Former AS Monaco and Lille sporting director Luis Campos has been appointed as the new football advisor of Paris Saint-Germain following the departure of previous director Leonardo. He will begin work as soon as possible as a busy summer awaits the Parisian outfit. The Portuguese has been announced to be the new football advisor of PSG in a statement released by the club on June 10. Campos has previous experience working at Ligue 1 clubs AS Monaco and Lille, helping them build solid squads and achieve domestic and international success. His work on transfers was one of the primary reasons…
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After an exciting and action-packed Indian Premier League season, India will be locking horns with South Africa at home as the Proteas make their way to the Indian shores for a five-match T20I series. Historically, India have never won a T20I series against South Africa in home conditions, and they would certainly like to change that record this time. India have rested many key players for this series, whereas South Africa are fielding a full-strength squad. That’s why this is going to be a real test for the young Indian squad. But it’s going to be a very interesting series…
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah completed an awards double on Thursday night when he was named PFA’s Player of the Year for the 2021/22 season. The Egyptian also made it into the Team of the Year, alongside his five Liverpool teammates and Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo. Salah capped a remarkable individual season by winning the PFA Player of the Year award on May 9, making it a double. The Egypt international also won the FWA Footballer of the Year for his contributions throughout the just concluded 2021/22 Premier League season. He scored 23 goals, joint-most with Tottenham striker Son Heung-min, and provided the most assists…
Three games in, the Selecao lead the UEFA Nations League A, Group 2, with seven points – two more than second-placed Spain. Fernando Santos’s men beat the Czech Republic 2-0 on Thursday night, with goals from Joao Cancelo and Goncalo Guedes sealing the deal. The inaugural Nations League winners had custodian Diogo Costa to thank for keeping them into the game with a crucial save just past the hour mark, mere seconds before they went on to take the lead at the other end. The goalkeeper tightened his angles and matched Jan Kuchta’s shot with a strong fist, parrying the danger away. Two minutes…
The fraud trial involving former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA head Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments came to a halt on Wednesday after the former fell ill and couldn’t testify. The trial has now been delayed by a day. Prior to entering the courtroom in Switzerland, the former FIFA president claimed on Wednesday that he was bothered by chest trials and had difficulty breathing. Therefore, he was unable to testify on the opening day of his criminal trial. The Swiss is facing charges of defrauding FIFA in a Swiss criminal court. He is joined by former UEFA boss Michel…
Eight English fans were arrested in Munich ahead of Tuesday’s Nations League tie away to Germany, according to local reports. Three of the fans were arrested for performing the Nazi salute, one for letting off a flare in his hotel room, one for urinating in public and two others were arrested for insulting a police officer. It is a crime to perform the Nazi salute in Germany, with an offender getting punished up to three years in prison for the offence committed, although tourists are often just fined for the offensive gesture. As per the Munich fire brigade, the fan…
Alexandre Lacazette has re-joined his boyhood club Olympique Lyonnais on a three-year deal, the club confirmed on May 8. The striker departed Arsenal upon the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2021/22 season. The Frenchman left Lyon to sign for Arsenal in the summer of 2017 for a staggering 60 million euros. Now 31, he returns to the club on a free transfer, after deciding to run down his contract at the Emirates. Arsenal confirmed Lacazette’s departure through an official release on June 3, 2022 – days before his return to Lyon was confirmed. The forward spoke…
According to Sky Sports, Chelsea and Inter Milan are back in talks to find a solution for Romelu Lukaku, a year on after the former signed the Belgian from the latter for a record-breaking fee of 101,7 million pounds. The 2020/21 European champions signed Lukaku last summer, but troubles on and off the pitch hindered the forward’s return to his former club, with both the parties now seeking to cut their relationship short just a year into a five-year contract. Financial distress and Premier League-forced inflation mean Inter cannot afford to sign Lukaku in a straight-cash deal. The Italian giants are…
Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe has been declared the most expensive football player in the world currently, followed by Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr and Manchester City’s latest signing Erling Haaland. This is according to research group CIES Football Observatory. Mbappe, who recently rejected a move to 2022 UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid to remain at Parc des Princes, tops the list with an estimated transfer value of 175.7 million pounds. Meanwhile, Madrid’s attacker Vinicius Jr, who scored the only goal in the final of the recently concluded Champions League final against Liverpool, is second at 158.3 million, followed by former Borussia Dortmund striker Haaland (130.4m),…
The Gunners are prepared for a busy summer with a striker and a central midfielder among the top priorities in the transfer market. The club are targeting Gianluca Scamacca for the former and Youri Tielemans for the latter if the reports are to be believed. Arsenal’s striker hunt has taken them to Italy, where they have identified Sassuolo’s breakout star – and now a fully-fledged Italy international – Gianluca Scamacca as a potential solution to their problems upfront. However, the 23-year-old has attracted interest from clubs elsewhere, too, as was confirmed by the club’s chief executive Giovanni Carnevali. “There’s nothing concrete yet for…