Leeds United have completed the signing of Billy Sharp from Southampton, .
The 28 year old had a year remaining on his contract with the Premier League club, but has agreed to drop a division and take a pay cut in a bid to play regular first team football.
Sharp moved to St Mary’s in January 2012, though he has spent the majority of the past one and a half seasons out on loan, firstly with Nottingham Forest then with Reading and former club Doncaster Rovers.
In total he made just eighteen appearances for the Saints in all competitions, scoring ten goals – nine of which came to help them over the line in their promotion winning 2011/12 campaign.
The former Scunthorpe United and Sheffield United man could make his debut for Dave Hockaday’s side…
AC Milan are believed to be holding talks about signing Spanish international Fernando Torres from Chelsea
According to, Italian giants AC Milan are in talks to sign Spanish striker Fernando Torres from Chelsea.
The Spaniard has endured a difficult career at Stamford Bridge since making a British-record breaking £50million move from Liverpool in January 2011.
Torres has scored just 20 Premier Leagues goals in 110 appearances for the Blues in the top-flight and now looks set to leave the club.
It begs the question should the Blues move to sign a new striker before the transfer deadline day on Monday?
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If Torres leaves that means that Chelsea would effectively have just two senior strikers in Diego Costa and returning hero Didier D…
Real Madrid received help from an unusual source to acquire the services of Marco Asensio in 2014, with tennis superstar Rafael Nadal acting as a go-between, Florentino Perez has revealed.
Asensio impressed in his first full season in Mallorca s senior side, attracting the interest of Madrid and Barcelona.
Los Blancos won the race for his signature in December 2014, before loaning him back to Mallorca and then Espanyol.
And Madrid president Florentino Perez has revealed Nadal a huge fan of the 2016-17 double winners played a crucial role in convincing the young midfielder to move to the Santiago Bernabeu.
I called Rafa Nadal and asked him to talk to his uncle [former Barca player] Miguel Angel, who was Mallorca s sports director, Perez told Onda Cero.<…
Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Beram Kayal is facing at least two months out of action after suffering a broken leg.
The 29-year-old sustained a fractured fibula in Sunday s friendly loss to Atletico Madrid and was sent for an operation on Wednesday.
Manager Chris Hughton says the break was clean but he still expects the Israel international to be sidelined until the latter part of October.
We don t expect any complications, but it s bad news for us and for him, Hughton said.
The good news is it was a clean injury as such. The operation went very well; we expect him to be out for a period of something like eight to 10 weeks.
Kayal, who arrived from Celtic in January 2015, missed a large part of last season with an ankle problem and has suf…
Pablo Sarabia s header 10 minutes from time ensured Paris Saint-Germain did just enough to beat Ligue 2 side Lorient 1-0 and book their place in the last 16 of the Coupe de France.
Thomas Tuchel s men were far from their best at Stade du Moustoir and extra-time appeared to be on the cards, but Sarabia was decisive in the 80th minute to end Lorient s hopes of an upset.
While Tuchel did use the opportunity to rest some of his key players, PSG still had an exceptionally strong starting XI – but they offered very little spark or imagination in the first half, with Lorient actually crafting the best chance.
The contest was more open after half-time, particularly in the final 20 minutes, and Sarabia produced a well-placed header late on to seal the victory, as PSG lo…
Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers is hoping Chelsea will consider allowing a loan move for starlet Josh McEachran to the Welsh club.
Rodgers was a youth and reserves team coach at the London club from 2006 to 2008 and is looking to discuss a potential loan move with the Blues for the England Under-21 star.
I need to have a conversation at length [with Chelsea], Rodgers said.
(McEachran) is not playing at the moment, he is on the bench. He is a wonderful talent and the positive thing is that clubs see Swansea as a club that can develop such talents.
He has a big future, he played in the same team as my son right through the system at Chelsea and has kicked on since he turned 14.
He has got great vision, he is a terrific footballer and he …
Massimiliano Allegri says there is no point in dwelling on the absence of Paul Pogba after the Juventus midfielder was ruled out of the World Cup.
It was announced on Monday that Pogba will play no part in France s bid to retain their title in Qatar due to a knee injury.
Pogba has not played a competitive game for Juve since returning to the Serie A club as a free agent in July after his Manchester United contract expired.
The 29-year-old underwent surgery last month and although he recently returned to training, he must now undergo further rehabilitation.
Bianconeri head coach Allegri says Pogba has been sorely missed, but felt it had looked increasingly unlikely he could play in the World Cup.
He said: It is useless to repeat what has already be…
Mikel Arteta insists he is extremely happy and proud to lead Arsenal despite reports linking him with Barcelona as he praised Xavi s phenomenal work at Camp Nou.
Arsenal have won 10 of their 12 Premier League games this season to lead Manchester City by two points at the summit, and they will top their Europa League group if they beat Zurich on Thursday.
The Gunners excellent form has seen Arteta linked with a move to Barcelona, where Xavi is facing mounting pressure after failing to lead the Blaugrana to the Champions League s last 16.
However, Arteta remains fully focused on his current role, saying: What I can say is I am extremely proud and happy to be where I am now. I think Barcelona are on a really good path now.
I think they have a phenomenal co…
Ottmar Hitzfeld says Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is keen on avoiding Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Bayern who Hitzfeld managed for seven seasons in two different stints have marched to the summit of the Bundesliga and sit top of Group A in the Champions League
English Premier League holders Manchester United, on the other hand, are going through a shaky period after being dispatched ruthlessly 6-1 at Old Trafford by bitter rivals Manchester City, while they have been inconsistent in Europe.
Now in charge of Switzerland, Hitzfeld was present at United s heavy derby defeat last Saturday and has spoken of a conversation he held with Ferguson.
He said that he really liked (Bayern) so far this season and sees them as major competitors t…
AC Milan fullback Ignazio Abate is hoping to earn a place in the Italy team after receiving his first international call-up.
Abate, 24, was named by national coach Cesare Prandelli in the squad for Italy s friendly matches against Poland and Uruguay.
The right-back began his career with Milan as a youth player, before joining Empoli in 2007 and then Torino a year later.
He earned a move back to the San Siro in 2009, securing a regular starting berth as Milan captured the Seria A title last season.
And Abate has now been rewarded for his consistent performances with an opportunity to impress Prandelli ahead of next year s European Championship finals.
I m relaxed, Abate said.
It s normal that I ll have to prove that I deserve my role, a…