Davide Zappacosta and Marko Pjaca have joined Genoa on loan from Chelsea and Juventus respectively.
Zappacosta, 28, spent last term in Serie A with Roma but made only nine league appearances, having suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament injury while in the capital.
The right-back joined the Blues in 2017, yet, having featured regularly across his debut campaign, he earned just one Premier League start in his second term.
He appears to have fallen down the pecking order under Frank Lampard following the emergence of Reece James, but is under contract until 2022.
Winger Pjaca, 25, has been at Juventus since 2016 after signing on a five-year deal from Dinamo Zagreb.
However, the Croatian has failed to establish himself in the Bianconeri s firs…
Bayern Munich chief executive Oliver Kahn has admitted the Bundesliga champions discussed the possibility of signing Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portugal international is widely reported to be pushing for an exit from Manchester United just one year after re-joining the club from Juventus due to his desire to continue playing in the Champions League, where he is the competitions all-time leading scorer.
Suitors for Ronaldo s services are not forthcoming, however, with Atletico Madrid stating a move was practically impossible despite being linked to his services – and Bayern have now also ruled out a transfer.
While the German giants have a spot in their attack to fill following Robert Lewandowski s move to Barcelona, Ronaldo is not the man they re after with Kahn sa…
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Matches between Chile and Uruguay have become some sort of rivalry ever since their 2015 Copa America quarterfinals match. Now, these two sides will meet once again in the continental competition as La Roja and La Celeste will compete to earn the first spot of Group C. This thrilling encounter between two CONMEBOL heavyweights will happen at Maracana, on Tuesday at midnight UK time.
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Chile have been one of the biggest surprises in the 2019 Copa America so far. Despite being the reigning champions, there was a lot of controversy surrounding La Roja prior to the tournament and their manager, Reinaldo Rueda, was under pressure and on the hot seat. However, those things seemed to be in the re…
Barcelona are set to turn their attention to the quest for Club World Cup glory and Dani Alves is determined to ensure the favourites do not fall flat in Japan.
The competition gets underway on Thursday as Auckland City take on Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Yokohama for a place in the quarter-finals. CAF Champions League holders TP Mazembe await the winner of that match in the last eight.
But, although Barca do not enter the competition until the semi-finals, all the focus will be on the European and Spanish champions as they aim to win the competition for the third time.
Barca beat Estudiantes 2-1 in the 2009 final having lost to Internacional in the Yokohama showpiece three years earlier and then thrashed Santos 4-0 in the 2011 final.
The Yokohama Internati…
West Ham have allowed young defender Reece Oxford to leave for Bundesliga side Augsburg on a permanent deal.
Oxford, 20, became the youngest ever player to feature for West Ham in 2015, when Slaven Bilic handed him his first-team debut in a Europa League qualifier aged 16 years and 198 days.
The centre-back had been considered a major prospect for the Hammers and England at the time, making seven Premier League appearances in the 2015-16 campaign and reportedly snubbing Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City to sign a new deal.
However, he subsequently struggled to hold down a spot in the first-team squad and was underwhelming during loan spells with Reading and Borussia Monchengladbach.
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Los Angeles FC continued their flying start to the MLS season with a rout of Seattle Sounders, while New York City won for the first time.
Carlos Vela scored a brace as LAFC crushed Seattle 4-1 on Sunday to boost their position atop the Western Conference.
It was a perfect Easter outing for LAFC at Banc of California Stadium, where Vela opened the scoring in the 12th minute in Los Angeles.
Eduard Atuesta doubled the lead six minutes before half-time after sidestepping Roman Torres en route to goal.
Cracklitos bags a brace with his 10th goal of the season!
— LAFC (@LAFC)
Harry Shipp reduced the deficit with a powerful effort six minutes into the second half but that is as good as it got for the Sounders.
Vela took his tally…
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…