Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte intends to honour his contract at Stamford Bridge, though the Italian acknowledged both parties need to be happy .
Conte – who oversaw Tuesday s 1-1 draw with Barcelona in the Champions League – guided Chelsea to Premier League glory in his first season in 2016-17 but the former Juventus and Italy boss has faced an uncertain future this term.
After an opening-day defeat to Burnley and back-to-back league losses against Bournemouth and Watford, Conte was reportedly on the verge of the sack amid links to Italy and Paris Saint-Germain, and unhappiness with Chelsea s transfer business.
Asked about his future after Lionel Messi cancelled out Willian s 62nd-minute opener in the first leg of the blockbuster last-16 tie, Conte told Me…
Several top European sides have been showing interest in Red Bull Salzburg forward Munas Dabbur, A Bola has quoted Italian media as saying.
The 25-year-old has been in excellent form on both domestic and European stage this season, and he is now being linked with a big club move.
According to reports, the likes of Sevilla, Lyon, Fiorentina and Benfica are all keeping close tabs on the Israeli striker.
Dabbur had joined Salzburg from Grasshoppers in July 2016 and was then loaned back to the Swiss giants before returning this summer.
The talented footballer then went on to score 16 league goals and also netted 6 times in 10 Europa League outings, catching the eye of top clubs in the process.
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Real agree deal for Keylor Navas
Real Madrid have won the battle for Levante goalkeeper Keylor Navas, .
The highly rated shot-stopper was widely tipped to leave for a top European club after impressing in La Liga and at the 2014 World Cup, and he was believed to be on the verge of joining Bayern Munich.
However, Marca suggests that Real Madrid are set to recruit the 27-year-old footballer having agreed to match his €10 million release clause.
This basically means that Diego Lopez will be allowed to leave in the summer transfer window, with Napoli and Monaco showing interest in the experienced goalkeeper.
Real Madrid have already agreed to sign Toni Kroos from Bayern Munich, while they are believed to be closing in on Colombia star James Rodrigu…
The agent of FC Dynamo Kiev striker Brown Ideye has revealed a number of English Premier League clubs are interested in the Nigeria international, .
Ideye, 24, joined Dynamo Kiev on a five-year deal from French Ligue 1 side FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in the summer of 2011.
The Nigeria international bagged a match-winning brace on his club debut against PFC Alexandria and has turned in countless impressive performances at the Olympic National Sports Complex since arriving in Kiev.
The 24-year-old talisman was linked with a sensational move to Chelsea, as a potential replacement for the Blues UEFA Champions League hero Didier Drogba, last summer.
Newcastle United and Swansea City have also been linked with the Nigerian, who scored the match-dec…
I hate talking about what I ve done and where we re at – I don t enjoy that bit, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said after his team beat Sheffield United, their last match before his two-year anniversary as Manchester United manager.
I always look forward and I know there s a lot of work to be done still to get to the standard and level I want. That s what we re working for every single day. I ve really enjoyed these two years.
That win at Bramall Lane actually summed up life under Solskjaer nicely. There was fast, ruthless attacking, errors aplenty in their own half, uncertainty around the system being deployed but still, another away win, one certainly not short on entertainment.
United have definitely embraced Solskjaer s commitment to exciting football matches, ev…
Sergio Santos scored a late leveller to earn 10-man Philadelphia Union a 1-1 road draw against New York Red Bulls in MLS on Thursday.
The Brazilian substitute leapt high to head home at the back post in the 85th minute from Olivier Mbaizo s cross.
Despite being reduced to 10 men after goalkeeper Matthew Freese s inexplicable red card, Philadelphia were good value for a draw, edging possession 54-46 per cent and having more shots on target (7-3).
The Red Bulls had been hoping to move up as high as third spot in the Eastern Conference and looked on track when Patryk Klimala put them ahead from the spot.
New York won the penalty when Freese made a comical error, trying to dribble past Wikelman Carmona from a backpass.
Freese s touch was poor, opening…
Lionel Messi is set to retire from international football following Argentina s loss to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final on Sunday.
For the third successive year, Argentina came up short in a final of a major tournament, following losses in the 2014 World Cup and 2015 Copa deciders.
For Messi, it was his fourth loss in a tournament final having played in their 2007 Copa defeat to Brazil with Argentina still without a major trophy in 23 years.
The Barcelona star admitted after the game that Sunday s final at MetLife Stadium was set to be his last in an Argentina shirt.
The decision is already made. That s it, Messi said.
I have tried a lot. It s what I am feeling right now. I m very sad this is happening again.
I have m…
Cristiano Ronaldo has credited Zinedine Zidane s appointment as Real Madrid head coach as the catalyst for one of the best seasons of his illustrious career.
Reports in Spain suggested Ronaldo had an uneasy relationship with former head coach Rafael Benitez, who was replaced by Zidane at the Santiago Bernabeu in January.
Benitez drew plenty of criticism for a perceived negative style of football at Madrid, but under Zidane the club finished the domestic season by winning 12 straight games to lose out on the LaLiga title by one point to Barcelona, while they also won the Champions League following a dramatic penalty shootout win over Atletico Madrid.
Ronaldo went on to clinch a first major international title with Portugal at Euro 2016 and the 31-year-old s succes…
Jonas Gutierrez believes Newcastle United can improve their performance in the Premier League next season.
Alan Pardew s side finished fifth in the 2011-12 season but showed a marked decline in fortunes this time around, narrowly avoiding relegation in 16th place.
A run to the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals meant Newcastle played an additional 14 fixtures throughout the campaign and the Argentine admitted that they have to learn the lessons from a demanding fixture list.
We have to learn from last season, he told the club s official website.
We made mistakes and we can learn from those to ensure that we don t make them again next year.
It was so important to stay up. When you start the season the first thing you think about is staying up and then you build and prog…
Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala must once again find an alternative home venue for their 2013-14 UEFA Europa League ties.
The decision cames from UEFA s Emergency Panel who made the ruling following security concerns around a situation in North Caucasus, a region which includes Anzhi s home ground.
The 27,000 capacity Anzhi Arena is located in Kaspiysk, Dagestan; an area that have been subject to widespread conflict and UEFA made the request upon advice from several different governments.
They were also forced to play home games in Moscow last season, which saw incredibly low attendances, despite the high level of competition.
Anzhi, who boast players like Samuel Eto o in their ranks, train in Moscow and made it to the last 16 in last season s tournament, bowing…