Новости за 16.08.2018

Sassuolo have signed Brazilian defender Marlon from Barcelona for a fee potentially rising to €12million. The 22-year-old found opportunities limited at Camp Nou and was recalled halfway through a two-season loan spell with Nice in order to be moved on. Though he made just two LaLiga appearances, Barca have included a buy-back option in the deal for the former Fluminense man. Sassuolo have paid an initial €6million with the amount to be doubled if Marlon, who reportedly attracted interest from West Ham earlier in pre-season... Читать дальше...

Brighton and Hove Albion will host Southampton in the EFL Cup second round's only all-Premier League tie, while Leicester City will meet Jamie Vardy's old club Fleetwood Town. Thirteen of the 20 English top-flight clubs enter the competition at this stage, with the other seven not starting their campaigns until the third round due to being in Europe, and Brighton's clash with Southampton is the only fixture that features two Premier League sides. Leicester have been drawn at home to Fleetwood -... Читать дальше...

Istanbul Basaksehir's preparations for their Europa League clash with Burnley included a visit from one of the competition's former winners as Jose Mourinho dropped by the team's hotel. The Turkish club face Sean Dyche's Burnley at Turf Moor on Thursday in the second leg of their Europa League qualifier having drawn 0-0 in the first leg at the Fatih Terim Stadium. Prior to the game, Basaksehir uploaded pictures on social media showing Mourinho, who won the Europa League with Manchester United in 2017... Читать дальше...

The best way for Mesut Ozil to silence his critics is by starring in the Premier League, according to Arsenal great Ian Wright. Ozil, 29, endured a turbulent off-season that began with a divisive meeting with controversial Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Germany's group-stage exit at the World Cup led to further scrutiny of the playmaker, who subsequently quit the national team citing a perceived sense of racist treatment from the German Football Federation. Ozil has found sanctuary from... Читать дальше...

World Cup winner Philipp Lahm will head the organising committee for Euro 2024 if the tournament is staged in Germany, the German Football Association (DFB) has announced. Having hosted the World Cup in 2006, the DFB are hoping to bring the European Championship to Germany in six years' time having submitted their bid along with an application from Turkey. Lahm is already being lined up for a key role in any successful German bid, with the former Bayern Munich defender set to be the tournament's director. Читать дальше...

Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku has revealed he plans to retire from international football after Euro 2020, despite the fact he will be just 27. Lukaku is his nation's all-time top scorer having found the net 40 times in 75 games and was instrumental in Belgium reaching the World Cup semi-finals in Russia. However, the 25-year-old has suggested he will not be part of the team in Qatar in four years as he is prepared to call time on his international career after the next European Championship. "After the Euros... Читать дальше...

West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini insists he is not plotting a move for free agent Yaya Toure. The 35-year-old former Ivory Coast international has been without a club since leaving Manchester City at the end of last season. Three of the midfielder's eight seasons at City were spent under Pellegrini as the pair combined for a Premier League title and two EFL Cup triumphs. But while his team were thoroughly outclassed in the weekend's 4-0 loss to Liverpool, the Hammers boss is not in the market for reinforcements. Читать дальше...

The Association of Spanish Footballers has criticised LaLiga's deal with a multinational media, sports and entertainment company that is set to see top-flight games hosted in the United States. On Thursday LaLiga and Relevent, the group behind the International Champions Cup, announced a 15-year partnership that includes plans to bring regular-season league games to America for the first time. LaLiga president Javier Tebas expressed his hope that the arrangement would "give a major impulse to the... Читать дальше...

Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts has left the club on loan again after agreeing a season-long switch to Spanish side Girona. The 21-year-old joined City from Fulham in 2015 but has spent the past two-and-a-half seasons in Scotland on two lengthy loan spells with Celtic. Roberts has now agreed another temporary move away from Pep Guardiola's men by joining LaLiga side Girona, who are one of the clubs linked to the current Premier League champions through the City Football Group. Girona have... Читать дальше...

Mauricio Pochettino would rather face Manchester City at Wembley the day after an NFL game than seek another temporary home for Tottenham. Spurs host Fulham on Saturday – a match that was scheduled to be their last outing in a Premier League match at the national stadium. But the club announced this week that their new home on the site of White Hart Lane would not be ready to host games against Liverpool and Cardiff City on September 15 and October 6 respectively. Tottenham's derby with Chelsea... Читать дальше...

Petr Cech will continue as Arsenal's first-choice goalkeeper after Unai Emery gave the veteran a vote of confidence ahead of Saturday's trip to Chelsea. Though he produced several impressive saves in last weekend's 2-0 loss to Manchester City, Cech came under the microscope for some jittery moments in executing Emery's playing style. One notably awkward attempt at passing out from the back almost ended up in his own net and led to calls for new signing Bernd Leno to start at Stamford Bridge. Emery... Читать дальше...

Manchester United (2000)Alex Ferguson’s United had won the league by a record 18 points in 1999/2000, despite the Scot having decided that Mark Bosnich wasn’t the successor to Peter Schmeichel he’d been hoping for. Massimo Taibi, too, had tried and failed – comically so – which led to Fergie’s move for Monaco shot-stopper Fabien Barthez.Although Barthez’s Premier League career eventually unravelled thanks to a string of mishaps, the Frenchman’s first season between the sticks was a success – he kept... Читать дальше...

Serie A has postponed AC Milan's meeting with Genoa and Sampdoria's hosting of Fiorentina in the wake of the Ponte Morandi bridge collapse.

