Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has slammed a report suggesting he is considering a move to Real Madrid.
Fabregas was a key member of the Spain squad that won Euro 2008 and according to a report last weekend in Spanish sports newspaper Marca he was quoted as saying he might move to the Bernabeu, especially if Arsenal did not win a trophy this season.
But in a statement the 21-year-old told Arsenal s official website here Monday: I have not spoken to any media so it s frustrating to read quotes that I have supposedly said about my future
I have spent the summer relaxing with my family, friends and girlfriend and I return to training with Arsenal tomorrow (Tuesday).
I think that some people are just trying to make mischief but my intentions are very c…
Is Pep Guardiola losing his touch?
Saturday s 2-1 loss at home to bitter rivals Manchester United left the Manchester City manager with his lowest points tally after 16 games of a season.
The defeat at the Etihad Stadium leaves City 14 points off the searing pace set by runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool, who won at Bournemouth earlier in the day.
City, champions in each of the past two seasons, now seem unlikely to make it three in a row and ex-Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss Guardiola has never collected a lower points tally at this stage of a campaign.
His side have lost four times in 16 league games, leaving them with 32 points on the board.
32 This is Pep Guardiola’s worst points return after the first 16 matches of a top-flight se…
Pep Guardiola has questioned whether his Manchester City side are able to compete with the likes of Liverpool, Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The reigning Premier League champions fell 14 points behind leaders Liverpool on Saturday after suffering a 2-1 home defeat to rivals Manchester United.
City s defence was torn to shreds in the opening 30 minutes by United s attack, with Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial putting Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s side 2-0 up.
Nicolas Otamendi set up a grandstand finish with a late header, but City were unable to salvage anything from the game.
Despite dominating English football for the past two seasons and boasting an exceptional, expensive squad, Guardiola has suggested his side might be unable to go toe-to-toe with Europe s b…
Zenit are considering a summer bid for Fiorentina forward Adem Ljajic, the player’s agent has revealed.
Russian newspaper that Zenit boss Luciano Spalletti has been keeping tabs on the Serbian international since 2011.
According to the same source, he even met with the player ahead of Russia vs Serbia friendly played in August 2011.
The Italian coach appears ready to step up his interest in the forward in the summer transfer window, and Ljajic’s representative confirms he is aware of the reported interest in his client.
“We know that the club from St Petersburg want to see Ljajic in their team,” agent Nikola Popovic explained to Izvestia.
“When season ends it will then make sense to talk about a transfer. I need to point out that Adem …
Terek Grozny midfielder Jonathan Legear is hoping to move to the English Premier League, .
The 25-year-old midfielder has a lucrative contract at the Russian Premier League outfit, but he is, nonetheless, looking for a new challenge.
Russian newspaper Izvestia claims that Legear is followed by a number of Belgian clubs, but he would rather go to England, where a number of Premier League sides are showing interest in his services.
Belgian players have largely impressed in England of late, with Kompany, Fellaini, Mirallas, Lukaku and Vertonghen all becoming key players at their respective clubs.
Jonathan Legear began his professional career at Anderlecht, where he made 77 league appearances and scored 15 goals in the process.
He surprisingly opted …
Lyon have slapped a 100 million euro price tag on France international starlet Karim Benzema, according to club president Jean-Michel Aulas on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old, voted last year s player of the year, has got off to a flyer again this season, netting five times to top the French first division s goalscoring chart.
His cool and intelligent 85th minute goal against Fiorentina last week earned Lyon a vital Champions League point, and saved French blushes in the tournament after both Bordeaux and Marseille were defeated.
We have signed a contract with him until 2013, with a get-out clause of 100 million euros, said Aulas, adding that Benzema was integral to their bid for Champions League glory, a tournament in which they have never progressed past the last …
Manchester City will play Sheffield United in the FA Cup semi-finals, while Manchester United are set to face Brighton and Hove Albion should they beat Fulham.
Sunday s draw means the possibility of a Manchester derby in the final is firmly on the cards, though United will have to overcome two strong Premier League rivals in order to set that up.
City will not be taking anything for granted either, though Pep Guardiola s side head into the contest against the Blades as big favourites.
Erling Haaland scored his sixth hat-trick of the season as City routed Burnley 6-0 on Saturday to reach the semi-finals for the fifth straight season.
Sheffield United, meanwhile, scored twice late on to beat fellow Championship side Blackburn Rovers 3-2 on Sunday at Bramall…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp praised Loris Karius and feels he would be proven an idiot if the goalkeeper was not a good shot-stopper.
Karius kept a clean sheet as Klopp s side recorded a 2-0 win over Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday.
The German goalkeeper has become first choice at Anfield, having arrived from Mainz in 2016.
Klopp said he had been pleased with the progress the 24-year-old Karius has made since joining the club.
Look, if he was not a good goalkeeper I would be the biggest idiot in world football if I line him up. Maybe a few people think I am, but he is an outstandingly skilled goalkeeper, he told a news conference.
The start was not very good and in our life people make their assessment immediately and say t…
Former Leicester City striker Emile Heskey believes a top-10 finish should be the aim for the Premier League champions this season.
Claudio Ranieri s men stunned the football world in 2015-16 by landing the title despite starting the campaign as one of the favourites for relegation.
Leicester have managed to retain the bulk of the squad that lifted the trophy in May midfielder N Golo Kante the only notable departure but Heskey is still downplaying their chances of a repeat success.
He told Omnisport: You can never say never, but for me personally I would say a top-10 finish is sufficient.
If you looked at it realistically last season, staying up was the aim. I was saying when they get to that 40 points, the magic 40 points to stay up, [it was time to]…
Argentina will take on a Germany outfit missing several star names in an international friendly in Frankfurt on Wednesday.
Germany captain Philip Lahm leads the list of omissions, along with Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mario Gomez, and Arsenal duo Lukas Podolski and Per Mertesacker, who are preparing for their club s English Premier League opener at home to Sunderland next Saturday.
Schweinsteiger and Gomez are both nursing injuries, leaving Miroslav Klose as the only out-and-out striker in the roster.
Another exclusion from the German side is Hoffenheim goalkeeper Tim Wiese, left out from the squad in favour of Bayern Munich s Manuel Neuer.
Joachim Loew s side includes 17 players from Germany s Euro 2012 campaign, with near misses from that squad Sven Bende…