Napoli are keeping close tabs on Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Sandro, .
The Azzurri plan to sign a strong and powerful midfielder and while they are still in talks to recruit Maxime Gonalons from Lyon, the club officials are also considering other targets.
And with Javier Mascherano unlikely to arrive at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli seem to have turned their attention to Tottenham s Sandro.
The Brazilian has lost his place in the side at White Hart Lane and he is reportedly ready to leave the club in the summer transfer window.
Sandro joined Spurs from Internacional in the summer of 2010, but numerous injuries have since prevented him from showing all he s got.
The 25-year-old has made 81 Premier League appearances during the four years at White Hart…
Paris Saint-Germain coach Antoine Kombouare has signed a 12-month contract extension, tying him to the Ligue 1 club until 2013.
Kombouare has guided PSG to fourth in the table with five matches of the current campaign remaining, level on points with third-placed Lyon and vying for a Champions League qualification berth.
Paris Saint-Germain is pleased to announce the extension of an additional season for coach Antoine Kombouare, the club said in a statement.
Considering our satisfaction with the work undertaken, and for the sake of continuity, the club has decided to exercise the option for an additional year on the contract of Antoine Kombouare.
Kombouare, 47, took over at the Parc des Princes in 2009, replacing Paul Le Guen.
PSG finished a d…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp described himself as greedy for success at the club ahead of Sunday s League Cup final against Manchester City.
The German gets a chance to claim his first trophy at Anfield when his men take on Manuel Pellegrini s side at Wembley.
Klopp said he had developed greediness in his time as manager as Liverpool target their first trophy since 2012.
I am long enough in the business to know I am greedy for success, he said.
For sure we will go to the final and try and achieve this. It is more important for the club, the crowd and the players.
Lot of managers work their whole life and never get the chance to win trophies. After a short time we have that chance.
Of course I would enjoy it with all I have. Everybody…
Fabio Capello is calm over the fitness of Russia s Alan Dzagoev after the midfielder visited hospital ahead of their FIFA World Cup opener.
Capello s men begin their World Cup campaign against South Korea in Cuiaba next Monday as they aim to make history by reaching the knock-out rounds.
Russia have never qualified for the last-16 since the break up of the Soviet Union, but have a good opportunity to progress from Group H, which also features Belgium and Algeria as well as South Korea.
However, Russia will have to cope without captain Roman Shirokov, who was ruled out of the tournament through injury on Friday.
And Capello revealed that there have been concerns over the fitness of Dzagoev, although the Italian is adamant that the 23-year-old will feature in the c…
Serbian winger Lazar Markovic does not feature in Jurgen Klopp’s plans and will be allowed to leave on the permanent basis this summer.
Having arrived at Anfield in 2014 on the back of a £20 million transfer from Benfica, Markovic made only 11 starts in the Premier League and scored three goals for Liverpool in all competitions.
The Serb international was loaned out to Fenerbahce and Sporting before returning to the Premier League for another loan spell at Hull City under the guidance of Marco Silva. And with Silva now being appointed new Watford boss, Lazar Markovic is tipped to be reunited with the manager who gave him a shot back in the Premier League.
Lazar Markovic is thought to be available for £12 million as Mirror claim that Liverpool are prepared to…
Romelu Lukaku is excited by the new project under Ronald Koeman at Everton and could shun a return to Chelsea to stay at Goodison Park, according to his agent Mino Raiola.
The Belgium international has reached double figures in all three of his seasons at Everton since departing Stamford Bridge in 2013, the striker netting his best return of 18 league goals last term.
His lethal touch in front of goal has sparked reports of a return to Chelsea two years after his exit – his first campaign at Everton was on loan – but Raiola is not convinced the 23-year-old is keen on the switch.
Everton don t need money anymore, he told Sportwereld. Romelu wants to play for a club that can win trophies.
Something s changed at Everton: there s a new project. If he le…
Danny Ings was a Liverpool player for three years, during which he had a very tough time with injuries. In 2018 he joined Southampton on a 12-month loan which was made permanent last summer. At the moment, only Jamie Vardy of Leicester City and Sergio Aguero of Manchester City have scored more goals than the 27-year-old former Burnley striker this season, and Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp couldn t be happier about the form Ings is on.
He says everyone at the club celebrate his goals still, but it would obviously be different today (Saturday) when the Saints come to Anfield.
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Huddersfield Town have appointed former Borussia Dortmund reserve team coach Jan Siewert as David Wagner s replacement.
Wagner left his role by mutual consent last Monday after requesting a break from the rigours of football management , with Huddersfield bottom of the Premier League.
He guided the club to an unlikely promotion to the top flight and then kept them up last season, resulting in chairman Dean Hoyle lauding him as legendary after accepting his departure.
Speculation swiftly turned to who might be brought in to replace him and rumours highlighted Siewert as the leading candidate early on.
The 36-year-old had been in charge of Dortmund s second string since July 2017, when he succeeded Daniel Farke, who moved to Norwich City.
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Liverpool want to sign Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from Napoli in the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the Premier League club’s manager, Jurgen Klopp, has been hugely impressed by the 21-year-old Georgia international winger, having faced him in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season, and wants to bring him to Anfield in the middle of the season.
Kvaratskhelia has made 11 starts and one substitute appearance in Serie A for Napoli so far this season, scoring six goals and providing five assists in the process. The Georgia international winger has also scored two goals and given three assists in five UEFA Champions League games so far this campaign.
Liverpool are ninth in the Premier League table at the moment with 16 points from…
Jurgen Klopp does not know how the protocol around concussions in football can be improved, but he is sure temporary substitutions are not the answer.
The issue of head injuries has come to prominence again in the past week, most notably after Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez initially played on in the 4-0 defeat to Newcastle United having collided with Tyrone Mings knee.
Liverpool themselves had to use a concussion substitute – a sixth permanent change, which also grants the opposition another switch – in the Champions League win over Napoli in midweek.
James Milner went down early in the second half, having previously thought, like Martinez, he would be able to continue.
The idea of a temporary substitution, giving medical professionals furt…