Chelsea will move for Southampton’s Fraser Forster should Thibaut Courtois leave Stamford Bridge, .
Courtouis only replaced Petr Cech as the Blues’ number one last season after returning from a three-year loan spell with Atletico Madrid but could be set for a return to Spain with Real Madrid and Barcelona circling.
England international Forster, who has missed a large portion of this season through injury, could cost as much as £20m, double what the Saints paid Celtic to secure his services in August 2014.
He has racked up fifty appearances for the south coast club in all competitions, while he won his fourth and fifth international caps in England’s recent friendly double header against Germany and the Netherlands.
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Do not worry Manchester United fans, laziness is the reason for Jose Mourinho s hotel living as the manager reaffirmed his commitment to the Premier League giants.
Mourinho has called the Lowry Hotel in Manchester home since replacing Louis van Gaal in 2016, while his wife still lives in London.
The 54-year-old s decision not to buy a house has come into question amid reported doubts over his future at Old Trafford, which Mourinho dismissed on Thursday.
Explaining the reason for living in a hotel, Mourinho said: I am very lazy and because I like to arrive in the hotel, I don t want anyone to be worried because I live in a two square metres room.
I am living in an apartment inside of a hotel where I have all the comfort, the support, where I have everythi…
Andrea Pirlo earned 10-man Juventus a dramatic 2-1 victory with a last-gasp winner against city rivals Torino in Serie A on Sunday.
The 35-year-old rifled in from 25 yards deep into second-half stoppage time to cruelly deny Torino and stretch his side s winning run at home in the league to 25 matches.
Juve looked destined to have to settle for a draw after Torino s Bruno Peres scored a superb individual goal midway through the first half, cancelling out Arturo Vidal s twice-taken penalty in the 15th minute.
The home side were even reduced to 10 men 12 minutes from time when Stephan Lichtsteiner was shown a second yellow card, but Pirlo popped up at the death to settle the clash.
Peres goal was Torino s first against their fierce rivals since February…
Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown believes Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy could be the man to lead the Emirates club to Premier League glory in 2016-17.
Vardy is believed to be close to a transfer to the 2015-16 runners-up and Keown feels the 29-year-old is just what Arsenal need.
If you look at Vardy and you look at what Arsenal don t have down the middle with their strikers – someone who likes to run behind a defence – then if you feed him he s a real handful and as good as anyone, Keown told 888sport.
He d be a player who would strengthen Arsenal and give them more variation to their play which they lack down that central area.
Vardy would be Arsene Wenger s second signing ahead of next season following the previous arrival of Granit Xh…
Defender Per Mertesacker has shrugged off Germany s 5-3 friendly loss to Switzerland and remains confident the team will fire at Euro 2012.
The centre-back found himself alongside Borussia Dortmund s Mats Hummels in the heart of the German defence in Basel on Saturday, in a performance that did little to reassure the fans ahead of the trip to Poland and Ukraine.
The Arsenal man had been sidelined through injury since February, and was understandably rusty against their Alpine neighbours, but Mertesacker feels that it is too early to judge his compatriots.
Yesterday was very disappointing for us but we re looking forward to the tournament, he told Sky Sports News.
It s in two weeks and we ll be in good shape I think.
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Bayern Munich s France international midfielder Franck Ribery has undergone successful surgery on his ankle and will be back in action early September, the club announced on Saturday.
The 25-year-old, who damaged ankle ligaments in last month s Euro 2008, had a metal screw removed from his left ankle.
The procedure took place without any complication and Ribery has already begun his physiotheraphy, a statement from the club read.
Ribery will miss the defending champions start to the season on August 15 at home to Hamburg.
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been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order during Saturday s clash between Manchester City and Manchester United, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed.
During the second half of United s 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium, the visitors midfielder Fred appeared to be hit by an object thrown from the crowd as he prepared to take a corner.
Lighters and a plastic bottle could be seen by the corner flag, while television footage seemed to show a supporter making racist gestures in the direction of Brazil international Fred and his team-mate Jesse Lingard.
Shortly after full-time, City released a statement saying they were investigating and threatened to issue life bans to any individual found to have committed racial abuse.
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Dani Ceballos, currently of Real Madrid, passed through the youth ranks at Real Betis before moving to the Santiago Bernabeu two years ago. As the two clubs met in Madrid for the final matchday of the 2018/19 La Liga season, the midfielder was seen talking to Betis coach Quique Setien, and it has already sparked that Ceballos could be on his way back to his previous club.
Since his arrival at Real, the 22-year-old, who prefers to play in the middle of the park but is capable of roaming behind the striker too, has failed to impress. With the return of Zinedine Zidane to the dugout, his importance to the team has diminished further and he has reportedly been told already to look for another club.
In the past he has been with a big money move to Liverpool, but at the mome…
Julio Gomez produced a stunning acrobatic effort to see Mexico home 3-1 against the United States in the CONCACAF U20 final.
Mexico s 2011 Under-17 World Cup hero was at it again as he broke the deadlock in the 100th minute with a spectacular side volley.
The 18-year-old Pachuca forward came on as a substitute and made it 2-1 before Jorge Espericueta made sure of Mexico s 12th championship with a penalty seven minutes from the end of extra-time.
Jesus Corona opened the scoring for Mexico on four minutes before Benji Joya levelled the scores 10 minutes in.
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Freiburg have signed Germany international Sascha Riether from Fulham for an undisclosed fee.
Riether s departure from Fulham continues something of an exodus at the Craven Cottage club following their relegation from the Premier League.
A Fulham statement released on Thursday said: The club can confirm that defender Sascha Riether has joined Bundesliga side SC Freiburg on a permanent basis for an undisclosed fee.
The 31-year-old right-back moved to Fulham on a season-long loan from FC Cologne in early July 2012, with the club taking up an option to acquire the player on a permanent basis the following summer.
Capped twice by Germany, Riether made 72 appearances for Fulham during his two seasons at the club, scoring once in a 2-2 draw at Sunderland.
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