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90min rounds up the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip circulating around the world… Erling Haaland has rejected Manchester City‘s proposal to extend his contract as he does not want to remove his €200m release clause. The Norway striker turned down an extra €40m in salary and an improved goal bonus as well. (OKDiario) Real Madrid are ready to trigger Alejandro Garnacho‘s new €100m release clause to sign him the young winger from Manchester United this summer. (Defensa Central) Bayern Munich are looking for a buyer for Sadio Mane this summer and would be happy to negotiate a sale. (Christian Falk) Incoming Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino hasRead More →

Real Madrid need to carry on winning to keep up the pressure on Barcelona in La Liga, although time is more than likely running out for Los Blancos. Carlo Ancelotti’s team will hope to build on victory over Almeria last time out when they face Real Sociedad on the road this week. All they can do is focus on their own results but it will take a Barcelona capitulation to stop the title heading to Camp Nou. Real Sociedad will be no easy task as they remain on course to finish in the top four and return to the Champions League for the first timeRead More →

Leicester and Everton both threw away leads to play out an exciting 2-2 draw between the relegation candidates on Monday night. Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s 15th-minute penalty had Sean Dyche’s Toffees ahead but a quick response from the hosts saw Caglar Soyuncu and Jamie Vardy send the Foxes 2-1 up into the break, though James Maddison was crucially denied from the penalty spot by Jordan Pickford. Everton’s pressure at the start of the second half told when Alex Iwobi equalised but neither side could find their nerve to net a decisive winner and both remain in massive trouble at the wrong end of the Premier League table.Read More →

Toronto FC finally triumphed 1-0 over New York City FC, with a stunning strike by recent signing CJ Sapong. Sapong joined Toronto in a trade with Nashville SC before the league’s Primary Transfer Window closed on April 24. He’s now made an immediate impact for his new side, netting the winning brace in Matchday 10. It was Sapong’s first strike in almost a year, with his last goal coming against the Colorado Rapids on May 28, 2022. It was an all-important goal, as it helped Toronto to just their second victory of the 2023 MLS campaign. “Stepping on to the pitch, I was just reallyRead More →

Inter Miami’s six-game losing streak ended Saturday night with a 2-1 win at Columbus Crew, as the youth led the way for the Herons with Leo Campana bagging a brace and Benjamin Cremaschi notching an assist. Miami picked up three much-needed points on the road against Columbus Crew to jumped to 12th place in the Eastern Conference standings, a drastic improvement. Head coach Phil Neville has said all along that once Miami started to find the back of the net they would be back in the winning column. “We’ve got two strikers now that scored on Wednesday and two goals tonight from Leo [Campana]. That’sRead More →

The 2022/23 Vanarama National League season is over and attention now turns to the play-off fixtures that will determine who joins Wrexham in League Two next term. The six sides that finished directly below the Welsh champions now enter the play-offs at various points depending on league position with a trip to Wembley to come later in May. This week sees Barnet face local rivals Boreham Wood and Woking host Bromley. Here’s how to follow the eliminator games before the semi finals start. Each season, two teams are promoted from the National League to League Two. This season, champions Wrexham have gone up automatically. TheRead More →

Chelsea are in historically woeful form but could begin a long apology to fans with a good result against Arsenal on Tuesday. Five straight defeats in a run of eight games without victory is objectively awful, but adding a loss to Arsenal into the mix would make things even worse. Chelsea need a serious response if they are to get fans back on their side. Here’s how caretaker boss Frank Lampard could set up. READ NEXT Raheem Sterling needs to find some form / Robin Jones/GettyImages GK: Kepa Arrizabalaga – He may only have six games left at Chelsea, so here’s hoping the Spaniard makesRead More →

Chelsea and Liverpool saw this game abandoned due to a frozen pitch when it was originally scheduled back in January, something which shone an enormous spotlight on the often inadequate facilities that women’s football regularly still has to contend with. The game was allowed to start that day after efforts had been defrost the playing surface, but that decision was reversed owing to safety concerns only six minutes later. Delayed until this late stage of the season, it arguably takes on vastly more significance because of potential implications on the title race. Chelsea fell seven points behind leaders Manchester United on Friday night, but haveRead More →