West Ham are lining up a move for former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez, according to the Mirror.
The East London club are ready to meet the Mexico international’s release clause as they look to add more fire power ahead of the forthcoming Premier League season.
Hernandez has spent the last two season’s with Bayer Leverkusen, where he has scored thirty-nine times in seventy six appearances in all competitions.
He also boasts Premier League experience having notched up over one hundred appearances in the English top flight during his time at Old Trafford.
He also helped the Red Devils to the league title in both 2011 and 2013 while he was named the fan’s Player of the Year in his first season with the club.
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Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson said the club will tap into Esteban Cambiasso s knowledge of Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho in an attempt to unravel the Premier League champions-elect.
Cambiasso played under Mourinho during the Portuguese manager s spell in charge of Inter, winning the UEFA Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia in 2009-10.
The two men will come together at King Power Stadium on Wednesday as Leicester bid to win a fifth straight league game and stay outside the relegation zone.
It will be discussed [Mourinho s tactics], of course it will, said Pearson.
The bottom line is we come up against a side who are very accomplished, who have a lot of talent in there and are in the driving seat in terms of league position.
We …
Lucien Favre praised Borussia Dortmund s season despite being disappointed to miss out on the Bundesliga title on Saturday.
Dortmund recorded a 2-0 win at Borussia Monchengladbach on the final day of the season, but Bayern Munich thrashed Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 to secure the title by two points.
While his team fell short, head coach Favre said securing 76 points – Dortmund s most since 2015-16 – was a fine achievement.
It is a disappointment. Sure, we did not give up hope, he told a news conference.
At one stage it was 1-1 between Bayern and Eintracht Frankfurt, then Bayern immediately scored to make it 2-1. We still believed in it, but most of all we focused on our game, on our task. We did not look much at the other teams results.
In the…
I have my agent to take care of it so I can play football, he told a Danish outlet. Then we see where it ends. There have been talks with Tottenham many times. I cannot say if it’s over just yet – you must ask them.
These are the words of Christian Eriksen, who is attempting to get an extension of some kind with Tottenham Hotspur. This will serve as music to the ears of Spurs fans around the world who have been dying to see the Dane re-sign for the North London club, especially after rumours surfaced recently linking him with a move away.
The 26 year old joined Tottenham back in 2013 from Dutch giant Ajax, and since then he s been able to establish himself as not only a fan favourite with the club but also as one of the best players in the Premier League, and perh…
Chelsea have been hard pressed by Real Madrid when it comes to keeping the services of Eden Hazard. Like any other club with ambition, they are reluctant to lose their star player, one who has been instrumental in everything they ve won since his arrival in 2012 two Premier League titles and a Europa League trophy, along with one FA Cup and one League Cup.
Various speculations have been coming out over the recent months about his future with his contract expiring in 2020 and Real interested in his signature, often fueled by the player himself with indefinite statements. Recently, reports in several Spanish outlets claimed Hazard had already agreed a move to Santiago Bernabeu.
But now, say Chelsea have prepared an offer which, if accepted, would make the Belgian the hig…
Bolivia coach Eduardo Villegas hit back at social media criticism ahead of their second Copa America outing against Peru, adamant fans cannot expect immediate results from an unfamiliar squad after losing to Brazil.
La Verde were comprehensively beaten 3-0 in their Copa opener, offering precious little in attack as Tite s men took charge of Group A.
Although expectations of Bolivia were low, the performance did not see them put up much of a fight and the team were the subject of significant criticism of social media platforms.
But Villegas thinks Bolivia are being harshly judged, particularly given how inexperienced his squad is, with only five members of the selection having 25 or more caps to their name.
Speaking to Deporte Total ahead of Tuesday s clas…
David Villa is determined to go to the World Cup as part of the Spain squad, having ended a three-year wait for an international cap in 2017.
New York City FC striker Villa had not been selected since the 2014 World Cup when Spain coach Julen Lopetegui called him up for September s double-header of qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Italy.
Injury restricted Villa to a single minute of action across the two matches, while Lopetegui has plenty of attacking options for his squad, with Chelsea forward Alvaro Morata and Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa among them.
But Villa, who went to the 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups with Spain, believes he can force his way into Lopetegui s plans.
I know that Lopetegui is watching me and that I m one of the attackin…
Willian said I did not come to Brazil to get threatened after leaving Corinthians just under a year after joining his boyhood club.
The midfielder returned to his homeland last August after his Arsenal contract was terminated.
Willian will be on the move again after revealing he has been subjected to death threats from fans and his family have also been targeted.
I did not come to Brazil to get threatened, the former Brazil international told the Globo Esporte.
Whenever Corinthians lost and if sometimes I was not doing well in the game, my family received threats, and curses on social media.
My wife, my daughters, after a while [they] also started attacking my father, and my sister.
Corinthians said in a statement: Corinthians accept…
Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan s expected switch to Basaksehir is 99 per cent done and could be announced on Friday, according to his agent.
Turan has struggled for game time since his move to Barca from Atletico Madrid in 2015 and he is yet to make an appearance this season.
The 30-year-old is set to play club football in his homeland for the first time since 2011 as he nears a move to Basaksehir, who are top of the Super Lig.
We have said yes to Basaksehir and Barcelona, with 99 per cent chance, will also say yes to the offer, Turan s agent, Ahmet Bulut, told A Spor.
Everything s going well. The announcement to be made tomorrow.
Turan has made 55 competitive appearances for Barca, scoring 15 goals.
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Georginio Wijnaldum believes Manchester United are a greater rival to Liverpool than Everton because Jose Mourinho s side are competing for silverware.
Liverpool travel to Goodison Park to face Everton on Saturday, with the Reds having long since secured Premier League supremacy on Merseyside for another year, with the Toffees way back in ninth.
Midfielder Wijnaldum therefore believes games against United two points and one position above third-place Liverpool are of more importance, comparing the situation to that former club Feyenoord face in the Eredivisie.
If Everton have some good results during the year and are also going to play for the title, I think then it s a much bigger match than it is right now, the Netherlands international told ESPN.
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