head into the match against Le…
Celtic midfielder Joe Ledley wants to discuss a new contract with the Scottish champions despite links of a return to Cardiff City.
The 26-year-old joined Neil Lennon s side in 2010 after previously representing the newly promoted Premier League side.
Reports have suggested the Welshman could be set to return in a £3million deal.
But he moved to quell the speculation and expects to enter talks over a new deal at Celtic Park.
We still haven t officially spoken to the club at the moment, he said.
My agent has been away and the club has been pretty busy as well with sorting out new players.
Hopefully I will be next and sort something out. In the next couple of weeks, if we could sort something out, it would be brilliant.
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Liverpool have been dealt a blow with the news Lucas Leiva is set to be out for a few months with a knee ligament injury.
The Brazil international lasted just 20 minutes as a second-half substitute in Liverpool s 2-2 draw with Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday.
Lucas described hearing a click in his knee and reportedly left Anfield on crutches.
In a press conference at Melwood on Thursday, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said: First of all, personally, I am disappointed for Lucas because he s been very, very important for our squad this season.
It was something that was innocuous really and has put him out for a few months.
Hopefully he ll get back sooner rather than later. He d been in good form this season and had worked his way back into the Brazil sq…