RB Leipzig head coach Julian Nagelsmann compared Brian Brobbey to Inter star Romelu Lukaku after the Bundesliga side agreed to sign the Ajax sensation.
Brobbey will join Nagelsmann s Leipzig on a free transfer at the end of the season after agreeing a four-year deal until 2025.
Eredivisie giants Ajax were determined to keep Brobbey, but the 19-year-old Dutch forward opted to leave for Leipzig.
Brobbey, who made his senior debut for Ajax in October, has scored twice in seven substitute appearances in Eredivisie this season, while he has netted as many goals during the 2020-21 Europa League campaign.
Nagelsmann compared Brobbey to in-form Inter forward Lukaku after being asked about the similarities between the two players.
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According to , Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti is interested in bringing Paris Saint-Germain s Angel Di Maria to Naples.
The former Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea, PSG and Bayern Munich boss has even made a telephone call directly to Di Maria, the report claims. Apparently, Ancelotti is looking for an experienced, creative player who can go past opponents and deliver the ball from wide positions, and the 30-year-old Di Maria fits the bill.
The Argentina international started his career in his homeland with Rosario Central and played two seasons for Benfica, before his glory days with Real Madrid began. During his four-year stint in the Spanish capital, the winger won one La Liga title, two Copa del Rey trophies and the 2013/14 Champions League under Ancelotti. However, he en…
Didier Drogba has designs on winning a fifth FA Cup as he prepares to return to the competition with Chelsea this weekend.
The veteran striker scored what proved to be the winner in the 2007, 2010 and 2012 FA Cup finals, as well as being on target in the 2009 showpiece against Everton.
And the 36-year-old is keen to extend his FA Cup fairytale this season, with Chelsea starting their road to Wembley in the third round when Watford make the short trip to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
With Chelsea joint top of the Premier League, through to the League Cup semi-finals and into the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, Jose Mourinho s men are chasing a historic quadruple.
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One of the transfers that might have gone under the radar on has definitely been Lazar Markovic’s move to Fulham.
The Serbian winger ended his Liverpool nightmare as he moves to London where he’ll hope to get his career back on track and help Cottagers stay up.
The 24-year-old has been with Liverpool since 2014 after joining from Benfica but he only made 34 appearances in more than four years. Markovic spent most of time at Anfield out on loan never quite managing to reach the expectations.
He joins Cottagers on a permanent transfer and arrives on ‘good recommendations’ from Aleksandar Mitrovic who played with Markovic at Partizan Belgrade.
Markovic arrives as a direct replacement for Aboubakar Kamara who joins Yeni Malatyaspor on loan.
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Cesar Azpilicueta is adamant his Chelsea team-mate Eden Hazard has the capability to the best player in the world if he learns to be more aggressive in the penalty area.
Ever since joining from Lille in 2012, Hazard has consistently been regarded as one of the Premier League s elite players.
The Belgium star has reached double figures for Premier League goals in four of the last five seasons, while he has also impressed as a creative force.
Hazard s start to the new season has attracted plenty of praise, with the 27-year-old netting five times in as many games, despite making just three starts.
Azpilicueta is confident Hazard can maintain such form ahead of Sunday s away clash with West Ham, and feels the tricky attacker has not hit his ceiling yet.
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Slaven Bilic challenged injury-plagued striker Andy Carroll to stay fit if he is to earn a new deal at West Ham.
Carroll has struggled with injuries throughout his career and the nine-time England international last made at least 20 league starts in 2012-13.
The 28-year-old last struck at least 10 times in the Premier League in 2010-11, but is contracted until mid-2019.
However, Bilic said Carroll needed to prove he could stay healthy if he wanted a long-term future at West Ham.
Andy has got two years left, and this is to be fair is his season to be fit, to stay fit, the Croatian said.
If we are talking about his contract, the question mark about him is his fitness, how much he is available during the season.
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Alexis Sanchez wanted to leave Manchester United following his first training session after an agreement with Manchester City failed to come to fruition.
City were expected to sign Sanchez in January 2018 but he ended up joining their rivals United from Arsenal in a swap deal that sent Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the opposite direction.
The Chile international, who was reportedly being paid £390,000 per week, failed to find the form he displayed at Arsenal, where he had become one of the Premier League s leading attackers.
He scored just five goals in 45 appearances in all competitions before spending the 2019-20 season on loan at Inter, who signed him permanently last month.
Injuries also limited Sanchez s impact at United, but he confirmed City had been his …
Stefan Tarkovic praised his Slovakia side for their efforts in neutralising Robert Lewandowski during a shock 2-1 Euro 2020 win over Poland.
Slovakia claimed only their second European Championship victory as an independent nation thanks to Milan Skriniar s 69th-minute winner in St Petersburg on Monday.
An own goal from Wojciech Szczesny, which followed great work from Robert Mak, gave Slovakia a first-half lead that was cancelled out 32 seconds into the second half by Karol Linetty.
But Grzegorz Krychowiak s red card turned the game back in Slovakia s favour and Skriniar s third goal in his last four games for Slovakia secured the three points.
Key to Slovakia s success was Lewandowski s lack of influence. He had the fewest touches of any Poland outfield…
Olivier Giroud came off the bench to salvage an under-strength Chelsea a laboured 2-2 draw at Vidi in the Europa League on Thursday.
With the Blues already confirmed as Group L winners, Maurizio Sarri made 10 changes to the side that beat Manchester City last weekend and was almost made to endure an embarrassing defeat.
The visitors made life difficult for themselves as an Ethan Ampadu own goal quickly erased Willian s 30th-minute opener, before Loic Nego fired the unheralded Hungarians into the lead 11 minutes after the restart.
But the loss of Alvaro Morata to a first-half knee problem proved an unlikely blessing in disguise for Chelsea as Giroud stroked in their second free-kick late in the match to ensure the Premier League side enter the knockout rounds un…
Mexico continued their flawless run under Gerardo Martino after overcoming Canada 3-1 at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Canada impressed in Denver but Mexico s class was telling as an Andres Guardado brace and Roberto Alvarado strike led Martino s men to back-to-back Group A wins.
Alvarado smashed home the opener in the 40th minute before Guardado – a first-half replacement for injured team-mate Erick Gutierrez – made it 2-0 with a stunning long-range effort nine minutes into the second half on Wednesday.
Lucas Cavallini gave Canada some hope with 15 minutes remaining, however, Guardado s second two minutes later sealed a sixth successive victory for Mexico.
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