Bayern Munich appear very confident about securing the services of Manchester City s Leroy Sane soon.

The Bundesliga champions have long been linked with the winger. A deal was reportedly very close last summer, before Sane injured his knee in City s Community Shield triumph against Liverpool last August, which has kept him out of first-team action for the entire 2019/20 season so far. His contract is about to enter its final 12 months, and there have been no hints of a possible extension.

A recent report suggested that the Premier League champions would be willing to sanction a sale, but only for the right price, meaning that they wouldn t allow Sane to leave for any kind of a reduced fee.

Nonetheless, Bayern s vice-chairman Uli Hoeness recently spoke to radio …

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has urged his side to squeeze something out of this season as they attempt to finish 2020-21 in strong fashion.

The Premier League champions are seventh in the table on 46 points, a remarkable 36 fewer than they had amassed after the same number of matches last term.

With nine games to go, the race is on for the Reds as they attempt to close the five-point gap to the top four, starting with Saturday s clash with ninth-place Arsenal.

Liverpool claimed back-to-back wins over Wolves and RB Leipzig in the Champions League prior to the international break, a positive change after a run of nine defeats and just five wins in 17 games in all competitions.

Klopp is now targeting a strong mini-season to give his side the best chance …

Barcelona forward Neymar has starred for Brazil in their 3-1 friendly win over Portugal in Massachusetts on Tuesday.

The former Santos man scored once and provided an assist, while also having a hand in Brazil s third goal, as the upcoming World Cup hosts recovered from a shock early concession.

Raul Meireles, who had hit the woodwork six minutes earlier with a header, put Portugal in front in the 18th minute at Gillette Stadium, after making the most of a defensive howler from Maicon.

The Roma right back was attempting to send the ball back to his goalkeeper Julio Cesar via his head, but Fenerbahce midfielder Meireles was quick to realise the opportunity with the former Chelsea man intercepting with a touch, before tucking away the opener past the helpless Brazilian g…

Former Utrecht coach David Nascimento has been chosen as head coach for Mozambique, a top football association official said.

Nascimento will be the next coach, Mozambican Football Federation (FMF) Secretary-General Filipe Lucas Johane told AFP on Thursday.

This is the right person to coach the team as advised by the Dutch Football Association (DFA), he said. Mozambique has been working closely with the DFA over the past four years.

Nascimento, 44, a naturalised Portuguese of Cape Verdian descent, was assistant coach at Utrecht until 2008 and was in Mozambique at the end of March to discuss his contract.

His appointment is expected to be confirmed by the southern African country s sports ministry in the next few days, Johane said.

The UEFA pro …

Barcelona star Neymar admits he would like to play in the Premier League in future.

The Brazil international was reportedly a firm target for Louis van Gaal at Manchester United in 2015, with the forward s agent claiming that an offer said to be worth close to £140million had been tabled.

Rumours have emerged in recent weeks that Jose Mourinho has made contact personally with Neymar in order to test the water before launching a new bid at the end of the season.

Although he signed a new contract at Camp Nou in October that runs until 2021, the former Santos forward has revealed that a move to England is tempting.

It s a championship that surprises me, he said at a PokerStars event.  I like the playing style and the teams.

I admire Manchester Un…

David Silva and Gerard Deulofeu scored second-half goals to secure a 2-0 victory for Spain in a keenly contested friendly match with France on Tuesday.

The duo made the difference following their introduction from the bench after Antoine Griezmann had seen a goal correctly ruled out for offside by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), which was deployed in successful fashion in Saint-Denis.

Both teams named strong starting XIs for the encounter, with France handing a first start to rising Monaco star Kylian Mbappe and a debut for Corentin Tolisso, while the visitors made only four changes to the side that started the 4-1 World Cup qualifying win over Israel last Friday.

Mbappe and Spain captain Andres Iniesta came closest to opening the scoring before Griezmann sa…

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With the FA Cup and London bragging rights up for grabs this weekend, Arsenal will face off against Chelsea at an empty Wembley on Saturday evening.

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Starting with Arsenal, while they might have managed to hang onto a dramatic 3-2 win against Watford last weekend, a result that relegated the Hornets, Mikel Arteta s side could not secure a top-six finish. In fact, while Pep Guardiola s former right-hand man may have made a string of immediate improvements in North London, the Gunners have suffered their lowest Premier League finish since the 1994-95 campaign. Although Arsenal s continued inconsistencies might have been highlighted by a shock 1-0 defeat away at Villa Park earlier in the month, they know that victory on Saturday is…

Tottenham Hotspur do not want to sell Tanguy Ndombele in the summer transfer window, but Inter Milan are not giving up, according to . Spurs insist that the France international midfielder is not for sale, but Italian giants Inter are still interested.

However, according to the report, whether or not Inter made an official bid for the 23-year-old depends on the future of Antonio Conte. The former Chelsea manager’s future at Inter is wrapped up in uncertainty at the moment following his of the club’s board.

Ndombele join Tottenham from French club Lyon in the summer of 2019 for . The 23-year-old had fitness and injury problem at Spurs this past season, and was able to make just 12 starts and nine substitute appearances in the Premier League, scoring two goals and pr…

(GSM) Danish defender Michael Lumb is set to join Dutch side Feyenoord on loan from Russian outfit Zenit St. Petersburg.

Lumb, Danish talent of the year in 2008, joined Zenit earlier this year but made only two appearances for the former UEFA Cup champions so far.

At Feyenoord, the 22-year-old will replace Giovanni van Bronckhorst in the left-back position after the latter retired from football following the World Cup in South Africa.

Feyenoord manager Mario Been was happy with the new signing: Michael is a strong guy. I am glad that he came to Feyenoord. His arrival is a great thing.

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VfL Wolfsburg s Turkish forward Mahir Saglik has moved to recently relegated Bundesliga side VfL Bochum. Saglik has signed a three year contract with Bochum and becomes their eighth signing of the summer.

Saglik started his career with SC Paderborn 07 and had a loan spell with Ahlen before joining Dortmund. A year later, he was off to Admira Wacker Mödling and spells with 1. FC Saarbrücken and Wuppertaler SV Borussia followed before he joined Wolfsburg in 2008. While at the Volkswagen Arena, he was loaned out twice- once to Karlsruhe and the other to old club Paderborn. He scored 15 times in 27 games for Paderborn last season.

[Source:- VFL Wolfsburg]

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