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The latest transfer news and rumors circling Major League Soccer. Napoli and have shown interested in signing Atlanta United star midfielder Thiago Almada (Tom Bogert/The Athletic). The stellar performances from the Argentinian this season will have only increased his price tag. It will be interesting to see the fee commanded by the Five Stripes given their strong start to the season and their playoff hopes. Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach admire FC Cincinnati star Brandon Vazquez. Vazquez is coming off a breakout 2022 season in which he tallied 18 goals in 33 games. Gladbach’s sporting director scouted Vazquez personally last month in Cincinnati’s 1-0 win overRead More →

Pep Guardiola would’ve laughed in you’re face if you’d told him after yet another abject defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in February that his Manchester City side, come the start of May, would look very much on for a historic treble. Despite the arrival of Europe’s most sought-after striker last summer, Guardiola has racked his brains seemingly all season long in a bid to find his optimal formula. It’s not always been vintage City this season, but the iteration we’ve seen over the past couple of months has to be regarded among the most enjoyable Guardiola-led sides to behold. They’ve been sensational, and theRead More →

Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas has been declared fit ahead of this week’s Women’s Champions League semi-final second leg against Chelsea at Camp Nou. Putellas hasn’t played since suffering an ACL injury during a Spain training session on the eve of Euro 2022 last summer. But she moved her rehab to grass, always a big moment in such a recovery process, at the end of December and has been making steady progress ever since. The 29-year-old, who retained both the Ballon d’Or Feminin and Best FIFA Women’s Player awards for 2022, had been edging closer to a return in recent weeks. She wasn’t named in theRead More →

A 2022 MLS Cup re-match is set to take place as LAFC and the Philadelphia Union go head to head in the CONCACAF Champions League semi-finals. The Philadelphia Union are running high on confidence after their massive 4-2 thumping of Toronto FC. They will head into this highly anticipated match-up against LAFC in good form and the willingness to put it all on the field.  Likewise, LAFC has been playing well, crushing their MLS opponents. Though their latest 1-1 league draw against Nashville SC left much to be desired on the field, the Black and Gold will go into the CCL game looking to playRead More →

Bernardo Silva has compared the mentality of Manchester City goal machine Erling Haaland to that of Cristiano Ronaldo. 22-year-old Haaland has enjoyed a record-breaking debut season in England, scoring 48 goals in all competitions – four more than Ruud van Nistelrooy and Mohamed Salah achieved for Manchester United and Liverpool respectively to set the previous best mark from a Premier League player. Haaland could play another ten games in all competitions between now and the end of the season, and will break Salah’s record of 32 goals in a 38-game Premier League campaign with just one more strike. Few have been surprised by how HaalandRead More →

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Ryan Mason has declared his interest in taking on the permanent role as Tottenham Hotspur manager, admitting that feels “ready” for the job. The 31-year-old’s playing career was cruelly cut short by a serious head injury picked up in 2017, which forced him into retirement just over a year later. Two months later Mason joined Tottenham’s coaching staff, and since then he has worked his way up from developing the club’s youth players to working as a first team coach. Mason has been handed interim control at Spurs after Cristian Stellini was relieved of his temporary duties in the wake of Sunday’s 6-1 thrashing atRead More →

Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur have both indicated to Inter that they are willing to take transfer-listed Andre Onana off their hands this summer, 90min understands. Onana only joined Inter from Ajax last summer, but I Nerazzurri’s need to raise funds through player sales mean he could leave one year after signing on. 90min reported back in February that clubs around Europe were being made aware of Onana’s availability and that some were deliberating a summer move. Sources have now told 90min that Chelsea and Spurs are willing to take Inter up on a deal to sign the Cameroonian goalkeeper for a cut-price fee, with bothRead More →

Jurgen Klopp has insisted that Liverpool need to take a different approach to pre-season during the summer as the club look to bounce back from a difficult campaign. The Reds have endured a disappointing 2022/23 season, failing to compete for the Premier League title or any of the cup competitions. This difficult campaign, and the club’s players’ fitness issues, has come off the back of an extremely busy 2021/22 in which Liverpool won the FA Cup, Carabao Cup, came within one point of the Premier League title, and lost the UEFA Champions League final to Real Madrid. As they plan for the upcoming pre-season, whileRead More →

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has ruled defender Nathan Ake out of Wednesday’s Premier League title showdown against Arsenal with a hamstring injury. The reigning champions welcome the table-toppers to the Etihad Stadium looking to close the gap at the summit to two points. Man City also have two games in hand on the Gunners. While much has been made of Arsenal’s injury woes – William Saliba may not play again this season due to a back problem and Granit Xhaka is a doubt to start on Wednesday – Guardiola has revealed his side head into the game without one of their surprise key performersRead More →