Former England full-back Paul Parker has launched a scathing attack on Jose Mourinho after the Chelsea manager issued a veiled criticism of Graeme Le Saux on Monday.
Mourinho insisted that, despite increased security fears, all of his players had been happy to travel to Israel for the Champions League clash with Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
Le Saux, who was critical of Mourinho s treatment of club doctor Eva Carneiro earlier this season, refused to travel to face Hapoel Tel Aviv a month after the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, and Mourinho this week claimed he didn t have a Graeme Le Saux to contend with.
Parker, who briefly played for Chelsea in 1997, wrote in his Eurosport column: Jose Mourinho just can t help himself, can he? Graeme Le Saux makes some va…
Bundesliga giants Wolfsburg have reached an agreement to recruit Julian Draxler from Schalke, .
The Wolves were desperate to sign a replacement for Kevin De Bruyne and they finally found an understanding with their Bundesliga rivals last night.
Wolfsburg will pay €35 million for the youngster, while the fee could rise to €42 million depending on various bonuses.
The Wolves will be delighted to have secured the signing of one of country s hottest prospects, who is slowly rediscovering his form after returning from a serious injury.
Julian Draxler already has plenty of top flight experience, having amassed a total of 119 Bundesliga appearances, scoring 18 goals.
The attacking midfielder has 15 Germany caps to his name and he made one outing at …
Highly rated English teenager Jadon Sancho is benefiting from the advice and support of established stars Mario Gotze and Nuri Sahin after leaving Manchester City for Borussia Dortmund.
The 17-year-old opted against remaining at Eithad Stadium due to the limited prospects of earning senior playing time in Pep Guardiola s intimidatingly talented side.
Instead the former Watford youth team player penned terms with Bundesliga side Dortmund, who have developed a reputation in recent years for blooding young talent ahead of schedule.
And Sancho, who has already made six Bundesliga appearances, has some illustrious role models on hand to assist him in making the transition to German football, including Gotze, who scored the extra-time winner for Die Mannschaft in th…
Galatasaray have held talks with Alvaro Negredo according to the Turkish Super Lig club s sporting director Cenk Ergun.
Negredo has spent this season on loan at Middlesbrough from Valencia but the former Sevilla and Manchester City striker s nine goals could not help them avoid relegation from the Premier League.
The 31-year-old, who won the last of his 21 Spain caps in November 2013, appears unlikely to have a future at Valencia and Espanyol were linked to his services by SuperDeporte last month.
However, Ergun told reporters after Friday s 2-0 win over Osmanlispor that Negredo figures in Galatasaray s plans after a season when the 20-time Turkish champions have failed to reach the Champions League for a second year in succession.
Yes we held talks with…
Rafael Benitez has suggested the Premier League need to take responsibility after they rejected Everton s request for Sunday s game with Burnley to be postponed.
Everton visit the Clarets at Turf Moor on Boxing Day but Benitez revealed on Thursday that he only has nine senior outfielders to pick from.
The Toffees have three goalkeepers fit and a selection of players from the academy, though Benitez warned that situation may change over the coming days.
Six Premier League games, including Everton s meeting with Leicester City, were called off last weekend amid COVID-19 outbreaks within several squads.
On Thursday, the Premier League confirmed Leeds United s trip to Liverpool and Watford s game at Wolves, set to be played on Sunday too, had also been post…
Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel says the club have discussed a move for Erling Haaland and has not ruled out partnering the Borussia Dortmund striker with Romelu Lukaku at Stamford Bridge.
Haaland was touted as a target for a number of European heavyweights during the most recent transfer window on the back of a first full campaign with Dortmund that saw him register 41 goals in the same number of appearances in all competitions.
The 21-year-old has 70 goals in 69 games for the German club overall since making his debut in January 2020 – only Bayern Munich s Robert Lewandowski (88 goals in 73 games) has a better return among players from Europe s top five leagues.
He still has two and a half years to run on his contract at Signal Iduna Park and Dortmund were u…
Serie A side Catania have announced on their official website that they have reached an agreement to sign Panathinaikos forward Sebastian Leto.
The Argentine footballer arrives at Stadio Angelo Massimino on a free transfer, but the details of the deal were not disclosed.
Leto, 26, began his career at Lanus, but he left the club in the summer of 2007 to sign for Liverpool.
The Argentine spent one season on loan at Olympiakos as the Reds were trying to obtain a work permit for him, but was eventually sold to Panathinaikos in June 2009.
He enjoyed a lot of success at PAO, scoring 15 goals in 17 league matches during the 2011/2012 season, but a serious knee injury halted his progress and he then had his contract terminated in January 2013.
Leto has n…
Olivier Giroud will join Los Angeles FC once his contract with Milan expires.
It was confirmed on Monday that Giroud would be leaving Milan to head to Major League Soccer.
And LAFC have now been revealed as the 37-year-old former Arsenal and Chelsea striker s destination.
Giroud has signed a one-year deal with LAFC, with the option to extend his stay through to 2026.
Bienvenue à Los Angeles, Oli.
Another World Cup Champion joins the club
— LAFC (@LAFC)
His championship ambition and his qualities as a man and as a player directly align with ours as a club, LAFC general manager John Thorrington said.
Giroud, who has scored 14 Serie A goals this term, is France s record goalscorer, and is set to appear for Les Bleus at E…
Lydia Nsekera was elected to the FIFA Executive Committee at the body s annual congress on Friday, becoming the first woman to be selected.
Nsekera has been the president of Burundi s Football Association since 2004, and was also appointed to the International Committee in 2009.
The 46-year-old was running against Australia s Moya Dodd and Sonia Bien-Aime of the Turks and Caicos Islands for the spot, which was set apart for a female after president Sepp Blatter committed to adding women to the FIFA ExCo.
It s a historic day for football and a great day for women, Dodd said.
I d like to contribute to the best governance of the game, and to fight against match manipulation and discrimination.
Football is the sport everybody loves; no-one should be excluded. And we…
Bayern Munich had to settle for a scoreless draw with Bayer Leverkusen at the BayArena as Thomas Muller missed two gilt-edged chances to secure three points.
The Germany international started the match from the bench, but came on for Arjen Robben on the hour mark and got two huge chances to break the deadlock within 10 minutes of his entrance.
Muller first volleyed over the crossbar after being set up by Kingsley Coman, only to then fire wide a few minutes later after some good work from Douglas Costa.
Leverkusen had done well to keep the reigning champions quiet until Muller s arrival, with Roger Schmidt s tactical plan to press Bayern high up the pitch causing them all kinds of trouble.
The hosts did not create many chances themselves, though, with on…