Barcelona have confirmed that striker Luis Suarez has agreed a new four-and-a-half-year contract.
The Uruguay international, signed from Liverpool in 2014 for a reported fee of €82million, will officially sign his new deal at the club offices on Friday.
The contract, which means Suarez is committed to the Camp Nou side until the age of 34, contains a release clause of €200m and reportedly contains the option to extend by a further year.
FC Barcelona announce that they have reached an agreement with Luis Suárez for the extension of the player s contract until June 30, 2021, a Barca statement read.
The buy-out clause in the contract is set at €200m.
The new contract will be signed on Friday, December 16 at 13.00 CET at the club offices.…
Chelsea head coach Graham Potter is raring to go against Crystal Palace, having had to endure an unusually long wait for his first Premier League game in charge.
Potter is set for a domestic debut on the bench after succeeding Thomas Tuchel, with clashes against Fulham and Liverpool prior to the international break postponed.
That has given the former Brighton and Hove Albion boss, appointed on September 8, a 23-day wait for his first domestic engagement, and Potter says his team are itching to play at Selhurst Park on Saturday.
We used a bit of time to get to know people, but at the same time we re itching to play, Potter said at Friday s press conference. We couldn t control anything in terms of how things have panned out, we ve had to make the most of it.
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Antonio Conte wants a lifelong ban from football to be imposed on the supporter who threw a banana at Richarlison while the Tottenham striker was on Brazil duty.
The apparent act of racist abuse came as Richarlison celebrated scoring in a 5-1 win over Tunisia at the Parc des Princes in Paris on Tuesday.
Richarlison expressed outrage after the game and called for stiff punishments to be imposed, while appearing to doubt such strong action would be taken.
The likes of his Spurs team-mate Harry Kane and former England captain Rio Ferdinand have offered their support, demanding action is taken, and now Tottenham boss Conte says there must be heavy sanctions.
I think we have to take the good part of the situation. Richy played with the national team, scored g…
Last season Manchester City swept all before them in the Premier League, breaking record after record under Pep Guardiola. One of the stars of the Citizens team was German attacking midfielder, Leroy Sane.
The former Schalke star was in his second season with the Citizens after joining the men from Manchester for big money the previous season. However, season 2017/18 was what many would call a breakout campaign.
The winger scored ten goals and produced 15 assists in the Premier League, winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award in the process. Surely, this season he would continue where he left off. The answer is, unfortunately, he has not.
Left out of the Germany World Cup squad
It seems the 22-year-olds problems started when he was omitted from Germany’…
Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling has failed to make Joachim Low s Germany squad for the final two FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
With Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez both injured, last season s top goalscorer in the Bundesliga had been tipped for his first call-up since 2010.
However, Max Kruse of Borussia Monchengladbach is the sole striker in Low s party for the Group C games against the Republic of Ireland and Sweden, with Hoffenheim s Kevin Volland also missing out.
Hamburg s Marcell Jansen replaces injured Borussia Dortmund defender Marcel Schmelzer while Mario Gotze and Marco Reus are in line to feature against Ireland in Cologne having missed the 3-0 win over the Faroe Islands with injury and illness respectively.
Midfielder Lars Bender also returns…
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge insists a lack of opportunities have been the only reasons for his moving from clubs.
The England international, 24, joined Liverpool in January 2013 after frustrating spells at Manchester City and Chelsea, as well as a short and successful loan stint at Bolton.
With Luis Suarez, Sturridge has formed the Premier League s most dangerous strike partnership to help Brendan Rodgers side into title contention.
Sturridge said money played no part in his decisions to leave City and Chelsea, with first-team opportunities the motivating factor.
Maybe because I played for City and Chelsea, people think oh he has played for big clubs , but I have always chased to play, Sturridge said.
I want to be successful, I m a winner and I ve…
AFC Bournemouth have completed the signing of Lewis Grabban from Norwich City, less than two years after he left the south coast for the Canaries.
The striker has returned to the Cherries for a reported £7million fee, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal at the Vitality Stadium, with the transfer coming a matter of hours after Benik Afobe was officially unveiled by Bournemouth following his reported £10million switch from Wolves.
Grabban moved to Carrow Road at the end of the 2013-14 campaign for what was widely thought to be £3million and scored 13 goals in 44 appearances for the Norfolk club. During his first stint at Bournemouth, the 27-year-old netted 35 times in a two-year spell.
Cherries manager Eddie Howe was delighted with his latest acquisition, sa…
Real Madrid striker Joselu is facing a spell on the sidelines after tests revealed an ankle problem.
The 33-year-old Spain international, who has scored 14 goals for Madrid this season after joining on loan from Espanyol, has been diagnosed with a bone oedema in his right ankle, the Spanish giants have announced.
Madrid have not said how long Joselu is likely to be out for but reports in Spain suggest he could be absent for around three weeks.
Parte médico de Joselu.
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid)
That would rule him out of Sunday’s LaLiga visit of Sevilla and several other matches, including the Champions League last-16 second leg against RB Leipzig on March 6.
A club statement read: “Following tests carried out on Joselu by the…
Cristiano Ronaldo struck in the fifth minute of injury time to give Manchester United a 2-1 Champions League victory over Villarreal.
In a repeat of last season s Europa League final, won by the LaLiga side on penalties after a 1-1 draw, the Red Devils found themselves deservedly behind when Paco Alcacer scored early in the second half.
Alex Telles levelled with a spectacular volley, and it looked as though these sides would share the spoils for the fifth game in a row in this competition, but Ronaldo drilled past Geronimo Rulli to send Old Trafford into raptures.
The result at least will ease some of the pressure on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, although plenty of concerns will remain after another disjointed display in which his side were indebted to David de G…
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On Thursday evening at the in Utrecht, FC Utrecht and Sparta Rotterdam will go head-to-head in the first leg of their semifinal match-up in the European competition playoffs, with the aim of booking a place in the Europa Conference League qualifications.
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Utrecht finished the season in seventh place in the Eredivisie table, with their 15 wins, nine draws and 10 defeats amounting to a total of 56 points.
Michael Silberbauer s team have been on very good form recently, and they ll be hoping to use the momentum and make a rare appearance on the European football scene in 2023/24. Of their last six outings, they only lost away to Ajax and Feyenoord, both by 3-1. In the remaining four games, they beat Twente at home by…