that Newcastle and Southampton are showing interest in Anderlecht starlet Cheikhou Kouyate.
The 23-year-old has been putting in some very good performances for the Belgian giants and he looks set to leave in the summer.
Kouyate, who can play in defence and midfield, has caught the eye of a number of Premier League sides and is widely tipped to move to England at the end of the current campaign.
For the time being, Newcastle and Southampton appear to be leading the race, but Manchester City and Arsenal were also keen in the past.
The Senegalese joined Anderlecht from Kortrijk in 2009 and quickly developed into an important member of the side.
He has since made a total of 114 league appearances for the club, scoring 3 goals in the process. Kouyate…
Gareth Bale is targeting a clean sweep of trophies at Real Madrid next season after speculation linking him with Manchester United was drawn to a close.
United were said to be interested in bringing the Wales star back to the Premier League but manager Jose Mourinho stated over the weekend that it would be mission impossible to sign him.
With the rumours around his future having died down, Bale is now focused on adding to the eight major trophies he has won in the Spanish capital since moving from Tottenham in 2013.
Asked about Mourinho s remarks, Bale told Sky Sports: There you go I haven t said anything.
He added: We go into every competition looking to win it and it s no different again this year.
We have got the motivation to do that and w…
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is eager to continue his excellent derby record against Manchester United to stop the Premier League title slipping further and further away .
City head into Sunday s cross-town showdown at the Etihad Stadium having won one of their previous five Premier League matches that triumph coming at home to bottom club Aston Villa.
The slump leaves Manuel Pellegrini s side 12 points shy of leaders Leicester City and vulnerable to being only a point clear of United, should Louis van Gaal s men claim derby-day spoils.
Following back-to-back goalless draws against Norwich City and Dynamo Kiev, City are likely to look to Aguero to spark them this weekend.
The Argentina international has scored eight times in as many matches again…
Eintracht Frankfurt board member Axel Hellmann wants last season s semi-finalists to be drawn against Manchester United in the Europa League group stage.
Bundesliga side Eintracht advanced to the group stage for the second successive season thanks to Thursday s entertaining 3-0 win at home to Strasbourg.
Eintracht lost the first leg 1-0 but the German outfit rallied to complete a 3-1 aggregate triumph in Frankfurt, where both teams were reduced to 10 men.
Led by Luka Jovic and Sebastien Haller – who have since left for Real Madrid and West Ham – Eintracht reached the semi-finals last season before losing to Chelsea on penalties.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
— Eintracht Frankfurt (@eintracht_eng)
Premier League giants and 2017 Europa League c…
When Real Madrid brushed Liverpool aside in the Champions League final, Cristiano Ronaldo was nowhere to be seen as Gareth Bale led the charge – little did the world know that this was a sign of things to come.
That 3-1 win brought an incredible era to an end at Los Blancos, as Zinedine Zidane stepped down as coach less than a week after guiding the club to a third successive Champions League title.
It proved to be Ronaldo s final match in a Madrid shirt as well, with the Ballon d Or holder securing a shock €112million move to Juventus last month, bringing a nine-year association with the club to an end.
Ronaldo s presence had been vital in Madrid s previous two Champions League successes, he scored the winning penalty in the 2015-16 shootout and netted tw…
Germany made it two wins from two in World Cup qualifying as Serge Gnabry s first-half goal sealed a 1-0 win over Romania on Sunday.
Joachim Low s side opened their Group J campaign with a 3-0 win at home to Iceland on Thursday and they put in another dominant, if wasteful, display at the National Arena to edge past Mirel Radoi s men.
Die Mannschaft had 18 shots to the hosts nine, but they were limited to just a solitary goal, the impressive Gnabry securing maximum points with a close-range finish after 16 minutes.
The result means Germany are top of Group J on six points, ahead of Armenia on goal difference, and three points clear of Romania and North Macedonia.
6 points from 6
— Germany (@DFB_Team_EN)
Kai Havertz and Vale…
Santi Cazorla has agreed to join Al Sadd following the expiration of his Villarreal contract.
The 35-year-old midfielder will soon head to Doha and complete the formalities of the deal before joining the team coached by former Spain team-mate Xavi, alongside whom he won two European Championships.
Cazorla spent close to two years on the sidelines from October 2016, during which he feared he would have to have his foot amputated due to an infection following ankle surgery.
However, he returned to Villarreal from Arsenal and made 86 appearances over the past two seasons, earning a recall to the Spain squad in June 2019, and will continue his career in Qatar.
We have reached an agreement with Santi Cazorla, a tweet posted by Al Sadd read.
He will r…
Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United in the summer transfer window, according to . The former Real Madrid star returned to United in the summer of 2021, but things are not going do well at the moment, and French giants PSG are keen on taking advantage of this situation.
PSG have already made an enquiry with Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes. Kylian Mbappe is out of contract at the French giants at the end of the season and could move to Real Madrid on a free transfer. PSG’s plan is for Ronaldo to link up with Neymar and Lionel Messi and form a star-studded front-three.
Mauricio Pochettino is in charge of PSG at the moment, but the former Tottenham Hotspur head coach could be sacked and Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane c…
Tottenham have been linked with a host of big names as their search for a new head coach continues, but could they be set to turn to a familiar face?
Spurs dismissed Jose Mourinho last month amid an underwhelming campaign where they fell off the top-four pace in the Premier League, as well as crashing out of Europe to Dinamo Zagreb despite having led 2-0 from the first leg.
With speculation mounting around superstar forward Harry Kane s desire to leave, Spurs are getting busy.
TOP STORY SPURS PLOT POCHETTINO RETURN
The Sun reports that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy will consider if he can convince former boss Mauricio Pochettino to complete an astonishing return to the club.
Pochettino, who took Spurs to the 2019 Champions Leagu…
Jurgen Klopp has suggested he will not consider selecting Virgil van Dijk for Liverpool s return to action against Manchester City next week.
Van Dijk returned to training with Liverpool in Dubai this week on the back of the Netherlands elimination from the World Cup against Argentina last Friday.
The 31-year-old played a full part in all five of his country s matches in Qatar – including extra time in the quarter-final loss to Argentina – totalling 480 minutes of action.
However, while Klopp does not want to rush Van Dijk s comeback, he has yet to make a call on England duo Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Henderson did not finish any of the three England matches he started, while Alexander-Arnold managed just 33 minutes on the field acro…