Raheem Sterling is open about a move away from Manchester City for more game time.
The 26-year-old dropped down the pecking order at City last season before an excellent Euro 2020 campaign, where he scored three times for runners-up England.
Sterling has only managed five starts in all competitions this season and could be on the move in the January transfer window.
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Barcelona will make completing a loan deal for Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling their priority in January, claims Sport.
Sterling faces strong competition for places at City and has spoken publicly about his desire for more time on the field.
The Catalans have financial restraints inhibiting their transfer acti…
Roque Santa Cruz looks likely to end his miserable spell at Manchester City by joining Botafogo, according to his agent.
The Paraguayan striker moved to the Etihad in the summer of 2009 after the Abu Dhabi take
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over of the club for 17.5 million pounds, but failed to establish himself after boss Mark Hughes was replaced by Roberto Mancini and has been on loan at Malaga this season.
Despite enjoying a successful spell with the La Liga outfit in the current campaign, the financial difficulties at La Rosaleda mean a permanent transfer has always been unlikely, and his agent has now confirmed that a move to the Brazil Serie A is close to completion.
The situation is calm, the player wants to play for Botafogo and the club is interested in signing him. Ther…
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Having come to terms with their failure to qualify for Europe next season, Brighton and Hove Albion will play host to Chelsea in a postponed Premier League fixture on Wednesday evening.
Brighton drew 1-1 with Newcastle in their previous game, while Chelsea emerged triumphant from their trip to Nottingham Forest, winning an exciting contest by 3-2.
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Brighton have been struggling offensively, failing to score more than once in their last 14 matches across all competitions. In their recent match at St James Park, Joel Veltman initially put the Seagulls in the lead with a bundled effort but had to leave the field due to injury. Newcastle capitalized on Veltman s absence when Tariq Lamptey replaced him; E…
The agent of Paris Saint-Germain talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Mino Raiola, has confirmed the player will not be leaving the Parc des Princes this summer, .
Ibrahimovic, who joined PSG from AC Milan in a deal reportedly worth €20 million last summer, has been linked with a sensational return to Italian champions Juventus in recent weeks.
The Sweden international has won a league title in nine of the last 10 years, with six different clubs: AFC Ajax Amsterdam (2003-04), Juventus (2004-05, 2005-06), FC Internazionale Milano (2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09), FC Barcelona (2009-10), AC Milan (2010-11) and Paris Saint-Germain (2012-13).
Only in 2011-12 was Ibra denied the league title after former club Juventus went the entire season unbeaten (23-15-0).
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Barcelona marked Luis Enrique s 100th game as coach of the club with a 2-0 victory over La Liga s bottom side Levante at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia on Sunday.
Luis Enrique completed a century of matches in all competitions at the Barca helm with an 80th win as Luis Suarez s second-half stoppage-time strike added to an early own goal from Levante captain David Navarro.
The injury-time strike sent Uruguay star Suarez top of the Pichichi standings as La Liga s leading goal-scorer this season ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, with Real Madrid in action away to Granada later in the day.
Despite not being as impressive as in the crushing 7-0 victory over Valencia in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, the Catalan giants did enough to re-open a three-point advantage over Atletico …
Porto left-back Rafa Soares is flattered by reported interest from Liverpool, but insists he is solely focused on breaking into Sergio Conceicao s squad.
Omnisport understands that Liverpool are one of a number of Premier League clubs to have taken an interest in Soares, who spent last season on loan at Porto s Primeira Liga rivals Rio Ave.
The Portugal youth international, who is yet to feature for Porto s senior team, made 38 appearances in all competitions in 2016-17 – scoring three goals and contributing seven assists.
But with Porto in financial trouble after breaking UEFA s Financial Fair Play rules, which has already prompted the estimated €40million sale of Andre Silva to AC Milan, Soares – out of contract in 2020 and with a €15m release clause �…
Southampton are keen to re-sign Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the summer, .
The South Coast club are ready to make the winger their highest paid player as they look to push on next season.
Oxlade-Chamberlain swapped St Mary’s Stadium for the Emirates in the summer of 2011 and he has since racked up close to one hundred and fifty appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring fourteen goals.
During his time with Southampton he scored ten times in forty-three games while he has gone on to be capped twenty-four times for England.
He has five senior international goals to his name and was part of the Three Lions’ squads that attended the 2012 European Championships in Poland and Ukraine and the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
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When the United States Supreme Court overturned the PASA 1992 law that banned sports betting, Major League Soccer (MLS) publicly supported the move. The league acknowledged that regulatory bodies need to work diligently with professional sports leagues in order to protect the integrity of sports and stated that they looked forward to the process.
Major League Soccer is not as popular in the United States as the NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL hockey. When you look at any stats concerning MLS, you will find that .
As far as fans go, it is more on par with the Canadian Football League. Still, MLS is quite successful in some cities.
Atlanta has averaged 48,000 spectators at their home games while Kansas City has sold out their 20,000 plus seats for over 100 games. Nonet…
Javier Hernandez s £16million return to England with West Ham ought to have defenders up and down the Premier League quaking in their boots.
The Hammers have not had much recent luck in the striking department. Only one forward has managed double figures for West Ham since their return to the Premier League in 2012 Diafra Sakho bagging 10 league goals in 2014-15.
Hernandez s best return in four seasons with Manchester United was the 13 he scored in his debut campaign, but he went on to reach double digits in the following seasons also, despite rarely starting under Alex Ferguson.
In total, Hernandez scored 37 league goals for United in 103 appearances, of which just 49 were starts.
Mexico s leading scorer netted his goals at a rate of every 130.2 minutes…
Mikel Arteta thanked Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola after Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in the FA Cup final to give the head coach what he described as the best moment of his career.
Arteta left his position as City assistant in December after three years alongside Guardiola to take over from Unai Emery at Emirates Stadium.
The 38-year-old has enjoyed a successful first campaign at Arsenal, culminating in Saturday s win at Wembley to take their record tally of triumphs in the famous competition to 14.
And Arteta, who becomes the first Arsenal boss to win a major trophy in his first season in charge since George Graham in 1986-87, was quick to laud Guardiola.
He has been a key figure in my development as a coach, he said at his post-match news conference.…