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Looking to pick up a first-leg advantage when they open their Europa League qualifying adventure on Thursday night, Olympiacos will welcome Genk to the Karaiskakis Stadium.
Starting with the hosts, signing off their pre-season preparations with a disappointing 2-0 friendly defeat against Championship outfit Norwich, Olympiacos will certainly be seeking an immediate response here. Tipped as a standout contender to extend on their Europa League qualifying adventure his month, Diego Martinez’s men will certainly be excited to make a return to the Karaiskakis Stadium here. Despite being forced to settle for a bronze medal finish among Greece’s elite earlier in the year, the Reds have gained a reputation for their continued su…
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Atalanta and AS Roma are set to take each other on in the 24th matchday of their respective Serie A campaigns at the Atleti Azzurri d Italia stadium on Saturday evening. It will be one of the two derbies of the round, the other being the clash between title chasers Lazio and Inter Milan on Sunday.
Atalanta
Atalanta have surprised the football world over the course of 2018/19, and they ve obviously carried that spirit over into this campaign as well. Unexpected clubs finishing inside top four in the strongest leagues is not something unheard of, but rarely have any of them been able to sustain the form the following season. Leicester City were a good example of that when they won the Premier League in 2015/16 and finished in the lower h…
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is to undergo back surgery this week, the club have announced.
The news comes after the 31-year-old sat out Germany’s matches against Turkey and Austria last month and three subsequent Barca fixtures.
A statement on the club’s official website said: “First-team player Marc ter Stegen will undergo a surgical procedure this week to address the lower back issues he is experiencing. Following the procedure, a new statement will be given.”
You ll be back stronger, Marc!
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona)
Ter Stegen said in a post on social media: “After intensive conversations with the medical team of the club and various supporting experts, we decided to undergo a surgical procedure.
“The b…
Luciano Spalletti hailed Victor Osimhen for his performance in Napoli s 5-1 thrashing of Juventus and says he is amazed by what the striker still has to offer.
Osimhen opened the scoring for Napoli in Friday s top-of-the-table Serie A clash with a close-range finish, ending Juve s run of 770 minutes without conceding in the league.
The 24-year-old then assisted Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, before doubling his strike tally in the second half in between goals from Amir Rrahmani and Elif Elmas.
He is only the third player to score and assist in the first half against Juve over the past 15 seasons, after Cagliari s Luca Gagliano and Roma s Diego Perotti (both in 2020).
But while now boasting 13 goals and three assists in 17 appearances this season, Spalletti believ…
Manchester United are interested in signing Ousmane Dembele from Barcelona in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that the Premier League giants are willing to pay as much as €50 million to sign the France international forward. Italian giants Juventus are also claimed to want the former Borussia Dortmund star.
Barcelona are not willing to sell Dembele, who is reported to be very much in the plans of manager Ronald Koeman. The Spanish powerhouse are actually planning to renew the contract of the 24-year-old, who has been at Camp Nou since 2017 and has had injury problems.
Dembele made 19 starts and 11 substitute appearances in La Liga for Barcelona , scoring six goals and providing three assists in the process. The France international fo…
Putting in another downbeat performance on Sunday afternoon as they slumped to a at the hands of Everton, it is no secret that Chelsea are in the midst of an extended Premier League crisis.
Missing out on booking any kind of European finish last season and coming under a huge amount of scrutiny, there was plenty of optimism around Stamford Bridge over the summer that would be able to steady the ship in west London.
However, once again falling out the top-half of the Premier League table and needing a major miracle in their bid to book a European return, the former Tottenham boss has made it abundantly clear that he is expected to be backed during January’s transfer window.
Despite breaking a string of financial records since Todd Bohley’s takeover was conf…
Arsenal forward Nicolas Pepe has joined Ligue 1 side Nice on a season-long loan deal.
The Ivory Coast international, who arrived from Lille in August 2019 for a club-record fee of £72million (€79m), returns to France as he links up with Lucien Favre s side for the 2022-23 campaign.
Pepe was presented to supporters at Allianz Riviera prior to the second leg of Nice s Europa Conference League play-off tie with Maccabi Tel Aviv, where the French side are aiming to overturn a 1-0 deficit.
The forward has racked up 111 appearances across all competitions during his three seasons at the Emirates Stadium, scoring 27 goals, and will link up with another former Gunner Aaron Ramsey.
Welcome to your new home, Nicolas Pepe
— OGC Nice
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Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Lautaro Martinez from Inter Milan as a potential replacement for Kylian Mbappe, according to . France international forward Mbappe in the January transfer window, and the defending Ligue 1 champions want to bring in the 25-year-old Argentina international striker as his replacement.
Martinez has been on the books of Inter since 2018 and has established himself as one of the best strikers in Serie A. During his time at Inter so far, the 25-year-old has won Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana once each.
So far this season, Martinez has made eight starts and one substitute appearance in Serie A, scoring three goals and providing one assist in the process. The Argentine striker made two starts and one substitu…
Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke has tabled an offer for the club s remaining shares that values the Gunners at £1.8billion after receiving backing from minority owner Alisher Usmanov.
Kroenke already owns 67 per cent of the club and stands to take complete control of Arsenal after Usmanov agreed to sell his 30 per cent stake.
The news was announced in a statement to the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the value of each Arsenal share set at £29,419.64.
Kroenke, through his Kroenke Sports and Entertainment (KSE) company, first purchased Arsenal shares in 2007 and has steadily increased his stake since then, becoming a director a year later.
Usmanov also first became an Arsenal shareholder in 2007. He was officially revealed to own the la…
Manchester City are about to embark on the adventure to try and add the FIFA Club World Cup to an already amazing trophy haul in 2023.
The ranks of the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League and UEFA Super Cup holders are likely to be boosted for the tournament by the return of Kevin De Bruyne.
The Belgian playmaker has been absent through a partial muscle tear since mid-September, but now he s back in team training, and his return is expected to help Pep Guardiola s faltering side to strengthen their position in the Premier League title race.
Kevin De Bruyne is back in training with Manchester City
The Belgian and Erling Haaland have both travelled to Saudi Arabia for the Club World Cup but there s no indication on if either of them will play
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