An interesting story emerged yesterday from Liverpool. On the verge of one of Liverpool’s biggest games of the season, a Champions League semi-final second leg against Roma, assistant boss Zeljko Buvac has been allowed leave until the summer.
Initial reports suggested that Buvac had quit his role. However, the Liverpool Echo reported that the Bosnian had in fact given leave and that the Reds were confident he would return to his role in the summer.
However, reports from a Bosnian publication, Pravdabl now claim that Buvac is set to succeed Arsene Wenger as Arsenal boss. The same Bosnian publication reportedly broke the news that Klopp would take over at Anfield back in October 2015. This would be an incredible story if there were any truth in it that is.
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Uncapped Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has won a place in England s 2018 World Cup squad but, as expected, Joe Hart and Jack Wilshere failed to make the cut.
Alexander-Arnold enjoyed a stunning breakthrough season with Liverpool and is in line to start when Jurgen Klopp s men face Real Madrid in next weekend s Champions League final.
An ankle injury to club team-mate Joe Gomez appears to have worked in Alexander-Arnold s favour and he joins Tottenham right-back Kieran Trippier in the squad, with Manchester City s Kyle Walker now seemingly seen primarily as a right-sided centre-back by manager Gareth Southgate.
Chelsea captain Gary Cahill is back in the fold but Hart s poor form during a season-long loan spell at West Ham has cost England s number one…
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Leicester City and Liverpool are set to meet for the second time in less than a week when they face each other at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday in the Premier League. Last Wednesday, a heavily rotated Liverpool team came back from 0-2 and 1-3 to win on penalties and knock Leicester out in the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup.
With the current COVID-19 situation in English football in mind, it should be said that no match is certain to take place until a couple of hours before kickoff.
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The Foxes enter this clash on the back of not only the cup loss to this particular opponent, but also a difficult defeat to Manchester City on Sunday, which saw them do their best but fail to come back from 4-0 down at halftime.…
Leroy Sane is beginning to show how important he can be to Bayern Munich after finding rhythm following a lengthy injury lay-off, says club great Franck Ribery.
Germany winger Sane joined Bayern from Manchester City in the close season but was in and out of the team as he continued to find fitness following the knee injury that restricted him to two appearances in his final campaign at the Etihad Stadium.
Across all competitions this season, Sane has eight goals and nine assists – both of which rank fourth among Bayern players this term.
He has also created 38 chances for his team-mates, 11 of those classing as Opta-defined big chances – the fifth-best among Bayern s squad.
Ribery, who spent 12 years at Bayern, is delighted to see Sane begin to show h…
Inter Milan are interested in signing Franck Kessie from Barcelona in the January transfer window, according to . The report in the Spanish publication has claimed that Aston Villa, Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur are also keen on Kessie.
Kessie has struggled to make a huge impact at Barcelona since his move on a free transfer in the summer of 2022 after leaving AC Milan at the end of last season. The 25-year-old Ivory Coast international midfielder has had injury problems and has not been at his best at Camp Nou in the first half of the season.
The former Atalanta star has made three starts and three substitute appearances in the UEFA Champions League for Barcelona so far this season, scoring one goal in the process. Kessie has made two starts and five substitute appearan…
Arnaut Danjuma’s second-half goal earned Everton a 2-2 draw at Sheffield United as both sides registered their first point of the Premier League season.
Cameron Archer’s first strike for the club and a Jordan Pickford own goal saw the Blades’ overturn Abdoulaye Doucoure’s early opener to lead 2-1 at half-time.
But Danjuma, a summer signing from Villarreal, levelled after the break and that is how it ended at Bramall Lane, thanks mainly to Pickford’s miraculous double save at the death, twice denying Oli McBurnie.
Arnaut Danjuma scores for Everton in his second successive match!
It s all square!
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt)
Having both lost their first three games of the campaign, this already had a big-game fee…
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has reiterated his desire to extend Cristiano Ronaldo s contract with the club.
The Portuguese winger moved to the Santiago Bernabeu from Manchester United in 2009, and has scored an incredible 201 goals in just 199 appearances since.
And Perez is eager to reward the 28-year-old with an improved deal amid rumours he could return to Old Trafford.
He s our most important asset, and we will build the future of Madrid around him, he told 20Minutos.
Soon we will clarify this issue. I have no doubt that Cristiano is going to retire at Real Madrid. I m convinced that he ll renew. The renewals are done before the season starts.
Perez also discussed the possibility of signing further superstars, with Tottenham winger Gareth Ba…
Former Manchester United great Gary Neville feels a strong start in the league is imperative if his old club are to see off Chelsea this season.
Hopes are high at Stamford Bridge that the appointment of Jose Mourinho can help Chelsea lift their first English Premier League title since 2009/10.
And Neville feels the Portuguese tactician s return to west London, and the fact that United will be embarking on their first league campaign with new boss David Moyes at the helm, makes a strong start crucial.
That period, 2004 to 2007, was the leanest United had endured since Sir Alex (Ferguson) won his first title and Mourinho had a big part to play in that, Neville told The Guardian.
At United we weren t slow starters particularly, but we generally weren t at our peak f…
Marseille have completed the signing of Brazil international Luiz Gustavo from Wolfsburg.
The Ligue 1 club announced the transfer on their official website, but did not provide details on the length of contract or the fee paid to the Bundesliga side.
Luiz Gustavo first moved to Germany in 2007 where he spent four years at Hoffenheim the first of which was on loan from Corinthians Alagoano and impressed enough to earn a switch to Bayern Munich.
While in Munich, the defensive midfielder was part of the side that won a Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League treble under Jupp Heynckes in the 2012-13 season.
It s official, the Brazilian international Luiz Gustavo is a player!
— Olympique Marseille (@OM_English)
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Michael Carrick says Manchester United s squad are fully aware that Wednesday s FA Cup quarter-final replay against West Ham is make or break for their season.
United are down in fifth position in the Premier League, four points behind rivals Manchester City with only six games to play and just one ahead of the Hammers in sixth.
The two teams drew 1-1 at Old Trafford last month after Anthony Martial s late strike cancelled out a stunning free-kick from Dimitri Payet, setting up a replay with the winners set to face Everton at Wembley on April 23.
United go into the match on the back of a miserable 3-0 defeat to title-chasing Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Sunday which Carrick wants to forget immediately.
We are looking forward to Wednesday now and that …