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[ad_1] Sporting Kansas City have announced the transfer of German left-back Tim Leibold. The 29-year-old – a five-time Germany international at U20 level – last played in the 2. Bundesliga with Hamburger SV and has signed a three-year deal through the 2025 MLS season, with SKC holding an option to extend through 2026. The move will take up one of the club’s international roster slots. For Leibold, this is his first stop outside of his native Germany, with the defender most recently playing 83 times for Hamburger across all competitions during a three-year spell, notching five goals and 22 assists while serving as team captainRead More →

[ad_1] Real Salt Lake have announced the signing of midfielder Maikel Chang to a contract extension. Chang’s new deal runs for at least one year through the 2023 MLS season, though the club haven’t specified whether they hold an option to extend beyond that point. The 31-year-old ex-Cuba international is preparing for his fourth campaign as an RSL player, making 84 senior appearances for the club so far, scoring five goals and providing nine assists. Chang has also made 73 appearances for Real Monarchs – RSL’s MLS NEXT Pro affiliate who previously played in USL – scoring 19 goals and assisting a further 18. “I’mRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United have received a number of proposals for the expansion of Old Trafford, including a move to an all-new stadium, but no decisions will be made before the Glazer family have agreed to sell the club. United have been keen to modernise their stadium and training facilities for a while now – the lack of progress made behind the scenes was one of many complaints from Cristiano Ronaldo in his famous interview with Piers Morgan. Architects have been asked for their input but, since then, the Glazers have confirmed their interest in selling United and so the Daily Mail state that all expansionRead More →

[ad_1] Graham Potter has lamented Joao Felix’s sending off in his Chelsea debut, calling it ‘another blow’ for the Blues. Chelsea had drawn level thanks to a Kalidou Koulibaly goal at the start of the second half after Fulham had taken the lead through Willian in the first, before Felix saw red and Carlos Vinicius subsequently grabbed the winner for the home side – further adding pressure to under-fire manager Potter. The result leaves the Blues in 10th place in the league having lost as many games as they’ve won in the Premier League this season (seven). Speaking after the game to the club’s officialRead More →

[ad_1] Chelsea suffered yet another defeat on Thursday evening, losing 2-1 to Fulham as Joao Felix saw red in his Premier League debut. Goals from Willian and Carlos Vinicius either side of a Kalidou Koulibaly goal and Felix’s red card were enough to propel Fulham up into the top six and Graham Potter ever closer to the Stamford Bridge door. Chelsea and Joao Felix started brightly, with the new signing bursting past Tim Ream on the right flank before drilling the ball into the path of Kai Havertz around the penalty spot. The German’s subsequent effort on goal would be blocked but would fall toRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United and Manchester City go head to head in a Manchester derby this weekend that takes on a very different flavour to the last meeting between the pair in October. United had gone into that game off the back of a good string of results that included wins over Liverpool and Arsenal. But it was still the very early stages of the Erik ten Hag project and City were themselves unbeaten in the Premier League. As it was, City ran riot at the Etihad Stadium. Erling Haaland and Phil Foden had each scored twice by half-time and United only came back into itRead More →

[ad_1] Every major European league has a version of the FA Community Shield and each one has interesting little differences. In Spain, however, the differences are much more pronounced. For one, it is played in Saudi Arabia rather than in Spain. This is something the Italian version, the Supercoppa Italiana, has also started doing in recent years. The biggest difference though is that four teams take part with the semi-finals before a final. Rather than just having the league winner and domestic cup winner, Spain use the winner and runner-up in La Liga and the two Copa del Rey finalists. That means the teams competingRead More →

[ad_1] FIFA have released a five-man shortlist for The Best Men’s Coach award for 2022. This year’s awards will be judged based on performances from August 2021 up until the conclusion of the World Cup in December 2022. Following their dramatic victory in Qatar, Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni has been nominated for the award. He also steered La Albiceleste to a run of one loss in 43 games – their only defeat came in their World Cup opener against Saudi Arabia. The manager Scaloni defeated in the final, France’s Didier Deschamps, is also up for the award. The former defensive midfielder took home theRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United look set to add some much-needed firepower to their attack in January following the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo as Wout Weghorst is close to joining the Red Devils on loan. He has all but officially signed on loan from Burnley, having been at Besiktas during the first half of the season, and there is no option for United to make the move permanent in the summer. As far as transfers go, though, this has not been a normal one in regards to how it has come about and been executed. Here is how the situation of Weghorst to Manchester United unfolded. ThereRead More →

[ad_1] Even the most active followers and supporters of French football will admit that the number of scandals that crop up each year is extreme. 2023 is looking no different so far after a war of words between French Football Federation (FFF) president Noël Le Graët and Zinedine Zidane. The situation has seen Kylian Mbappe weigh in with his thoughts and now the president has been forced to step down from his role, leaving French football with another distraction so soon after losing the 2022 Qatar World Cup final against Argentina. Here is an explainer of how the scandal unfolded and who has been speakingRead More →