Der FC Liverpool bemüht sich erneut um die Rückkehr des talentierten Mittelfeldspielers Thomas Ince vom FC Blackpool. Das erste Angebot hatte der Zweitligist im Januar abgelehnt.
Liverpool. Nach einer Absage im Januar hat der FC Liverpool erneut ein Angebot für Thomas Ince vom FC Blackpool abgegeben. Erst 2011 hatte dieser die Anfield Road in Richtung des Zweitligisten verlassen. Blackpool lehnte das Angebot im Winter ab, da Liverpool nicht bereit war, die geforderten sieben Millionen Euro zu überweisen.
Ex-Liverpool-Star neuer Trainer bei Blackpool
Jetzt starten die Reds einen erneuten Versuch, in der Hoffnung, dass der Zweitligist dieses Mal zu Verhandlungen bereit ist. Die jetzt gebotene Summe soll nach Informationen der Sun im Bereich von umgerechnet fünf Mill…
Schalke sporting director Horst Heldt has conceded that Jose Manuel Jurado s performances at the club have been disappointing.
The 26-year-old has struggled to make his mark at the Gelsenkirchen-based club since completing a 13-million-euro move from Atletico Madrid in 2010.
As a result, the former Real Madrid youngster appeared to be heading for the exit door, but Heldt has seemingly given the Spaniard another chance to redeem himself.
He has been here for two years and he has had three coaches during this period, he told Bild.
We do not have to fix him, he must get things right himself.
He is an extraordinary player, an excellent playmaker. But he must do much more, otherwise he will fail again in his third year.
Heldt revealed Jur…
Edin Terzic needed a record-breaking intervention from his Borussia Dortmund substitutes to achieve his own BVB first in a 3-1 win at Freiburg on Friday.
Dortmund boss Terzic was bidding to become the first coach to win nine consecutive Bundesliga games with the club, but it was all going wrong when Michael Gregoritsch had Freiburg in front at half-time.
And the scoreline was still 1-0 with 20 minutes to go when Youssoufa Moukoko was introduced from the bench.
But the 17-year-old had a huge impact, first teeing up fellow teenager Jamie Bynoe-Gittens to net his first league goal before giving Dortmund the lead himself.
Marius Wolf made sure of the points with two minutes to play, with all three scorers coming on as substitutes – a Bundesliga first for Do…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted he never doubted his ability to manage Manchester United despite criticism during his tenure.
United are on a five-match unbeaten run in the Premier League and sit sixth in the table ahead of hosting Everton on Sunday.
Solskjaer has faced criticism since replacing Jose Mourinho in December last year, but recent wins over Tottenham and Manchester City have silenced the Norwegian s doubters.
The United manager said he always believed in his own ability to deliver at Old Trafford.
I always had the belief that I could manage this club. I wouldn t have taken the job if I had felt I couldn t do it because I owe Manchester United honesty, Solskjaer told UK media, via the Mirror.
Football wise, I think I can hold my own whe…
Southampton have joined Liverpool in the race to sign Argentina defender Marcos Rojo, .
The South Coast club are desperate to bring in a defender having lost Luke Shaw, Dejan Lovren and Calum Chambers in recent weeks, and are keen to get one over the Reds, who have themselves signed three players from the Saints this summer.
Rojo was one of the star performers for Argentina at this summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil, playing in six of the South American sides games at the tournament, scoring his first international goal in the 3-2 win over Nigeria in the group stages.
At club level, he has been with Sporting for the past two seasons, turning out for them sixty-one times since signing from Spartak Moscow in the summer of 2012.
Liverpool face South…
Northern Ireland coach Michael O Neill was asked to give some advice to the ailing Brazil national team ahead of his own side s crunch Euro 2016 encounter with world champions Germany.
Joachim Low s men famously demolished Germany 7-1 in the 2014 World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte before lifting the trophy thanks to an extra-time triumph versus Argentina.
Brazil are arguably still feeling the effects of that humiliation, having parted company with coach Dunga on the back of a dispiriting group-stage exit at the Copa America Centenario.
In contrast, Northern Ireland are on the crest of a wave following the surprise 2-0 win over Ukraine that leaves them within touching distance of a place in the last 16 of Euro 2016.
They will resume underdog duties in…
Torsten Frings returns to the international fray for Germany in Wednesday s friendly with Norway intent on putting his public spat with Joachim Loew behind him.
The Werder Bremen midfielder fell out with the Germany manager after being dropped to the bench for last October s World Cup qualifiers against Russia and Wales and not even picked for November s friendly against England.
I see my role as exactly the same as it was before. Players have never had a guarantee of getting picked. Rudi Voller, Jurgen Klinsmann or Joachim Loew never said You, my boy, you will systematically play as long as I m the coach’ Frings told a press conference on Tuesday.
The 32-year-old added: My last cap goes back to the Euro 2008 final. I reckon that I ve regained my best level, bu…
Celtic manager Neil Lennon is tipping Gary Hooper for an England call-up after the striker scored four goals in their League Cup match on Wednesday.
The Celts defeated First Division Raith Rovers 4-1 at Parkhead, with the former Scunthorpe United frontman netting all four goals in a lethal display of finishing.
The 24-year-old has been prolific in front of goal ever since he joined the Scottish Premier League champions in 2010 and his latest heroics took his goal tally to 58 from just 97 appearances for the club.
Lennon believes Hooper s game has reached a level where he is now worthy of selection by England boss Roy Hodgson for his nation s World Cup 2014 qualifying campaign.
In Hooper we have a phenomenal player, Lennon told reporters at the post-matc…
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Manchester City and Newcastle United will lock horns with each other this weekend. The Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium is slated to kick off at 8pm UK time on Saturday and could be an interesting game of football.
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Manchester City are not having the best of seasons at the moment, but there have been positive signs in recent days. Last weekend, Pep Guardiola’s side got the better of high-flying Southampton 1-0 away from home at St. Mary’s Stadium in the Premier League before easing past Arsenal 4-1 at the Emirates Stadium in North London in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.
City are eighth in the Premier League table at the moment with 23 points fr…
Jose Mourinho claimed Tottenham lacked the ambition and desire to push for a win against Wolves.
Spurs went in front on Sunday through Tanguy Ndombele s first-minute strike, yet only managed another two attempts on target – the last of which came when Sergio Reguilon drilled at Rui Patricio in the 21st minute.
Wolves made it count, scoring in the 86th minute through Romain Saiss header, and the home side should have won it when Fabio Silva headed straight into the gloves of Hugo Lloris in stoppage time.
Tottenham have now dropped nine points this season due to conceding goals in the last 10 minutes of matches, the most of any side in the Premier League, while Mourinho s team are without a win in four league matches.
I am, Mourinho responded to Sky Spo…