Real eyeing Liverpool youngster
Spanish daily newspaper that Real Madrid are keeping close tabs on Liverpool youngster Pedro Chirivella.
The 17-year-old Spaniard joined the Reds from Valencia last season and has since developed into one of club s hottest prospects.
Chirivella has been training with the senior squad on regular basis and has already earned comparisons with Xabi Alonso, while it is only a matter of time before he makes his first appearance for Liverpool.
The Spain Under-17 international is predicted a bright future in the game and he has already caught the eye of Real Madrid scouts.
Los Blancos coaching staff will have a perfect opportunity to make a check on their target when Liverpool and Real Madrid Under-19 sides square off in …
QPR manager Harry Redknapp has assured Adel Taarabt he has a role to play with the club under his stewardship.
Redknapp, who branded the Moroccan a fruitcake last year, sold Taarabt to QPR from Tottenham in August 2010 after the 23-year-old had impressed on two loan spells at Loftus Road.
But the new QPR boss does not foresee any problems with the midfielder and is looking forward to working with Taarabt again, a player he insists he had wanted to keep.
He was alright with me, Adel, Redknapp told reporters. I think he has improved. His attitude is good and he has got bags of ability.
I wouldn t have let him go, in all honesty I said that at the time I would have kept him at Tottenham.
It was just he couldn t get into the side and the chairman…
Veteran Portuguese international midfielder Maniche joined German side Cologne on a free transfer, the club s website said on Monday.
The 31-year-old a Champions League winner with Porto in 2004 was released from his previous contract with Spanish side Atletico Madrid in May.
Maniche is one of the great names in European football and we are proud to have signed him, Cologne chairman Wolfgang Overath said.
Maniche capped 52 times enjoyed a golden spell under Jose Mourinho at Porto also collecting the 2003 UEFA Cup before an unhappy 16million pounds move to Russian side Dynamo Moscow.
The Russian side loaned him to Chelsea where Mourinho was manager but he failed to shine and moved to Atletico, who in turn loaned him to Inter Milan in 2008.
Manich…
Arsenal are very disappointed with the decision to push back their crucial Premier League clash with Chelsea at short notice due to policing concerns.
The league leaders had been due to host London rivals Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, April 29, but the game will instead be played three days later on Tuesday, May 2.
Both Arsenal and the Premier League expressed regret at the decision, which was taken after the Metropolitan Police revised its position on policing the match.
A statement on Arsenal s official website on Tuesday read: After working to try to find a solution with the Met Police, we are very disappointed with the impact and disruption this fixture change will cause to our supporters, particularly after this match had been initially approved f…
Veteran Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved has signed a one-year contract extension with Juventus, the club said on Tuesday.
The news is a welcome boost to Juventus who will play in the Champions League next season after ensuring they will end this Serie A campaign in third place.
Nedved s contract will now last until the end of June 2009.
This contract extension is the best way to reinforce the squad ahead of next season, said Juve administrator Jean-Claude Blanc.
Pavel has been an integral part of Juventus s story and will continue to add character and quality to the team.
The Czech is 35 years old and joined Juve in 2001. He has played 282 matches and scored 58 goals.
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Italian daily that Milan have launched a fresh assault on Manchester City star Mario Balotelli.
Even though it appeared the negotiations between the two clubs had broken down, the latest reports suggest the Rossoneri are prepared to make one final offer before the January transfer window closes.
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has instructed agent Mino Raiola to fly to Manchester and present a €20 million offer to City chiefs.
Manchester City first valued the player at €37m, then lowered the asking price to €28m, and it is now believed they are requesting just €25m.
The Citizens may not be willing to sell the player for less than what they paid for him in the summer of 2010 (€22m plus bonuses), but Milan chiefs are hoping they will jump …
Bruno Martins Indi and Steven Berghuis have been added to the Netherlands squad by coach Danny Blind following a pair of withdrawals.
Stoke City centre-back Martins Indi will now get the chance to make his first appearance for the national team since being sent off in the Euro 2016 qualifying defeat to Iceland in Amsterdam in September 2015.
He has been called up as a replacement for Terence Kongolo, who has pulled out after sustaining a hamstring injury in Feyenoord s defeat to Go Ahead Eagles on Sunday.
Spartak Moscow winger Quincy Promes, who scored twice in the 4-1 victory over Belarus in a 2018 World Cup qualifier last month, will also miss out due to an ankle injury and Berghuis assumes his spot.
Netherlands face Belgium in a friendly on Wednesday b…
Former Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat if may be better for the club to be relegated like arch-rivals Newcastle United in order to rebuild.
David Moyes Sunderland are set for another relegation battle this season, adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table on goal difference, after ex-boss Sam Allardyce helped avoid relegation last term.
It is an all too familiar story for Sunderland, who had Advocaat to thank in 2015 after the Dutchman preserved their top-flight status having arrived in March.
And Advocaat now in charge of Turkish giants Fenerbahce said Sunderland could learn from Newcastle, who sit atop the Championship following their drop to the second tier in 2015-16.
You can only define Sunderland s problems if they spend the same as other c…
In Halo Infinite, loot caves might just flip a round of Stockpile, CTF, or another Big Team Battle mode in your favor. Giving your team access to a wide range of weapons and equipment as well as a uniquely hard-to-reach vantage point, these loot caves are rare at launch, but critically important. Here’s how to get into Halo loot caves, plus what you’ll find inside of them.
Halo Infinite: how to get into loot caves
We’re in the early days of Halo Infinite, and right now there appears to be only one map with Halo loot caves to unlock. That map is Fragmentation, which in public matchmaking is exclusive to Big Team Battle queues, as it’s one of the biggest maps in the game Come from Sports betting sit…
Brighton and Hove Albion s upcoming Premier League meeting with Crystal Palace has been postponed due to a planned rail strike.
The match at the Amex Stadium between the rival clubs – nicknamed the A23 derby – had been scheduled to take place on September 17.
However, with strike action due to affect most major rail line operators in the United Kingdom that day, it was announced on Wednesday the game will be rearranged.
No new date for the fixture has been set.
Brighton and Palace both described the decision to postpone the contest as regrettable .
Brighton chief executive Paul Barber added: The safety of fans of both clubs, our matchday staff, players and officials must be the priority.
We have taken into consideration how diffic…