Gareth Southgate vowed to help Jadon Sancho through a difficult period in his Borussia Dortmund career following a lengthy discussion with the young winger.
Sancho was dropped from Dortmund s squad for a Bundesliga fixture last month and suffered the indignity of being withdrawn before half-time of the club s 4-0 Der Klassiker defeat to Bayern Munich.
Fresh transfer rumours are now linking the England international with a move away from Signal Iduna Park amid suggestions he has become unsettled.
Any young player is going to have ups and downs, Three Lions boss Southgate said.
Jadon has played a lot of football. A couple of games lately he s gone into physically fatigued. His club have taken the decision to keep playing him because he is a highly importa…
Man City tackle Basel curse, Spurs face daunting Juventus defence – Champions League in Opta numbers
The long wait is over – the Champions League is back.
Europe s elite competition resumes on Tuesday with the first two matches of the round of 16, with Basel hosting Manchester City and Tottenham facing Juventus.
Pep Guardiola s City have been in irresistible form in the Premier League and need only six more wins to claim the title, as they pursue an unprecedented quadruple of trophies.
They were arguably dealt a favourable draw against Basel, but the Swiss champions have an impressive record against English teams on home soil and will take heart from Shakhtar Donetsk overcoming City in their final group game.
Juventus, beaten finalists last season, finished runners-up to Barcelona in their group but have gone from strength to strength in domestic compe…
Gennaro Gattuso has been appointed the new head coach of Napoli, the Serie A club have confirmed.
The former Milan coach and midfielder takes charge at the San Paolo following Tuesday s dismissal of Carlo Ancelotti.
Gattuso twice won the Champions League as a player under Ancelotti in a hugely successful spell with Milan.
Ancelotti s exit was announced just hours after Napoli s 4-0 win over Genk secured their place in the last 16 of the Champions League.
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli)
Their success in Europe has belied a mostly troubling few months, marred by poor domestic form and disputes within the club.
Napoli are seventh in Serie A, with just five wins from 15 games leaving them 17 points adrift of leaders Inter.<…
AS Roma and Benfica are interested in signing Leicester City winger Demarai Gray on a free transfer in the summer of 2021, according to . It has been reported by the British tabloid that Italian club Roma and Portuguese giants Benfica are keen on talking to Gray about a potential move.
Gray is out of contract at Leicester at the end of the season and has reportedly indicated that he does not want to extend his spell at the Foxes. The 24-year-old winger will be able to sign a pre-contract with any foreign club in January. AS Monaco are also reportedly interested in the former England Under-21 international.
The winger has been at Leicester since 2016, but his playing time under manager Brendan Rodgers has been limited. According to , Gray has played just 18 minutes in th…
Boss Unai Emery insists Aston Villa’s 1-0 win over Zrinjski Mostar proves why their European rivals must be respected.
John McGinn’s added-time header saved Villa’s skins in the Europa Conference League.
Mostar, who beat AZ Alkmaar 4-3 last month, defended heroically and were two minutes away from a battling point at Villa Park.
A captain s performance.
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial)
It leaves Group E delicately poised after Villa lost their opener 3-2 at Legia Warsaw. Their 1-0 defeat at AZ on Thursday leaves all four teams locked on three points.
Emery said: “My message is always you have to respect every team. For them it’s very important to play in Europe, against us, to show their power as well. Their commitment in 90 min…
Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Adama Traore from Premier League rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in the January transfer window, according to . The Spain international winger is out of contract at Wolves at the end of the season, and Tottenham are keen on bringing him to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the middle of the season.
The report has claimed that Traore has been a long-term target of Tottenham. Spurs wanted to sign the winger in January 2022, but he moved to Barcelona on loan instead. The North London club have maintained their interest in the 26-year-old, who could be convinced to leave Wolves now.
Traore has made six starts and nine substitute appearances in the Premier League for Wolves so far this season, scoring one goal in the process. The Wolves …
Manuel Neuer said Germany s draw with Switzerland felt like a win, going on to praise the impact made by Julian Nagelsmann s substitutions in Frankfurt on Sunday.
In a battle between Group A s unbeaten sides, it was Murat Yakin s team who took the lead through Dan Ndoye s first international goal in the first half.
Germany had seen Robert Andrich s earlier effort ruled out by VAR after Jamal Musiala was adjudged to have committed a foul in the build-up.
However, substitutes David Ruam and Niclas Fullkrug combined to rescue a point for Die Mannschaft, ensuring they topped the group and remained unbeaten heading into the knockout stages.
You should never write off a team, especially ours, especially with the substitutions we were able to make, said Neue…
Ibrahima Konate wants to emulate the success of Virgil van Dijk, who he ranks as the best defender in the world.
Konate signed from RB Leipzig for a reported £36million (€42.5m) during the last transfer window and idolises Van Dijk, who played a key role as Liverpool captured their first top-flight title in 30 years during the 2019-20 season.
In that term, only Burnley s James Tarkowski (191) won more aerial duels than Van Dijk (191) and Jurgen Klopp s side struggled without the injured centre-back the next campaign as they failed to muster a worthy title defence.
The former Leipzig man boasts a similarly impressive aerial record. Out of the 742 defenders to play at least 20 games in Europe s top-five leagues since the start of the 2019-20 season, only Bruno A…
Romelu Lukaku declared it s like coming home after he returned to Inter from Chelsea on Wednesday.
Lukaku completed a season-long move back to San Siro on Wednesday less than a year after leaving the Nerazzurri to become Chelsea s record signing for a fee of £97.5million.
The Belgium striker only scored eight goals in 26 Premier League appearances for the London club in the 2021-22 campaign.
Lukaku found the back of the net 64 times in 95 games during his first spell with Inter, winning the Serie A title last year before signing for Chelsea for a second time.
The 29-year-old, who has picked 90 as his new shirt number, had made no secret of his desire to play for Inter again and feels he is back where he belongs.
He told the club s official …
Robert Mancini has expressed his excitement at the future after offering opportunities to a number of young players with Italy during the Nations League campaign.
Italy crashed out in the World Cup play-offs to North Macedonia, failing to make Qatar 2022 after missing out on the tournament in Russia four years earlier.
That capped a turbulent period in Italian football after winning Euro 2020, with many questioning Serie A coaches for allowing younger domestic players the chance to develop.
Mancini responded by promising more opportunities for youthful players with Italy, after the Finalissima defeat to Argentina at Wembley Stadium at the start of June s international schedule.
Davide Frattesi, Federico Gatti and Gianluca Scamacca were among that emergi…