Inter Milan plan to open talks with Romelu Lukaku over a new contract, according to . It has been reported that defending Italian champions Juventus are interested in the former Manchester United striker, and Inter want to stave off their interest by tying him down to a new long-term deal.
Lukaku has been on the books of Inter since the summer of 2019 when he made the switch from United. The striker hit the ground running in Serie A and was a key factor why Antonio Conte’s side went so close to winning the Scudetto last season.
According to , the striker scored 23 goals and provided two assists in 36 Serie A matches and scored two goals and gave two assists in five Champions league games for Inter last season. So far this campaign, the 27-year-old has scored eight goa…
Wolfsburg have completed the signing of Bas Dost from Heerenveen for an undisclosed fee.
The Eredivisie outfit have announced on their official website that the striker underwent a medical in Germany on Friday, before inking a five-year deal.
The 2009 Bundesliga champions had long been linked with a move for the 23-year-old, and head coach Felix Magath has now got the attacking reinforcements he was looking for.
Dost is a product of the Emmen youth academy, and also wore the jersey of Heracles before joining Heerenveen at the end of the 2009-10 term.
He netted an impressive 38 goals in all competitions in the 2011-12 campaign, and was crowned Eredivisie top scorer with 32 strikes.
The former Netherlands Under-21 striker had also attracted the in…
Bernd Leno is eager to play for a top international club outside the Bundesliga but maintains he is happy at Bayer Leverkusen for the time being.
The 23-year-old goalkeeper has impressed at the BayArena since moving from Stuttgart in 2011 and was linked with a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid last season.
Leverkusen extended Leno s deal in 2013, ensuring he remains under contract until 2018.
However, Leno maintains he would welcome a move to one of Europe s top clubs at some stage in his career.
I have big goals. I would also like to win titles, he told Sport Bild.
Leverkusen are a top club in Germany, I feel very comfortable here and I have a contract until 2018.
But of course there is the desire of every player during his career…
Chelsea are guaranteed to finish the 2014-15 season as Premier League champions after beating Crystal Palace 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Jose Mourinho s men hosted Palace knowing that a win would be enough to open up an unassailable advantage at the top of the table.
And PFA Player of the Year Eden Hazard duly popped up with the game s only goal, heading home a rebound on the stroke of half-time after his tame penalty had been saved by Julian Speroni.
Chelsea champions for the first time since 2010 will finish the season with two trophies, having also claimed the League Cup in March with victory over Tottenham at Wembley.
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Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw is feeling better mentally and physically than at any time since his horror leg break in 2015.
Shaw was a £30million signing from Southampton in June 2014 and had hit a rich vein of form early in the 2015-16 season under Louis van Gaal, only to suffer a sickening double fracture during a 2-1 Champions League defeat at PSV Eindhoven.
Since returning to full fitness, life has not always been easy for the 22-year-old under Van Gaal s successor Jose Mourinho, who has publicly criticised the England international and left him out of the side for extended periods, with further injury setbacks an added complication.
But Shaw was named in United s starting XI for the fourth consecutive Premier League game against Stoke City on Monda…
One of Marseille s favourite sons returned home last month and French left-back Lucas Digne says the Stade Velodrome was always in Dimitri Payet s heart.
Having left for Premier League side West Ham in 2015, France international playmaker Payet returned to Marseille in a £25million deal before the transfer window shut in January.
While angering West Ham and their fans, Payet was lauded on France s south coast for his determination to make it back to the Ligue 1 club, where he spent two seasons before moving to London.
And Payet s second coming, as well as Patrice Evra s arrival from Italian champions Juventus, came as no surprise to Barcelona defender and France team-mate Digne following Euro 2016 on home soil.
Speaking to Omnisport as Marseille prepare…
Aston Villa have signed Jota from rivals Birmingham City on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reuniting the Spanish winger with manager Dean Smith.
Jota was a key player for Smith at Brentford before joining Birmingham in 2017, going on to make 75 appearances during a two-year spell at St Andrews.
The 27-year-old has previously played for hometown club Celta Vigo, Real Madrid Castilla and Eibar, and Smith expressed his delight at having him in his squad for Villa s first season back in the Premier League.
I worked with Jota at Brentford, Smith told the club s official website. He s a superb, talented player and Birmingham signed him as their record transfer.
I can t wait to be in the with this club. speaks for the first time as an player.
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Jose Mourinho has refused to declare any interest in a return to Real Madrid out of respect for Zinedine Zidane.
Since replacing Santiago Solari during the second half of last season, Zidane has failed to rekindle the magic that saw him bring three consecutive Champions League titles to the Santiago Bernabeu between 2016 and 2018.
Wednesday s humbling 3-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in Europe s top competition led to fresh questions about his future, although former Madrid boss Mourinho declined to put himself forward as an alternative during an interview with Deportes Cuatro on Friday.
There are two types of rumours. One, when one speaks about Zidane, who is one of ours and it hurts us when our teams aren t going well, he said.
You have to live with…
James Milner is devastated by Joe Gomez s latest injury lay-off but is confident his Liverpool team-mate will return even stronger.
Gomez sustained a knee injury during a training session with England last week and will miss a significant part of 2020-21 after undergoing surgery.
The 23-year-old recovered from a long-term anterior cruciate ligament injury during his first season at Anfield and also bounced back from a broken leg in 2018.
Fellow centre-back Virgil van Dijk is out for the rest of the season, meanwhile, and makeshift defender Fabinho has also recently had a spell on the sidelines.
From the 52 matches Gomez and Van Dijk have played in together, Liverpool s win percentage is 76.9, compared to 74.5 from the 47 in which one or both has not been…
Liverpool maintained their hopes of winning the Champions League for the second time in three years with a narrow 1-0 win against Ajax on Tuesday evening.
The defending Premier League champions won Europe’s premier club competition in the 2018-19 campaign, and they remain on course to do the same this season as well.
On Tuesday evening, Jurgen Klopp’s side got the better of Ajax at Anfield in Group D to book their place in the last-16 stage.
Curtis Jones took advantage of a goalkeeping error from Andre Onana to turn home a cross from Neco Williams from close range in the 58th minute.
The result means that Liverpool have secured top spot in Group D with 12 points from five matches and are now rated at 6/1 by to win the Champions League this season.<…