Roma sporting director Monchi had a pop at Malcom following his controversial move to Barcelona, insisting new arrival Steven N'Zonzi is a better signing than the Brazilian would have been. Malcom had been on the verge of joining Roma in July, with the Serie A club and his former side Bordeaux announcing an agreement had been reached. But Barca came in at the 11th hour and secured a €41million deal for the talented winger, leaving Monchi incensed. Monchi subsequently gave Roma's in-house TV station... Читать дальше...

Earlier this summer, a 14-year-old prospect was rumoured to be moving from one Premier League club to another. A supporter of the buying club was quick to air his reservations on Twitter, alluding to the boy’s alleged link to a ‘knife gang’. “He’s got George Green written all over him,” was the damning conclusion.There’s no suggestion that former Toffee Green was ever involved in any criminal activities, but still: here he wasbeing held up as a catch-all precedent for doomed youth. Worse yet, Green... Читать дальше...

Unai Emery will need three or four transfer windows at the very least to be able to take Arsenal to the next level, according to Gunners great Ian Wright. Emery was named Arsene Wenger's successor at the end of last season after departing Paris Saint-Germain, the Frenchman ending his 22-year stay in north London. The first competitive game of Emery's reign saw Arsenal comfortably beaten 2-0 at home by defending Premier League champions Manchester City on Sunday, and the coach has quickly come in for criticism as a result ... Читать дальше...

World Cup glory has propelled France to the top of FIFA's latest world rankings, with the impact of Russia 2018 felt for better or worse among a number of football's heavyweight nations. Didier Deschamps' team claimed their country's second world title with a 4-2 victory over Croatia in Moscow last month and move up six places to the top of the pile. These are the first set of rankings released under FIFA's new formula that "relies on adding/subtracting points won or lost for a game to/from the... Читать дальше...

Paris Saint-Germain have completed the signing of defender Thilo Kehrer from Schalke, the Ligue 1 champions have confirmed. The 21-year-old has signed a five-year contract at the Parc des Princes, committing himself to PSG until June 30, 2023. Neither club has disclosed the transfer fee paid for Kehrer, who will wear number four for Thomas Tuchel's side, but reports suggest the Germany Under-21 international cost €37million. "It is with a lot of emotions and ambitions that I join Paris Saint-Germain," he told his new club's official website.

Arsenal’s decade-long slide to the periphery of the elite was encapsulated neatly on Sunday as they were swept aside by the reigning champions, and two formerly pivotal playmakers were rendered peripheral figures.Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil made their names as string-pulling central No.10s but neither could escape the game’s fringes against Manchester City. As they ambled around in tandem, the two resembled a pair of creative geniuses stricken by writer’s block, endlessly mooching about in... Читать дальше...

When Barcelona kick off their league campaign on Saturday, it’ll be eight years to the day since Catalan newspaper Sport ran the front page headline:CANTERA CONTRA CART€ERA. That summer, Spain had beaten Holland in the World Cup final with seven Barça academy graduates. Come winter, Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta stood on the Ballon d’Or podium – the first time that the top three had come from the same youth system.The Sport cover translates as ‘youth academy versus wallet’ and referred to Real Madrid. Читать дальше...

Ainsley Maitland-Niles is set for up to eight weeks on the sidelines after Arsenal confirmed the youngster has suffered a fracture to his left fibula. Maitland-Niles was selected by Unai Emery for the head coach's first Premier League game in charge but limped out of the action against Manchester City before half-time following a heavy collision with Kyle Walker. In an injury update on their official website, Arsenal confirmed the incident left the 20-year-old with a "small fracture" that will mean a six-to-eight-week absence. Читать дальше...

Well, the 2018 UEFA Super Cup is done and dusted, so let’s just call it a day: the season’s major trophy has been settled. Actually, while we jest, this was an entertaining and high-quality game, as befits a game between two of Europe’s best sides.The Super Cup first officially took place in 1972, pitting the victors of Europe’s two biggest club competitions of the previous season against one another. At the time, it meant the European Cup winners vs the European Cup Winners’ Cup, erm... winners. Читать дальше...

Manchester City have the strength in depth to cushion the blow of Kevin De Bruyne suffering a knee injury, according to Kyle Walker. De Bruyne was City's Player of the Season in 2017-18 after inspiring Pep Guardiola's side to Premier League and EFL Cup glory but suffered a seemingly damaging setback in training on Wednesday. The Belgium midfielder attended the Manchester premiere of Amazon Prime's 'All or Nothing: Manchester City' documentary series on crutches and with a heavily strapped right knee after the incident. Читать дальше...

Diego Simeone believes Atletico Madrid will grow after finally ending their misery at the hands of city rivals Real Madrid in European finals. Atleti were bested in extra-time and on penalties respectively by Los Blanco in the 2014 and 2016 Champions League finals. An additional period was also required during Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup clash in Tallinn, but a spectacular strike by Saul Niguez and a game-sealing effort from Koke shortly afterwards gave Simeone's men a 4-2 victory. "Real hadn't... Читать дальше...

Two of football's most iconic jerseys often go hand in hand for football romantics. Over recent decades, those who dazzle brightest in Brazil's effervescent yellow and green have tended to try their luck in Barcelona's blue and red. Stars of the Selecao have slipped seamlessly into the role of Blaugrana darlings since the master marksman Romario embellished the end of a golden era for Johan Cruyff's Dream Team. The taste for a Brazilian number nine in Catalonia was whetted further by Ronaldo's fleeting and destructive brilliance at Camp Nou.