are preparing an offer of £90million for Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante, according to .
Having built a stellar attacking setup, PSG are looking to add more quality into the defensive side of their midfield, a player whose presence would provide enough cover and fully release the attacking threat of the likes of Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe.
Since his arrival to the Premier League in 2015, it would be fair to say Kante has impressed, winning two league titles in two years with two different clubs. He was a vital ingredient for both Leicester City and Chelsea in their respective title-winning campaigns.
The French midfielder still has three years of his contract at Stamford Bridge remaining, and will therefore not come cheap as look to stabilize themsel…
Gennaro Gattuso s Napoli future appears bleak after the Coppa Italia holders hopes of retaining their crown were ended by a 3-1 defeat at Atalanta.
Gattuso led Napoli to their sixth Coppa Italia triumph in his first half-season at the club in 2019-20, and talks of a new deal were rife earlier this season.
Yet those discussions have made way for reports of Gattuso s imminent departure and, despite a spirited second-half showing sparked by Hirving Lozano s 53rd-minute goal, his time might be up.
Without Kostas Manolas or Kalidou Koulibaly, Napoli s defence was carved open in the first half – Duvan Zapata integral as he scored the opener and twice set up Matteo Pessina, whose double sent Atalanta into a final against last season s runners up Juventus.
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Zinedine Zidane is waiting to learn if Eden Hazard will be fit to return for Real Madrid against Liverpool on Tuesday.
Madrid face a huge week in their season with the home leg of their Champions League quarter-final before a Clasico with Barcelona in LaLiga.
But head coach Zidane is hoping his side will receive a boost ahead of the first meeting with the Reds.
Hazard returned from injury shortly before the international break but then missed the European tie against Atalanta with a damaged hip flexor and was unable to go away with Belgium.
Red Devils boss Roberto Martinez could not even guarantee the €100million winger would make Euro 2020, although he was very positive .
Hazard might be back in action as soon as Tuesday, with Madrid also looki…
Arsenal moved closer to the Women s Champions League quarter-finals after edging Juventus in north London, while Bayern Munich trumped Barcelona in impressive fashion.
The Women s Super League outfit preserved their unbeaten record in Group C through Vivianne Miedema s lone finish, to take a 1-0 win over the Italian giants and cement their hold on the pool.
Defeat for Joe Montemurro s side means reigning champions Lyon have vaulted them into second place after another comfortably victory over Zurich.
Melvine Malard s double was sandwiched by goals for Lindsey Horan and Delphine Cascarino in a 4-0 win, to inject further life into a campaign that saw them go winless over their first two matches.
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Hoping to push their way away from the drop zone in midweek, Getafe will welcome Granada to the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez on Thursday evening.
Starting with the hosts, while Getafe might have put in a gritty display last time out, Quique Sánchez Flores side were left disappointed to have eventually got hit with a 1-0 loss on the road. However, smelling the chance to make an immediate return to winning ways here, the Blues should be boosted by a stellar return from the festive break. Opening up 2022 with a shock 1-0 victory against Spanish giants Real Madrid, Azulones now have their sights firmly set on retaining their La Liga status this season. Still holding just a one-point buffer over slipping into the drop zone, Getafe shou…
Ajax will hope to avoid a fourth-straight defeat in the Johan Cruijff Shield as they prepare to take on AZ in the 2013 final on Saturday.
The competition pits the reigning Eredivisie champions against the holders of the KNVB Beker in a one-off match, though Ajax have found themselves on the wrong end of two losses to FC Twente and one defeat to PSV in the last three years.
However, Frank de Boer s team s chances of glory should be boosted this time around, with the fixture set to take place at their Amsterdam ArenA home.
Ajax remain the second-most successful team in the history of the trophy, having won it on seven occasions to PSV’s nine.
AZ, meanwhile, are looking to win the tournament for only the second time, with their last success coming against Heerenve…
Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna is blocking out speculation linking him with the vacant posts at Chelsea and Brighton and Hove Albion.
McKenna has earned plaudits after leading Ipswich to back-to-back promotions from League One to the Premier League, ending the Tractor Boys 22-year exile from the top flight.
His outstanding work has led to suggestions he is a target for other clubs, with Brighton and Hove Albion being linked with a move after Roberto De Zerbi left the club.
On Tuesday, meanwhile, reports suggested he was a possible contender to take over at Chelsea after Mauricio Pochettino surprisingly left Stamford Bridge by mutual consent.
McKenna saw off competition from Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, Sean Dyche, Unai Emery and John Mousinho to win …
Liverpool will pay Burnley £6.5million for forward Danny Ings, with a possible £1.5m in add-ons following a decision by the Professional Football Compensation Committee.
Ings moved to Anfield from Turf Moor when his contract expired at the end of last season, but Burnley were entitled to compensation as the England international is under 24.
The fee due from Liverpool is a record for one ordered by an English tribunal, surpassing the £3.5m plus a further £3m based on future appearances that Chelsea had to pay Manchester City for Daniel Sturridge in 2010.
Burnley will also benefit from a 20 per cent sell-on clause should Liverpool profit from any future move made by the player.
A statement from the Premier League club read: Liverpool Football Club wo…
Former Tottenham boss Juande Ramos has questioned the club s ambition and believes financial constraints shackle their ability to compete.
The Spaniard spent just a year in charge at White Hart Lane, winning the League Cup in 2008 before being replaced by Harry Redknapp as Spurs sat bottom of the Premier League.
Ramos, whose Dnipro side will face Spurs in the UEFA Europa League later this month, claims he was not delivered signings he wished for such as Samuel Eto o and David Villa, while star performer Dimitar Berbatov was sold.
He also suggested the club are more interested in the future value of potential signings than their quality.
Spurs sold Gareth Bale in the summer and with the €100million they have signed five or six players, Ramos told The Daily Mai…
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and fellow disgraced officials Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner benefitted improperly from bonuses totalling a combined 79million Swiss francs (£55m) over the past five years, according to lawyers conducting an internal investigation at world football s governing body.
Law firm Quinn Emanuel have released figures relating to a series of bonuses, incentives and salary increases enjoyed by Blatter, ex-secretary general Valcke and Kattner, the former deputy secretary general who also served as FIFA s chief financial officer.
Quinn Emanuel believe two clauses in contract extensions granted to Valcke and Kattner in April 2011, shortly before Blatter s successful campaign for re-election against Mohammed Bin Hamman, are contrary to mandato…