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Liverpool are set to welcome Brighton and Hove Albion to Anfield on Saturday afternoon for what should be a very interesting match within the 10th round of the 2021-22 season in the Premier League.
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Jurgen Klopp s team have spilled a couple of points so far, but they remain the only unbeaten team in the Premier League this term, and that says a lot about the way they ve been playing. It s as if they are extremely keen to prove that the woes of last season, which still saw them finish third against all odds, were all down to the incredibly bad luck they had with injuries in the centre-back department.
Be that as it may, those dropped points are the reason why they sit second to Chelsea in the table with 21 to their nam…
Lionel Messi felt hurt when it emerged Barcelona president Joan Laporta had hoped the six-time Ballon d Or winner would play for free in order to stay at Camp Nou.
Messi left Barcelona in August after spending his entire professional career to that point with the club, his contract having expired at the end of June.
Barca expected Messi to be re-signed after they agreed a new contract with him, but LaLiga ultimately blocked them from doing so as the league refused to let the Blaugrana circumvent salary cap rules.
Due to suffering €480million in losses over the previous financial year, during which their debts increased to €1.4billion, Barca saw their salary cap reduced by €280m for 2021-22.
That left them with a spending limit of €97m, less than a…
Stoke midfielder Rory Delap still cannot quite believe he is still playing in the English Premier League.
The 35-year-old has been an integral player for the Potters since they gained promotion to the top-flight in 2008, and due to their hard work they have attracted big name players like Peter Crouch and Jonathon Woodgate to the club.
Delap credits manager Tony Pulis with establishing Stoke City in the Premier League and gaining European football for the club.
If I was being brutally honest, I wouldn t have thought five years ago that I d still be playing at this level, but I ve dug in, Delap said.
When I came to the club, the gaffer said this is where he wanted to be and asked who wanted to be with him, and he and the chairman have kept their promis…
Portugal must overcome a two-leg play-off against Bosnia and Herzegovina if they are to reach next year s European Championship finals.
The draw for the Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs took place in Krakow on Thursday, with Portugal, captained by Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, handed a challenging tie against Balkan opposition.
Bosnia finished just one point behind France in Group D of qualifying, with a late goal from Samir Nasri in the final game scuppering their hopes of an automatic berth in Poland-Ukraine.
The tie will be a replay of their 2010 World Cup play-off in November 2009, which Portugal won 2-0 on aggregate.
The Republic of Ireland received arguably the kindest tie, drawn to play against Estonia, who have never reached a World Cup or Eu…
Liverpool are considering a move for former striker Fernando Torres, .
The Spain international is currently a quarter of the way into a two-year loan at Milan, but the Italian giants are ready to cut the deal short after failing to impress.
He has scored just one goal in ten appearances for the Rossoneri, and looks to have little chance of appearing for Chelsea again with Diego Costa, Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres ahead of him in the pecking order.
With Daniel Sturridge still out injured and Mario Balotelli scoring just twice since he arrived from the San Siro in the summer, the Liverpool are crying out for a new goal scorer and will be hopeful that should a deal for Torres materialise.
The 30 year old scored eighty-two goals in one hundred and …
Liverpool are lining up a £14m move for Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater,.
Reds manager Jurgen Klopp is working hard on strengthening his squad ahead of his first full season in charge at Anfield a campaign without European football though that hasn’t changed his ambitions in the market.
Drinkwater was one of a number of stand out performers for the title winning Foxes, featuring in all but three of the 2015/16 Premier League games, scoring two goals, one of which the late equaliser against Chelsea in the final match of the season.
He moved to the King Power Stadium from Manchester United in January 2012 and has since racked up one hundred and seventy-five appearances for the East Midlands club in all competitions, scoring thirteen goals.
Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare hopes for a breakthrough in the Adrien Silva transfer impasse over the next two days.
The 2015-16 Premier League champions agreed a deal with Sporting CP to bring the Portugal midfielder to the King Power Stadium during the closing hours of the transfer window, in a move worth up to €29.5million, as announced by the Primeira Liga club.
But Leicester reportedly missed the deadline by 14 seconds and the matter is now in the hands of FIFA, the Football Association and the club s legal team.
The state of limbo remains as the Foxes prepare to travel to Huddersfield Town on Saturday and Shakespeare is keen for a resolution.
Unfortunately, it s still an ongoing process, he said.
I d love to be in a positon to…
Italy right-back Matteo Darmian says he and his team-mates are paying little attention to media verdicts, which do not rate the four-time world champions as one of the favourites for Euro 2016.
The 2012 runners-up are not rated as highly as the likes of France and Germany, who are seen as the clear favourites for the title, but Darmian who endured a mixed debut season at Manchester United says Italy are just focussed on preparing as well as they can upon their arrival in France.
We are here with great enthusiasm. Our adventure didn t start today, it started a few weeks ago. We are working well and we want to be ready, he told reporters.
We are looking forward to it and we hope so. It s something we all hope but as I already said, it all depends on the work on t…
According to a recent report from Sport Bild, Bayern Munich’s sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic is refusing to comment on the rumours linking them with a move for Timo Werner. The RB Leipzig striker has been on fire ever since joining the club from Stuttgart in 2016, and at the age of just 22, he still has a lot of room left to grow.
Bayern were said to have agreed on personal terms with the youngster, although no official fee has been confirmed yet between the two parties.
Werner moving to Bayern has always seemed like the natural next step in his progression, especially after breaking into the Germany national team in the last few years.
Bayern are currently going in search of new faces, following a season which has seen them slip down into the role of �…
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Suffering a 2-0 loss in the first leg last month, Manchester United will travel to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night.
Starting with the hosts, picking up a 2-0 win at Old Trafford last month and inflicting United s only defeat under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s tenure, the mood in PSG s camp should be on a high. Continuing their winning run away at Caen over the weekend, former Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel now sees his side holding a 17-point buffer at the top of the Ligue 1 table. With a star-studded list of attacking options, fans around the Parc des Princes will be looking for 20-year-old sensation Kylian Mbappe to continue his outstanding form in the final third. Finding the net in Manche…