Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes is confident Gabriel Jesus and William Saliba can provide a huge boost to the team, and explained how he is helping both to settle.
The Gunners signed Jesus from Manchester City to fill an attacking void left by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang s exit in January and Alexandre Lacazette s move to Lyon following the expiration of his contract at the Emirates Stadium.
Jesus was on fire in pre-season, hitting seven goals including a hat-trick in the demolition of Sevilla, and made his Premier League debut for Mikel Arteta s side in last week s 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace.
While the Brazilian was not on the scoresheet, his pressing from the front caught the eye and defender Gabriel has revealed he may have had a small part to play in J…
According to the Spanish publication Diario Gol, president Florentino Perez is keen to sign American winger Christian Pulisic to replace the injury-plagued Gareth Bale.
Once the world s most expensive player, the Welshman has so far made 25 appearances in all competitions this season for Real, but he completed the full 90 minutes on only four occasions.
The 12-time Champions League winners are currently having a disappointing season, having all but given up on winning the title in La Liga, and Perez seems keen on rebuilding the squad. Bale has already been marked as a probable sacrifice several times by various sources, including Spanish football expert journalist Guillem Balague.
At the age of just 19, Pulisic has already been marked as one of the brightest at…
Felix Magath has been appointed the new coach of Chinese Super League outfit Shandong Luneng following the resignation of Mano Menezes.
Menezes took over at the start of the 2016 season but two wins from their first 11 games has the club sitting in the relegation zone.
Magath was confirmed as his replacement on Wednesday, taking over for the rest of the CSL season.
Shandong Luneng Football Club has announced the hiring of Felix Magath as the new coach, effective immediately, a club statement read.
Magath, 62, won the Bundesliga three times as a player with Hamburg, before the repeating the feat twice as Bayern Munich coach, and once with Wolfsburg.
The German has been out of a job since he was sacked as Fulham manager in 2014.
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Rafael Benitez is close to a return to the Liverpool dugout for Friday s clash against Bolton, while star striker Fernando Torres should also be back in action soon.
Liverpool manager Benitez missed Sunday s 1-1 draw at Arsenal while he recovered from a kidney stones operation, but he is expected to be back on the bench for Bolton s Boxing Day visit to Anfield.
Benitez s assistant Sammy Lee hopes his imminent return can provide the perfect boost for Liverpool to finish the year on a high.
Rafa is a lot better, he s on the mend. He has been in a lot of pain but he is improving, Lee said.
His presence is always missed, but the organisation he has put in place is such that even though he has not been here this week, the battle plan is still there.
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Swansea City have announced the signing Celtic midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng for a club record fee.
The South Korea international has been a long-term target for the Premier League club, after impressing in Scotland side since joining Celtic in 2010.
Ki, who moves from the Scottish champions for a reported fee of five million pounds, revealed that the club s philosophy attracted him to the Welsh side.
When I look at Swansea I see a club that is growing and growing, and the style here is very attractive to me, he told the club s official website.
Last year I watched them a lot in the Premier League and they did things very differently to a lot of the other teams. They wanted to keep the ball and pass it around, which I love to do. When they didn t have the b…
Raheem Sterling scored twice as Manchester City battled to a 3-1 victory at Oxford United to reach the semi-finals of the EFL Cup on Wednesday.
Joao Cancelo s first City goal opening the scoring midway through the first half, goalkeeper Jordan Archer wrongfooted by a deflection off helpless defender Elliott Moore.
League One side Oxford hit back just after the break, Matty Taylor taking his goal brilliantly to restore a short-lived parity, but Sterling captain for the night tucked in Angelino s left-wing centre to put the holders back in front.
Sterling struck again to seal a spot in the last four, with Pep Guardiola s assistant Mikel Arteta on the City bench amid reports the former Arsenal midfielder is set to succeed Unai Emery at Emirates Stadium.
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Paris Saint-Germain boss Christophe Galtier is not remotely surprised by the stunning start to the season his side have made.
The Ligue 1 champions thumped Lille 7-1 at the Stade Pierre Mauroy on Sunday thanks to a Kylian Mbappe hat-trick, a brace from Neymar and a strike from Lionel Messi.
Mbappe s first came after just eight seconds, which was the fastest goal in Ligue 1 since Opta started recording data for the competition in 2006-07.
The result means PSG have scored 17 goals in three Ligue 1 games this season. Only Rennes in 1950-51 (18) have found the back of the net more often at the same point.
3 Paris are the first team in Ligue 1 history to score at least three goals in six consecutive away games. Deluge.
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Southampton have announced the signing of attacking midfielder Sofiane Boufal from Lille for an undisclosed club-record fee.
The 22-year-old Morocco international, who has agreed a five-year deal at St Mary s Stadium, made 35 appearances for Lille last term, netting 12 times and adding a further four assists across all competitions, becoming one of the most highly-rated young players in Ligue 1 in the process.
And the playmaker, who arrived at Lille from Angers in 2015, has now become Claude Puel s sixth signing at Southampton as the Frenchman looks to build on their sixth-placed finish under Ronald Koeman last season.
Addressing his switch to English football, Boufal said in a statement: I m very, very happy to sign for Southampton and I am really excited to …
Tottenham s Dutch striker Vincent Janssen is hoping to emulate the success of countryman Ruud van Nistelrooy in the Premier League.
Van Nistelrooy earned cult status at Manchester United, after scoring 95 goals in 150 Premier League appearances.
The former Netherlands international won the Premier League during his time at Old Trafford, as well as the FA Cup, League Cup and Community Shield.
And while it is early days in England, Janssen an off-season recruit from AZ Alkmaar would like to follow in the footsteps of Van Nistelrooy, who was born in the same Dutch province North Brabant.
In England they are just finding out that me and Van Nistelrooy are from the same area, Janssen said in quotes attributed to Dutch newspaper AD.
But I wouldn t s…
Porto could be boosted by the return of defender Alex Sandro as they begin their UEFA Champions League campaign against BATE.
Julen Lopetegui s men host the Belarusian outfit in what will be their 200th fixture in Europe s premier club competition.
The hosts will be expected to claim a straightforward victory at Estadio do Dragao and confidence is likely to have been heightened by the return of Sandro, who has become a mainstay at left-back for the Portuguese club in recent seasons, to training.
Sandro had been out of action since the 2-0 victory over Lille in the second leg of the play-off round last month due to a thigh problem but, while his prospective comeback is good news for Lopetegui, Porto s Spanish coach still has plenty of injury troubles to contend wi…