Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Bradley Barcola from Lyon in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the French champions are willing to pay €20 million to their Ligue 1 rivals Lyon for the 20-year-old winger. The youngster himself is claimed to be willing to move to PSG.
Barcola has been on the books of Lyon since 2010 and has come through the French club’s youth system. The France Under-21 international forward made 15 starts and 11 substitute appearances in Ligue 1 last season, scoring five goals and providing eight assists in the process. The 20-year-old made two starts and nine substitute appearances in Ligue 1 and made two substitute appearances in the UEFA Europa League in 2021-22.
PSG won the Ligue 1 table last se…
According to , Barcelona and Manchester City are interested in signing Dani Olmo from RB Leipzig this summer, and both clubs have already made contact with the representatives of the 25-year-old Spaniard.
In the summer of 2014, at the age of just 16, Olmo left the famous Barcelona academy to join Dinamo Zagreb. He developed nicely in Croatia, earning a €29m transfer to Leipzig six years later. His progress continued apace in Germany, and the attacking midfielder believes he is now ready to take the next step. The clubs said to be after his signature appreciate his attacking versatility, which enables him to play with great success at either flank or as a No. 10.
Olmo s contract with Leipzig runs until the summer of 2027, but it apparently contains a release clause tho…
Rebecca Welch will become the first female referee in the Premier League when she takes charge of Fulham against Burnley on December 23.
Welch became a referee in 2010, balancing the role alongside her job in the NHS.
In 2021, she was the first woman to be appointed to referee a match in the Football League for the Sky Bet League Two fixture between Harrogate and Port Vale.
History will be made in the Premier League this Christmas…
Rebecca Welch will become the competition s first woman referee and Sam Allison the first black official to take charge of a match for 15 years
— Premier League (@premierleague)
Welch, who comes from Washington in Tyne and Wear, was also the first woman to referee matches in the Championship and third roun…
Graham Potter says he is ready to return to management and hasn t ruled out the possibility of managing England.
Potter has been out of work after being sacked by Chelsea in April 2023, leaving the club with the joint-lowest points-per-game return of any manager to take charge of 20+ Premier League games for the club (1.27).
He took charge of 31 games in all competitions in his seven-month spell with the Blues, losing 11 of those, and leaving when they were 11th in the top-flight.
Despite taking a break from the public eye following his dismissal, Potter has still been linked with high-profile jobs, including the England position following Gareth Southgate s decision to step down after Euro 2024.
The 49-year-old was reported to be among the favourites, al…
With the 2018 World Cup in Russia kicking off in less than a month, SoccerNews.com is commencing its own series of group predictions where you will be able to find previews of all the teams taking part in this summer’s showpiece tournament, latest team news and best betting odds and suggestions.
As it’s expected – we start with the Group A.
People tend to believe that the host country has a sort of an advantage when playing in front of their own home support but that rarely turns out to be the case with host nations often feeling that extra pressure knowing they need to deliver after not taking part in the qualifying process.
Russia are, of course, slotted in the Group A, alongside Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay with World Cup set to begin on 14 June when…
Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has claimed all the pressure is on Hungary, and not his team, ahead of Wednesday s Group A clash.
Euro 2024 hosts Germany got off to a flying start as they thrashed Scotland 5-1 in Munich last week.
Hungary, meanwhile, were beaten 3-1 by Switzerland.
While the four best third-placed teams will progress to the last 16, Nagelsmann believes the onus will firmly be on Hungary, rather than the host nation, in Stuttgart.
I had put Scotland and Hungary on a very similar level, Nagelsmann told reporters.
It depends how we play tomorrow. Hungary are under a bit more pressure than we are after the first match.
I think they have to be a bit more aggressive than against Switzerland as they could potentially be out o…
The draw for the next World Cup in Brazil in 2014 has taken place. England have been drawn to play against Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova and San Marino.
On paper any world class international team would be expecting to qualify from that group.
Difficult
However this is England we are talking about and the Three Lions players always seem to make it difficult for us loyal fans.
England may top their European Championship group but it’s far from certain that we will qualify with a tough trip to Montenegro to come.
Choice
With the quality of player we have to chose from we should be doing better in the international arena. Granted we may not have the same quality player that Spain has, but then again who has in the international game…
Unthinkable as it now seems, Luka Modric had every reason to spend most of his career hating the World Cup.
As a 20-year-old, he got off the bench twice in 2006 as Croatia went out of the group stage by finishing behind Australia. His country did not qualify in 2010. Four years later, he arrived in Brazil as a Champions League winner, one of the best midfielders in the world, surely destined for better fortunes. A 3-1 loss to Mexico in game three sent them packing.
My memories from Brazil are not nice, he recalled two years on. I didn t play well. Maybe I was too tired after a long season. When I look back at the competitions I played in for Croatia, that was my worst performance.
The World Cup, it is often said, boasts a capacity to bring about change unlik…
The United States and Mexico closed in on World Cup berths, while Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated and Costa Rica suffered a costly defeat in the North and Central America and Caribbean zone.
In Port of Spain, Ricardo Clark s 62nd-minute goal lifted the United States to a 1-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago, putting the USA atop the six-nation final-round group with 16 points with two matches remaining.
The defeat spelled the end of Trinidad and Tobago s hopes, as they remained mired at the bottom of the table with five points.
The Americans gained three needed points thanks to a powerful blast from Clark, which eluded the outstretched hands of Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Clayton Ince.
For us it was a very important three points, USA coach Bob Br…
Gareth Southgate could spring a surprise by starting Jadon Sancho instead of Bukayo Saka for England in the Euro 2020 final against Italy.
That is the view of former England defender Gary Neville, who believes the spot on the right wing that was filled by Saka in the semi-final win over Denmark is the only position up for grabs.
Neville would have been tempted to play Marcus Rashford if the Manchester United forward had been in better form.
Instead he believes another soon-to-be United player Sancho, who started the quarter-final against Ukraine in Saka s absence, could be the man who gets the nod if 19-year-old is indeed left out.
Saka has had an impressive tournament for England and Neville acknowledges it could be an unpopular decision.
He feel…