Real Madrid have informed Donny van de Beek of Ajax that they will return for him in the summer of 2020, according to .
Along with Christian Eriksen of Tottenham Hotspur, the 22-year-old was considered by Real as an alternative to Paul Pogba as their negotiations with Manchester United started to go badly. However, Real head coach Zinedine Zidane stepped in at the last moment to emphasize that Pogba, and no other player, was the missing piece of the puzzle for the team he s trying to build. Signing an alternative was put on hold and the window slammed shut.
However, in Madrid they apparently believe that another season with Ajax would be an excellent way for the young midfielder to further his development before arriving to the Santiago Bernabeu. The Dutch champions wer…
Lionel Messi has told Ousmane Dembele he needs to step up for Barcelona and be more professional.
Stories about Dembele s discipline, including time-keeping issues, have been a constant thread through the France forward s career to date.
His lack of development since swapping Borussia Dortmund for Camp Nou led to Dembele reportedly being offered to Paris Saint-Germain as a makeweight in a proposed deal for Neymar.
No transfer went through before the deadline at the start of September, however, with former Rennes starlet Dembele said to be reluctant to make the return to Ligue 1.
Barca captain Messi has made it clear more is expected of Dembele this term, although the 22-year-old scored eight LaLiga goals in 2018-19 when only starting 20 games.
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(GSM) Napoli have confirmed the signing of defender Andrea Dossena from Liverpool on a four-year deal.
The Italy international has long been linked with a return to his homeland, with the Serie A side narrowly missing out on a deal in the summer.
Reports suggest the Partenopei have paid Liverpool around €five million for Dossena.
The 28-year old had joined Liverpool from Udinese for £7 million in the summer of 2008 but started only 13 Premier League games in 18 months at the club as Rafael Benitez showed a preference for young Argentinean Emiliano Insua.
The highlight of his Liverpool career was a four-day spell in March 2009 during which Dossena scored in a 4-0 win over Real Madrid in the Champions League and then lobbed Edwin van der Sar as the Reds…
Serie A club Livorno have completed the signing of young Austrian midfielder Jurgen Prutsch from Sturm Graz. The 20 year old has signed a four year contract with the Tuscan outfit. According to reports, Livorno have paid Sturm Graz around 300,000 euros for Prutsch s services.
Prutsch started his career as a boy with SV Feldkirchen in 1996 before joining Grazer AK in 2001. He turned professional in 2006 and transferred a year later to Sturm Graz. At Sturm, he primarily played for the amateur team and was also loaned out to SC Rheindorf Altach in 2009. He has been capped by Austria at U-19 and U-20 levels.
Prutsch is expected to be a replacement for Antonio Candreva, who left the Amaranto recently for Juventus.
[Source:- AS Livorno]
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Gianluigi Buffon feels Juventus should have had the Supercoppa Italiana won after 25 minutes of their match with AC Milan in Doha.
Juve missed out on the trophy, losing 4-3 on penalties after 120 minutes of action had produced a 1-1 draw.
The Italy goalkeeper saved a penalty from Gianluca Lapadula in the shoot-out, but saw his 600th Juve appearance end in disappointment after misses from Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala.
Buffon felt Juve should have had the game won long before that drama, though, pointing to their dominance of the early stages, when Giorgio Chiellini put them ahead, with Gianluigi Donnarumma making a string of other key saves.
We should have realised that we could have killed off the game in those blistering opening 25 minutes, captain …
Former Bayern Munich coach Giovanni Trapattoni says Carlo Ancelotti can build on Pep Guardiola s success at the Allianz Arena and perhaps deliver another European title to Bavaria.
Ancelotti was confirmed as Guardiola s replacement on Sunday, with the Italian due to take over at the end of the season.
Guardiola has delivered two Bundesliga titles and the DFB-Pokal since arriving at Bayern in 2013 but has yet to replicate the Champions League success enjoyed by predecessor Jupp Heynckes.
Trapattoni who managed Bayern over two stints backed three-time Champions League-winning coach Ancelotti to keep Bayern among Europe s elite.
I would like to congratulate my old friends [and Bayern board members] Uli Hoeness, Franz Beckenbauer and Karl-Heinz Rummenigg…
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Newcastle United and West Ham United will face each other in the Premier League this weekend. The match will be held at St. James’ Park on Saturday and is slated to kick off at 12:30pm UK time
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Newcastle United are not out of the woods yet, but recent results have been very encouraging. The Magpies got the better of Burnley 2-1 away from home at Turf Moor in the Premier League last weekend, and it followed a 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur at St. James’ Park in the league.
Steve Bruce’s side are 17th in the Premier League table at the moment with 32 points from 31 matches. Newcastle are as many as six points above third-from-bottom Fulham, who have played 32 game…
Aston Villa are interested in appointing former Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager, according to . Steven Gerrard is the manager of Villa at the moment, but the Premier League club’s chiefs are considering their options.
The report has claimed that although Gerrard’s position at Villa is not under immediate threat, the club’s US owners, Naseef Sawiris and Wes Edens, are open to sacking the Liverpool legend if results do not improve significantly before the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar start in mid-November. Villa are 14th in the Premier League table at the moment with seven points from seven matches, just a point above the relegation zone.
Pochettino is without a managerial job at the moment following his depa…
Championship club Middlesbrough have confirmed the departure of manager Tony Mowbray.
The former West Brom boss exits the Riverside Stadium following a prolonged run of poor form, which has seen Middlesbrough win only five matches in 2013.
They currently lie 16th in the Championship table and suffered a 3-2 defeat at the hands of struggling Barnsley on Saturday.
In addition, Middlesbrough were knocked out of the League Cup in August by League Two side Accrington, who have yet to win another match this season.
A popular former player for Middlesbrough, Mowbray succeeded Gordon Strachan in October 2010 and was the longest-serving manager in England s second tier.
Mark Venus, who served as Mowbray s assistant, has been placed in caretaker charge of first-team …
Spanish side Deportivo la Coruna have made an approach for Japan midfielder Daisuke Matsui, currently with French side Grenoble, Japanese reports said Monday.
The 29-year-old, whose playmaking creativity and passing vision has won him plaudits, has played a key role in a national side that has made it to the final 16 of this year s World Cup for the first time on foreign soil.
The attacking right-midfielder has also attracted interest from other sides in France, Russia, and Ukraine, said the Nikkan Sports. German and Italian clubs have also expressed their interest, the Sports Nippon said.
The rise of the thin-framed Matsui, standing at 175 centimeters (five foot nine inches) and weighing 64 kilograms (141 pounds), has pushed Japan s freekick specialist Shunsuke…