Neven Subotic stopped his explosive former team-mate Robert Lewandowski from scoring on Saturday, but he could not prevent Cologne from losing to Bayern Munich, leaving the defender to playfully accuse the striker of picking up bad habits since their time together at Borussia Dortmund.
While Lewandowski was denied at RheinEnergie Stadion, Javi Martinez, Juan Bernat and Franck Ribery all breached the hosts backline in a 3-0 Bayern win, Cologne suffering a first home Bundesliga defeat since April 2016.
Subotic is on loan from Dortmund, where Lewandowski starred from 2010 to 2014, before incurring the wrath of the BVB faithful by departing for Bayern.
The boy is simply a grenade, he said of the Poland centre-forward.
He has a robust body, is dynamic [a…
Liverpool defender Martin Kelly has confirmed he is moving to Crystal Palace.
The 24-year-old, who came through Liverpool s youth system, had been strongly linked with a move to Selhurst Park in recent days, and could be in contention to play at Arsenal on Saturday.
And although there has been no official confirmation of the transfer from either club as yet, Kelly took to Twitter to thank Liverpool and announce his Anfield departure.
I would like to thank all the managers at LFC for making my wish from the age of seven come true playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world, he wrote.
Most of all [I] would like to thank the fans for supporting me since my home debut against Lyon in October 2009 even through injuries always by my side.
Now t…
West Ham United and Everton are ready to battle to secure the services of Swansea City midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, according to the Mirror.
The South Wales side are keen to keep hold of the Iceland international but may be powerless to do so if they lose their Premier League status.
Despite his sides’ struggles, Sigurdsson has been in fine form this season playing every one of their league games, scoring nine goals and racking up twelve assists.
Since signing for them from Tottenham Hotspur three years ago the twenty-seven year old has racked up one hundred and twenty-nine appearances for the Swans in all competitions, scoring thirty-seven goals while he also played for them nineteen times during a loan spell in the 2011/12 campaign.
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Brazilian striker Robinho has been reunited with Luiz Felipe Scolari after joining Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande on a six-month contract.
The former Milan and Manchester City attacker was without a club after leaving San Siro at the end of last season, and former Brazil coach Scolari swooped to take Robinho to China, where he will link up with fellow countryman Paulinho, who joined from Tottenham earlier this month.
Robinho, who was a £33 million signing for Manchester City in the summer of 2008, impressed for Brazil in this year s Copa America and Scolari will hope the 31-year-old can help him steer Guangzhou Evergrande to their fifth consecutive Chinese Super League title.
Following a tumultuous, 18-month stay in the Premier League, Robinho ha…
Gabi is confident Atletico Madrid can overturn a one-goal deficit against Bayer Leverkusen to stay in the UEFA Champions League.
Atletico Madrid captain Gabi remains confident the Spaniards can progress to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals despite a first-leg defeat to Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday.
The 2014 beaten finalists suffered their first loss since the opening group game of the competition as Hakan Calhanoglu gave Leverkusen a narrow advantage at the BayArena.
Having scored 14 goals in the group stages, it was a frustrating night for Atleti, with Bernd Leno in good form to keep out the few chances the visitors were able to create.
Atletico now have to score at least twice in the return leg, however they will be confident given their last de…
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Looking to make an immediate return to winning ways in the early hours of Tuesday, Palmeiras will welcome Corinthians to the Allianz Parque.
Starting with the hosts, putting in a nightmare performance over the weekend as they eventually fell to a 3-0 drumming at the hands of Fortaleza, Palmeiras will be desperate to claim an immediate response here. Nevertheless, despite missing out on the chance to reclaim their spot at the top of the Serie A standings, the Big Green are pencilled in as a standout contender to defend their domestic crown this season. Still collecting 15 points from their previous six top-flight appearances, Abel Ferreira’s men should be smelling a real opportunity in the early hours of Tuesday. Breezing their…
2011 and €193 million. Those numbers are significant ones for AC Milan. The first, when the Rossoneri last won the Scudetto. The second, approximately how much they have spent this summer in a bid to re-claim it. Or, at the very least, make it into the top four as next season, Italy will have four representatives in the Champions League yet again.
However, having significantly outspent their cross-town rivals Inter, as well as reigning champions Juventus and fellow title aspirants Napoli and Roma, it goes without saying that Milan are harboring ambitions of more than just breaking into the top four. After all, one doesn t spent nearly €200 million and risk running afoul of Financial Fair Play just to finish in third or fourth spot. One breaks the bank to restore some pride.…
Maurizio Sarri understands why Gian Piero Ventura opted to ignore the claims of his forward Lorenzo Insigne as Italy missed out on World Cup qualification by losing their play-off against Sweden.
In a 2-1 home win against AC Milan on Saturday, Insigne looked in the mood to show Ventura dismissed after Italy missed out on a World Cup place for the first time in 60 years he was wrong to be left as an unused substitute in the second leg.
The forward raced on to a lofted throughball from fellow Italy international Jorginho to open the scoring and set up a victory that sent Napoli four points clear at the top of Serie A.
But Sarri said Ventura s system did not have an obvious place for wide forward Insigne, who had been used in central midfield when he came off the be…
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For the third-round of this year s FA Cup, Championship promotion hopefuls Derby County will travel to Old Trafford to face off with a United side who will now see the FA Cup as their most likely chance to lift a piece of silverware this season.
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For Jose Mourinho s Manchester United side, the Red Devils will be desperate to start the new year afresh. After going on a four-match winless run, during the back end of December, Mourinho s men were back to winning ways on New Year s Day. After a shock upset saw them lose 2-1 to Championship side Bristol City in the EFL Trophy, United went on to endure three consecutive draws against Leicester, Burnley, and Sout…
Sergio Aguero would be surprised if Bernardo Silva leaves Manchester City for Barcelona, but believes the midfielder could play a key role in Xavi s rebuild if a move goes through.
Barca have signed Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Jules Kounde, Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie during a busy transfer window.
With Frenkie de Jong expected to leave Camp Nou, reports have suggested Portugal international Silva is Xavi s next target.
Silva made 50 appearances for City in all competitions last season, a tally only bettered only by Joao Cancelo (52), scoring 13 goals and providing seven assists.
Only Kevin de Bruyne (129) and Jack Grealish (78) created more chances for City than Silva s 76 last term, but he could be on the moving after stating the Prem…