England midfielder Jude Bellingham returned from injury to help Real Madrid move back to the top of LaLiga with a 3-0 win at Cadiz.
A shoulder problem saw Bellingham sidelined ahead of the international break, missing England’s final Euro 2024 qualifiers.
Bellingham, though, showed little signs of any lingering problems as he scored his 11th league goal after a double from Rodrygo had set Los Blancos on their way to a comfortable win.
Real Madrid move a point ahead of Girona, who host Athletic Bilbao on Monday night.
Sevilla had two players sent off late on as they lost 2-1 at Real Sociedad, who kept up their top-six challenge.
An early own goal from Marko Dmitrovic and Sadiq Umar’s strike had the home side ahead at half-time.
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Paul Pogba s time at Manchester United is set to come to an end when his contract expires at the end of this season.
The France international arrived at Old Trafford in a £93million deal in August 2016, which at the time broke the record for most expensive transfer in the history of world football.
But after six seasons, Pogba appears destined for pastures new, and a giant from Ligue 1 is looking to win the race to his signature.
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Paris Saint-Germain are looking to bring Pogba home to France, and are making him a priority signing , according to Footmercato.
With the football world anticipating the exit of Kylian Mbappe from the French giants, there will be money to spend, and with Pogba available …
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has agreed a two-year contract extension at Emirates Stadium.
Arteta s previous deal – signed when he was appointed in 2019 – ran until the end of next season. He is now set to stay at Arsenal until 2025.
The Spaniard, who won the FA Cup twice as a player with the club, led the Gunners to Wembley glory in 2019-20.
Progress has since been steady, with Arsenal now in pole position to return to the Champions League for the first time since 2016-17, when Arsene Wenger was still in charge.
With four games of the season remaining, Arsenal are fourth, two points ahead of rivals Tottenham, who they play next week.
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Already booking their spot in the knockout stage, Jose Mourinho and his Manchester United side will travel to a struggling Estadio de Mestalla on Wednesday night.
Starting with the hosts, although Valencia have already confirmed that they will be dropping down into the Europa League after booking a third-place finish in Group H a fortnight ago, Marcelino García Toral will know his side must perform on Wednesday. With a 1-0 win over little known Ebro the Bats only victory in their last four outings, they also hold just a four-point buffer over the relegation zone in La Liga. Now managing to pick up just one win in their last eight Champions League matches, a run that stems back to 2015, Valencia have failed to score in six of…
According to a recent report from Sky Sports, Manchester United are one of a series of clubs that is interested in signing Reading striker Danny Loader. The 20 year old is set to be out of a contract during next summer’s transfer window, and while it looked like he may end up signing a brand new deal with the Royals, talks on said deal have stalled.
He was initially going to be leaving Reading on Deadline Day earlier on this year, only for a possible switch to Wolverhampton Wanderers to fall through. The Championship side are obviously eager to keep hold of him at all costs but at this stage, if the right sort of offer comes in, it’ll be difficult to say no given the financial incentive that will undoubtedly come alongside it.
Either way, at this age, this mov…
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Tottenham Hotspur have a tough task to get back to winning ways as they face Arsenal in the North London Derby on Saturday afternoon.
Mauricio Pochettino s men have slumped to back-to-back defeats and whilst they still sit third in the Premier League table, the Gunners are now only five points behind. Thus, this game could represent a huge opportunity for either side to strengthen their pursuit of the top four.
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Despite what has been a positive season so far for Tottenham, they have now fallen to consecutive defeats following losses against Burnley and their unconvincing defeat at Stamford Bridge to Chelsea. The North Londoners have not lost three consecutive league games sinc…
Ivan Rakitic jumped into his pool to celebrate Sevilla s Europa League success on Friday.
Sevilla won the title for a sixth time with a 3-2 victory over Inter in a thrilling final in Cologne.
Rakitic has been linked with a return to the club after spending six seasons at Barcelona.
The midfielder was doing an interview with SFC Media when he threw himself into his pool, fully clothed, to celebrate the club s success.
Rakitic won the Europa League with Sevilla in 2014 before joining Barca, where he has claimed four LaLiga titles and a Champions League among numerous other honours.
The Croatia international is linked with a move away from Barcelona, where Ronald Koeman has replaced Quique Setien as coach.
Rakitic was left on the bench as Bar…
Gerard Pique, Frenkie de Jong, Clement Lenglet and Marc-Andre ter Stegen have all signed contract extensions with Barcelona, the LaLiga giants announced.
Barca said the agreements come after weeks of negotiations and include temporary salary adjustments in response to difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Pique, who was sent off in the second half of Barca s 5-1 Champions League win over Ferencvaros on Tuesday, has signed an extension until June 2024.
The 33-year-old s future at Camp Nou had been in doubt after saying he would be the first to step aside following a humiliating 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in last season s Champions League quarter-final.
Pique has played 548 games for Barca, who say his extension is subject to him featuring …
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp lamented the fact the World Cup will be held in Qatar and said the media should have done more to hold FIFA to account.
The tournament is due to begin on November 20 after Qatar won the right to stage it in controversial circumstances 12 years ago, when FIFA also announced Russia as the 2018 hosts.
Those decisions came under heavy scrutiny amid allegations of corruption within world football s governing body, which has since undergone a reshuffle following the exit of embattled former president Sepp Blatter.
Critics have cited several reasons why Qatar is not a suitable host nation, with its human rights record, treatment of migrant workers and laws against same-sex relationships of particular concern.
For its part, FIFA has…
Manchester United star Marcus Rashford said he would like to retire at Old Trafford, insisting it wouldn t sit right to wear another club s shirt.
Rashford, who joined United as a seven-year-old, emerged from the youth team in 2015 and has since established himself as one of the stars of the Premier League.
The 23-year-old academy product has gone on to score 77 goals in 232 appearances for United, including three in the Premier League and six in the Champions League this season.
Rashford hopes to see out his career as a one-club player, saying: For me, I never look beyond Manchester United.
As a kid, I ve never looked beyond Manchester United.
In my mind, it wouldn t sit right for me to be pulling on another shirt.
I just want to do t…