Aston Villa could be set to sell Jack Grealish as they look to avoid Financial Fair Play sanctions, according to the Mail Online.
The news comes just a day after it was reported that John Terry will leave the club and while that will save them £6m, further action is needed as they look to block a £45m black hole.
Everton, Leicester City and West Ham United have all been linked with Grealish, who last season passed one hundred professional appearances for the Midlands club.
In total, the twenty-two-year-old has played one hundred and nine times in all competitions for Villa, scoring nine times while he had a successful loan spell with Notts County early on in his career.
He was named Aston Villa’s Player of the Season for the 2014/15 campaign – …
It was a day of upsets as Atletico Mineiro and Palmeiras failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals, while Gremio advanced.
Mineiro played out a goalless draw against Wilstermann in Belo Horizonte on Wednesday but crashed out 1-0 on aggregate.
Trailing the Bolivians 1-0 following last month s first leg, 2013 champions Mineiro tried to erase the deficit but Robinho s men were unsuccessful at Estadio Governador Magalhaes Pinto.
Wilstermann will face Argentina s River Plate in the last eight, scheduled for next month.
Fellow Brazilian side Palmeiras suffered the same fate in the last 16, albeit 5-4 on penalties against Barcelona.
Palmeiras triumphed 1-0 in the second leg thanks to substitute Moises 51st-minute strike.
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Pogba was United s top scorer in the Premier League last term but his season ended with a confrontation with supporters after the final game of the campaign, a home loss to Cardiff City. The Frenchman confirmed in June he was seeking a new challenge but is yet to get a move away. Pogba, who was targeted by racist abuse after failing to convert a penalty in a draw at Wolves last Monday, is reportedly wanted at Madrid by Zinedine Zidane. But time is running out to do that deal, especially as United are unable to secure a replacement as the Premier League s window has already closed.
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Paris Saint-Germain head coach Thomas Tuchel revelled in his team s triumph against Borussia Dortmund as the Ligue 1 giants reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in four years.
Not since 2016 had PSG advanced to the quarters but the French champions ended their last-16 hoodoo by seeing off Dortmund 2-0 in a behind-closed-doors clash amid coronavirus fears in Paris.
Neymar and Juan Bernat scored in the first half as PSG overturned a 2-1 first-leg deficit at Parc des Princes, where Dortmund finished with 10 men following Emre Can s late red card.
Afterwards, Tuchel told reporters: It was really amazing in the bus [pre-game]. It was strong. It gave us an atmosphere in the bus, with a lot of confidence, a lot of joy.
After, the team …
If there was one man Villarreal could rely on, it was him. If there was one man they wanted standing over that penalty, it was him. If there was one man in their squad born for such a situation, it was him.
It is April 25, 2006, the kind of night the Valencian city of Vila-Real has seen few of. It s playing host to a Champions League semi-final just eight years on from seeing its team, Villarreal, earn their first promotion to LaLiga.
Having lost the first leg of the semi 1-0 to Arsenal in London, they have so far failed to find a way to level the tie, despite laying siege to the Gunners goal.
But with time almost up, they have the perfect opportunity to seize the initiative as a marginal call goes their way: Gael Clichy is deemed, somewhat harshly, to have fou…
Mauricio Pochettino believes Tottenham s 4-0 thumping of Crystal Palace was proof his squad were previously unsettled .
Spurs made an unconvincing start to the season prior to the international break but put on a show at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.
Son Heung-min scored twice, either side of an own goal from Patrick van Aanholt, and Erik Lamela rounded off the rout before the break.
Pochettino issued a rallying cry to his team when addressing the media earlier this week, after close-season disruption that saw Christian Eriksen, Danny Rose, Victor Wanyama, Serge Aurier and Danny Rose all linked with moves and rumblings over the futures of Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen.
However, the European transfer window passed with none of the su…
Lionel Messi s quest for an elusive World Cup triumph is just one step from completion after he inspired Argentina to a 3-0 win over Croatia on Tuesday that secured their place in the final.
Croatia had proven stern opposition when eliminating Brazil in the previous round, but they crashed out at Lusail Stadium as Argentina continued their impressive record of never losing a World Cup semi-final.
Messi was key, putting Argentina ahead from the penalty spot to become his country s all-time leading World Cup goalscorer with 11, then playing a role in Julian Alvarez s somewhat fortuitous second.
There was nothing lucky about Argentina s third goal in the second half, as Messi s brilliant solo run teed up Alvarez to put the game beyond doubt.
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Former Turkey and Galatasaray defender Ahmet Calik has died in a car accident at the age of 27.
The news of his death was announced by Super Lig club Konyaspor, for whom Calik had been playing this season.
Calik joined Konyaspor from Galatasaray in 2020 and wore the number six shirt for the top-flight team.
Newspaper Hurriyet reported Calik s car came off the road between Ankara and Nigde.
Turkish media broadcast footage of a car said to have been the one driven by Calik, lying in a crumpled state in a field.
Konyaspor said: We are deeply saddened by the loss of our football player Ahmet Calık, who has won the love of our fans and our city since the first day he came to Konyaspor.
Condolences to all of us, especially to the family of o…
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta revealed he could substitute his goalkeepers during future Premier League matches after his side’s 1-0 win at Everton.
Arteta handed summer loan signing David Raya his debut in place of England keeper Aaron Ramsdale at Goodison Park and the Spaniard saw little action as Leandro Trossard’s solitary second-half strike proved decisive.
When asked about his decision to start with Raya, Gunners head coach Arteta said: “The same rationale about why Fabio (Vieira) played here or Eddie (Nketiah) or Gabriel Jesus.
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“I haven’t had a single question on why Gabriel Jesus didn’t start. He has won more trophies than anybody else, including me, in that dressing room.”
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Atletico Madrid right-back Kieran Trippier does not want to join Manchester United in the summer transfer window, according to . Premier League giants United are monitoring the 30-year-old, but the England international does not want to make the move to Old Trafford and Spanish champions Atletico themselves do not want to sell him either.
Trippier joined Atletico from Tottenham in the summer of 2019. The right-back has played well for the La Liga outfit for the past two seasons and helped them win the title in 2020-21. The right=back has also played in the Champions League for Diego Simeone’s side.
Atletico are a massive club who will play in the Champions League next season and will also be aiming to win the La Liga title for the year in a row. It would make sense fo…