Manchester City star Erling Haaland has shown no decrease in his appetite for trophies.The Norway striker has needed to bide his time this season, as he deals with injury issues.However, City have won the Super Cup and Club World Cup this term, while they chase more Premier League and Champions League glory."I want to keep doing the same as I did last season, to score more goals and win more troph

Mikel Arteta dismissed speculation he could quit Arsenal for Barcelona at the end of the season as "totally fake news" and said he was "upset" by the reports.Reports in Spain on Sunday said the 41-year-old coach was ready to succeed Xavi at Spotify Camp Nou, where he came through the club's fabled La Masia youth academy as a teenager.Multiple sources told ESPN that Arteta remains fully committed t

La Liga president Javier Tebas has claimed that Real Madrid are likely to sign PSG forward Kylian Mbappe ahead of the 2024-25 seasonWHAT HAPPENED?Mbappe has been the subject of much speculation in recent months, with the Parisian forward's contract due to expire in June. While his future destination has not been made clear, he seems set to choose between Paris and Madrid.WHAT JAVIER TEBAS SAIDIn a

Is Jurgen Klopp really a candidate for Barcelona?I think Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp have handled matters relating to his departure really well and maturely. A lot of the time when a manager decides to leave there are issues behind the scenes, but in this case it's a very nice and positive message from both Klopp and Liverpool in terms of their honesty and how they went about it – credit to t

Marcus Rashford has been in the news over recent days as the Man United star missed training last week and was left out of the Manchester club's squad for their FA Cup clash with Newport County on Sunday. Erik ten Hag said in his pre-Newport press conference that the England star missed training due to illness but videos emerged online of the 26-year-old partying in Belfast earlier in the week.Mor

Karim Benzema could reunite with former Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo at Al-Nassr before the January transfer window closes.WHAT HAPPENED?The French star has been linked with a move away from Al-Ittihad after it was reported that he is unhappy at the Saudi Pro League side. Now L’Équipe (via AS) reports that Benzema has spoken to a Riyadh-based club which fueled speculations th

Spanish giants Barcelona wanted to sign Moises Caicedo in the summer from Brighton.The midfielder went to Chelsea for a British record fee, with Liverpool also having chased his signature all summer.In an interview with Spanish publication AS, Caicedo's agent stated another top club was in the mix.Manuel Sierra said: "Yes, Barça asked. Barça asked, but it was an inaccessible subject for

Egypt suffered more Africa Cup of Nations shoot-out heartache as goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi scored the winning penalty to send DR Congo through to the quarter-finals.All four of the Pharaohs’ knockout games in the 2021 tournament required additional time, culminating in a spot-kick defeat to Senegal in the final.And, after a 1-1 draw following extra-time, they went the same way in San Pedro wit

Erik ten Hag promised to deal with the absence of Marcus Rashford after the England striker missed Manchester United’s 4-2 FA Cup victory at Newport.Rashford reported ill on Friday after reportedly spending the previous evening at a Belfast nightclub.“He reported ill,” United boss Ten Hag said after watching his side survive a massive fright in South Wales as League Two Newport f

Mohamed Bayo scored a last-gasp winner to send Guinea into the last eight of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win over 10-man Equatorial Guinea.A poor-quality game looked destined for extra time in Abidjan when Bayo headed home from Ibrahim Diakite’s cross with just 22 seconds remaining in the last of eight minutes of stoppage time.The majority of that time had come from a lengthy VAR ch