Leeds United have signed defender George McCartney from Premier League Sunderland on a one-month loan deal.
The 29-year-old Northern Ireland international, who has won 34 caps for his country, has been struggling to command a first-team place at the Stadium of Light.
McCartney began his career on Wearside before moving to West Ham in August 2006. He returned to Sunderland under Roy Keane in September 2008, but injuries have sidelined him in recent months.
According to , Real Madrid are interested in acquiring the services of Vancouver Whitecaps youngster Alphonso Davies. The 17-year-old put himself on the map upon debuting in the MLS at the age of just 15 back in 2016, and now, he s attracting the attention of some of the biggest clubs in European football.
In addition to Real Madrid teams like Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Bayern Munich and Manchester United have all expressed their interest in making a move for Davies. The Vancouver Whitecaps currently find themselves in the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, although Davies has certainly played a big part in getting them there.
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Jose Peseiro insists he is not afraid after being appointed head coach of Sporting CP for a second time, despite the turmoil that has engulfed the club in recent months.
Peseiro, who guided Sporting to the UEFA Cup final in 2005 during a 16-month spell as coach, replaces Sinisa Mihajlovic, who lasted just nine days at Estadio Jose Alvalade.
The Sporting squad was decimated at the end of the 2017-18 season when fans invaded the training ground and attacked players, many of whom terminated their contracts in the aftermath of the incident.
Despite the departures of Rui Patricio, William Carvalho, Gelson Martins and Bruno Fernandes from the squad and the poisonous atmosphere that has surrounded the club, Peseiro said he was ready to restore a climate of serenity at S…
(GSM) Dutch forward Daniel de Ridder will spend the rest of the season on loan at Israel s Hapoel Tel Aviv, after failing to make a regular appearance in Wigan Athletic s line-up.
The 25-year-old, who also holds the Israeli nationality through his mother, has not played a single league match this season, after featurinf in 18 games in the 2008-09 edition of the Premiership.
De Ridder began his career at Ajax in 2002, and has since represented Celta de Vigo and Birmingham City before joining Wigan in the summer of 2008.
The player also formed part of the Dutch Under-21 side that won the European Championship in 2007, delivering three assists in the final against Serbia.
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New Manchester City signing Jesus Navas has set his sights on winning the UEFA Champions League.
The Spanish winger completed his move to the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday and has immediately targeted lifting silverware both at home and in Europe.
Navas is the second signing the club have made ahead of the 2013-14 season joining Fernandinho, who arrived from Shakhtar Donetsk and he feels they are moving in the right direction, despite currently having no manager in place after Roberto Mancini s departure.
During his time at Sevilla, Navas collected the UEFA Cup and Copa del Rey twice as well as being part of the Spain squads that won the 2012 European Championship and 2010 World Cup, but he hopes moving to the Premier League will enable him to win Europe s premier club competition.
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Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has dismissed reports linking Luis Suarez with a shock world-record transfer to Manchester United.
A return of just one goal in his last nine appearances for Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the decline in form of Wayne Rooney has prompted talk that Jose Mourinho is on the hunt for a new striker.
Rumours have emerged in England this week to suggest that United will offer €140million to try to bring Suarez back to the Premier League in a transfer that would smash the record fee of €105m they paid to sign Paul Pogba in August.
Bartomeu, however, is confident that the 29-year-old will agree to a contract extension at Camp Nou.
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Newcastle United have completed the signing of striker Yoshinori Muto after he was awarded a work permit.
The Magpies had to wait for the relevant documents to be ratified in order to complete the deal, despite Muto having already agreed a four-year contract.
The club confirmed on Wednesday that the process has been completed, meaning he becomes their fifth signing of the transfer window, following Martin Dubravka, Ki Sung-yueng and Fabian Schar and the loan deal for Kenedy.
However, the 26-year-old will have to miss Saturday s friendly with Augsburg while he waits to be granted a visa.
As the first Japanese Newcastle United player, I am honoured to be a player for such a big club, said Muto, who joins from Mainz for a reported £9.5million fee.
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Chelsea moved to within a point of Women’s Super League leaders Manchester United with a 6-0 thrashing of Leicester before boss Emma Hayes ramped up the pressure by revelling in the fun of the chase.
Pernille Harder struck twice for the defending champions to help them warm up for Sunday’s FA Cup final against title rivals Man United at Wembley with another emphatic victory.
After thumping Everton 7-0 last weekend, Chelsea picked up where they left off at Kingsmeadow with Guro Reiten, Erin Cuthbert, Lauren James and Jelena Cankovic on target alongside Harder’s second consecutive brace.
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In what is a heavyweight Serie A showdown on Saturday evening, Inter Milan will travel to the San Siro when they meet Roma.
Starting with the hosts, while Roma might have shockingly parted ways with Jose Mourinho last month, the Giallorossi are enjoying a recent Serie A romp. Last seen putting in a thumping performance as they secured a routine 4-0 victory at home against Cagliari, new boss Daniele De Rossi should find the mood in his camp at a recent high. Opening Saturday’s showdown sat just a single point adrift of breaking back into the Champions League spots, the Wolves have won all of their previous three Serie A appearances on the bounce by an aggregate score of 8-2. However, although Roma might be enjoying their longest winles…
Serie A strugglers Bologna have sacked coach Stefano Pioli after a run of just one win from nine games.
The 48-year-old who was appointed in October 2011 has been dismissed by the Emilia-Romagna outfit following their 2-0 loss to bottom side Catania on Monday.
That defeat left Bologna just one point above the Serie A relegation zone in 17th place, having recorded just three league wins all season.
A statement on the club s official website read: Bologna announces that in light of our latest disappointing results, the club has been forced to dismiss coach Stefano Pioli.
We want to thank Pioli and his staff for the work done in the past few years.
We will announce his successor in the coming hours.
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Former Southampton manager Nigel Adkins believes Jay Rodriguez will be like a new signing for the club next season after recovering from a serious knee injury.
The 25-year-old recently returned to training following more than a year on the sidelines with an anterior cruciate ligament problem.
Rodriguez had been strongly linked with a move away from St Mary s Stadium at the end of the campaign, but the former Burnley man brought to Southampton by Adkins in 2012 signed a new four-year contract earlier this month.
He s been out for a long period of time with his cruciate injury, which he seems to be fully over now, Adkins told Perform at an event to mark his appointment as an ambassador for the Football Foundation, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary.…