Barcelona have had an offer for Paulinho rejected by Guangzhou Evergrande, with the Chinese Super League club ruling out a sale.
Paulinho revealed Barca had made a bid for him last month, reportedly worth €20million, but the champions of China have been consistent in their desire to keep the Brazil midfielder.
The 28-year-old signed a new contract in January, tying him to Guangzhou until 2020 and the club stress he remains crucial to their plans
Paulinho, having already renewed his contract in January 2017, is an important player for our club s long-term project, Guangzhou said in a statement on Thursday.
Therefore, our club have given a formal response to Barcelona that we reject their bid for Paulinho.
We would like to express our gratitud…
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In what could be a lively affair from League One in midweek, Sheffield Wednesday will welcome Bristol Rovers to Hillsborough on Wednesday night.
Starting with the hosts, while Sheffield Wednesday might have been disappointed to have only collected a single point away at Lincoln over the weekend, the Owls are enjoying a largely impressive start to the 2022/23 campaign. Sat in pole position to claim another play-off finish this season and with a Championship return at the top of their agenda, Darren Moore s men have lost just one of their last seven matchups across all formats a run that stems back to a 3-2 loss against Burton on September 20th. Hoping to find a route into the automatic promotion spots in midweek, Wednesda…
Cenk Tosun has joined Crystal Palace on loan from Everton until the end of the season, the Eagles have confirmed.
The Turkey striker moved to Goodison Park in January 2018 and has scored nine goals in 44 Premier League appearances.
However, the 28-year-old has found game time hard to come by at Goodison Park this term, starting just twice in the top flight.
Tosun will aim to kick-start his career in England s top flight with an Eagles side that have scored just 19 goals this term, the second lowest in the Premier League.
Signs Delivers.
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC)
Speaking at a news conference, manager Roy Hodgson said Tosun could face Arsenal on Saturday.
He said: He is in contention to be in tomorrow s squad. I m very gr…
The 2023 Women s World Cup will be the biggest ever , according to the European Club Association (ECA) head of women s football Claire Bloomfield.
Australia and New Zealand will host the tournament across July and August, with 32 teams competing in the competition for the first time in its history.
With women s football in a stronger position than ever before, Bloomfield is confident this year s World Cup will prove to be the best yet.
This is undoubtedly going to be the biggest Women s World Cup ever, Bloomfield told Stats Perform at the inaugural ECA Women s Football Summit in London.
You heard the FIFA chief of women s football, Sarai Bareman, talking about what a landmark occasion this was going to be. We have an extremely close alliance with FIFA, …
Pep Guardiola insists Kevin De Bruyne is back after his stunning free-kick beat Leicester City, while the Manchester City head coach confirmed Erling Haaland missed out through ligament damage.
City moved to the Premier League summit on Saturday as De Bruyne s wonderful 25-yard effort sealed a narrow 1-0 victory at the King Power Stadium, where the visitors were without top scorer Haaland.
Guardiola admitted he had expected more from the Belgium international in recent weeks, while the City boss is hopeful his number nine will be fit again for next weekend s clash with Fulham.
Kevin De Bruyne is back, Guardiola told BT Sport.
He was not playing good the last few games, but today he was amazing. He knows it.
There was no space and we had to be p…
Tottenham remain confident Luka Modric will be staying at the club, while Liverpool defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos has moved to Wolfsburg.
Chelsea have made two bids for diminutive playmaker Modric 22 million pounds and 27 million pounds respectively however, the stance from Spurs has always been that their prize asset is not for sale.
Redknapp reiterated on Monday that the North London club do not want to sell the former Dinamo Zagreb star.
I kept hearing they (Chelsea) were coming in with another bid but they signed (Juan) Mata so I thought that would be the end of it. But I ve heard they still want to look at bringing Luka in, Redknapp told Sky Sports.
We don t want to take their money. It s not like they are making derisory offers, they are making goo…
Seattle coach Sigi Schmid remained as humble as ever after the Sounders third consecutive US Open Cup title on Tuesday.
The Sounders beat the Chicago Fire 2-0 in the final on Tuesday, and although Schmid has played a massive role in Seattle resurgence, he was more than happy to take a back seat.
We have a lot of stars on this team, but the star of the team is the team, Schmid said.
One could understand why Schmid was being modest, but a look at the evidence suggests that Seattle s biggest star may not be on the field at all, but on the sideline, wearing that ever-present green scarf.
The US Open Cup trophy is just another addition to the German-born coach s increasingly crowded trophy case, which includes three College Cups, one CONCACAF Champions Cup,…
Premier League champions Leicester City have made Borussia M’gladbach midfielder Thorgan Hazard their number one target, according to Het Laatste Nieuws.
The Foxes are expected to reinforce the squad this summer and the former Chelsea starlet is reportedly the first name on their hit-list.
Following a successful loan spell, Hazard joined die Fohlen in an €8 million deal last summer, and he has continued with impressive performances in German Bundesliga.
The 23-year-old has managed 3 goals and 5 assists in 27 league outings this season and he is on the verge of nailing down a regular starting berth.
Usually deployed as an attacking midfielder, but also capable of playing on either flank, Hazard is seen as a useful addition to the Leicester City squad,…
that Atletico Madrid have agreed a deal to re-sign Fernando Torres.
The Spain international has struggled to repeat the form he showed at both Atleti and Liverpool since leaving Anfield in January 2011, when he moved to Chelsea for £50m – still a British transfer record.
He moved to AC Milan on loan in the summer, but the Rosseneri are ready to cancel the agreement paving the way for Diego Simeone’s men to take him on an eighteen month deal.
The 30 year old has made ten appearances under Filippio Inzaghi and scored his one and only goal in a draw with Empoli in September.
In two hundred and forty-one appearances, Torres scored ninety-one goals, while he was even more prolific under Rafa Benitez at Liverpool though his ratio dropped dramatically…
When fixtures like the Madrid derby come around, it is easy to imagine most players in world football dreaming of being a centre-forward with the match on the line.
A chance to be the hero, a shot at immortality in the eyes of your supporters when passions are at their highest.
But the men likely to lead the lines at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday know the toil behind such cinematic moments better than most – the loneliness of a goal drought and stinging torrents of criticism.
I m sorry for those who have discovered Karim Benzema last week, said Real Madrid head coach Santiago Solari, with heavy sarcasm, during his French striker s recent hot streak in front of goal. But, hey, they still have time to enjoy him. He is in a great moment, it s true.