Former England manager Steve McClaren on Sunday led FC Twente to their first ever Dutch league title.
The club from the northern city of Enschede beat league rivals NAC Breda 2-0 to leave them with 86 points after 34 games, one point ahead of Ajax who demolished NEC Nijmegen 4-0. PSV Eindhoven finish third with 81 points.
Bryan Ruiz and Miroslav Stoch scored the goals after 23 and 74 minutes.
FC Twente were runners-up last season and their success completes a remarkable transformation under the guidance of McClaren, lampooned as The Wally with the Brolly after England s dreams of qualifying for Euro 2008 were washed away in the Croatian rain two years ago.
The club, nicknamed The Tukkers (The Reds), previously won the title as SC Enschede in 1926 but wer…
(GSM) Serie A side Roma are looking to sign former Internazionale striker Adriano from Flamengo, coach Claudio Ranieri confirmed.
The Brazil international, who signed for Inter in 2001, was a goal-scoring sensation in Italy before a battle with alcohol addiction curtailed his career.
Adriano returned home to Brazil on unpaid leave to rebuild his reputation with São Paulo in 2008 and in 2009 re-joined hometown club Flamengo where he recovered some of his previous form to win the league title.
Adriano is our gamble. We don t know if it will be a winning one, Ranieri told Sky Italia.
Roma chief Daniele Prade flew to Rio to thrash out cut-price deal with Adriano, who failed to make Brazil s World Cup squad despite featuring in a number of games under Dunga…
Augusto Fernandez is in line to face his former club as Liga leaders Atletico Madrid travel to Celta Vigo on Sunday.
The 29-year-old midfielder completed a move to the 2013-14 champions on January 1 and is poised to make his league debut for the club on his old stomping ground of Balaidos.
Fernandez made his first appearance for Atletico in the Copa del Rey draw with Rayo Vallecano and head coach Diego Simeone spoke afterwards about he hopes to see lots of improvement over the remainder of the season.
Striker Luciano Vietto knows the difficulty of acclimatising quickly to life at the Vicente Calderon and says the squad must do their utmost to help Fernandez and fellow January arrival Matias Kranevitter adjust as soon as possible.
They are two players wh…
West Ham United have signed Victor Moses on a season long loan from Chelsea, .
The winger, who played for Jose Mourinho’s side in their Community Shield defeat to Arsenal last month, will join up with Slaven Bilic’s side for the entirety of the 2015/16 campaign.
Moses spent last season at Stoke City, playing for them twenty-three times in all competitions and scoring four goals while a season earlier, he had a temporary spell at Liverpool.
He moved to Stamford Bridge from Wigan Athletic in the summer of 2012, though he has played for the Blues just forty-four times, scoring ten times.
Internationally, he has been capped twenty-four times for Nigeria and was part of their squad for last summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil.
The twenty-…
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Two sides enjoying a bright end to October, a high-flying Nantes will welcome Monaco to the Stade de la Beaujoire on Friday night.
Starting with the hosts, while Nantes may have seen their winning run come to an end away at Metz last weekend, it has been a remarkable start for fans around the Stade de la Beaujoire. Arguably the surprise package in France s top-tier this season, Christian Gourcuff s men find themselves sat second in the table and only behind defending champions PSG. Winning three of their last four Ligue 1 matchups, a huge part of their recent revival has come thanks to some eye-catching performances on home soil. Nantes have won their last four consecutive matches on home soil and are yet to concede a single goal at hom…
Stoke City have sacked manager Nathan Jones with the club second-bottom of the Championship.
Jones succeeded Gary Rowett at the bet365 Stadium in January after excelling in England s lower leagues with Luton Town.
However, having taken over a side that was already falling short of expectations following their relegation from the Premier League in 2018, the Welshman oversaw a continued decline as Stoke won just five of their 34 Championship fixtures under his management.
The Potters form this season has been dire and, although they won back-to-back games against Swansea City and Fulham last month to briefly spark hopes of a turnaround, defeats in their past two matches against Sheffield Wednesday and Millwall mean they are four points from safety with eight poi…
Jose Mourinho should be suspended from coaching and Roma barred from European competitions following the disgraceful harassment of Anthony Taylor after Wednesday s Europa League final.
That is the view of Martin Cassidy, chief executive of Ref Support UK – a charity committed to supporting officials – after Taylor was abused following Roma s penalty shoot-out defeat to Sevilla.
Roma boss Mourinho was fiercely critical of Taylor s performance as Sevilla won a record-extending seventh Europa League title via spot-kicks following an ill-tempered 1-1 draw in Budapest.
Thirteen players were booked during the match, while Gonzalo Montiel scored his winning penalty at the second attempt after Rui Patricio was punished for encroachment after initially saving his kick…
All eyes are likely to be on Yohan Cabaye when Paris Saint-Germain host Bordeaux on Friday.
The midfielder became the latest high-profile addition to PSG s star-studded ranks when he completed the formalities of his move from Premier League side Newcastle on Wednesday, for a fee of around £20million, and he could feature for the first time against Francis Gillot s men.
Coach Laurent Blanc has opted to strengthen in the middle of the park after Adrien Rabiot was ruled out for several months with a knee ligament injury.
The addition of Cabaye will undoubtedly provide yet another dimension to PSG s already fearsome attacking threat, with Bordeaux looking to succeed where others have failed already this season by beating the champions on their own patch.
Blanc s men…
(GSM) French striker David Trezeguet is open to playing for France again after former team-mate Laurent Blanc s appointment as new national team manager.
The 32-year-old striker, who left Juventus to sign a two-year deal with Spanish club Hércules last month, had a nervous relationship with former boss Raymond Domenech.
Hence, Trezeguet retired from international football two years ago after he was snubbed by Domenech for the Euro 2008.
When asked about if he would make himself available for France now that Domenech is gone, Trezeguet answered: Then we ll see what happens.
I know France has talented young players but if Laurent Blanc needs me, he knows he can count on me.
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Lothar Matthaus said Bayern Munich should never have allowed Toni Kroos to join Real Madrid in 2014, but feels the transfer was a great move for the midfielder himself.
Kroos opted against renewing his contract at the Allianz Arena as he did not feel appreciated, prompting Bayern to cash in on the Germany international to prevent him from leaving on a free at the end of his deal.
The 27-year-old has since developed into a key figure at Madrid and Matthaus thinks Bayern should be regretting their decision to let Kroos leave.
Bayern should have kept Kroos after he impressed at the 2014 World Cup, Matthaus wrote in his column for Sport Bild ahead of the Champions League tie between Bayern and Real.
But he did not get the appreciation he wanted. He want…