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Ignazio Abate hopes that Mario Balotelli will stay at AC Milan and says the forward has the right attitude to lead the Rossoneri to success.

Balotelli has quickly become a key player at the San Siro after his January move from Manchester City, scoring seven goals in six Serie A appearances, and Abate would like to see his Italy team-mate stay put for the foreseeable future.

Balotelli s mentality seems right to me. I hope he stays at Milan for a long time. Milanello is a family, everyone helps each other, the right-back told reporters.

Abate went on to praise promising youngster Mattia De Sciglio, who recently made his Italy debut.

De Sciglio is a calm and balanced guy who has his head in the right place, which is quite rare for someone so young, Abate s…

FC Porto have announced on their official website that they have signed forward Jackson Martinez from Jaguares.

The Portuguese champions had been following the Colombian international for quite a while and they have finally wrapped up the deal yesterday evening.

Martinez has signed a four-year deal with the Dragons after they agreed to pay €8.8 million to Mexican side Jaguares de Chiapas.

The highly rated forward has had a €40 million release clause inserted in his contract.

“It s a huge blessing, I want to succeed here, Martinez told club’s official website.

The 25-year-old revealed that his international teammate and former Porto star Radamel Falcao Garcia recommended the Dragons to him.

He had good recommendations about the ci…

Market: Galway half-time/full-time

Odds: 1/1 @

Simply looking to widen their buffer at the top of the First Division table on Friday night, Galway will welcome Longford to Eamonn Deacy Park.

Starting with the hosts, while Galway might have missed out on the chance to claim a Premier Division return last season, John Caulfield’s side have come flying out the traps this time around. Last seen putting in another professional display as they claimed a 2-0 victory away at at Cobh Ramblers, the Tribesmen have won each of their first nine First Division appearances. With their remarkable start to the campaign underlined by a remarkable 9-1 romp against Kerry earlier in the month, it is no secret that Galway are tipped as a landslide promotion contender in 2023. The o…

Bafetimbi Gomis backed Al Hilal to reach the Club World Cup final after he scored a spectacular winning goal in his side s 1-0 quarter-final victory over ES Tunis.

The former Lyon, Marseille and Galatasaray forward came on as a second-half substitute and struck a volley from the edge of the penalty area 17 minutes from time to tee up a semi-final clash with South American champions Flamengo.

Gomis reflected on his recovery from a series of hamstring problems after further justifying Al Hilal s €6million investment with his latest crucial goal.

It was a good team effort, the striker, who scored in the AFC Champions League final second leg last month, told reporters.

I am happy I helped my team. All the players worked well; we played a very good game. I…

PSG keen on Yarmolenko

Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain are weighing up a summer bid for Dynamo Kiev winger Andriy Yarmolenko, .

The Saints expect to stay without Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani, meaning they are on the lookout for attacking reinforcements.

According to the Daily Mail, PSG officials aim to lure Dynamo Kiev attacker Andriy Yarmolenko to Parc des Princes and have already opened talks with his representatives.

The Ukraine star has been linked with a big club move for over a year now and he is reportedly valued at £15 million at the moment.

The 25-year-old has just over a year left on his current deal, meaning that Dynamo will be forced to cash in on him next summer.

Yarmolenko has spent entire career up to date at …

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie
Market: Feyenoord to win against Twente
Odds:

Feyenoord welcome FC Twente to the De Kuip in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland this afternoon in the Dutch Eredivisie, and are big favourites to pick up all three points to potentially end the weekend top of the pile.

Feyenoord finished third in the Dutch Eredivisie last season with 63 points from 34 games and have started the new campaign strongly too with an opening game win. The home side boasted the third amount of home wins in the league in 2015/16, and will fancy their chances of seeing past a struggling Twente outfit at De Kuip.

As for the opposition, FC Twente struggled last season, finishing 13th in the division with 40 points from 34 games, and won just three wins from their…

Arsenal s new signing Andrei Arshavin had a message for the Gunners fans as he set off on his new career at the Emirates Stadium: Trust in me and Arsenal.

Arshavin, who hopes to help bring silverware to the Arsenal sideboard after some barren years, also said it had been a dream move and told Sky television cameras he been a Gooner, or Arsenal supporter, for some time.

Arsenal confirmed the that the Russian playmaker had signed for the Premier League side on a long-term contract, believed to be three-and-a-half years.

The London club agreed a deal for the player with his former club, Zenit St Petersburg, just minutes before Monday s 1700 GMT transfer deadline and had to wait until Tuesday for the move to be ratified by the Premier League.

Arsenal have n…

The agent of Robert Lewandowski has made it clear that the striker is not thinking about leaving Borussia Dortmund.

The Poland international has been in talks with the club about an extension until the summer of 2014, but his hefty wage demands have so far proved to be too much of an obstacle.

Lewandowski, who is currently on a salary of 1.5 million Euros, reportedly wants to earn as much as star players Mario Gotze and Marco Reus, who make five million Euros per season, but Dortmund are reluctant to offer him more than three million per year.

Nevertheless, even though talks have hit a stumbling block, his representative Maik Barthel has insisted that his client is not thinking about a transfer just yet.

We are not thinking about a potential move to a E…

Shaq Moore struck after just 20 seconds as the United States beat Canada 1-0 in Kansas City to clinch top spot in Group B at the Gold Cup.

The tournament hosts withstood late Canada pressure to preserve a 100 per cent record, following the 1-0 win over Haiti and 6-1 thrashing of Martinique.

Moore s winning goal saw him sidefoot home from close range after Sebastian Lletget s low cross from the left rolled across the six-yard box.

It was the USA s fastest goal in Gold Cup history, tournament officials said, and it was Tenerife defender Moore s first international strike.

Gyasi Zardes glanced a header wide of the right post as the United States sought a second early goal, and Daryl Dike fizzed a shot a yard off target after a low cross from the right.