Manchester United veteran Patrice Evra will officially become a Juventus player at the end of the month, according to fresh reports in the Italian media. Tutto Mercato Web claims terms have been agreed between the Serie A champions and the 33-year-old’s legal team, but he will not break off from his holiday to speed up the process. Instead, all parties are communicating over the telephone and via email, and the Frenchman will be presented to the press in Turin in the last week of July. France international Evra, who saw his national side crash out of the World Cup at…
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Football Express Understands that Lazar Markovic has finally arrived in Liverpool to undergo a medical and complete his move to the Merseyside club. The 20-year-old is set to join Brendan Rodgers’ side for a fee of £25m after both Liverpool and Benfica officials made a breakthrough in negotiations last weekend and he is now set to arrive in Merseyside to complete a medical in the coming hours. Markovic was due to arrive last week in Merseyside but a last minute hitch saw his medical delayed. However, after saying goodbye and thank you the Portuguese side on social media, the forward…
Football Express News understands that Arsenal have made a final bid for Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Sami Khedira. German World Cup winner Khedira was made aware of Arsenal’s interest last week whilst on international duty with his country in Brazil but his response gave Gunners fans little hope of a possible summer deal for the Real Madrid man. Khedira missed the majority of last season due to injury and the impressive form of Luka Modric and his future at the Santiago Bernabeu was thought to be heavily debated. The likes of Manchester United and Arsenal have both shown recent…
Juventus head coach Antonio Conte is reportedly facing the prospect of losing midfield linchpin Arturo Vidal to Manchester United in a deal which could exceed £40million. According to Tutto Mercato Web, he asked directors earlier on in the summer to make sure the Chile international and engine room partner Paul Pogba remain at the club regardless of big-money offers from some of Europe’s heavyweights. However, the latest report claims Conte is set to see only half of his wishes come true, with Pogba close to committing his future to the Turin giants but Vidal the subject of intense interest from…
Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder Toni Kroos has confirmed that he will be joining Real Madrid this summer. The German midfielder performed well for his country during the World Cup and played an important part in helping them win the final against Argentina on Sunday evening in Brazil. Kroos, who has been heavily linked the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United in recent times has been in talks with Real Madrid since the turn of the summer after failing to agree a new contract with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. And, following the success of the World Cup title, Kroos told…
Arsenal’s record signing Mesut Ozil may have been criticised for inconsistent form with huge emphasis placed on his £40M price tag, but according to club vice-captain Mikel Arteta, those who singled him out and judged so negatively last season were unjustified. Last summer German midfielder Ozil signed to Arsenal from Real Madrid in a show-stopping £40M deal that marked the Gunners’ most expensive player purchase in history. Since his arrival a year ago, the 25-year-old had been subject to a whole host of criticism for poor performances and lacklustre effort, and now his Spanish team-mate Arteta has jumped to his…
Germany won the World Cup after beating Argentina 1-0 after extra-time thanks to a goal from Mario Gotze. It was the South Americans who started well and could have been ahead after just four minutes had Gonzalo Higuain not sent his clear chance wide of the goal. Moments later and the Napoli striker would be involved again as he sent a cross over the box but no Argentine player was able to get on the end. Germany slowly grew into the game and had a more cautious approach, compared to that of their 7-1 win over Brazil in the semi-final.…
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has praised France international Paul Pogba for his solid displays of form in the World Cup, hailing the midfielder as the ‘best young player of the tournament.’ It would not be imprudent to assume that Chelsea’s hot-headed Portuguese chief Mourinho may have the intentions of courting the young French playmaker, who happens to be amidst strong speculation of a move to the west London club. Mourinho was asked to give his views on which young players have stood out in the World Cup competition this summer, and speaking on behalf of Yahoo as their Global Football Ambassador, he…
Chelsea’s charismatic boss Jose Mourinho is of the view that Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal has really stepped up to the task this World Cup and proven himself the finest football manager to be seen in the 2014 tournament. Mourinho, 51, believes the Netherlands were not one of the world’s strongest sides on paper prior to the competition kick-off in Brazil last month and said Van Gaal has demonstrated some fantastic effort in leading his national team all the way to the semi final. The Dutch sealed their position as third-place runners-up when they breezed a steady 3-0 victory over…
Still crushed from their 7-1 semi final annihilation at the hands of Germany, Brazil were unable to perk themselves up for the World Cup third-place play offs and the host side were left stunned yet again on conceding a disgraceful three goals to victorious Netherlands yesterday. With ten goals conceded to two European sides over two fixtures held on home territory, Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Brazil national team hang their heads in shame and last night a few of them spoke of the nightmare they’ve experienced this World Cup. Defender David Luiz, who captained the side in the semi final against…