Market: Port Vale win
Odds: 3/4 @
Two sides who will turn their attention back to EFL Cup duties on Tuesday night, Port Vale will welcome Sutton to Burslem in midweek.
Starting with the hosts, putting in a gritty performance on their travels over the weekend as they claimed a 1-1 draw away at play-off hopefuls Cambridge, Port Vale should find the mood in their camp at a continued high. While Andy Crosby’s side might have spent large spells of last season looking over their shoulder at a looming relegation scrap, the Valiants have made a string of improvements since opening up the 2023/24 campaign. Extending on their EFL Cup adventure last month as they edged past Crewe, the Burslem-based outfit find themselves battling it out at the top of the League One stand…
Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Franck Kessie from AC Milan in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that Tottenham have already started to explore the possibility of signing the 24-year-old midfielder.
Spurs have a very strong interest in Kessie, who is rated as one of the better midfielders in Italy and is a key figure in the current Milan team. The Ivory Coast international midfielder played a big role in the Rossoneri finishing second in Serie A last season.
Kessie made 36 starts and one substitute appearance in Serie A for Milan , scoring 13 goals and providing four assists in the process. The 24-year-old also scored one goal in eight Europa League games. The midfielder scored four goals and gave one assist in 35 league appeara…
Former Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos put through his own net to hand Barcelona a 1-0 win against Sevilla.
Xavi’s side looked set for a second LaLiga draw in succession following their midweek 2-2 clash at Mallorca before Ramos’ own goal with 14 minutes remaining.
The win takes Barcelona top of the table, one point ahead of Girona and two clear of Real Madrid, who travel to Girona on Saturday.
FULL TIME!
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona)
Following the draw at Mallorca on Tuesday, Xavi made four changes with Robert Lewandowski returning to the starting line-up. Jules Kounde partnered Andreas Christensen in defence, while 16-year-old Lamine Yamal was also handed a start.
For Sevilla, Ramos, 37, who returned to his boyhood club last m…
Cristiano Ronaldo has finally found his next club.
The five-time Ballon d Or winner joined Al Nassr on Friday, signing a reported two-and-a-half-year contract well over a month after agreeing his acrimonious exit from Manchester United.
News of a lucrative contract offer from the Saudi Pro League club initially broke during the World Cup, with Ronaldo said to be in line to earn £62million (€69.9m) per season.
The 37-year-old, perhaps distracted by the ongoing transfer saga, scored just once in Qatar as Portugal bowed out in the last 16. He now leaves Europe for the first time in his storied career.
Al Nassr are not a renowned name but have enjoyed huge success in Saudi Arabia, so what can Ronaldo expect as he heads to Riyadh?
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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…
Market: Palmeiras win
Odds: 1/2 @
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…