Juventus have reached an agreement with Brazilian side Santos over the transfer of Kaio Jorge, according to . Santos will receive €1.5 million right away, and another €1.5m a year from now providing Juventus don t fail to qualify for the Champions League at the end of the upcoming season. On top of that, there is a bonus of €1m in the agreement which relates to a number of appearances, and Santos will have priority over other clubs in case of a loan move.
Kaio Jorge is a 19-year-old striker, widely considered as an extremely talented player with a great future ahead of him. He is a product of the academy at Santos, and he broke into the first-team squad in January 2019. He has so far appeared in 42 matches in the Brazilian Serie A, scoring five times and producing three a…
Pep Guardiola will stay at Manchester City and see out his contract, according to chief executive Ferran Soriano.
Guardiola is contracted to City until 2021, however, there are doubts over the Spaniard s future in Manchester following back-to-back Premier League titles.
Reports – which Guardiola has denied – have claimed there is a clause which would allow the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss to leave at the end of the current campaign.
However, Soriano is confident Guardiola will stay and honour his deal amid speculation he wants to return to Barcelona.
Pep has said so many times that he has a contract that covers this year, plus next year too, Soriano said at the Dubai International Sports Conference. There is no discussion about this.
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Manchester United are ready to reignite their interest in signing Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels, .
The Premier League side failed to capture the World Cup winner in the summer, and manager Louis van Gaal is ready to capitalise on Dortmund’s woes with a £35m bid.
The 2012 Bundesliga champions are currently joint bottom of the German top flight after winning just four of their seventeen games so far this season.
Hummels has been with the club January 2008, when he moved to them initially on loan from Bayern Munich, and is closing in on two hundred and fifty club appearances for them in all competitions.
Van Gaal is keen to strengthen his defence this month, with constant question marks over the fitness of Jonny Evans, Phil Jones and Chris …
German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt understands that Hamburg SV midfielder Rafael van der Vaart could be returning to Spanish La Liga.
The Dutch footballer spent two years with Real Madrid between 2008 and 2010, but he didn t quite manage to prove his worth in Spain s top flight.
He could now get a second opportunity with Sevilla and Valencia reportedly considering summer bids for the 32-year-old.
Rafa van der Vaart is beyond next season, given that he is no longer considered an indispensable member of the squad.
And seeing as he will be available on a free transfer next summer, the likes of Sevilla and Valencia will attempt to lure him back to Spain.
His former club Ajax and few other top sides are believed to be keen, with van der Vaart dete…
Chelsea have clinched a deal for Brazil Under-20 midfielder Andrey Santos, it was announced on Friday.
Santos had been linked with several of Europe s biggest clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Barcelona, after breaking into Vasco da Gama s side last year.
The 18-year-old box-to-box player scored eight goals in 33 games in the Brazilian second tier in 2022, as Vasco won promotion to end a two-season spell outside the top flight.
Chelsea will reportedly pay around £11million for the 18-year-old, whose departure was announced in a club statement from Vasco.
It read: Vasco da Gama agreed this Friday the permanent transfer of the athlete Andrey Santos to European football.
The midfielder will defend the colours of Chelsea, fro…
Yann Kermorgant put his play-off penalty demons behind him to book Reading s place in the Championship final with a 1-0 win over Fulham.
Kermorgant suffered heartache and was briefly a figure of ridicule when his chipped spot-kick was saved as Leicester City subsided to a semi-final shootout defeat against Cardiff City in 2010.
The veteran French forward took a more conventional route on this occasion and Marcus Bettinelli could only palm his well-struck 49th-minute effort into the corner after Tomas Kalas handball.
It meant a 2-1 aggregate triumph for Jaap Stam s side after Saturday s clash at Craven Cottage finished all-square.
Bettinelli came out on top in his first duel with Kermorgant in the 13th minute, reacting to keep out a shot on the turn low do…
Former England strikers Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer have defended their criticism of the Three Lions terrible displays at Euro 2024 after Harry Kane said pundits should be more supportive.
England have four points ahead of their final Group C fixture against Slovenia, though they were uninspired as they laboured to a 1-0 win over Serbia and a 1-1 draw with Denmark.
Their performance in the latter match was fiercely criticised, with Lineker describing the display as s*** on his The Rest is Football podcast.
England captain Kane hit back at those comments on Sunday, pointing out ex-players like Lineker failed to win international silverware and telling them to be more helpful .
On Monday s edition of the podcast, Lineker said of Kane s response: I though…
December 2, 2018. In the 56th minute of Unai Emery s first north London derby in charge of Arsenal, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang curled a sensational first-time finish beyond Hugo Lloris to level the scores at 2-2.
Aubameyang s strike – his second goal of the game after a first-half penalty to open the scoring – sent the home faithful into raptures at Emirates Stadium, and the Gabon forward went on to tee up Lucas Torreira to score Arsenal s final goal in a 4-2 victory.
Having arrived from Borussia Dortmund in January of that year, Aubameyang scored 22 Premier League goals in 2018-19, sharing the league s Golden Boot award with Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.
It was a tally he matched the following season, trailing the competition s top scorer Jam…
German boss Jurgen Klopp is reportedly close to joining Liverpool
According to reports from various sources, including , Liverpool is hoping to agree a deal in the next 48 hours with highly-rated German Jurgen Klopp to become the Reds next boss.
The former-Dortmund boss was the frontrunner to be Brendan Rodgers’ replacement even before the Northern Irishman was sacked on Sunday.
The 48-year-old seems like a man that fits the bill well, having helped BVB in a similar situation in his last job.
Charismatic
Klopp is a guy with a big personality and that is what Liverpool need right now. Former-boss Rodgers liked to talk, but often talked too much in the media for Reds fans liking.
When Klopp talks people listen and he talks a lot of sense …
Napoli have dismissed claims that relations with star striker Victor Osimhen have turned “frosty” after contract talks broke down without resolution.
Club president Aurelio De Laurentiis had revealed discussions over an extension to the 24-year-old Nigeria international’s current deal, which runs until the summer of 2025, had reached a standstill, prompting suggestions of a breakdown in the relationship between club and player.
Osimhen, who has been linked with a move to the Premier League with Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool all touted as potential suitors, has found himself in the headlines in recent weeks after a video posted on the club’s official TikTok account appeared to mock him, while he was also involved in a public spat with manager Rudi Garcia, for whi…