that Barcelona are ready to join the race to sign Manchester United full-back Matteo Darmian.
The Italy international has been linked with a return to his home country in recent weeks with Inter Milan closely monitoring his situation and now La Liga giants Barca have thrown their hat in the ring.
Darmian played thirty-nine times under Louis van Gaal last season, having signed from Torino in the summer of 2015 and he scored his only United goal so far in a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace back in April.
However his only appearances under Jose Mourinho have come in the Europa League while he has only made the match-day squad in the league on two occasions.
The Red Devils were hammered 4-0 by Chelsea on Sunday afternoon leaving them six points behind first p…
Federico Chiesa is likely to be staying at Fiorentina next season despite interest from Napoli and Roma because he is very happy , according to his father Enrico.
The 20-year-old winger enjoyed something of a breakout season in 2017-18, playing 36 league games and scoring six goals.
Although he burst onto the scene in the previous campaign with 27 Serie A appearances, it was in this term that he found consistency and started to become a regular option for the senior Italy side, featuring three times for his country.
Other clubs have started to show interest in the Fiorentina youth product, with Roma and Napoli reported to be most keen, while Juventus, Inter and AC Milan are also said to be keeping an eye on him.
But Chiesa s father, who also played fo…
Chelsea’s Sam Kerr has sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury during the club’s warm weather training in Morocco.
The Blues and Australia striker will begin rehabilitation with the club’s medical team and is likely to be out for an extended period.
Kerr’s injury is a big loss to Emma Hayes’ side who are looking to win their fourth successive Women’s Super League title.
Chelsea Football Club can confirm striker Sam Kerr has sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during our warm weather training camp in Morocco.
— Chelsea FC Women (@ChelseaFCW)
The Matildas captain has scored four goals in eight games for the Blues in the WSL this season and she has dominated in the Champions League, scoring five goals in four.
Vanarama National League South side Maidstone have been handed a trip to Sky Bet Championship promotion chasers Ipswich in the FA Cup fourth round.
Maidstone are the lowest-ranked side left in the competition, having beaten Stevenage 1-0 in the third round on Saturday.
Ipswich, who sit second in the Championship table, were 3-1 winners at AFC Wimbledon.
We re off to in the Fourth round.
— Maidstone United (@maidstoneunited)
National League Eastleigh were also in the draw after earning a replay against League Two Newport.
The winners of that tie will go on to host Wigan or Manchester United, who are playing on Monday night.
League Two Wrexham will be away at Championship side Blackburn, while holders Manchester City will travel…
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed the club are set to sign the likes of Mamadou Sakho, Tiago Ilori and Victor Moses before the transfer window closes on Monday, understands.
Ilori, Moses and Sakho were at Anfield to watch Liverpool defeat Manchester United on Sunday, with the trio expected to join the Reds in the coming hours.
Rodgers is absolutely delighted with the prospect of adding Ilori, Moses and Sakho to his squad, and rightfully so.
The trio will provide the Reds with depth, defensive reinforcements and most importantly, quality.
We hope they can be completed, said Rodgers. I don t think there will be any confirmation until tomorrow.
We need that depth and we need more numbers.
The players that we wan…
Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has hinted he would be open to a swap deal involving Radamel Falcao and Fernando Torres amid resurfacing speculation linking the duo with exits from their respective clubs, .
Torres has failed to established himself as a No. 1 strike option at Chelsea following his £50 million megamove from Anfield to Stamford Bridge in January 2011.
In addition, the arrival of former Liverpool mentor Rafael Benitez much to the chagrin of the Blues supporters has bore no fruit.
According to recent reports, Torres may be offered a Chelsea escape, with Simeone hinting but remaining somewhat coy on whether he would welcome the Spain international back to the Estadio Vicente Calderón.
“Fernando Torres is currently playing …
Thomas Tuchel had proved a very good successor to Jurgen Klopp at Dortmund, but is enduring a sticky patch of late.
Borussia Dortmund host Borussia Monchengladbach at the Westfalenstadion in the German Bundesliga on Saturday afternoon, in a must-win encounter for Thomas Tuchel’s side given their recent woes.
Dortmund have been inconsistent of late which has seen them fall considerably short in the title-race, but with Gladbach having the second-worst away record in the division, can BVB bounce back this weekend?
Dortmund’s title aspirations hang in the balance
Bayern Munich aren’t even top of the German Bundesliga table this season but Borussia Dortmund haven’t been able to take advantage. The latter are currently six places and nine points adrif…
Gareth Southgate was uncomfortable with the love-in surrounding the England team at the World Cup as his side prepare to face Colombia in the last 16.
Southgate opted to rest eight players for England s final Group G fixture, with a 1-0 defeat to Adnan Januzaj s stunning strike seeing the Three Lions finish second in the pool.
Colombia await in Moscow on Tuesday, with England having successfully avoided a potential quarter-final against favourites Brazil, instead lining up a possible last-eight meeting with either Sweden or Switzerland.
That has some England fans plotting their route to the semi-finals even though the team have not won a knockout game at a major tournament since the 2006 World Cup, most recently losing to Iceland at Euro 2016.
And Southg…
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Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers will face each other in the Premier League this coming weekend. The match at St. Mary’s Stadium is slated to kick off at 12pm UK time on Sunday and promises to be an exciting game of football.
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Southampton are going though a bad spell at the moment and need to put together a run of positive results. The Saints suffered a 3-2 defeat to Newcastle United away from home at St. James’ Park in the Premier League this past weekend following a 9-0 hammering at the hands of Manchester United at Old Trafford in the league.
In fact, Southampton have lost their last five Premier League matches. Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side are 12th in t…
Roy Hodgson says Wilfried Zaha could still leave Crystal Palace despite the Premier League s transfer window closing.
Before last week s deadline Palace rejected bids from Everton for Zaha, who was also said to be a target for Arsenal, with the winger handing in a transfer request in an attempt to force a move away from Selhurst Park.
Zaha scored 10 league goals for the Eagles last season after he signed a fresh five-year deal in August 2018.
Palace have reportedly set a value of £80million on the 26-year-old, and though a move to an English club failed to materialise in the most recent window, a transfer abroad could still go through.
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— Wilfried Zaha (@wilfriedzaha)
The transfer window across the continent remains open unti…