West Ham cruised through to the Europa Conference League group stages after completing a commanding 6-1 aggregate victory over Danish side Viborg.
Gianluca Scamacca, Said Benrahma and Tomas Soucek were all on target as the Hammers ran out 3-0 winners in the second leg at the Viborg Stadion.
New arrival Scamacca opened the scoring at the London Stadium last week and followed suit seven days later, steering home Soucek s near-post cross in the 22nd minute.
The former Sassuolo striker was involved again as David Moyes side extended their advantage after the restart, combining with Maxime Cornet to set up Benrahma, who drilled past Lucas Lund.
Soucek then put the tie beyond doubt just after the hour mark as he slotted home from close range following Thil…
England s top-flight clubs will buck the economic downturn by continuing to increase revenues next season but rising levels of debt could signal trouble ahead, according to the annual review of football finances from accountancy group Deloitte.
Dan Jones, one of the authors of the report, said the Premier League s global popularity would keep revenues rising but predicted that revenue growth would slow.
The new economic realities may lead to flat matchday revenues, Jones said. While attendances continue to hold up well, many clubs have frozen or reduced ticket prices.
However, the stepped increases in the current domestic broadcast deal and the new UEFA Champions League TV deal make it likely overall revenues will edge up.
The accountancy group s repo…
Inter midfielder Radja Nainggolan has returned to Cagliari on loan for the remainder of the 2020-21 Serie A campaign.
The 32-year-old has featured just five times for Inter in all competitions this term, each of those appearances coming from the bench.
He spent the duration of last season on loan at Cagliari, where he also played for four years earlier in his career, and has now returned to the Sardegna Arena.
In fact, since the start of the previous decade, no foreign player has played more times for the club in Serie A than the former Belgium international, who has made 157 appearances in Italy s top flight.
Cagliari confirmed the loan signing – which is not thought to contain the option of a permanent deal at the end of the campaign – on their o…
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Hoping to try and find a route into the European places this weekend, Wolfsburg will make the trip to a struggling Borussia Monchengladbach on Sunday afternoon.
Borussia Monchengladbach
Starting with the hosts, marking their return from the international break with yet another downbeat display, Borussia Monchengladbach find themselves in the midst of a real Bundesliga struggle. Eventually having to settle for a 0-0 stalemate away at Koln, Daniel Farke’s have only continued to show a string of issues on either side of the fortnight interval. In fact, along with opening Sunday’s showdown at Borussia-Park in the midst of a five-match winless run, the former Norwich boss has also seen his side claim just a single top-flight victory fro…
The Mail Online understand that Stoke City are considering selling defender Kevin Wimmer just twelve months after signing him for £18m.
The twenty-five-year-old centre-back featured regularly during the first half of the season but was sidelined following the arrival of Paul Lambert, who had concerns over his fitness.
The Austria international is now set to be moved on for a fraction of the fee the Potters paid Tottenham Hotspur to secure his services last summer, with Hannover 96 leading the race to secure his services.
In total, Wimmer played nineteen times for Stoke in all competitions while he racked up thirty-one appearances in one-and-a-half years with Spurs.
Internationally, he has been capped eight times for his country with three of those …
Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers believes it will be very, very hard to stop Liverpool winning the Premier League.
Liverpool moved 13 points clear at the top after thrashing Leicester 4-0 at King Power Stadium on Boxing Day.
Rodgers said his former club, who have won 17 of 18 league games this season, would be difficult to stop.
They re going to be very, very hard to stop, there s no doubt. Fantastic team, confidence is high as well, he told a news conference.
They ve become winners now and haven t lost many games over an 18-month period, so to lose the games they would need to in the second part of the season they ve got enough players now, enough experience and enough quality to stay focused and get the job done.
There s still a lot to …
Liverpool are thrilled to have Arthur on board, but the on-loan Juventus midfielder will not be available against Everton, Jurgen Klopp has confirmed.
Arthur joined Liverpool on a one-season loan on Thursday, with the Reds having an option to buy the former Barcelona playmaker for £32.3million (€37.5m).
The Brazil international did not enjoy much success across the last two seasons in Turin, and had not featured in this campaign after making just 11 Serie A starts last term.
Liverpool had initially suggested their business was complete after the early acquisitions of Darwin Nunez, Calvin Ramsay and Fabio Carvalho, but injuries to Thiago Alcantara, Naby Keita and Jordan Henderson – who will definitely miss Saturday s derby at Goodison Park – forced Kl…
Everton midfielder Magaye Gueye has been loaned to Brest until the end of the season, the Premier League club announced on their official website.
The transfer was completed just few hours before the transfer deadline on Thursday, with Gueye becoming club’s third signing of the transfer window.
Florian Lejuene and Florian Raspentino had earlier joined on loan deals from Villarreal and Marseille respectively.
Gueye has been signed to help the team beat the drop in Ligue 1, with Brest currently sitting just four points above the bottom three.
The 22-year-old, who joined Everton from Strasbourg in the summer of 2010, has made just two Premier League appearances for the Toffees this term, although he did feature in four Cup matches.
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Liverpool are lining up a summer bid for Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi, .
Following some very disappointing showings by first choice keeper Pepe Reina, Brendan Rodgers is on the lookout for a new number one.
He has been linked with a move for Stoke shot-stopper Asmir Begovic, but with the Bosnian closing in on a switch to Old Trafford, Rodgers is forced to look elsewhere.
Daily Mail understands the Reds have now made Wigan keeper Ali Al Habsi their number one target, with the Oman international also a cheaper alternative to Begovic.
Al Habsi, 31, is recognized by many as one of Premier League’s top keepers and he has been performing at a very high level ever since he joined the Latics from Bolton in the summer of 2010.
The experienced keeper ha…
The 21-year-old Spanish international Alejandro Grimaldo has attracted plenty of interest from the host of European top clubs.
Benfica defender is reportedly a target for Premier League outfit Manchester City, who are exploring the possibility of making a move for the talented footballer as early as January.
Pep Guardiola has kept a close eye on the talented defender for months now, with Manchester City scouts tracking Grimaldo on several occasions in the current campaign. The Spaniard will be handed a significant transfer kitty to boost his squad and Grimaldo is believed to be among the top priorities for former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager.
The Portuguese giants brought Grimaldo from Barcelona in 2015-16 and are reluctant to see their € 1.5 million inv…