Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes Manchester City will have to get used to having Erling Haaland in the side, just as his team must adapt to Darwin Nunez.
The two best teams in England bolstered their fearsome attacks in the off-season, with City signing Haaland from Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool spending big on Nunez from Benfica.
Since making his debut for Dortmund in January 2020, only Robert Lewandowski (122) and Kylian Mbappe (89) have scored more goals among players from Europe s top five leagues than Haaland, who netted 86 goals in 89 appearances in all competitions for BVB.
Meanwhile, Nunez enjoyed a brilliant season in 2021-22, scoring 34 goals in all competitions, including six in the Champions League.
Both players impressively outp…
Competition: La Liga
Market: Levante to beat Celta Vigo
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La Liga continues this weekend for yet another massive round of games that will have a large bearing come the end of the season. Every side will be looking to claim all three points from this weekend s game, and with all of this in mind, Levante host Celta Vigo in a scrap near to the relegation zone.
Levante have been struggling massively this season and they are looking to embark upon a run of form that will see the danger of relegation diminish. After 18 games they have won three, drawn nine and lost six, while they have scored just 15 goals, conceding 25 times. In their last five games they have drawn three times and lost twice, which has seen them onto 18 points for the season so…
Former AC Milan, Real Madrid and England boss Fabio Capello announced he has retired from management as he brushed aside speculation linking him with the Italy job.
The 71-year-old was dismissed by Chinese Super League outfit Jiangsu Suning in March, and that spell looks to be the last of a trophy-laden coaching career spanning more than 30 years.
Capello won Serie A titles with both Milan and Roma either side of the turn of the century, adding the Champions League with the Rossoneri in 1994.
He also claimed LaLiga glory in both of his single-season stints at the Santiago Bernabeu, although he is less fondly remembered by England fans following the team s poor showing at the 2010 World Cup.
As Italy seek a permanent successor to Gian Piero Ventura who pai…
Glenn Whelan has penned a new one-year deal with Stoke City, .
He missed just one league game for the Potters last season, and has been rewarded for his consistent performances with a new contract.
The Republic of Ireland international moved to the Britannia Stadium from Sheffield Wednesday in January 2008 and has since racked up over three hundred appearances in all competitions, scoring eight goals.
He was part of the squad that reached the 2011 FA Cup final, where his side lost to Manchester City.
He spent four years with Wednesday, who he joined from Manchester City while he has also had a loan spell at Bury early in his career.
He has most recently been on international duty, playing in his countries first two games at the European Cha…
According to a recent report from AS, Atletico Madrid are closing in on the signature of Hector Herrera. Over the course of the last few months the Spanish club’s top stars have all been linked with a move away, but now, it seems like it’s Atletico’s turn to start some rumours of their own. Herrera has been with Porto since back in 2013, when he made the jump over from Pachuca. He is also a regularly featured member of the Mexican national team, making his debut in 2012.
At the age of 28 he’s just starting to come into his prime, and he certainly seems like the kind of midfielder that Atletico would like to have on their books.
If they can manage to keep hold of Thomas Partey, who has been heavily linked with a move away as of late, then their chances of domesti…
A Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang brace and an Alexandre Lacazette penalty all in the final 15 minutes saw Arsenal ultimately cruise to a 3-0 home win over struggling Stoke City on Sunday.
Arsene Wenger s men were frustrated by their relegation-threatened visitors for much of the contest, but were gifted two penalties in the closing stages to help them over the line, in a result that eases some of the heat on their manager.
Chances were few and far between in a turgid first half at the Emirates Stadium, as Xherdan Shaqiri went close early on, before Aaron Ramsey clipped the top of the crossbar in the only two clear-cut opportunities.
Lacazette, appearing for the first time since mid-February due to injury, was introduced from the bench soon after the hour and made him…
Alex Ferguson believes he can take little credit for Cristiano Ronaldo s development into one of the finest footballers of all time.
Ferguson brought a teenage Ronaldo from Sporting CP to Manchester United in 2003 and oversaw his development to Ballon d Or winner in 2008 before a then world-record move to Real Madrid a year later.
The 74-year-old Scot made his share of records tumble during a trophy laden reign spanning four decades at Old Trafford and feels Ronaldo stands a cut above other stellar names he oversaw during 26-and-a-half years at the helm.
Ronaldo is a perfect example of someone who made himself. It s easy for me to say, yeah, I made Ronaldo , Ferguson said when he was honoured with the Walther Bensemann prize, which is awarded for outstanding w…
Arsenal full-back Hector Bellerin has no desire to leave the club before the start of next season.
The Spain international has been linked with a move away from Emirates Stadium in the transfer window, with former club Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Juventus among the clubs said to be interested.
Bellerin, though, insists he will report for Arsenal s pre-season training after the World Cup and is not thinking of moving elsewhere.
I ve got a long contract, I have been in London for a very long time, this is what I call my home right now, he told Sky Sports News.
There is nothing else I am thinking of, for the summer. We have the World Cup, I don t know if I will be called up or not, that is something we will need to wait and see.
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Jake O Brien has become Everton s fifth signing of the transfer window after his reported £16.43million switch from Lyon was confirmed on Tuesday.
O Brien, who made 27 Ligue 1 appearances last season, has penned a four-year contract at Goodison Park ahead of the new Premier League campaign.
The Republic of Ireland international scored five goals in all competitions last term, including in Lyon s Coupe de France final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in May.
The 23-year-old defender kept seven clean sheets from his league outings last season, and will provide another solid defensive option for the Toffees next season.
O Brien won 44 of his 69 contested aerial duels for Lyon, a total only bettered by his central defensive partner Duje Caleta-Car (57).
Harry Kane s importance to Tottenham is as significant as the impact Lionel Messi had during his career at Barcelona, according to Clement Lenglet.
France defender Lenglet is well known to Messi having played alongside him at Camp Nou and also against the Argentina great during his time at Sevilla.
Messi had been a one-club man until the start of the 2021-22 season when Barca s perilous financial situation saw him depart for Paris Saint-Germain.
The superstar forward became the club s all-time leading scorer and a record seven-time Ballon d Or winner at Barca, while he counts 10 LaLiga titles and four Champions League medals among a plethora of honours won with Los Cules.
While Kane has yet to win a medal with Spurs, Lenglet – who joined Tottenham from …