Arsenal are interested in signing Tariq Lamptey from Brighton and Hove Albion, according to . It has been reported that the Gunners are happy with Japan international Takehiro Tomiyasu, but manager Mikel Arteta wants to bring in another right-back who is more attacking in his approach.

Lamptey, who can also operate as a right wing-back, has been on the books of Brighton since 2020 when he joined after leaving Chelsea. The 21-year-old England Under-21 international right-back has played once in the Carabao Cup so far this season. The youngster scored one goal and gave one assist in 11 league matches last season.

Brighton’s Lamptey is a very talented and promising young right-back who can only get better in the coming weeks and months. For the right price, the right-bac…

Ronald Koeman says Ansu Fati still has plenty of room for improvement and does not expect the youngster to achieve the impossible by completely filling Lionel Messi s void.

The 18-year-old has committed his long-term future to Barca by agreeing terms on a new contract, which Los Cules announced on Wednesday.

Fati inherited Messi s number 10 shirt following the latter s shock switch to Paris Saint-Germain and is considered Barca s big hope now the club s all-time leading scorer is no longer around.

But he was guilty of missing a great opportunity in Wednesday s Champions League clash with Dynamo Kiev, which Barca only won 1-0 despite controlling the contest.

The Spain international has scored 15 goals in 48 games for Barca in total, a tally that is bettere…

Xabi Alonso s father, Periko, says the Real Madrid star has yet to decide on whether to stay with the Santiago Bernabeu side.

The holding midfielder s contract with Madrid expires in the summer of 2014 and he has so far shown no intention to re-sign, leading to speculation that he could be on his way out.

Nevertheless, his father has stressed Xabi Alonso will wait for the right moment before deciding on his future.

What he wants to do is to wait a bit to see what happens and how things go, and then, when the time is right, he ll make the appropriate decision, Periko told Marca.

It s as simple as that there s nothing else to it.

The 31-year-old started his professional career with Real Sociedad, but a return to the Basque side does not seem to b…

Over his 15-year spell at Everton, Seamus Coleman has represented the Toffees on 421 occasions, scoring 28 goals and providing 29 assists from his position on the right defensive flank.

With his contract expiring at the end of the season, the 35-year-old Ireland international says he ll consider Everton s offer of a new deal.

I m happy to have been offered something and I ll have a think. This football club means everything to me and it s hard to walk away from something you love.

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Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has confirmed a new manager should be appointed in the next two weeks .

Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini has been heavily linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium as a replacement for Roberto Mancini, who was sacked after the club lost in the FA Cup final and failed to defend their Premier League crown.
While Al Mubarak indicated that a new boss should be in place sooner rather than later, he stopped short of naming any potential candidates.
We re pretty much done, he told City s official website.
We re very close. I expect to make an appointment probably in the next two weeks.
Al Mubarak also explained his reasoning behind sacking Mancini, citing a need for change as the main motivation.
Mancini guided the club to the FA Cup i…

Bayern Munich had to settle for a scoreless draw with Bayer Leverkusen at the BayArena as Thomas Muller missed two gilt-edged chances to secure three points.

The Germany international started the match from the bench, but came on for Arjen Robben on the hour mark and got two huge chances to break the deadlock within 10 minutes of his entrance.

Muller first volleyed over the crossbar after being set up by Kingsley Coman, only to then fire wide a few minutes later after some good work from Douglas Costa.

Leverkusen had done well to keep the reigning champions quiet until Muller s arrival, with Roger Schmidt s tactical plan to press Bayern high up the pitch causing them all kinds of trouble.

The hosts did not create many chances themselves, though, with on…

Manchester United have completed the signing of defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica for an initial fee of €35million.

Lindelof, 22, has signed a four-year contract at Old Trafford, with the option of an additional year, and the move could eventually reach a value of €45m if performance-related add-ons are activated.

The centre-back underwent a medical with United on Wednesday and the Premier League club finalised the deal promptly, meaning Lindelof can prepare to make his debut on United s summer tour of the USA next month.

I am thrilled to be joining Manchester United. I have enjoyed my time at Benfica enormously and I have learned a lot there, the Sweden international said.

But I m looking forward to playing in the Premier League at Old Traffor…

Having been linked heavily to a host of Premier League clubs including Manchester United this week, superstar striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic turning up in England for a Champions League quarter-final and sauntering around as a deep-lying midfielder felt like a very Zlatan Ibrahimovic thing to do.

However, this was not so much daring to Zlatan  as needs-must for Laurent Blanc s Paris Saint-Germain, as they sought to prevail over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium, with the tie delicately poised at 2-2.

Blanc found himself without influential midfield duo Blaise Matuidi and Marco Verratti through suspension and injury and responded with an unexpected set up in Manchester.

PSG deployed a back three for the first time this season and Ibrahimovic alternated between p…

Arkadiusz Milik remains in talks with Napoli over a new contract amid links to Milan, Atletico Madrid and Juventus, according to his agent David Pantak.

Napoli forward Milik is out of contract in 2021 and the Poland international has so far failed to agree fresh terms at the Serie A club.

Speculation has emerged that Milik could leave Napoli, with Italian rivals Milan reportedly keen admirers of the 26-year-old, while Juve and LaLiga s Atletico are also believed to be interested.

Pantak addressed rumours about Milik, telling Calciomercato: Regarding everything that s come out in the media in the past few days, I want to clarify that they re only rumours, some of them even disrespectful to Napoli as a club.

Comunicato Stampa della SSC Napoli in merito al r…

Former Paris Saint-German head coach Laurent Blanc said it will be difficult for Marco Verratti to leave the French giants amid interest from Barcelona.

Verratti reportedly wants to move to Camp Nou and Barca have made public their admiration for the Italy international, but PSG are unwilling to sell.

Blanc coached Verratti during his time in charge at PSG and the 51-year-old cannot see the former Pescara midfielder leaving.

I do not know what it is going to happen with Verratti, Blanc said

Marco Verratti is a very important player for PSG.

He has many qualities and PSG will do everything they could to keep him. It will be difficult for Verratti to move.

Verratti dropped agent Donato Di Campli to join Mino Raiola s roster of superstar…