Lionel Messi’s final game for Paris St Germain ends in defeat to Clermont

Real Madrid are set to allow Mariano and Brahim Diaz leave the Santiago Bernabeu in January, according to .

Mariano arrived in 2018 from Olympique Lyon for just over €21 million to provide cover and a potential long-term replacement for Karim Benzema, but he has so far failed to justify the money invested in him. He hasn t played at all this season and head coach Zinedine Zidane has no place for him in his plans. Real are therefore willing to part with the 26-year-old permanently.

On the other hand, Brahim Diaz came in from Manchester City for €17 million as a young prospect for a future midfield look, but his time seems to be a long way off yet. Unlike Mariano, he is in Zidane s thoughts, but the competition for his position is too strong at the moment. The club wi…

Jurgen Klopp rates Manchester City as one of the strongest teams in world football and acknowledges Liverpool will need to be at 110 per cent to beat them.

Reigning Premier League champions City travel to Anfield for a top-of-the-table clash on Sunday, with the two sides locked on 19 points at the summit.

Liverpool have won each of the teams last three meetings in all competitions, beating them 4-3 at home in the top flight before running out 3-0 and 2-1 victors in the Champions League.

But, despite that impressive run following the 5-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium in September 2017, Klopp is adamant he has not stumbled upon a formula that guarantees a win over City.

He said: We beat City three times last season and not once after any of those games did …

Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Dusan Vlahovic from Juventus as a potential replacement for Kylian Mbappe, according to . France international forward Mbappe in the January transfer window, and the defending Ligue 1 champions want to bring in the 22-year-old Serbia international striker as his replacement.

Vlahovic has been on the books of Juventus since January 2022 when he moved from Serie A rivals Fiorentina. Much was expected of the Serbian youngster when he arrived in Turin, but the striker has failed to replicate his Fiorentina form at the former Serie A and UEFA Champions League winners.

The Serbian star has made eight appearances in Serie A for Juventus so far this season, scoring five goals and providing one assist in the process. Vlahovic has al…

Lee Tomlin has signed for Middlsbrough on a permanent basis, .

The striker moved to Teeside on loan from League One promotion hopefuls Peterborough United during the January transfer window, but has now put pen to paper on a three-and-a-half year deal with the club.

The 25 year old scored forty-one goals in one-hundred-and-fifty-one games for the Posh following his transfer from Rushden and Diamonds in 2010.

He is yet to make his debut for Aitor Karanka’s side, but he could do so at home to Leeds United on Saturday afternoon after completing a three game ban.

Tomlin was shown a red card in Peterborough’s 5-4 defeat to Oldham Athletic towards the end of January, and has not featured since.

Middlesbrough, who have not managed to score sin…

Ajax Amsterdam head coach Frank de Boer has no plans to leave the Dutch club despite rumours he will join Inter next season.

There has been plenty of speculation in the Italian media that Inter are keen on replacing Walter Mazzarri with De Boer at the end of the 2013/14 campaign but after the Milan-based club s owner Erick Thohir dismissed the rumours last week, the Dutchman said he was fine at Ajax .

De Boer, who was installed as Ajax s boss in 2010, has led the club to three straight Eredivisie titles and looks on track for a fourth, as his side lead the Dutch league by six points with seven rounds remaining.

My future? I m fine at Ajax, he told Dutch public broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting.

If there is a need to address this issue, we ll see what happe…

Everton striker Romelu Lukaku admits he could leave Goodison Park at the end of the season and says he would relish working with Jose Mourinho again.

Mourinho allowed Lukaku to join Everton from Chelsea initially on loan in 2013, after the Belgium international failed to hold down a first-team place at Stamford Bridge.

A £28million permanent switch followed in July 2014 and Lukaku has racked up 28 goals in 65 league appearances since.

Manchester United are among the clubs to have been linked with Lukaku and, with Mourinho the favourite to succeed under-pressure Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford, a reunion between the pair could be on the cards.

Some may say I need to convince him, but it is not a question of that, Lukaku told La Derniere Heure. 

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Juventus moved another step closer to the Serie A title as they came from behind to defeat AC Milan 2-1 at San Siro on Saturday.

In a thrilling encounter, Alex gave Sinisa Mihajlovic s men a first-half lead, but Mario Mandzukic promptly equalised before Paul Pogba struck a controversial winner midway through the second half.

Juve were also indebted to a magnificent performance from captain Gianluigi Buffon, who produced stunning saves in both halves to keep out Mario Balotelli, who produced arguably his best performance since returning to Milan.

The win moves Juve nine points clear of Napoli ahead of their nearest rivals game in hand at home to Verona on Sunday, with a fifth consecutive Scudetto moving closer. 

Sixth-placed Milan have accumulated just t…

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After five years of waiting, the European Championship is finally back in our lives as we gear up for the start of UEFA Euro 2020 tonight. There are 24 nations who will be battling it out for the right to be called European champions and while 23 will fall short, we re bound to have an awful lot of fun along the way. Today, we re going to take a look at what should prove to be a fascinating encounter between the Netherlands and Ukraine in Group C.

Netherlands

The Dutch haven t been at the races for the last few major tournaments mainly because they haven t actually been there. Now, they ve at the big dance, and there are still questions regarding the strength of their squad and whether the coaching team can do…

World Cup-winning France defender Adil Rami has joined Boavista on a two-year contract after spending over three months as a free agent.

The 34-year-old former Marseille and Milan centre-back left Sochi, where he made no first-team appearances, in May after claiming the Russian side failed to pay him.

Boavista finished 12th in the Primeira Division in 2019-20 but are shaping up strongly for the new season, having signed former Manchester United youngster Angel Gomes – on loan from Lille – and Javi Garcia before adding Rami to their ranks.

Rami was in talks with Serie B side Reggina but negotiations broke down and he opted to join Boavista.

He will hope to revive his career in Portugal after an ill-fated spell in Russia, which followed an unsuccessful …

(GSM) Uefa Euro 2008-winning midfielder Marcos Senna could be sidelined for up to 10 weeks through a right thigh injury, according to his employers Villarreal.

The 34-year-old Brazilian-born, who was pivotal in Spain s Euro 2008 win, suffered the injury in the Copa del Rey Last 16 first leg 0-0 draw with Valencia a week ago.

Senna, who failed to make it to Spain squad for the 2010 World Cup this year, returned to Brazil for Christmas and underwent medical tests there which revealed the extent of the injury.

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