Manchester United are interested in signing Ivan Toney from Premier League rivals Brentford in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners United have submitted a bid of €70 million to the Bees for the striker.
Toney is one of the better strikers in the Premier League and has done well for Brentford during his time at the London club. The 28-year-old has made 15 starts and one substitute appearance in the league for the Bees this season, scoring four goals and providing one assist in the process. The Englishman has made 84 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career. He has scored 36 goals and given 10 assists in those games.
United are eighth in the Premier League table at t…
Lionel Messi became the player with the most assists on record in World Cup knockout matches on Friday, surpassing Pele when he teed up Nahuel Molina s goal against the Netherlands.
Messi produced a trademark assist as Argentina hit the front 35 minutes into their quarter-final clash with the Oranje, slipping a fine reverse ball behind a packed defence for Molina to finish.
Since such records began in 1966, no player has matched Messi s tally of five assists in knockout ties at the tournament, with Pele managing four.
Molina s goal also gave Messi his seventh World Cup assist overall – all of which have come for different goalscorers.
Since 1966, only fellow Argentina great Diego Maradona has laid on more goals at the tournament as a whole, recording ei…
Swansea City midfielder Nathan Dyer has pledged his future the club by putting pen to paper on a new four-year contract at the Liberty Stadium, .
The 25 year old, who netted twice in the Swans 5-0 Carling Cup final victory over Bradford City, had a year remaining on his previous deal, but was delighted to have committed himself to the South Wales club until 2017.
Everton boss Roberto Martinez had been linked with a return for the man who he took to Swansea in 2009, though the new deal ends any speculation that Dyer will move on.
The former Southampton man has won many plaudits during his time in Wales, first gaining promotion in 2011 before landing the man of the match trophy in the clubs biggest ever game at Wembley back in February, form that saw him brief…
Bologna have confirmed head coach Thiago Motta will leave the club at the end of the season, with the former midfielder expected to take over at Juventus.
Motta has overseen an incredible season for the Rossoblu, who have clinched a top-five Serie A finish and Champions League qualification with one game remaining.
He has been touted as a leading contender to succeed Massimiliano Allegri at Juventus, after he parted company with the Bianconeri in the aftermath of last week s Coppa Italia triumph.
Motta s move to Turin now appears imminent after Bologna announced he would not be extending his contract on Thursday.
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Italy Football Federation president Carlo Tavecchio hopes Claudio Ranieri can one day guide the four-time champions to success at the World Cup.
Ranieri and his Leicester City players defied improbable odds this season to claim the Premier League title with two games to spare the club s first top-flight crown in their 132-year history.
Tavecchio was in awe of Ranieri s achievement and hopes he will one day be able to lead Italy to glory.
I hope Ranieri can win a World Cup with Italy, that would be the best, Tavecchio told reporters on Monday.
In Italy the scale of Claudio s success is a unique thing. This means that we export the Italian style with competence, commitment and sense of duty. All are features that are recognised in Ranieri.
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Chivas USA have completed a deal to sign English striker Luke Moore, the MLS side announced on their official website.
The 28-year-old joins the club on a free transfer having earlier cancelled his contract with Turkish club Elazigspor.
Details of the transfer were not disclosed and the striker will be eligible to play for the club subject to receiving his International Transfer Certificate.
Luke Moore came through the youth ranks at Aston Villa and went on to make 87 Premier League appearances for the club, scoring 14 goals, while also enjoying loan spells with Wycombe and West Brom before moving to the Hawthorns in the summer of 2008.
The striker spent two and a half years at the club ahead of the switch to Swansea, where he managed just 10 goals in 55…
Chelsea number one Thibaut Courtois has ruled out a career-long stay at Stamford Bridge, but admitted he is unsure on his preferred destination.
Courtois, 24, signed for the London club in 2011, before spending three seasons on loan at Atletico Madrid.
The goalkeeper is still relatively young for his position but boasts incredible experience having won La Liga and Premier League titles as well as making a Champions League final and, while he is central to Chelsea s long-term plans, it would seem the Belgium international does not hold his club in the same stead.
Courtois has already said he is committed to Chelsea for next season, after being linked to Paris Saint-Germain, but when asked if he was going to spend the rest of his career at the club, Courtois told S…
James McCarthy scored his first Everton goal as they eased to a 2-0 win at Hull City on Sunday to cap a fine season.
McCarthy s strike was added to by Romelu Lukaku just after half-time for Roberto Martinez s side, who controlled the game against a Hull outfit with one eye on next week s FA Cup final.
Everton went in front after eight minutes when McCarthy finished a typically flowing move and they completely dominated, with Steven Naismith firing wide and Lukaku forcing a save just before half-time.
Chances were at a premium for the home side, who saw a Jake Livermore effort go wide and Maynor Figueroa s deflected shot saved.
But any hopes of a Hull fightback were dashed within 60 seconds of the restart as Lukaku got on the end of a fine Leon Osman ball to confi…
Sporting Kansas City are the MLS champions, after surviving an extraordinary penalty shootout with Real Salt Lake to win 7-6.
After normal and extra time finished 1-1, the two sides went to spot kicks and Sporting KC survived giving up a 2-0 lead and Graham Zusi s miss for the title, as Lovel Palmer s penalty for Salt Lake the 20th of the shootout came back off the crossbar to give the hosts the title at Sporting Park in Kansas.
Sebastian Velazquez also had a spot-kick to win it for Real but Sporting goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen proved himself a hero with a diving save to prolong the shootout.
Earlier, Alvaro Saborio gave Salt Lake a 52nd-minute lead as Jason Kreis men closed on what would have been a second title in five seasons.
But Sporting KC, the Eastern Confere…
Vicente del Bosque has received the support of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after the side s shock exit from the FIFA World Cup.
Spain have enjoyed a golden period in the last six years, with consecutive UEFA European Championship victories in 2008 and 2012 sandwiching a World Cup triumph in South Africa four years ago.
However, this time out in Brazil, the Spaniards became the first side to crash out of the tournament following two almost unrecognisable performances.
Netherlands produced a scintillating attacking display to crush them 5-1 in their Group B opener before Chile s high-energy pressing game stifled Spain s patient passing style as the South Americans ran out 2-0 winners on Wednesday.
That defeat left Spain unable to qualify for the…