Ronald Koeman says he has no interest in further speculation over Lionel Messi s future as Barcelona battle for the LaLiga title.
According to TNT Sports, Paris Saint-Germain are preparing an unbeatable contract offer to try and lure Messi to the French capital.
Messi s contract expires at the end of June, so the Barca captain could walk away from Camp Nou as a free agent.
The mercurial Argentina forward sensationally handed in a transfer request last August before agreeing to remain with the Catalan giants for the 2020-21 season.
Koeman reiterated his desire for Messi to sign a new deal, but for the time being the focus is on securing a win over Granada on Thursday that would move Barca top of the table.
The Barca boss said in a press conferen…
Fiorentina are willing to sell Federico Chiesa for the right price, club president Rocco Commisso said.
Chiesa, 22, has been linked with a move to Serie A giants Juventus, Inter and Milan.
After a 3-1 win over SPAL on the final day of the 2019-20 season on Sunday, Commisso once again reiterated Fiorentina are open to selling the star forward but are in no rush to see him leave.
Chiesa still at Fiorentina? We hope so, he told Sky Sport.
He can do whatever he wants. The main thing is that if he goes, he will get to the cash desk as much as we ask.
Commisso added: I hope he will stay, but if he wants to leave they must pay him what we value him, on our terms.
Chiesa scored 11 goals and provided six assists in 37…
Japanese defender Atsuto Uchida who has joined German club Schalke 04 after the World Cup turned up several weeks early for training on Tuesday, saying he was eager to get started.
Asked why he was not taking the three weeks holiday allowed him after the World Cup, Uchida said he wanted to get into the swing of things.
I don t need that much holiday. I would rather get acclimatised and established as quickly as possible, he said in an interview posted on the club s Internet site.
In Japan, we play a lot of games, but don t have a special training regime. In Germany a lot of attention is given to fitness. For me that means building my body so that I can really make a difference here, he said.
Asked about his knowledge of German, Uchida said he has alrea…
Real Madrid have confirmed that captain and record-breaking striker Raul Gonzalez will leaved the club on Monday after 16 years in the first team and with German side Schalke his destination.
Raul, who has played for Real since 1994, won six La Liga championships and three Champions League titles during his time with the Spanish giants.
He has scored 323 times in 740 appearances for the club.
Fellow veteran Guti, a product of Real s youth system who made his pro debut in 1995, said earlier Sunday that he was leaving with Besiktas in Turkey his likely new home.
Both men have been told by new coach Jose Mourinho that they do not form part of his plans for the new season.
A statement on the Real official website on Sunday announced that 33-year-old …
Al Shabab face Saham in the first leg of their GCC Champions League semi-final on Monday, with both sides looking to seize the advantage.
UAE Pro League side Al Shabab have enjoyed a successful season on the domestic front currently sitting third and look set to qualify for next season s AFC Champions League.
Al Shabab not to be confused with the Saudi club of the same name are, like their namesakes, two-time winners of this competition, lifting the trophy in 1992 and 2011.
They cruised into the last four with a 4-0 victory over Al Kharaitiyat of Qatar, and meet a Saham side who were 3-1 winners over Bahrain s Busaiteen in the last eight.
The men from Oman have never reached the final of this competition and are aiming to become the first team from the country to…
St Mirren midfielder Paul McGowan was given 130 hours of community service on Wednesday for assaulting two police officers.
The former Celtic man was also hit with a one-year supervision order after pleading guilty to the attack on PC Edward Gilmartin and Sergeant Tony Fitzpatrick in Airdrie last August.
The 26-year-old had a not-guilty plea to acting in a threating and abusive manner and kicking special constable Martine McNee on the body accepted by prosecutors at Airdrie Sheriff Court.
Scottish Premiership club St Mirren have vowed to do all they can to ensure McGowan learns from his mistakes.
A statement on their official website said: Today s sentencing brings this deeply regrettable matter to a close.
We have been very clear that we do not condone Pau…
Antonio Conte expects Chelsea to get even better as his players continue to adapt to his methods and ideas, despite the team closing in on the Premier League title.
A 2-1 win at Stoke City on Saturday protected Chelsea s 10-point cushion at the top of the table, with just 10 games remaining, while Conte s side have also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
The Italian believes his team have bought into his philosophy and he backed Chelsea to continue to improve as he spends more time working on his squad.
This season is very important because my players are understanding my idea of football, Conte said. They are adapting to my system, to my philosophy of football. We are building something important.
I think my players are fully in my idea of football…
Rafael van der Vaart says he never expected Real Madrid to sign Gareth Bale and has described Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho as suffocating .
Attacking midfielder Van der Vaart played with Madrid forward Bale during his time at Tottenham. The Dutchman left White Hart Lane for Hamburg in 2012, with Bale moving to the Santiago Bernabeu for a world-record transfer fee in September 2013.
Bale has enjoyed success with Madrid, winning the Champions League, Copa del Rey, FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup with the club.
However, Bale was criticised for his performances last season and has been limited to just seven appearances so far this campaign due to injuries.
And, in an interview with Canal Plus, Van der Vaart said: I never thought Bale would end up p…
Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek wants to join Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid, according to . It has been reported by the Spanish news outlet that Van de Beek wanted to leave Premier League giants United in the summer of 2021.
The Netherlands international midfielder is still at Old Trafford, but the 24-year-old wants to move to Spanish and European giants Real Madrid in the summer of 2022. Van de Beek has made in the Premier League for the Red Devils so far in his career, scoring one goal in the process.
Van de Beek is a peripheral figure at United, and it is really hard to see the Dutch midfielder get much playing time in the coming weeks and months. It is very likely that the Premier League and European powerhouse will sell him at the end of the se…
Manchester United s Owen Hargreaves is set to be sidelined for five weeks with a hamstring injury he suffered against Wolves last weekend, Sir Alex Ferguson said Tuesday.
The United manager also ruled veteran Ryan Giggs out of Wednesday s Manchester derby.
England midfielder Hargreaves, making his first senior United start since September 2008, lasted just five minutes before indicating he was injured and was replaced by Bebe.
Ferguson now expects the 29-year-old Hargreaves to be unavailable until the middle of next month, although the former Bayern Munich favourite could feature in the busy Christmas programme.
We were at the stage where we knew Owen s knee was okay, Ferguson told Key 103 radio station.
His training performances for eight or n…