Bayern Munich are interested in signing Ryan Gravenberch from Ajax, according to Fabrizio Romano.
The 19-year-old central midfielder, capable of playing both in a box-to-box role and as a No. 6 directly ahead of the back line, is a product of the famous Ajax academy which he joined at the age of seven. He earned a place in the first-team squad in 2019, and since then, he s gone on to play 91 games for the club, recording 10 goals and 11 assists so far, and helping them win two Eredivisie titles and two Dutch Cups. Having made his senior international debut in March last year, he has 10 caps with Netherlands to his name already.
As he told Dutch outlet AD.nl, Gravenberch has no intention of leaving Ajax as a free agent. He feels it s only fair for the club to get that ha…
Romelu Lukaku is fit for Chelsea s trip to Brentford on Saturday but a frustrated Thomas Tuchel has revealed Antonio Rudiger will join fellow centre-back Thiago Silva in missing out.
Superstar striker Lukaku withdrew from Belgium duty with muscle fatigue and was a doubt for the Premier League leaders short hop across west London.
However, Blues boss Tuchel told a pre-match news conference: Romelu is fine, had all training sessions, he will play tomorrow.
The news was not so positive on Rudiger, though, after he came back from his time with Germany with a back issue.
Christian Pulisic remains out, while Hakim Ziyech has been struggling with headaches.
Toni Rudiger came back injured from the national team, Christian Pulisic is still injured, we h…
Tributes have poured in on social media after Sevilla confirmed the death of club icon Jose Antonio Reyes.
Former Spain international Reyes, who had most recently been playing at Extremadura, died in a traffic accident on Saturday at the age of 35.
Reyes came through Sevilla s academy, spending four years in the first team before earning a move to Arsenal in 2004, where he stayed for three-and-a-half seasons, with one of those spent on loan at Real Madrid.
After spells at Atletico Madrid and Benfica, Reyes returned to Sevilla in 2012, playing a key role in their three successive Europa League triumphs before departing for Espanyol.
Reyes remains the youngest player to ever represent Sevilla in LaLiga, having made his debut at the age of 16 years, four mo…
Erling Haaland s talents in attack make him an absolute weapon for Borussia Dortmund, says boss Marco Rose, favourably comparing the forward to Bayern Munich s Robert Lewandowski.
The two Bundesliga heavyweights meet this weekend in the latest edition of Der Klassiker, with Julian Nagelsmann s side able to claim the title against their biggest rivals with victory.
Much of the result will likely hinge on the performances of two of European football s most talismanic strikers, in Poland star Lewandowski and Norway forward Haaland.
The latter looks set to play out his final few games for the Black and Yellow over the coming weeks, and is widely expected to seal a major move during the close-season to a European rival with Manchester City heavily tipped to win the ra…
Fernando Hierro has a plan to combat Russia s threat and end Spain s miserable record against host nations at major tournaments.
Hierro, who took over from Julen Lopetegui the day before the World Cup got underway, watched as his side limped through Group B after winning just one of their three games, and that solitary success was a scratchy 1-0 defeat of Iran.
But he is confident of an improvement against Russia to give Spain their first win against either a World Cup or European Championship host at the ninth attempt.
He said: We have a clear plan in mind. We know Russia s qualities but we have faith in our work and we have players that anyone of them can really make a difference.
We have analysed them, we are doing everything we can. The team have t…
Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti is unfazed by the rising figure of transfer fees, insisting it is simply a result of clubs receiving increased money from lucrative television deals.
Ancelotti was responding to questions in relation to the present transfer market, which is reportedly set to see Manchester United spend a record-breaking £100million to lure Paul Pogba back to Old Trafford.
Juventus also forked out €90million to sign Gonzalo Higuain, the third most expensive deal in world football following Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale s moves to Real Madrid in 2009 and 2013 respectively.
But speaking ahead of Bayern s International Champions Cup match against Inter on Saturday, Ancelotti told reporters: I think that not only football, the market is the m…
Lokomotiv Moscow defender Benedikt Howedes lapped up a dreamy return to Germany after his side s 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in their Champions League Group D opener.
Goals from Grzegorz Krychowiak and Dimitri Barinov secured the win for Lokomotiv at the BayArena on Wednesday – their first away victory in the competition since the 2002-03 campaign.
Howedes, a World Cup winner with Germany in 2014, was back on home soil for the second time since his move to the Russian side in July 2018.
He played in Lokomotiv s 1-0 defeat at his former club Schalke last season but was triumphant this time around.
This win is incredibly important for us, Howedes said. We came into this group as massive underdogs; Atletico and Juventus are without a doubt the favourite…
Mason Greenwood s first senior goal earned a callow Manchester United team a stuttering 1-0 home win over Astana in their opening Europa League fixture on Thursday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer put his faith in Greenwood, Angel Gomes and Tahith Chong, the trio s inclusion contributing to United s youngest XI in a Europa League or Champions League game since December 2012.
Yet with Marcus Rashford particularly inefficient in front of goal, the Premier League giants struggled to find a way to beat Astana goalkeeper Nenad Eric, who was in excellent form.
The hosts did at least claim victory. With 17 minutes to go at Old Trafford, Greenwood had the crowd off their feet with a stirring run and finish through Eric s legs to win the Group L game.
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Erik ten Hag says Manchester United are conceding too many goals but refused to blame Andre Onana despite the goalkeeper’s errors at Galatasaray severely damaging their chances of Champions League progression.
Having lost three of four Group A games, Wednesday’s key clash in Istanbul began in dream fashion as Alejandro Garnacho’s early effort was followed up by a Bruno Fernandes rocket.
Hakim Ziyech pulled one back from a free-kick that Onana will be disappointed to have been beaten by and he was guilty of an even worse error after Scott McTominay scored United’s third.
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The summer signing somehow failed to deal with another Ziyech free-kick an…
Arjen Robben has admitted he had his doubts about leaving Real Madrid for Bayern Munich in the summer of 2009.
The Netherlands international was sold as Madrid looked to balance their books after bringing in a number of high-profile names, but he was initially reluctant to leave the Santiago Bernabeu.
Bayern were persistent, though, and Robben eventually put his concerns about the club s stature aside and opted to move to the Allianz Arena.
It was a bit of a weird summer with the return of Florentino Perez as president. And then all the new signings arrived. Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso all came to Madrid for a huge amount of money, Robben told Fox Sports.
We were told that the club would be able to make some money on me if th…