Atletico Madrid have made some big moves in the summer transfer windows of 2018 and 2019. Thomas Lemar was signed last year in a deal worth around 70 million euros, while Joao Felix came to Wanda Metropolitano after Los Colchoneros paid somewhere around 120 million euros.
But that has not been enough for them and apparently, Diego Simeone s side wants more attacking reinforcements. According to AS, Atletico Madrid are now planning to make a bid of around 35 million euros for the Torino s striker Andrea Belotti. That is expected to happen in the January transfer window, as Simeone wants to bolster his strike force and the 25-year-old seems to be the primary target for his club.
However, Torino are most likely to reject that offer. They are are believed to value Belotti …
Dusan Vlahovic scored a spectacular late equaliser as Fiorentina fought back to draw 1-1 with Inter and hand Juventus a boost in the Serie A title race.
Borja Valero s early strike against his former club looked set to be enough to claim the points for Inter, who had temporarily fallen into second place due to Juve s comfortable win over Udinese earlier on Sunday.
However, having seen a goal ruled out by the VAR before squandering several gilt-edged chances, Antonio Conte s side were unable to double their lead.
Fiorentina took full advantage as teenager Vlahovic stepped up with a sensational solo strike in stoppage time to secure a lifeline for under-pressure coach Vincenzo Montella while ensuring Inter could only move level on points with Juve at the top.…
Serie A giants Juventus have confirmed the loan signing of Cagliari s Alessandro Matri on the same day they saw Amauri join Parma.
Matri, 26, has joined Juve on a six-month loan deal with the option of a permanent transfer after scoring 11 goals in 22 appearances in the Serie A this season.
The Turin-based club have paid Cagliari 2.1 million pounds to secure the striker s services for the remainder of the season and will part with 13.2 million pounds at the season s end if they decide to sign him permanently.
As part of the Matri deal, Juve youngster Lorenzo Ariaudo will head to Cagliari.
The signing will offer manager Luigi Delneri more attacking options after he lost key forward Fabio Quagliarella to injury for the rest of the season.
Matri s s…
Mauricio Pochettino called for more trust and urged the Chelsea fans to offer “unconditional” backing to his young team after they progressed into the FA Cup semi-finals with a roller-coaster 4-2 win over Leicester.
Stoppage-time goals by substitutes Carney Chukwuemeka and Noni Madueke settled a last-eight clash that had everything, with Leicester reduced to 10 men after Raheem Sterling’s missed first-half penalty, while the Blues’ Axel Disasi also produced extraordinary own goal.
When Disasi fired his back pass beyond goalkeeper Robert Sanchez in the 51st minute, it offered Leicester a lifeline and they levelled in stunning fashion 11 minutes later when Stephy Mavididi rifled into the corner.
WEMBLEY AWAITS! |
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC)
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Leeds United captain Ross McCormack is set to leave Elland Road this summer following the dismissal of manager Brian McDermott, .
The 27 year old scored twenty-eight goals in forty-six Championship appearances last season, a tally which saw him finish as the division’s top scorer.
McCormack, valued at around £8m by the Yorkshire club, has drawn interest from clubs in the Premier League, La Liga and his native Scotland.
He began his career in Glasgow with Rangers, scoring twice in eleven appearances before moving south of the border to Doncaster Rovers on loan in 2006.
Spells with Motherwell and Cardiff City followed before he completed his switch to Leeds in August 2010 whilst internationally he has two goals in eleven appearances for Scotland.
Bordeaux have signed former Sochaux coach Francis Gillot to a two-year contract, the Ligue 1 club announced on Monday.
Gillot took Sochaux to a fifth-place finish and a Europa League berth last season before departing in search of a fresh challenge.
That is exactly what he will be faced with in Bordeaux, who sacked Jean Tigana towards the end of a disappointing 2010/11 campaign that saw the 2008 champions finish seventh on the Ligue 1 table.
A short statement on the club s website confirmed the appointment, saying: Bordeaux is pleased to announce the signing of Francis Gillot.
The former Sochaux coach has committed to two seasons at the club.
The 51-year-old will be joined at Bordeaux by assistants Rene Lobello and Alain Benedet.
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Paris Saint-Germain defender David Luiz claims he rejected a new contract at Chelsea to join the Ligue 1 champions.
The Brazil international made the move from Stamford Bridge to the French capital during the close-season, having been with Chelsea since 2011.
Luiz has adapted relatively well to life with PSG, despite Laurent Blanc s men making a stuttering start to their quest for a third consecutive Ligue 1 title.
Having drawn six of their opening nine league fixtures, PSG trail leaders Marseille by seven points, although David Luiz believes he made the right choice in leaving Chelsea.
Chelsea offered me a new contract to stay but it was my choice to come here, he told Globo Esporte.
I was happy with the plan PSG offered to me and I think it wa…
Cordoba have moved swiftly to replace the sacked Albert Ferrer, appointing Miroslav Djukic as their new coach.
Ferrer guided Cordoba to promotion from the second tier last term, but was relieved of his duties on Monday with the club bottom of La Liga.
Djukic, whose last coaching role was a brief and unsuccessful stint in charge of Valencia in 2013, was announced as Ferrer s successor almost immediately.
The Serbian has signed a contract until the end of the season and will begin his new role on Tuesday.
Djukic made more than 400 appearances as a player in Spain during spells with Deportivo, Valencia and Tenerife.
After failing to save Heracles from relegation in 2011, the ex-Yugoslavia international led Real Valladolid to La Liga the following sea…
Fiorentina have announced the signing of Monaco winger Gil Dias on a two-year loan with an option to buy.
The 20-year-old, who was brought to the French top flight from Braga in 2015, debuted for Monaco from the bench in Sunday s Ligue 1 win over Dijon.
However, Dias has now departed the club, subject to a medical at Fiorentina, having previously enjoyed loan spells with Varzim and Rio Ave.
The second temporary move back to his native Portugal, with Rio Ave, brought six league goals in 34 games last season.
Dias has also been capped by Portugal at youth level.
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Vincenzo Montella has hinted that AC Milan could follow in the footsteps of Juventus and Chelsea and revert to a three-man defence next season following the arrival of Leonardo Bonucci.
Bonucci made the surprise switch from Serie A champions Juve to the San Siro last week after the two clubs agreed a reported €40million fee for the Italy international.
The 30-year-old is one of 10 new faces at Milan ahead of the 2017-18 campaign as Montella looks to guide the club back into the Champions League for the first time since 2014.
In recent seasons Bonucci has played in a back three with Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli for Juve and Italy and Montella could be willing to adopt the same tactic.
I am evaluating the players that I have available on a da…