According to , Leeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa has identified Douglas Costa as a potential replacement for Raphinha. Liverpool are reported to be interested in signing the Brazilian international from Premier League rivals Leeds in the summer of 2021, and if the 24-year-old leaves, then Bielsa wants the West Yorkshire club to bring in Costa.
Costa is on loan at Bayern Munich from Juventus at the moment. The Brazil international winger had a loan spell at Juve from Bayern before the move was made permanent, and the 30-year-old returned to the Allianz Arena in the summer of 2020.
According to , Costa has made three starts and eight substitute appearances in the Bundesliga, scoring one goal and providing one assist in the process. The winter has also provided one as…
Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes is seemingly a fitness concern for the final weeks of the season after being photographed with a protective boot and crutches.
Fernandes suffered an ankle injury during Sunday s FA Cup semi-final penalties win over Brighton and Hove Albion, appearing to twist his foot awkwardly in the turf.
Although he was able to continue until his eventual withdrawal in extra time, Fernandes was seen limping on the touchline before full-time and during the shoot-out.
Now it would appear the damage he sustained was more significant than first thought, with the 28-year-old s wife posting a photo to Twitter on Monday showing him sitting on a sofa wearing a protective boot and having crutches within reach.
As such, it seems extre…
Maidstone will play Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
The National League South club from Kent pulled off one of the great upsets in FA Cup history by winning 2-1 at Ipswich on Saturday.
They will now travel to another Championship side to face the winners of the replay between the Owls and the Sky Blues in the last 16.
Championship? Completed it mate.
— Maidstone United (@maidstoneunited)
Holders Manchester City were drawn away at Luton and Newcastle face a trip to the winners of Monday’s tie between Blackburn and Wrexham.
Chelsea or Aston Villa will host Leeds or Plymouth while Brighton travel to Wolves and Bournemouth entertain Championship leaders Leicester.
Liverpool or Norwich will face W…
Arsenal are ready to make an £80m move for Juventus star Paul Pogba,.
The France international is set to be the subject of interest from a number of Europe’s elite this summer, though Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is keen to steal a march on his rivals.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Real Madrid have also been linked with a move for the 21 year old, who has been with Juve since the summer of 2012.
In just over two-and-a-half years, he has racked up one hundred and thirteen appearances in all competitions, scoring twenty-two goals while he was part of the squad that won back-to-back Serie A titles in 2013 and 2014.
Internationally, he has been capped twenty-two times, scoring five goals – one of which came at last summer’s World Cup finals in Bra…
Manchester United will not be distracted by the high levels of anticipation surrounding Jose Mourinho s return to Chelsea on Sunday, says Ashley Young.
After guiding Chelsea to the Premier League title in 2014-15, Mourinho left Stamford Bridge last December after a dismal start to their championship defence.
Ahead of the Portuguese taking United to his former stomping grounds, Young is solely focused on what will take place on the pitch.
I think there will obviously be a lot of talk going into the game of making sure you know your jobs, making sure we know the game plan, he told MUTV.
That will be it really. Obviously, you do a few things outside and try to prepare yourself but the main thing is being ready when that kick-off comes and being able to be …
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Liverpool are set to play host to Chelsea at Anfield on Thursday in the 27th round of the Premier League roller coaster. It is an immensely important contest which could have a big impact on the battle for Champions League qualification at the end of the season.
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Going through an extremely rough patch in the middle of a injury-riddled campaign, the still-reigning champions find themselves outside of top four at the moment, even though they topped the table not too long ago. It is a consequence of a difficult stretch which could be said to have started as far back as November, when a 1-1 draw away to Brighton and Hove Albion brought their problems to the fore.
Looking at their more recent form, Liverpool won two of th…
Brighton and Hove Albion have announced Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach.
The Italian has been named as Graham Potter s successor after putting pen to paper on a four-year deal at the Amex Stadium on Sunday.
De Zerbi takes charge with Brighton fourth in the Premier League following an impressive start to the season under Potter, who departed for Chelsea on September 8, having taken 13 points from their opening six games.
The 43-year-old, who had been out of work since leaving Shakhtar Donetsk in July because of the war in Ukraine, will first take charge of Brighton away at Liverpool on October 1.
We are delighted to confirm the appointment of Roberto De Zerbi as the club’s new head coach!
— Brighton Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC)
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Newcastle midfielder Dan Gosling is set to join Crystal Palace, the player s agent has confirmed.
Gosling has failed to establish himself as a regular in the first team set-up at St James Park since joining from Everton in 2010.
However, Palace manager Ian Holloway, who worked with Gosling at Plymouth earlier in his career, now appears ready to offer the 23-year-old an escape route.
Gosling s representative, David Hodgson, revealed that the former England Under-21 international has agreed terms with the Selhurst Park club.
He has had his talks with Crystal Palace and everything is agreed,” Hodgson told The Shields Gazette. We are not privy to how far (the clubs) are apart.
The most important thing is for Dan to play football again.
When your old man…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has praised his side s fantastic performances throughout December.
City have won six of their seven Premier League fixtures this month, dropping points only in a 1-1 draw at Southampton on December 7.
That form has seen the 2011-12 champions move into second place, just one point behind table-toppers Arsenal ahead of their trip to Swansea City on New Year s Day.
And Pellegrini is thrilled with the effort shown by his players during English football s busiest period, urging them to kick on in the second half of the season to reclaim the title from rivals Manchester United.
I think it (December) was a fantastic month for us, we played 10 games and won nine, and in the Premier League we won six, the Chilean said.
SD Huesca have agreed a deal to sign Jese Rodriguez from Paris Saint-Germain on loan, according to Spanish TV station Aragon TV.
Having played 94 games for Real Madrid s first team, Jese moved to PSG in 2016 but spent only half a season there. After scoring two goals in 14 appearances, he spent the second half of the campaign on loan at Las Palmas. Last season he played in the Premier League with Stoke City, also on loan, making 13 appearances and scoring a single goal in a campaign riddled with various personal issues including a premature birth of his son.
Looking to get his career back on track, the forward is now close to joining the newly promoted side Huesca, who have started the first top-division season in their history with a 1-2 win away against Eibar. It seem…