Author: Jamal Carter
Portugal and Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) announced on Tuesday. The 35-year-old is “doing well, without symptoms, and in isolation”, the FPF said in a statement. Portugal face Sweden in a Nations League group game on Wednesday. The remainder of Fernando Santos’ Portugal squad have tested negative for Covid-19 and are available for selection. The PFF confirmed in a statement: “Following the positive case, the remaining players underwent new tests this Tuesday morning, all with a negative result, and are available to Fernando Santos for training this afternoon, in Cidade do…
Ashley Young has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the sixth Inter Milan player to be infected in the last week. The Serie A club confirmed the development on Sunday, adding that Young was now in quarantine at home. Other players to be infected include midfielders Roberto Gagliardini and Radja Nainggolan. Defenders Alessandro Bastoni and Milan Skriniar returned positive tests while with the Italy under-21 and Slovakia senior squads, respectively. Based on Serie A rules any player that tests positive will have to quarantine for 14 days, meaning Inter will be without key players in the October 17 derby against AC…
Liverpool midfield ace Georginio Wijnaldum says there was nothing concrete on offer from Barcelona, despite reports throughout the summer linking him to the Catalan side. The Dutchman, who is in the last year of his contract with the Merseyside giants, also expressed his desire to stay in Liverpool beyond his contract’s duration. Responding to the speculation over his future, Wijnaldum said: ‘I don’t think it was that serious, otherwise you would have read a bit more, or more would have happened. “There was nothing precise. The way it looks now, I will stay in Liverpool. My contract is valid for…
Former Premier League side Watford now playing in the Championship have rejected an attempt by Manchester United to sign their star winger Ismaïla Sarr on loan. United has been on the hunt for a right sided attacker for most of the transfer window, with Jadon Sancho thought to be the Manchester side’s primary target. While they might have agreed personal terms with the player, United baulked at Borussia Dortmund’s asking price of around £108 million, regarding it as prohibitively expensive when it comes to structuring a deal with a sufficient up-front payment for the German side. United reportedly wanted a…
Ousmane Dembele could be headed to Old Trafford on a loan deal, with the Barcelona attacker thought to be an alternative to Manchester United’s main target Jadon Sancho. Sancho has been the Red Devils’ most coveted player this transfer window, but Utd have been stonewalled by Dortmund who have so far an unwillingness to bend in their demands thus far. Dembele, another former Dortmund product, was a target for the Red Devils last summer but United had one bid rebuffed for the former Dortmund ace, who signed for the club in an initial £97m deal back in 2018. Since moving…
Lionel Messi says he would like to put behind the messy summer that almost saw him leave Barcelona behind, as he reiterates that his desire to leave was motivated by what he thought were the club’s best interests. Messi decided to stay at Barca and avoid a court battle despite stating his desire to leave the club earlier on in the summer, after getting disillusioned with life at the Camp Nou. Speaking in his first interview since he announced he was remaining with the club, Messi took responsibility for any mistakes he might have made this summer. “After so many…
Arsenal fans who have kept their fingers crossed over the possible capture of Lyon midfielder Houssem Aouar have been given a glimmer of hope with reports in France suggesting he has agreed to join the Gunners. The 22-year-old showed his class in powering Lyon past Juventus and Manchester City in the Champions League last season and it is being reported he was awaiting offers from clubs like Barcelona and Juventus who could offer him Champions League football. But with no offers from those clubs coming in it would appear Aouar wants a move to the Emirates Stadium. Aouar has been…
Dutch great Wim Kieft has labelled Liverpool Virgil Van Dijk as lazy and nonchalant, warning the Red’s star centre back to stay grounded and not get carried away by his success since his arrival at Liverpool. Van Dijk has been credited as the rock upon which the foundation of Liverpool’s Champions League and Premier League winning sides as built, but he has recently come under criticism from former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, who described him as “arrogant” after a lukewarm start to the season. Kieft, who earned 42 caps for the Netherlands, has suggested that Van Dijk needs to seek…
The signing of Edin Dzeko by Juventus is set to shut the door on Luis Suarez, with the want-away Barca forward snubbed despite taking a language test. Juventus have been in the market for a striker since the departure Gonzalo Higuain. Reports coming from Sky Italia claim that Juve will be paying Roma around €15m for Dzeko, with Roma motivated to get rid of the striker by a desire to reduce their wage bill. The 34-year-old will sign a two-year deal in Piedmont worth €7.5 million (£7m/$9m) per year, while the Bianconeri will pay their rivals €16m (£15m/$19m) for his…
Inter Milan forward Romelu Lukaku has slammed the makers of FIFA21, going on a twitter rant after he was downgraded by one percentage point.