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Hoping to find a route to the top of the Western Conference table, Los Angeles will travel to Lumen Field when they meet Seattle in the early hours of Sunday.
Seattle Sounders
Starting with the hosts, while Seattle might have opened up the 2024 campaign in the midst of a real struggle, the Sounders have come roaring back in a sensational fashion. Putting in another eye-catching performance earlier in the week as they secured a routine 2-0 victory against St. Louis, Brian Schmetzer’s men find the mood in their camp at a red-hot high. Extending on their US Open Cup adventure on July 10th as they claimed a 2-1 win away at USL outfit Sacramento Republic, the Washington-based outfit are riding quite the wave of momentum. Signing off June…
Christian Eriksen is confident Manchester United are on a good road and praised the qualities of his fellow Red Devils midfielders.
Although United lost to Real Sociedad in the Europa League last time out, their Premier League fortunes have seen a vast improvement since Erik ten Hag lost his first two games in charge last month.
A 3-1 home win over Arsenal last Sunday made it four successive league victories for United – their best winning run since April 2021.
Eriksen created a team-high three chances and recorded 33 successful passes (also a team-high) against the Gunners, as well as teeing up Marcus Rashford s second goal.
Only Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes (both 10) have created more Premier League chances than Eriksen for United this campaign (…
Rangers are interested in Sheffield United midfielder John Lundstram, according to . The Scottish Premiership club wanted to sign the midfielder in the summer of 2020, and the Gers retain an interest in the Englishman.
Lundstram has been at United since 2017, and although he has done well over the years, the 26-year-old midfielder’s importance has dwindled this season. According to , the 26-year-old midfielder made 26 starts and eight substitute appearances in the Premier League last season, scoring five goals and providing three assists in the league. So far this season, the English midfielder has made nine starts and three substitute appearances in the Premier League for Chris Wilder’s side, according to .
Rangers are at the top of the Scottish Premiership table…
Thiago Motta s first game in charge of Juventus ended in defeat as an unfamiliar Bianconeri side was thrashed 3-0 by 2. Bundesliga outfit Nurnberg on Friday.
The likes of Timothy Weah, Nicolo Fagioli and Dusan Vlahovic were limited to substitute roles as Motta selected a young side at Max-Morlock-Stadion, with the latter hitting the post with a second-half penalty at 1-0.
Caspar Jander had earlier given Nurnberg a 19th-minute lead, and they put some gloss on the scoreline with two late strikes after Vlahovic s missed spot-kick.
Substitutes Dustin Forkel and Tim Janisch both converted from inside the penalty area in the final four minutes as Motta s reign began in disappointing fashion.
The Bianconeri are next in action versus Brest on Saturday, with a fur…
Lionel Messi will be hoping to dethrone Cristiano Ronaldo at the Globe Soccer Awards after both were named among the nominees for the Best Men s Player for 2019.
Virgil van Dijk and Liverpool team-mates Alisson, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are also up for the annual honour, which is to be presented in Dubai on December 29.
Bernardo Silva, part of the Manchester City side largely snubbed at the FIFA Best awards, rounds out the seven-man field.
Juventus forward and five-time winner Ronaldo claimed the main prize for the third consecutive year in 2018.
Barcelona superstar Messi has won it once, in 2015.
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Sergio Ramos will appear at a news conference on Thursday amid rumours over his future, Real Madrid have confirmed.
Ramos, who is Madrid s captain, has been linked with a move to the Chinese Super League and will address the media at 17:30 local time.
Madrid president Florentino Perez confirmed to Spanish radio station Onda Cero this week that Ramos had indicated his desire to leave, but insisted a free transfer was out of the question.
They [Ramos advisors] mentioned that he might leave but without a transfer fee because transfer fees in China are very complicated, Perez said.
I told him that he can t leave and that we would be speaking to the Chinese club interested in signing him.
It s impossible to let your captain leave for free, that wo…
Liverpool s search for midfield reinforcements has reportedly led them to RB Leipzig s Konrad Laimer – and a move could come as soon as January.
Laimer, 25, enjoyed a career-best season in his last Bundesliga campaign, netting four goals and contributing four assists despite starting in just 15 of the 26 league games in which he featured.
This season, the man with 24 senior international appearances for Austria has started every Bundesliga and Champions League game he has been available for, although a high-ankle sprain has kept him out for six weeks now, and he may not return until January.
What a strike Konrad Laimer giving the keeper absolutely no chance with this thunderbolt
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Mauricio Pochettino explained he simply could not risk Neymar as he is not in a condition to compete against former club Barcelona on Wednesday.
The world s most expensive footballer suffered an adductor injury playing for Paris Saint-Germain against Caen in the Coupe de France on February 10.
Initial predictions suggested Neymar could return for the Champions League last-16 second leg this week.
PSG won the first match 4-1 at Camp Nou and Neymar has been progressing in training, with Pochettino repeatedly insisting he was on schedule.
But the head coach acknowledged last week he was not guaranteed to be back in the squad for the visit of the Blaugrana.
A medical update from the club on Tuesday subsequently confirmed Neymar would miss out, and Poc…
A terse training ground exchange on Wednesday gave little indication that the relationship between Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba will improve any time soon.
Mourinho has stripped Pogba of the club s vice-captaincy in the wake of some outspoken interviews from the France international midfielder – although he maintains there has been no fallout.
During the most successful phase of his career, Mourinho was viewed as a coach who defended his players to the hilt, fostering a close bond with and loyalty from his squads.
But since his appointment at Real Madrid in 2010, bust-ups with star names have increasingly been a part of his make-up. We look at how some of those played out as the Pogba row potentially edges towards its endgame.
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Gareth Bale has cleared the air with Thibaut Courtois after the goalkeeper let slip that Real Madrid team-mates nicknamed the Welsh star the golfer .
That revelation emerged earlier this year when Courtois, in an interview with a Belgian newspaper, also hinted at bemusement over Bale and Toni Kroos skipping a team evening meal because they wanted to avoid a late night.
Bale, who says his critics are misinformed and their verdicts on his Santiago Bernabeu career mean nothing , made sure he got to the bottom of Courtois comments.
And he believes the Belgian goalkeeper meant no offence.
I am a golfer! Bale said in a Wales news conference on Thursday. I spoke to him about it and he meant it as a joke.
People took it out of context, but I m very happ…