Новости за 30.08.2018

Gareth Southgate admitted the pool of England players available for selection is dwindling as Premier League clubs continue to overlook their young stars. Southgate named his first squad since the Three Lions reached the World Cup semi-finals on Thursday, with a number of experienced players left out as he looks to prepare the national team for Euro 2020. Ashley Young, Gary Cahill and Jamie Vardy were all overlooked, while Luke Shaw and Joe Gomez were handed call-ups for the Nations League clash against Spain and a friendly with Switzerland. Читать дальше...

AC Milan must pay close attention to Edin Dzeko if they are to pick up their first points of the Serie A season against Roma on Friday, says Gennaro Gattuso. Gattuso's men squandered a two-goal lead in their opening game of the 2018-19 campaign against Napoli, losing 3-2 after a disastrous second half. Roma's visit to San Siro provides Milan with a chance to make amends but Gattuso knows they cannot afford to give any space to Dzeko, who opened his account with a sublime volley against Torino on August 19. Читать дальше...

Liverpool and Chelsea will have a difficult start to their respective EFL Cup campaigns after being drawn against each other in the third round, while Frank Lampard will come up against his former coach Jose Mourinho. Chelsea made it to last season's semi-finals before being eliminated 2-1 on aggregate by Arsenal, who themselves were defeated by Manchester City in the final. The two sides last met each other in the EFL Cup in January 2015 – Chelsea emerging 2-1 aggregate victors on their way to lifting the trophy. Читать дальше...

Sergio Ramos played up his role as the pantomime villain during an awkward reunion with Mohamed Salah at the Champions League group stage draw. The Real Madrid captain was seated behind Salah at the event in Monaco as the Liverpool star was given a painful reminder of the shoulder injury he sustained in May's final. Ramos was at the centre of the controversial incident, with his actions in bringing down the forward recently described as "ruthless and brutal" by Jurgen Klopp. And the 32-year-old... Читать дальше...

Mariano Diaz has completed his Real Madrid medical after agreeing a return from Lyon. The 25-year-old signed a five-year contract to rejoin Madrid, where he made eight LaLiga appearances in 2016-17 before joining the Ligue 1 side for €8million in June 2017. Madrid were in the market for a forward following Cristiano Ronaldo's €100m sale to Juventus and plumped for Mariano, who scored 18 goals in 34 Ligue 1 appearances for Lyon last season. Reports in the Spanish media suggest Mariano has asked for the number seven shirt vacated by Ronaldo... Читать дальше...

Watford head coach Javi Gracia said his side's early-season form has defied many pundits' Premier League predictions as he revealed the scale of the injury crisis he inherited at Vicarage Road. Gracia arrived at Watford in January 2018 following the dismissal of Marco Silva and managed just four league victories in the remainder of his first campaign as the Hornets finished 14th in the table. That form prompted speculation Gracia's tenure could be cut short but after winning three out of three at the start of 2018-19... Читать дальше...

Luka Modric has been crowned UEFA Player of the Year for 2017-18 after playing a major role in Real Madrid's third successive Champions League success.

Group AAtletico Madrid • Borussia Dortmund•Monaco• Club BruggeSurely one of the tougher groups in the competition this year – Dortmund and Monaco were both to be avoided in Pot 2 and Pot 3 respectively – and easily among the most interesting.Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund haven't faced off since 1996/97; the season when the latter ruled Europe under Ottmar Hitzfeld. They've never faced Monaco before, and haven't played Club Brugge for 40 years. Yes, it's been a while.Bring it on...Group BBarcelona... Читать дальше...

The Champions League group stage draw was conducted in Monaco on Thursday as Real Madrid, Manchester City, Juventus and more discovered their opponents. The 32 qualified clubs will compete over six matchdays from September to December. Here is the draw in full: Group A: Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Monaco, Club Brugge Group B: Barcelona, Tottenham, PSV, Inter Group C: Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli, Liverpool, Red Star Belgrade Group D: Lokomotiv Moscow, Porto, Schalke, Galatasaray Group E... Читать дальше...

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo will face former club Manchester United in the Champions League this season after the two European heavyweights were drawn together in Group H on Thursday. Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo initially rose to prominence on the European stage with United, having joined them as an 18-year-old in 2003. At Old Trafford he established himself as one of the best players in the world and won the first of his Ballons d'Or while at United in 2008, the same year of his maiden Champions League success. Читать дальше...

Adam Lallana would have been included in England's World Cup squad had he been fully fit, Gareth Southgate has revealed. The Liverpool midfielder has earned a recall for September's matches against Spain and Switzerland after narrowly missing out on a ticket to Russia. Persistent injuries restricted the 30-year-old to just one Premier League start last term and forced him to be content with a spot on standby. Southgate had hoped to include Lallana in his final 23 and believes he still has plenty to offer leading into Euro 2016. Читать дальше...

Stoke City midfielder Giannelli Imbula will spend a second consecutive season out on loan after he joined LaLiga side Rayo Vallecano. The 25-year-old made 28 appearances for Toulouse in Ligue 1 in 2017-18, scoring once as the club narrowly escaped relegation. The former Marseille midfielder cost the Potters a club-record fee of £18.3 million when he joined from Porto on a five-and-a-half-year contract in 2016. He made 26 Premier League appearances but fell out of favour with former Stoke boss... Читать дальше...

West Ham turned down the opportunity to sign Yaya Toure, according to manager Manuel Pellegrini. The 35-year-old Ivorian has been available on a free since leaving Manchester City at the end of last season. His agent Dimitry Seluk revealed on Tuesday the midfielder had undergone a medical in London, reigniting rumours of a potential reunion with former City boss Pellegrini. Seluk dismissed the Premier League's bottom club as unsuitable for the former Barcelona player, comments Pellegrini deemed... Читать дальше...

