According to reports from the , Croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic has held talks with AS Roma over a summer return to Serie A.
Having impressed for Inter in 2014-15 season, Kovacic joined Real Madrid but failed to impress in his first season with Los Blancos.
The 22-year-old has made only 11 starts in his first campaign at Santiago Bernabeu and it is reported that Mateo Kovacic is keen to leave Real Madrid having become disillusioned with his role at the club.
As Roma have stepped up their interest in signing the Croatian starlet and have already used their good relations between sporting director Walter Sabatini and player’s agent Mario Mamic to wrap up a deal and beat fierce competition waiting in line to sign Mateo Kovacic.
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Manchester City have completed the signing of Brazilian defender Maicon from Inter Milan.
Goal.com revealed on Wednesday that the Premier League champions were stepping up their attempts to sign the full-back, with the Serie A club having now confirmed that the 31-year-old is joining Roberto Mancini s side.
Maicon spent six years at Inter, winning four Serie A titles as well as the Champions League, under Jose Mourinho in 2010, during a successful spell in Italy.
The former Cruzeiro star is now reunited with City boss Roberto Mancini, who initially signed the Brazilian from Monaco back in 2006 during his time in charge at San Siro.
With deals for Maicon and Scott Sinclair already completed, City have also confirmed that they have finalised a deal to take…
Tom Cleverley is looking on the bright side of his career, despite missing Manchester United s concession of the title to Manchester City.
But since that dramatic climax, Cleverley has featured for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics, made England international appearances in World Cup qualifiers and has also made an impact for United on the domestic front.
Playing for Manchester United, Great Britain and England all in one summer I am living the dream, he said.
The midfielder spent a large part of last season on the sidelines but insists he is fit again to compete for the Premier League title.
He told Times of India: It was a frustrating time. It always is if you are injured. You can t do what you love doing. But I am not thinking about that now. I am…
Ben Davies insists Wales are determined to prove the doubters wrong by making Euro 2024 and reaching a fourth major tournament in five attempts.
Wales are preparing for decisive Euro 2024 ties against Armenia and Turkey knowing qualification for next summer’s finals is in their own hands.
Last month’s stunning 2-1 upset win over World Cup semi-finalists Croatia has set Rob Page’s side up for what could be another momentous week in Welsh football.
Tottenham defender Davies, stand-in skipper for the injured Aaron Ramsey on the night and again this week, gave a rousing ‘huddle’ speech after the Croatia game that was caught on camera.
Evoking the words of Dafydd Iwan’s Yma O Hyd – the 1980s folk protest song which has been adopted by the Footbal…
Thomas Tuchel s first game as Bayern Munich coach may have been an impressive 4-2 victory over rivals Borussia Dortmund, but he knows there is work to do.
Tuchel replaced Julian Nagelsmann during the international break, and his first game in the dugout was Saturday s Klassiker against his old club Dortmund, who had won nine of their first 10 league games in 2023 to leave them top of the Bundesliga.
But Bayern leapfrogged them to the summit in style.
Gregor Kobel s error and a Thomas Muller double had the 10-time reigning champions 3-0 up within 23 minutes.
Kingsley Coman made it 4-0 shortly after half-time, and though consolation goals from Emre Can and Donyell Malen somewhat took the shine off their victory, Bayern now look the clear favourites to claim…
Chelsea have allowed young full-back Jay Dasilva to join Bristol City on a permanent deal following a loan spell at Ashton Gate.
Dasilva spent the 2018-19 campaign at City, making 32 appearances and impressing on the left side of defence.
His performances helped him earn international recognition with the England Under-21s, winning a spot in their squad for the European Under-21 Championship in Italy, with the Young Lions failing to get out of the group.
It had been suggested Dasilva was in line to be given an opportunity to impress in Chelsea s first team in pre-season, particularly given their transfer ban and likely appointment of Frank Lampard as Maurizio Sarri s successor.
But the Blues have allowed the 21-year-old to depart for good, signing a four-…
Kylian Mbappe gave one young Paris Saint-Germain fan an early Christmas present he will not forget in a hurry, as he signed an autograph for him during Saturday s match.
PSG ran out 4-1 winners over struggling Amiens, with Mbappe – who turned 21 on Friday – netting two goals in a fine performance.
But he also showed a touch of class on a personal level late in the match when approached by a young Christmas hat-clad pitch invader, putting his arm around the child to shield him from the security staff before leading him off the pitch.
The emotional – but impressively prepared – boy then produced a book and pen from his coat, with Mbappe obliging and signing his autograph.
La classe,
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside)
Mbappe the…
Gabriel Barbosa scored the first hat-trick of his senior club career in Santos 5-1 victory over Luverdense in the Copa do Brasil on Thursday.
The Inter loanee continued his solid form since returning to Brazil on a temporary deal in January, taking his tally to eight in 16 appearances with a treble at the Vila Belmiro.
Gabriel got off the mark by heading home Victor Ferraz s cross to cancel out Itaqui s opener, and he claimed an opportunistic second after the hour mark.
The 21-year-old completed his hat-trick in the 68th minute by slotting home a low, right-wing delivery from Ferraz with his trailing foot.
We never forget the first hat-trick, right? Gabriel posted on Twitter, alongside footage of his exploits.
Olha o(s) gol(s)! Pra fechar a noite…
Dimitri Payet labelled Antoine Griezmann as Atletico Madrid s mister plus as Marseille prepare to try to stop him in the Europa League final.
Marseille face a daunting task in Wednesday s showpiece at the Groupama Stadium, with Diego Simeone s men the favourites to lift the trophy in Lyon, Griezmann a substantial reason for that status.
Griezmann has 27 goals in 47 appearances this season, producing another brilliant campaign in which he has showcased the form that has made him one of Europe s hottest properties.
He will be expected by many to light up put Marseille to the sword and Payet, his international team-mate with France, knows just how dangerous the forward is to their hopes, the pair having spearheaded France s run to the Euro 2016 final on home soil.
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Nabil Bentaleb has put pen to paper on a new five year deal at White Hart Lane, .
The twenty year old broke into the Spurs first team half way through the 2013/14 campaign, and has since racked up fifty-five appearances, with his one and only goal so far coming in last season’s 4-0 League Cup fifth round victory over Newcastle United.
He has a far more prolific scoring record for his country, having net three times in just seventeen appearances for Algeria while he was part of their squad for last summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil.
Juventus, Paris Saint Germain and Roma had all registered an interest in signing the twenty year old though he is now committed to the North London side until the end of the 2019/20 campaign.
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