Van Marwijk nears extension

Newcastle United midfielder Sylvain Marveaux has joined Ligue 1 side Guingamp on a season-long loan.

The 28-year-old former Rennes man moved to St James Park in 2011, but has made only 57 appearances for the club since then.

Marveaux made just four starts in all competitions last season, having become a bit-part player under Alan Pardew.

The winger has scored twice for the club with his loan deal taking him into what would could be his final season with the club.

Marveaux has two seasons remaining on his five-year deal and will make his return to the French top flight with Guingamp.

The former France Under-21 international will serve to bolster a squad that ensured survival on their return to Ligue 1 last season.

Guingamp also clinche…

Owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha is prepared to spend £180million in order to make Leicester City a top-five Premier League club.

Leicester sealed a return to the top flight after a 10-year absence by winning the Championship title in impressive fashion.

Nigel Pearson s side amassed a whopping 102 points and the ambitious Srivaddhanaprabha is determined to ensure they become a force to be reckoned with in the Premier League.

The billionaire, who led the takeover of the club in August 2010 and was then named chairman since 2011, is ranked the 11th richest man in Thailand by Forbes and he is ready to invest heavily to ensure Leicester are playing in Europe again in the near future.

He told reporters: We want to stay in the EPL as long as possible,

But we won t…

The news that Yannick Bolasie has cut short his season-long loan deal at Aston Villa was quite surprising. The 29-year-old winger has decided to end his temporary spell in the Midlands because he reportedly believes that he should be playing in the Premier League.

Many Villa fans will disagree, as will some Everton and Crystal Palace fans who have witnessed the winger play in recent years. I doubt many Villa fans will be too worried about the winger’s exit, as he only made nine appearances for the Villans in his temporary stay in the Midlands.

Mercurial the best word for Bolasie

Yannick Bolasie is not a terrible footballer. He has pace and trickery. His quick feet often get the better of opposition defenders. The problem is that they sometimes get the better of Bolas…

Cristiano Ronaldo would have been a bigger Galactico if he played in the same team as Zinedine Zidane, according to the Real Madrid coach himself.

Zidane will look to Ronaldo for inspiration as Madrid aim to become the first modern-era team to retain the Champions League when they take on Juventus in Cardiff on Saturday.

The former France captain was the jewel in the crown in the Galactico era his wondrous volley in the 2002 Champions League final win over Bayer Leverkus
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en assuring that status.

Ronaldo has found the net in Madrid s two Champions League wins in the past three seasons scoring against Atletico Madrid in 2014 before netting the decisive penalty against Diego Simeone s men in Milan 12 months ago.

Asked if he or the Portugal captain…

Euro 2020 is in full swing now with two or three games every single day for fans to sink their teeth into. Last night, in the late game, we saw Group C favourites the Netherlands meet Austria in a fascinating clash of styles in Amsterdam. In the end, it was the Dutch who managed to walk away with a 2-0 win in addition to a place in the knockout stage.

Dutch excitement

Until the very last minute of the game, the Netherlands were pushing hard in search of a third goal which says a lot about the intensity this team has at their disposal right now. They re a really exciting presence and if they can fix that drop off period they seem to have following the first 15-20 minutes, they could actually be contenders in this tournament. That may sound odd, but they have more momentum than …

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essi would love to have Neymar back at Barcelona but admitted Paris Saint-Germain are unlikely to let their star asset leave.

Neymar swapped Camp Nou for Parc des Princes in a world-record €222million move in August 2017.

The 26-year-old spent four successful seasons at Barca, winning LaLiga twice and the Champions League once, but a desire to step out of Messi s shadow is believed to have motivated his unexpected exit.

Speculation persists that Neymar could yet seek a return to the Blaugrana and his Brazil team-mate Arthur, who linked up with Spanish champions at the start of the season, said this week he was praying for the rumours to become reality.

Messi shares a similar view but holds reservations over the likelihood of PSG sanctioning th…

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named in the starting line-up by Erik ten Hag for Manchester United s Europa League clash with Sheriff at Old Trafford.

It is the first time Ronaldo has featured for United since he walked down the tunnel during his team s 2-0 win over Tottenham in the Premier League.

The five-time Ballon d Or winner was dropped for Sunday s 1-1 draw at Chelsea after refusing to come on as a substitute and leaving the bench early against Spurs in the previous game.

United manager Ten Hag insisted the decision was to stick to principles and build a positive environment at the club, with the Portugal international only allowed to return to first-team training on Tuesday.

Ronaldo was back from the start for Thursday s game, looking to add to his tw…

Thomas Muller hailed Bayern Munich s efforts after the Bundesliga leaders responded to a 5-0 thrashing by Borussia Monchengladbach with victory over Union Berlin.

Gladbach handed the Bavarian giants a shock demolition in the DFB-Pokal on Wednesday, the first time Bayern had lost by a five-goal margin since December 1978.

However, Julian Nagelsmann s side responded well with a 5-2 win against Union, who had gone 21 home league games without defeat before facing the reigning champions.

Leroy Sane added to Robert Lewandowski s first-half brace to put Bayern three ahead before Niko Giesselmann and Julian Ryerson struck either side of Kingsley Coman s finish.

Muller, who has scored against all the other 17 current Bundesliga teams bar Bayern, then netted to s…

Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung has been granted permission by a Hong Kong court to travel to the United Kingdom.

Yeung, the executive director of Birmingham International Holdings, bought the club for a reported fee of 81 million pounds in October 2009.

He was arrested in his native Hong Kong in June charged with money laundering, and was previously denied permission to travel due to concerns he might abscond.

At a hearing in Hong Kong s district court on Tuesday, Judge Stanley Chan granted Yeung permission to travel to the UK between September 15 and 19, to allow him to meet board members and new manager Chris Hughton.

Justice Chan suggested Yeung should conduct teleconferencing with company management, but lawyer Clive Grossman successfully argued …

Los Angeles Galaxy captain Robbie Keane hinted his future may be away from the MLS champions, claiming change is good for everybody.

Keane voted the league s most valuable player last week scored a 111th-minute winner as the Galaxy defeated New England Revolution 2-1 in the MLS Cup on Sunday.

But the 34-year-old Republic of Ireland international s exploits in the season-decider may have been his last in a Galaxy shirt.

Keane who has another year remaining on his contract said he needs time to think about his future.

I definitely need to recharge the batteries and see what the next chapter is for me, whether it s here or it s somewhere else , said Keane, who swapped Tottenham for Los Angeles in 2011.

I m not saying I m going to leave but what I m…