England manager Gareth Southgate will consider calling Ashley Young, Jamie Vardy and Gary Cahill up in future despite the trio being left out of his latest squad. Vardy and Cahill, part of the group that reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, indicated this week they would be taking a step back from international football. Young, meanwhile, has lost his place in the squad to Manchester United team-mate Luke Shaw despite being England's first choice left-back throughout the World Cup. All three... Читать дальше...

Arsenal: Nacho MonrealMonreal is the type of reliable performer that every club needs. The Spaniard has maintained a consistent level of performance ever since he arrived at the Emirates Stadium in 2013, with his football intelligence and reading of the game making him an essential part of the Gunners’ backline.The 32-year-old has spent the majority of his Arsenal career at left-back, but he demonstrated his versatility by excelling as a left-sided centre-half during the latter stages of Arsene Wenger’s tenure. Читать дальше...

Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana and Joe Gomez have all returned to the England squad, while Gareth Southgate has included uncapped goalkeeper Alex McCarthy.The Southampton stopper gets the nod along with Jack Butland and number one goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, while Shaw takes the place of Manchester United team-mate Ashley Young.Gary Cahill and Jamie Vardy are not included after both players indicated they would be taking a step back from international duty, although they have not retired.England face Spain... Читать дальше...

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool have "similar characteristics" to the Brazil national team, according to goalkeeper Alisson. Alisson said Klopp had given him licence to play out from the back, allowing him to make a greater contribution to attacking play than he had been permitted at previous club Roma. The 25-year-old, whose £67million transfer to Anfield in July made him the world's most expensive goalkeeper at the time, also said that Liverpool had lived up to its reputation as a club that "treats you like a family". Читать дальше...

Sam Allardyce says Crystal Palace pulled him "out of a depression" after he was sacked from the England manager's job in 2016. Allardyce was speaking after the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) instructed the Daily Telegraph to publish a correction over three "significant inaccuracies" in its coverage of an undercover investigation that led to his dismissal as manager of the Three Lions, although it did deem that the story was in the public interest. Palace appointed Allardyce just... Читать дальше...

France coach Didier Deschamps has made a solitary change to the 23-man squad that lifted the World Cup in Russia with Benoit Costil replacing Steve Mandanda. The world champions will begin their UEFA Nations League campaign against Germany on September 6, before hosting Netherlands in Group 1 three days later. Unsurprisingly Deschamps has kept faith with the squad who secured a second global title for France last month, with Mandanda only missing out due to injury. Marseille goalkeeper Mandanda... Читать дальше...

On his first day on the job in north London, Unai Emery laid out his ideas in simple terms: "It’s about two things: possession and pressing." At Stamford Bridge this August, then, the Arsenal manager is likely to have been less than impressed with AlexandreLacazettein the build-up to the game's decisive goal.The Frenchman gifted possession to Chelsea with a drowsy pass, before letting Eden Hazard sidle past his non-challenge with scandalous ease en route to laying on the winner. A manager who preached... Читать дальше...

“Who would you have in a best Premier League XI never to play in the Champions League?”Out of the blue, an old chum of FourFourTwo had sent us a poserwhich piqued our interest. An hour, and hundreds of further messages, later there was still no consensus. We gave up.FFT, however, is made of sterner stuff and also very bored. We pressed on, knowing Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp et al would be off limits. But so were Tony Yeboah (one season for Hamburg), Sylvain Distin (10 games for Paris Saint-Germain) and even Dion Dublin... Читать дальше...

Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic says he deserves a new contract after rejecting interest from Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain. Rakitic said this week he would stay at Camp Nou despite PSG reportedly being keen on signing the Croatia midfielder. And the 30-year-old, a key cog in the midfield that won a domestic double last term, feels his commitment means he should get a pay rise. "Let's see if you can take this interview to the 'presi' [Josep Maria Bartomeu] or if you leave it in his office," Rakitic joked to Sport. Читать дальше...

Sven-Goran Eriksson is still looking for a job in football but revealed he turned down opportunities to coach the national teams of Cameroon and Iraq. The former Lazio, England, Manchester City and Leicester City coach, who is 70, told Sky Sports that he had "private reasons" for rejecting the approaches, opting instead to maintain an involvement with his local team while waiting for the right job offer to arrive. Eriksson, whose managerial honours include a Serie A title with Lazio, and Coppa Italia triumphs with both Roma and Sampdoria... Читать дальше...

Sheyi Ojo has joined Reims on loan after signing a new contract with Liverpool. Ojo has made 13 competitive appearances for Liverpool and will have a chance to collect more senior experience in Ligue 1. The 21-year-old spent the 2017-18 season on loan at Fulham, scoring four goals to help Slavisa Jokanovic's men earn promotion from to the Premier League. Ojo has also had loan spells in the Football League with Wigan Athletic and Wolves. pic.twitter.com/taLV4Nt7jH — Sheyi Ojo (@sheyi_ojo) July 17... Читать дальше...

Ivan Rakitic says it was an easy decision to stay at Barcelona, stressing money would have been the only reason to join Paris Saint-Germain. The Ligue 1 champions were linked with a move for the Croatia international, but he confirmed his decision to remain at Camp Nou this week. Barca's reported interest in PSG midfielder Adrien Rabiot complicated matters, while there was also fallout from Neymar's world-record switch between the clubs. But Rakitic, who helped lead Croatia to their first World... Читать дальше...