Manchester United have joined the race for River Plate’s 21-year-old striker sensation, Julian Alvarez. Meanwhile, Anthony Martial finds himself on the periphery of the first team and is keen on a loan switch to Sevilla. Alvarez is one of the most sought-after players in world football and is destined to make the trip across the Atlantic following a breakthrough year in Argentina, during which he scored 18 goals and provided six assists as River Plate sealed the domestic title. As per Ole, the Red Devils are keen to steal a march on their continental counterparts and have contacted the Argentinian…
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The 59-year-old, who has worked with the franchise as their technical director, was a surprise pick to take over as manager, has experience of taking over the same duty was a decent enough sample size to win over the management. The Gaurs are off to their worst Indian Super League start ever. They lost their opening three games of the campaign to Mumbai City (3-0), Jamshedpur (3-1) and NorthEast United (2-1), but fought back to beat East Bengal (4-3) and Bengaluru (2-1) in the next two games. After a 1-1 draw against Hyderabad FC on December 18, which meant they had not kept a clean sheet for the opening six games, Ferrando…
Despite almost no preparation time with his new team, ATK Mohun Bagan head coach Juan Ferrando got off to a flying start with a 3-2 win over NorthEast United FC. Hugo Boumous scored a brace for the Mariners – as they ended a four-match winless run. Despite conceding early, the Kolkata-based outfit came roaring back into the match and overturned the deficit thanks to a brace from Hugo Boumous. Their win ends a four-match winless run, during which they lost two and drew two, and consequently, sacked head coach Antonio Lopez Habas. ATKMB’s poor run of late looked to continue when VP Suhair headed…
Arsenal beat Sunderland 5-1 to book their place in the EFL Cup semi-finals. Eddie Nketiah – whose future remains up in the air – scored a hattrick for the Gunners, while Nicolas Pepe and Charlie Patino added a goal each. Nketiah gave Arsenal the lead in the 17th minute as he scored from close range with his knee after Rob Holding’s initial header was saved, and as a result, deflected into his path by Lee Burge. Ten minutes later, Nicolas Pepe played a give-and-go with Cedric Soares, received the ball inside the opposition box, and blasted a shot into the top corner to put the Gunners…
Having quit a series just an hour before it kick-started, the Kiwis have agreed to tour Pakistan twice in the 2022/23 cycle to make amends for the postponed series. The news was confirmed by both boards, who announced that a total of 8 ODIs, 5 T20Is and 2 Tests will be involved across both the tours. The first visit will be a part of the Future Tours Program. NZ players will be in the subcontinent in December 2022, right after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, to play the men in green in two Tests and three ODIs. They will be…
Currently 19th in the Premier League table, The Magpies are looking to appoint Dan Ashworth of Brighton & Hove Albion as their director of football, hoping to stay up after a terrible start this season. Having appointed Eddie How as a manager in early November, they have managed just one win thus far in the league. Brighton have given Ashworth the green signal to hold talks with the Tyneside club. Although the Seagulls are desperate to retain their man, they reckoned it would be counter-productive to not let him have a conversation with the bosses of the club. Ashworth is…
Chelsea are eyeing a fresh January bid for AS Monaco starlet Aurelien Tchouameni. However, a Blues’ move for the Frenchman could signal the end of Saul Niguez’s Stamford Bridge spell, with the Atletico Madrid midfiedler still finding his feet in English football. Chelsea are preparing a January bid for AS Monaco’s Aurelien Tchouameni, as per 90min. The Blues are among a horde of clubs following the impressive Frenchman, who made his international debut earlier this year after outstanding displays at club level for the Principality side. The Premier League outfit has held an interest in the 21-year-old since the summer,…
Willian, who left Chelsea to sign for rivals Arsenal before the start of the 2020/21 season, has revealed he wanted to leave the club after just three months. The Brazilian had his contract terminated after just a season with the Gunners, and moved to Corinthians in August. Former Arsenal attacker Willian has revealed that he wanted to leave the club just three months after joining them from rivals Chelsea. Speaking to Rio Ferdinand and his fellow hosts on the former’s YouTube channel, Five, the Brazilian claimed that he wasn’t happy at the Emirates and had asked his agent to end his…
Jamshedpur FC spurned the opportunity to go within a point of league leaders Mumbai City FC by failing to beat a struggling Bengaluru FC. The Men of Steel were held to a goalless draw by the Blues – who are now winless in seven. A tough task awaited Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and his defense as they faced an in-form Greg Stewart and Jamshedpur FC at the Bambolim on Monday night. Despite the challenge, Bengaluru came out of the match with a point – but are without the start of the season. Bengaluru nearly had a perfect start to the game; Udanta Singh raced down the left…
Manchester City midfielders Phil Foden and Jack Grealish have been warned over their conduct by Josep Guardiola shortly after their 4-0 win over Newcastle United on December 19. Both players were left out from the first team squad that headed to Tyneside for this fixture as the manager was unhappy with their behavior. Foden and Grealish were instrumental in thumping Leeds United 7-0 at the Etihad stadium. They both were pictured having a night out after that stupendous win and Guardiola clearly mentioned that these players were not rested. He said to the media that he notices off field and on…