Hansi Flick has now won more major trophies as Bayern manager (6) than he has lost games (5).
Chelsea’s winner against Barnsley was their only shot on target in the entire game.
Lionel Messi is the “perfect footballer”, according to Cesc Fabregas, who says he’s “thankful” that he got the chance to play alongside several of the world’s best.
Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek is not yet trusted by his team-mates, according to Red Devils legend Mark Hughes.”You just sense it looks like they don’t trust him with the ball yet,” “When the likes of Fred and [Nemanja] Matic look up and they see [Marcus] Rashford, they see [Anthony] Martial, they see [Mason] Greenwood, who is still a young player but has great talent, it’s like they defer to them, their first thought is to pass to them.
Michael Owen has ripped into Chelsea’s frontline, saying Thomas Tuchel’s side will not be Premier League title contenders until they sign a world-class striker.
Thomas Tuchel admitted Chelsea left Barnsley a “relieved” side after Tammy Abraham rescued their FA Cup hopes at both ends.“Am I relieved. I have to be honest yes. We can stop the analysis now! Chelsea through to the quarter final, full stop! “We can play better, it is not our best performance.
Neymar speaks for the first time after injury, “It saddens me a lot to have to listen to a player, coach, commentator or whatever the hell say ‘they really have to hit him’, ‘he falls down a lot’, ‘crybaby’, ‘spoiled’ and all that.
Honestly it saddens me and I don’t know how much longer I can hold out. I just want to be happy playing football. Nothing else.”
Robert Lewandowski has revealed the half-time rallying cry he issued in the dressing room during Bayern Munich’s Club World Cup final triumph, as he demanded that his team-mates “put a few more crosses in”.
Arsenal failed with a loan move for Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder Riqui Puig, 21, before they secured Real Madrid and Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard, 22, until the end of the season.
Wayne Rooney has offered his advice to Phil Foden with the Manchester City star tipped to star for England in the Euro 2020 finals.“I think he has been one of the best players in the league this season. Guardiola has managed him really well.“I spoke to him a couple of times and you could see he is a very level-headed lad. So, to keep doing what he’s doing. He’s entertaining to watch, great to watch.
The head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Yoshiro Mori has resigned after becoming embroiled in a sexism row when he said women ‘talk too much’.
Neymar’s father has launched a passionate defence of his son, criticising Caen manager Pascal Dupraz for taunting him after he went off injured for Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.”Really, my son has to cry, but not for the reason you think, sir. “I think he has to cry because there are coaches like you, referees of that level, negligent leagues, biased referees and cowards in the sport.
Spurs have hired Todd Kline as chief commercial officer as they seek naming rights for their new stadium. Kline spearheaded an 18-year naming rights deal for the Miami Dolphins’ stadium with entertainment venue Hard Rock worth a reported £180m.
Manchester City will travel to Everton and Manchester United go to Leicester City in the FACup quarterfinals following last night’s draw.
Mali and Sevilla legend Frederic Kanoute feels Youssef En-Nesyri can challenge Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez for the La Liga top scorer prize in the 2020-21 campaign.
Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric, 35, has offered to take a pay cut if it means he can stay at the Bernabeu.
James Milner admits Liverpool still haven’t addressed the lack of confidence that is threatening their top-four place in a “strange season”.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Roma players want Edin Dzeko to take the captain armband back, but the club have rejected the request.
“We were lucky twice in the first half, Kepa saved us!” Those were the words of Thomas Tuchel after his side squeezed past Barnsley and into the FA Cup quarter-finals last night.
Juventus were determined to bring Manchester United’s France midfielder Paul Pogba back to Turin in April 2020 and offered one of Brazil winger Douglas Costa, Bosnia midfielder Miralem Pjanic, Wales playmaker Aaron Ramsey and France midfielder Adrien Rabiot in part-exchange – but United told the Italians they wanted £87m in cash to sell the 27-year-old.
PSG and Italy striker Moise Kean admits he still watches Juventus matches, but insists he is happy at PSG.The 20-year-old joined PSG on loan from Everton last summer.He has 14 goals in 27 games in all competitions so far this season and Carlo Ancelotti admitted the Italy striker could complete a permanent move to Paris at the end of the season.
Former Manchester United and England defender Paul Parker says manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s claim that his side are not in the title race was “a silly comment”.
According to reports in Italy, Milan have offered Gigio Donnarumma a new €7.5m-a-year deal for five years, but Mino Raiola wants a two-year contract.
Express Sport’s chief sports writer Neil Squires believes Dele Alli needs to engineer a move away from Tottenham in the same way Jesse Lingard has moved to West Ham to reignite his career.
Milan and Juventus are monitoring Chelsea’s 27-year-old Morocco winger Hakim Ziyech.
The agent of Roger Ibanez has revealed he is in talks with Roma to extend the defender’s contract.
Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has to sign an upgrade to goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, according to former Spurs defender Jason Cundy.
Donny van de Beek has been told he may have to leave Manchester United if he wants to be the “special player” and avoid being the “side dish” by Jermaine Jenas.
Jorginho’s agent says the Chelsea and Italy midfielder is open to moving back to Serie A and refuses to rule out Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli return.
Arsenal were ruthless in the January transfer window as they cancelled the contracts of Mesut Ozil and Shkodran Mustafi in order to free up some money on the wage bill and trim the squad, but Gunners hero Kevin Campbell believes they could do the same thing to David Luiz.
Edinson Cavani has been slapped with a two-game international ban for his horror tackle on Richarlison during Uruguay’s defeat by Brazil last November.
Robert Platek has bought a majority stake in Spezia and there are now seven Serie A clubs with foreign ownerships.
Liverpool face the prospect of more Champions League disruption with the Anfield leg of their clash with RB Leipzig at risk of being switched to a neutral venue.
Former Inter goalkeeper Tommaso Berni explains why ‘tension can grow’ with Antonio Conte in the dug-out: ‘He is not a coach to play five-a-side football with.’
UEFA have dismissed complaints from Real Sociedad that Manchester United have been handed a huge advantage when the two sides meet in the Europa League next week.
Boss Ralph Hasenhuttl targeted ending Southampton’s 45-year FA Cup drought after they reached the quarter-finals.
Wilfried Zaha says it is “degrading” for black people to have to take part in football’s symbolic attempts to eradicate racism.
Real Madrid have reportedly identified Sevilla’s Jules Kounde as a potential transfer target.
Former England captain Wayne Rooney has urged Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate to select both Phil Foden and Jack Grealish in his squad for this summer’s European Championships.
Liverpool’s Scotland left-back Andy Robertson, 26, has paid £3.3m for a mansion in the same Wilmslow road as compatriot Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary former Manchester United manager.
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