Kylian Mbappe could have his pick of clubs in LaLiga and the Premier League after firing Monaco to Ligue 1 glory, former Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho says.
The teenage attacker has scored 26 goals in all competitions this season, helping the principality club to the Champions League semi-finals and break Paris Saint-Germain s dominance of French football.
Manchester rivals City and United and Spanish champions-elect Real Madrid have been strongly linked with close-season moves for Mbappe that could see sums tipping nine figures.
Carvalho was a substitute alongside Mbappe before he emerged from the bench to make his debut against Tottenham in the 2015-16 Europa League and, having won the Premier League with Chelsea before playing in Spain with Real Madrid, t…
that Gary Cahill is closing in on a new contract with Chelsea.
The defender’s current deal runs out at the end of next year and, despite the club’s struggles this season they are unlikely to let a player of his stature enter the final year of his contract.
Cahill moved to Stamford Bridge from Bolton Wanderers in January 2012, and has so far racked up one hundred and seventy-one appearances for the Blues in all competitions, scoring fourteen goals.
He has winners medals in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Europa League and Champions League while internationally he has been capped forty times for England with three of those appearances coming at last summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil.
The twenty-nine year old played as Chelsea thumped M…
Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Enock Mwepu has been forced to retire from playing competitive football due to a hereditary heart condition, but in his announcement, the 24-year-old said he would remain involved in the game in some capacity.
The Seagulls boss Roberto De Zerbi is keen to help.
I m ready to help him.
Roberto De Zerbi on Enock Mwepu being forced into retirement from football because of health issues
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Sweden and Armenia will face each other in a friendly international this weekend. The match is slated to kick off at 7:45pm UK time on Saturday and will be held at Venue Friends Arena in Solna.
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Sweden will be looking to use the match against Armenia as a warm-up game to the Euro 2020 finals this summer. Janne Andersson’s side s game against Armenia is their final friendly before they kick off their Group E campaign with a match against Spain.
The Blue and Yellow will head into the match against Armenia on the back of a 2-0 win against Finland. Robin Quaison and Sebastian Larsson scored the goals.
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Quaison will lead the line for Sweden, while Marcus Berg shou…
Barcelona leapfrogged Catalan rivals Girona into second place in LaLiga after Lamine Yamal’s second-half goal handed them a 1-0 win against Real Mallorca.
The 16-year-old winger netted his sixth goal of the season in the 73rd minute, cutting inside on to his left foot and lashing a shot into the corner to break the visiting sides’ resolve.
Mallorca striker Vedat Muriqi had headed against the crossbar with goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen beaten, as Barca’s six-game unbeaten run in the league came under threat.
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Victory drags them to within five points of leaders Real Madrid, who have a game in hand.
Defending Serie A champions Napoli’s mini revival stalled as Torino hit back to earn a 1-1 dra…
Barcelona are a tough proposition but Real Madrid will gain the upper hand when the Spanish giants clash in the first classico of the season on Monday, Real s Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo predicted Thursday.
Barcelona is still a very difficult team. Barca is a very strong team, especially when they play at home. They are there to fight for the league title, he told reporters on the sidelines of a promotional event.
We know they are playing at a good level and for this reason it will be an important and beautiful game. May the best team win. And the best team will be Madrid, the 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year added.
Ronaldo rejected suggestions that the match would be decisive like a final, claiming it is just another match .
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Michael Tarnat and Jurgen Jung have left their roles within the Bayern Munich youth set-up by mutual consent.
Tarnat, who was the side’s sporting director, and Jung, the youth scouting director, asked to be released from their positions according to a statement on Bayern s website.
The statement continued: Different views on the future focus of the club s youth section led to the step. FC Bayern thanks Michael Tarnat and Jurgen Jung for their work and wishes them all the best for their professional and private future.
Tarnat spent six years at Bayern during his playing career before returning in a coaching capacity following his retirement, while Jung joined the Bundesliga champions in 2012.
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Laurent Blanc and Paris Saint-Germain are seemingly prepared to lose Ezequiel Lavezzi for nothing in the off-season after ruling out a January move for the Argentine.
Lavezzi will be a free agent at the end of June when his contract with the French champions expires, unless the club and player can come to a new agreement.
But a new deal to remain in the French capital seems unlikely, with the Argentina international heavily linked with a return to Italy, which is reportedly his preferred destination according to his agent.
Lavezzi joined PSG from Napoli in 2012 for almost €30 million and has made over 150 appearances for Blanc s team, but the French coach will not be tempted to try and recoup some of the investment made in the forward by selling him in the curr…
Lionel Messi needed a professional on his side and not his father as he attempted to leave Barcelona, according to former Argentina team-mate Hernan Crespo.
After initially telling Barca he wished to leave after a trophyless campaign in 2019-20, and amid frustration with the Camp Nou board, Messi performed a U-turn and elected to stay with the embattled LaLiga giants.
Messi s contract expires next year, with Barca having been desperate to keep hold of their superstar captain as they look to overhaul the squad under new head coach Ronald Koeman, who replaced Quique Setien last month.
But Crespo believes the crisis could have been avoided, telling TyC Sports: Here again, with this whole situation, the issue is that with all due to respect to Jorge Messi, it seems…
Former Premier League referee Bobby Madley has revealed he was sacked for sending a video in which he mocked a disabled person.
Madley left his role in August 2018 and refereeing body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) said at the time he had decided to relocate due to a change in his personal circumstances .
However, the 34-year-old explained in a blog post on Tuesday titled Time to move on that he had been dismissed with immediate effect for gross misconduct on grounds of discrimination .
Madley wrote that he sent a video to a friend, which was later passed to his employers, in which he captioned a clip of a person with a walking impairment: F*** me, I have a chance of winning the parents race this year.
The official said he had be…