Tottenham Hotspur are working on signing Takehiro Tomiyasu from Bologna, according to David Ornstein of .
The North London club have apparently offered €15 million plus potential add-ons for the 22-year-old defender, but it is believed that the Serie A club want at least €17m as a guaranteed part of the fee, as well as add-ons.
Bologna signed Tomiyasu from Belgian side Sint-Truden in 2019 for €9m, and his performances in the Italian top flight in the last two years have caught the eyes of a number of clubs. Manchester United also have him on their list of potential targets, though he isn t among their priorities at the moment. Atlanta have inquired about his availability as well, but have been informed of his desire to join Spurs.
Fabio Paratici, the newly…
Tottenham and Chelsea will square off for a place in the EFL Cup final while Manchester City face Burton Albion in the other last-four tie.
A trio of Premier League clubs are left standing in the competition but at least one will be eliminated when Spurs 2-0 winners at north London rivals Arsenal in the quarter-finals take on Maurizio Sarri s side, who edged Bournemouth 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Tottenham will host the first leg as they seek to avenge the 2015 final defeat they suffered at the hands of the Blues.
Holders City, meanwhile, will be confident of securing a return to Wembley after being drawn against League One outfit Burton, who progressed on Tuesday courtesy of a 1-0 win away at Middlesbrough.
The first legs will take place in the …
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed centre-back Virgil van Dijk is in contention to make his long-awaited return from injury in Thursday s pre-season friendly with Hertha Berlin.
Van Dijk appeared just five times for the Reds in the Premier League last season and missed the Netherlands Euro 2020 campaign due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained against Everton in October.
The 30-year-old was included as part of Liverpool s squad for their warm-weather training camp in Austria this month, but he was not used in last week s 1-0 win over Mainz and Klopp made clear he would not rush the defender back.
However, the Liverpool boss is now ready to give Van Dijk some minutes at Tivoli Stadion, while fellow centre-back Joe Gomez – who has not featured…
Lazio will need to be perfect if they are to overcome familiar foes Juventus and lift the Supercoppa Italiana, according to Simone Inzaghi.
The meeting between the reigning Serie A champions and the holders of the Coppa Italia takes place in Riyadh on Sunday, with the top-flight rivals doing battle in the one-off contest for a fourth time in seven years.
Lazio won the previous Supercoppa clash in 2017, while they are also the only opponents to defeat Maurizio Sarri s team this season, overturning a first-half deficit to prevail 3-1 at the Stadio Olimpico at the start of the month.
However, while they can take confidence from that recent result, head coach Inzaghi is well aware of the size of the task for his players at the King Saud University Stadium.
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Mark Hughes had no complaints after Stoke City crashed out of the FA Cup with a humiliating defeat to his former club Blackburn Rovers.
Mark Hughes conceded that Stoke City got what they deserved after their embarrassing FA Cup exit at the hands of Blackburn Rovers.
The Championship outfit – inspired by Joshua King s hat-trick – came from behind to triumph 4-1 against their Premier League opponents at Ewood Park.
And Hughes, who managed Blackburn for four years before moving on to take the helm at Manchester City in 2008, admitted that his former club were well worthy of their victory.
We didn t deserve anything and we were well beaten, the Welshman said.
Credit to Blackburn, they deserved to go through, they put the ball in good areas …
Raheem Sterling made a point to Gareth Southgate as he sparked a Chelsea comeback in a 4-1 win at Burnley, who slumped to a fifth consecutive home defeat to start the Premier League season.
Burnley stunned Chelsea 15 minutes in when 18-year-old Wilson Odobert became the Clarets’ youngest Premier League scorer.
But Sterling, again snubbed by the England boss for next week’s internationals, helped turn the game around either side of half-time as Chelsea maintained their long unbeaten record at Turf Moor, where they have only once dropped points in nine visits in the Premier League era.
Three wins on the bounce!
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It was Sterling’s cross that deflected off Ameen Al Dakhil for a 42nd minute equaliser before he won th…
West Ham have appointed Slaven Bilic as their new manager on a three-year deal.
The Premier League club parted company with Sam Allardyce immediately after the final game of the 2014-15 season, with the 60-year-old s contract coming to an end.
And co-chairman David Sullivan and David Gold have acted quickly to fill their managerial vacancy, with Bilic a popular player at West Ham between February 1996 and May 1997 taking the reins.
Bilic had been heavily linked with the role and announced his exit from Besiktas last month following a second season at the helm in Istanbul.
He had previously spent six years in charge of the Croatia national team, securing qualification for the 2008 and 2012 European Championships, and represented his country at …
Arsenal are planning to push ahead for the transfer of Lisandro Martinez from Ajax, according to .
The 24-year-old Argentinian is a versatile defender, primarily a centre-back but known to do well on either flank, as well as a defensive midfielder if needed there. Mikel Arteta mostly preferred the pair of Gabriel Magalhaes and Ben White in the heart of defence in 2021/22, but with William Saliba set to return after a successful loan spell at Olympique Marseille, and now this interest too, it seems the Arsenal boss is keen to strengthen the depth of his squad concerning this section. Martinez s ability to deputize elsewhere is certainly an added bonus.
On the other hand, Ajax are keen to keep hold of the defender whose contract still has three years left to run, and they…
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag said Victor Lindelof had been “exhausted” but was ready to play in Saturday’s match at Sheffield United after his distressing experience in Belgium earlier in the week.
Lindelof captained the Sweden side whose Euro 2024 qualifier against Belgium in Brussels on Monday was abandoned at half-time after two Swedish fans were shot dead before the game and another injured three miles from the King Baudouin Stadium.
Ten Hag told a press conference on Friday: “A terrible situation, and I feel really sad for the victims, for all the relatives, family, friends of the victims in Brussels. It’s a crazy world.
Latest updates from on competitions:
Belgium-Sweden qualifier abandoned with 1-1 score confirmed as final.
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Alexia Putellas presence at Spain s matches will motivate them to perform well at the Women s Euros, according to team-mate Patri Guijarro, after the Ballon d Or winner was ruled out of the tournament.
Barcelona star Putellas, who has scored 27 goals in 100 international appearances, will miss Euro 2022 after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury in training on Tuesday.
Putellas absence is a huge blow for Spain, with the 28-year-old, who top-scored in the Champions League with 11 goals last season, considered one of the best players in the women s game.
But Guijarro, another part of an all-conquering Barcelona team which won all 30 domestic league games in 2021-22, says Putellas simply being present will give Spain a boost.
We are not going to …