Palmeiras head coach Abel Ferreira admits he is considering his future in the role despite lifting the Copa Libertadores with Saturday s 2-1 final victory over Flamengo.
The 42-year-old Portuguese cited the hectic schedule for Palmeiras, juggling competing in Brazil s top flight along with continental competitions.
Palmeiras have played eight times this month and will back up from Saturday s final with a Brasileiro Serie A fixture against Cuiaba on Tuesday.
Ferreira, who became the first European head coach to win the Copa Libertadores twice, said the schedule was insane and inhuman .
The calendar is insane, it is inhuman, Ferreira said at the post-game news conference. For me, I have to do a lot of thinking. The club has already demonstrated its will, I…
Cardiff City have confirmed the signing of 23-year-old goalkeeper Simon Moore from Brentford.
Moore joins the Premier League new-boys on a four-year deal having made 52 appearances for Uwe Rosler s side last season.
He is a product of Southampton s youth academy and had a spell at Farnborough Town before moving to Griffin Park in 2009.
Moore told the Welsh club s official website: I m delighted to be at Cardiff City to play in the Premier League has always been my goal.
It s exciting to think that I ll be working with quality goalkeepers like David Marshall and Joe Lewis on a daily basis and I know that I can develop and learn from them.
Moore becomes Malky Mackay s third signing of the close-season, after Andreas Cornelius and John Brayford were brought…
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Two sides who find themselves battling it out at opposite ends of the Jia League standings, Qingdao West Coast will travel to Dandong Tengyue on Wednesday morning.
Starting with the hosts, while Dandong Tengyue might have made their Jia League return this season, it is no secret that Wang Dan’s side are facing a real battle in their bid to avoid an immediate second-tier relegation. Although the Reds might have clinched back-to-back stalemate against Jiagxi Lushan and Dongguan Guanlian since opening September, the Liaoning-based outfit are still firmly looking over their shoulder at the drop zone. Continuing to struggle with their consistency since opening up the 2023 campaign, Wednesday’s hosts have failed to muster…
Chelsea have completed the signing of Cameroon international Samuel Eto’o, .
The deal sees the 32 year old reunited with manager Jose Mourinho, who he played under during Inter Milan’s treble winning 2009/10 campaign, and appears to all but end the club’s pursuit of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
The Blues have had two bids for the England international rejected by the Premier League champions, and are now unlikely to table a third offer before the transfer window closes on Monday evening.
Eto’o, who has signed a one-year contract at Stamford Bridge, became the world’s best paid footballer when he moved to Russia two years ago though he taken a large pay-cut to move to the Premier League.
He is the second player to swap Makhacka…
Freiburg have announced that captain Julian Schuster has signed a new contract with the club.
The midfielder joined Freiburg in 2008, and has chosen to remain in the Bundesliga despite reported interest from Real Betis in Spain.
Schuster has made made 164 appearances for Freiburg, scoring 14 goals, and was instrumental as the club reached the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal last season.
Sporting director Jochen Saier hailed the 28-year-old s decision to pen a new deal, which reportedly runs until June 2016, telling the club s official website: It s great that Julian Schuster declares his support of the club by extending his contract.
Saier added: He has made great development with us and is a good role model.
We are extremely happy that our captain will conti…
Veteran defender Patrice Evra has warned France team-mates Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann to expect to bear the brunt of criticism if Euro 2016 ends in failure.
Tournament hosts France are among the favourites as they look to repeat their home-field success of the 1998 World Cup with Juventus midfielder Pogba and Atletico Madrid striker Griezmann the side s leading lights.
Griezmann particularly has entered the spotlight as a result of Karim Benzema s international exile, but Evra believes the Real Madrid man s absence will only heap pressure on those who remain.
It s easy to say that they are phenomenal but people are expecting a lot from them, Evra told Journal du Dimanche.
I warned them: Karim is not with us anymore, and if things go badly, they …
Cardiff City head to Aston Villa on Saturday hoping to build on the feel-good factor generated by their win over Swansea City last weekend.
Steven Caulker headed a second-half winner against his former club to ensure victory in the first top-flight South Wales derby, and manager Malky Mackay will be eyeing back-to-back victories for the first time this season.
Cardiff meet a Villa side who have not won or scored in their last four matches, leaving them a point behind their visitors in the Premier League table.
The teams last met in a League Cup third-round clash in September 2009, when a third-minute Gabriel Agbonlahor strike sealed a 1-0 triumph for Villa over the then Championship outfit.
The only Cardiff player still at the club who started that day is former …
Mario Gotze returned to haunt his old side as leaders Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-0 at the Signal Iduna Park on Saturday.
The midfielder – who made the switch to reigning champions Bayern for a €38 million fee in the close-season – came off the bench to light up a tepid encounter between the title rivals and break the deadlock before Arjen Robben and Thomas Muller added late goals to produce a scoreline that flattered the visitors.
Both sides were missing key players for the fixture, with Dortmund particularly hindered with their regular back four all unavailable.
In a first half bereft of chances, Robert Lewandowski, who was also linked with Bayern in the transfer window, wasted the best opportunity when he fired over from close range.
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Kylian Mbappe has been left out of France s 25-man preliminary Olympics squad ahead of the Games in Paris starting next month.
Thierry Henry, who is the coach of Les Bleus under-23 side, did not include the Paris Saint-Germain forward, who is expected to complete a move to Real Madrid in the coming days following Los Blancos 15th Champions League success.
The 46-year-old has until July 3 to confirm his final 22-player list ahead of group-stage fixtures against the United States on July 24, Guinea on July 27 and New Zealand on July 30.
Henry has revealed he faced plenty of difficulties when selecting his squad, with several clubs refusing to release their players for the tournament.
Because the football event at the Olympics is not formally recognised b…
Fulham have secured the loan signings of Luciano Vietto from Atletico Madrid and Manchester United s Timothy Fosu-Mensah.
Vietto joined Atletico from Villarreal after impressing in the 2014-15 campaign, his first in LaLiga, but he failed to suitably adapt to the style of Diego Simeone s side and never truly established himself.
A loan move to Sevilla followed in the 2016-17 season and he got off to a fine start, scoring twice on his LaLiga debut a 6-4 win over Espanyol.
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However, he soon fell out of favour at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan as well, before then struggling on loan at Valencia last term.
Vietto returned to Atletico in January in what was essentially a final chance to c…