Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has offered his sympathy to David Moyes after Manchester United sacked the Scot on Tuesday.
Moyes – appointed as the successor to the legendary Alex Ferguson in May last year – failed to last 12 months of his six-year deal, paying the price for United s dismal results.
The Premier League champions sit seventh in the table, a whopping 23 points behind table-toppers Liverpool, and their chances of UEFA Champions League football next season were finally ended after Sunday s 2-0 defeat at Everton.
The club s record in the cup competitions was also poor, leading to Moyes departure, and Ancelotti – preparing his team for Wednesday s Champions League semi-final first leg against Bayern Munich – is surprised by the decision to part com…
Paris Saint-Germain can pile the pressure on Ligue 1 leaders Marseille when they return to action on Friday against Metz.
The champions trip to the Stade Saint-Symphorien is the first game of the French top flight following the international break, with Marseille not in action until Sunday.
PSG and Marseille went head to head prior to the international fixtures, with goals from Lucas Moura and Edinson Cavani striking a blow for the defending champions against Marcelo Bielsa s pacesetting side.
Laurent Blanc s men can continue their fightback to regain top spot this week and could find themselves in first place by the time Marseille face Bordeaux at the Stade Velodrome.
PSG and Metz have not met since January 2008 a comfortable 3-0 win for the Parisians th…
Emerson Royal has completed his move from Barcelona to Tottenham, joining the Premier League club on a deal that runs until 2026.
The full-back arrives to strengthen Spurs’ squad in a deal worth £21.5million (€25m), according to the selling club.
Emerson will provide competition for Japhet Tanganga and Matt Doherty on the right side of the Tottenham defence, with Serge Aurier seemingly falling out of favour under Nuno Espirito Santo.
The Brazil international departs Camp Nou having made just three appearances since Barca exercised the option to bring in the player from Real Betis, where he had spent the past two-and-a-half years.
Emerson moved to Spain in a three-way deal in January 2019, both Betis and Barca each paying half of the …
David Villa joined an elite group of players to reach 400 goals after scoring twice in a milestone performance as New York City overcame Dallas 3-1 in MLS.
Spain s all-time leading scorer Villa netted his 400th and 401st career goals as the 36-year-old forward inspired New York to victory on Sunday.
Former Barcelona and Atletico Madrid star Villa became the sixth active player to score 400 goals, joining Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto o.
New York s unbeaten start to the season was ended by Portland Timbers last week but Patrick Vieira s men returned to winning ways at Yankee Stadium.
Welcome to the 400 Club,
— New York City FC (@NYCFC)
Jesus Medina put New York ahead after three minute…
Andreas Cornelius netted a second-half winner to help Copenhagen to a deserved 2-1 victory over Ajax in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie.
The towering striker made the difference with a superb header just before the hour mark after Peter Ankersen s sublime cross from the right, beating Matthijs de Ligt in the air to leave goalkeeper Andre Onana without a chance.
The Danish champions had previously gone a goal up through Rasmus Falk after just 27 seconds, only for Kasper Dolberg to score a controversial equaliser from what seemed like an offside position, but there would be no denying the home side in the end.
Copenhagen were brimming with confidence heading into Thursday s encounter following their superb home form over the past 18 months, la…
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Knowing that they could potentially break into the play-off places on Saturday afternoon, Sunderland will welcome Swansea to the Stadium of Light.
Starting with the hosts, while Sunderland might have only made their Championship return this season, the Black Cats have continued to gain a string of plaudits from across England s second-tier. Last seen extending on their FA Cup run thanks to a 2-1 victory away at Shrewsbury, Tony Mowbray s men appear to be riding quite the wave of momentum on either side of the World Cup break. Suffering just a single defeat from any of their previous eight domestic showdowns across all formats, the former Blackburn boss should find the mood in his camp at a real high. Opening this week…
Fenerbache are eyeing a move for Chelsea midfielder Marco van Ginkel, according to Talksport.
The twenty-five-year-old moved to Stamford Bridge from Vitesse in 2013 but managed just four appearances before being ruled out for most of that campaign with an ACL injury.
He is yet to appear for the Blues again having been shipped out on loan, first to Milan then Stoke City before moving to PSV in January 2016 and he has been with the Eredivise outfit ever since.
He has played sixty-four times for PSV, scoring thirty-one goals and was part of the squads that won the title in both 2016 and 2018.
His fourteen league goals last term was bettered by just one of his teammates – Mexico forward Hirving Lozano.
Internationally, he has been capped eig…
Athletic Bilbao have announced that Jose Angel Ziganda has been appointed as the club s new head coach.
The 50-year-old has signed a two-year deal to succeed Ernesto Valverde, whose departure after four years in charge was confirmed on Tuesday.
Jose Angel Ziganda will be the new coach of Athletic Club for the next two seasons, a statement from the LaLiga outfit confirmed.
Ziganda will be presented to the media at 1200CET at San Mames on Thursday.
He spent seven years with the club as a player between 1991 and 1998 before returning as part of the coaching staff in 2011, following spells in charge of Osasuna and Xerez.
Valverde has been heavily linked with the Barcelona job, with Luis Enrique to step down after the Copa del Rey final on Saturday.<…
David De Gea feels Isco has the talent and personality to become one of the greatest after the Spain international made a flying start to the season for club and country.
Isco scored in Real Madrid s UEFA Super Cup victory over De Gea s Manchester United last month and struck twice as Spain defeated Italy 3-0 on Saturday to take control of their World Cup qualifying group.
The 2010 world champions are three points clear of the Azzurri with three matches remaining and can take another major step toward securing a place in the finals in Russia by beating Liechtenstein away on Tuesday.
Speaking to the media before that game, United goalkeeper De Gea claimed Isco s sparkling form of late is no accident.
Personally I have known Isco for ages so it s no surp…
Real Madrid have refuted claims Jose Mourinho signed a contract to take over at the club before he left Inter.
Mourinho, now the Manchester United manager, led Inter to a Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League treble in 200
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9-10 before assuming control at the Santiago Bernabeu.
A report in Spanish publication AS has suggested Mourinho penned an agreement to become Madrid boss on March 31, 2010.
But Madrid have emphatically rejected those allegations, issuing a statement that read: Following the publication in today s [Thursday] AS newspaper of information concerning the signing of Jose Mourinho as the manager of our club, Real Madrid C.F. wishes to emphasise that said information is entirely false.
Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho did not sig…