Bernardo Silva has declared he will be staying in Manchester , putting an end to rumours the Manchester City midfielder would be moving to Barcelona.
Silva has been an integral part of City s success under Pep Guardiola since arriving from Monaco in 2017.
The Portugal international has won four Premier League titles, four EFL Cups and an FA Cup in England, though has been heavily linked with Barca in the past couple of years.
Despite seeming to indicate he would like to play for the LaLiga giants one day, Silva has confirmed he will not be making the move in this transfer window, which closes on Thursday.
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Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood is in huge demand, according to . The report has claimed that there are at least two clubs in the Premier League who have enquired about Greenwood, who is on the radar of Atletico Madrid and Barcelona as well.
Greenwood is on loan at Getafe at the moment. The 22-year-old forward made the temporary switch to the Spanish club in the summer of 2023 and is scheduled to return to Premier League giants United at the end of the season. Greenwood has been in fine form for Getafe this season. The Englishman has scored eight goals and given six assists in 26 starts and three substitute appearances in La Liga this campaign.
United are eighth in the La Liga table at the moment with 54 points from 35 matches, while Getafe currently find them…
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Domestic football has been put on pause for a few weeks in favour of the return of the international break the first one of the new campaign. In the wake of the Euros and Copa America, as well as the Olympics, many would expect this to be a fairly inconsequential few weeks. Alas, the pandemic has ensured we have to speed up the process on the road to Qatar with Sweden and Spain being two of the many European nations attempting to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Sweden s reserved, defensive style always seems to see them pick up a positive result or two when it comes to international tournaments and they were able to carve out a similar niche for themselves at the Euros. The absence of Zlatan I…
Marco Asensio scored a hat-trick against former club Real Mallorca to help Real Madrid to a 6-1 win that lifted them back above Atletico Madrid at the top of LaLiga.
Mallorca youth product Asensio added to Karim Benzema s early opener and doubled his personal tally after Lee Kang-in had pulled one back for Mallorca in a lively first half to Wednesday s contest.
Making his first start of the season, Asensio curled in a delightful third before Benzema – who also assisted a couple of goals – and Isco rounded off a thumping victory for Los Blancos at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Madrid have now collected 16 points from their opening six matches, making this their best start to a season at this stage since 2013-14 when Carlo Ancelotti was last in charge.
Raphael Varane is a big-time player who will quickly prove his worth to Manchester United, according to new team-mate Anthony Martial.
The two have linked up many times on international duty for France and have now joined forces at United after Varane made the switch from Real Madrid.
Centre-back Varane commanded a fee believed to be in the region of £42.7million (€50m) and Martial expects him to take to life at Old Trafford with the ease of a man who has won the World Cup and Champions League.
Varane, I know already, of course, Martial, who is also excited by the earlier arrival of Jadon Sancho, told United s official website. And the skill set he has, I know he will bring a lot to our team, in addition to his long experience, so we are all really delig…
Nigeria confirmed their place in the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations with a routine 3-1 win over Sudan in Group D.
First-half goals from Samuel Chukwueze and Taiwo Awoniyi put the Super Eagles on their way, before Moses Simon added a third after the break.
Nigeria shipped a consolation goal, courtesy of Walieldin Khidir s penalty, but could now be crowned Group D winners with a match to spare, depending on Egypt s result against Guinea-Bissau.
Nigeria took less than five minutes to make the breakthrough, with Chukwueze finishing coolly after a long throw was hurled into the Sudan penalty area before Union Berlin forward Awoniyi deflected in a rebound from Kelechi Iheanacho s free-kick.
Having flown out of the traps in the first half, Nige…
Gylfi Sigurdsson s double extended Iceland s stunning Euro 2016 qualifying form as the Netherlands slipped to a shock 2-0 loss in Reykjavik.
The Swansea City midfielder converted a penalty and fired home a superb volley in the first half of Monday s Group A clash in Reykjavik as Guus Hiddink s men fell to a third defeat in four games since he retook the reins.
Iceland s win maintained their place as pool leaders on goal difference having begun the campaign with 3-0 wins over Turkey and Latvia.
They remain level on points with Czech Republic, who emerged from Kazakhstan with a 4-2 triumph.
Borek Dockal, David Lafata, Ladislav Krejci and Tomas Necid found the net to render Yuriy Logvinenko s late double irrelevant as the Czechs kept up their 100 per cent re…
Qualifying for Euro 2016 swings back into view this weekend with five clashes between sides in the top two of their groups taking place over the three days.
Unbeaten England top that list after five wins from five and Roy Hodgson s side could strengthen their grip on Group E when they travel to Slovenia.
Victory for the visitors would see them move nine points clear of Slovenia with four games remaining, while also giving the chance for Switzerland to jump into second place if they can beat Lithuania.
Over in Group A, Iceland host Czech Republic in another battle for top spot that is currently occupied by the visitors.
After just missing out on the World Cup, Iceland have continued to build using their momentum and they will remain above Netherlands even…
Once every four years players from across the globe get a chance to perform on the world stage and force their way into the football zeitgeist.
Whether it is a young midfielder from Ghana who has been battling injuries the past couple of seasons, or a mercurial Dutch forward trying to push his way out of the Eredivisie, it is the perfect launchpad to alter the course of a player s career.
Stats Perform has identified four players who have lit up Qatar and, in turn, have seen their profile and transfer stock skyrocket, opening the door to a new world of possibilities come the January transfer window.
Take a look at these young leading lights
2 Cody Gakpo is only the second player to open the scoring three times in the same group stage (1st and 2nd include…
Chelsea coasted to a 3-0 away win over Leicester City as Thomas Tuchel s team powered on at the top of the Premier League on Saturday.
Brendan Rodgers home side had twice defeated Tuchel s men in 2021 already, but the Blues raced into a two-goal lead this time as Antonio Rudiger and N Golo Kante struck in the first half.
The visitors remained utterly dominant after the break and added a well-deserved third through substitute Christian Pulisic against the hapless Foxes, who did not record a single shot until the 58th minute.
Chelsea, who collected a fourth successive away league win without conceding for the first time since December 2008, at least briefly moved six points clear at the summit.
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