Metalist Kharkiv are set to sign Argentine winger Alejandro Gomez from Catania, .
The Ukrainians have reportedly had a €7 million bid for the player accepted by the Serie A side, with the 25-year-old also striking personal terms with the club.
Inter Milan, Napoli, AC Milan and Genoa were all keen on the Argentine footballer, but Catania chiefs ultimately decided to sell their star player to the highest bidder.
Gomez becomes Metalist s third major signing this summer, following the captures of Rodrigo Moledo and Diego Souza.
Alejandro Gomez played for Arsenal de Sarandi and San Lorenzo before joining the Elephants in the summer of 2010, and he proved to be an instant hit at Stadio Angelo Massimino.
The winger quickly developed into a key member …
Manchester City youngster Marcos Lopes hopes to use Saturday s FA Cup tie with Watford as a chance to shine in front of Manuel Pellegrini.
The 18-year-old became City s youngest ever goalscorer when he scored against Watford in the same competition last season and, after a handful of League Cup outings recently, he hopes to take advantage of a rare start.
Lopes has had to be patient at the Etihad Stadium with the likes of David Silva, Samir Nasri and Yaya Toure all playing in his preferred position, and he knows he must take the opportunity to impress Pellegrini this weekend.
Cup games represent a big opportunity for younger the players at the club and I m looking forward to being involved in more matches, he told City s official website.
It s a different level p…
Michael Tarnat believes Leroy Sane can become a star of the German national team if he maintains his fine form for Manchester City.
Sane moved to the Premier League club from Schalke, having featured in Joachim Low s squad at Euro 2016, for a fee understood to be worth in the region of £37million.
The 21-year-old winger initially struggled to adapt to life in Manchester, grasping for form and fitness, before scoring his first goal in City colours during December s 2-1 comeback win over Arsenal.
Manager Pep Guardiola has since acknowledged something clicked in that match and Sane netted in his next two appearances versus Tottenham and Crystal Palace.
Ex-Germany and Bayern Munich left-back Tarnat spent a season with City towards the end of his career in 20…
According to El Desmarque, Sebastien Corchia is on the verge of completing a loan move to Benfica. The 27-year-old defender is unlikely to get much game time with Sevilla this season, despite only arriving at the club back in 2017. He made the jump over to Spanish football from Lille, where he made over 100 appearances for the French side.
Benfica are said to be willing to spend €700,000 in order to actually secure the signing of the full-back, as Benfica go in search of reclaiming their top-flight title in Portugal.
One of the primary reasons behind Corchia s impending departure is the signing of Alex Vidal, who is expected to take up a starting role for the club. Corchia is a French international with just one cap to his name, but he ll be hoping that an extended ru…
Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored twice as AC Milan took control of their Europa League play-off against Rennes with a 3-0 victory in the first leg at San Siro.
Stefano Pioli’s men finished third in their Champions League group, but continue to build momentum on the back of just one defeat in 13 games now through all competitions.
Former Chelsea midfielder Loftus-Cheek put Milan in front in the 32nd minute with a glancing header and nodded home another at the start of the second half before Rafael Leao swiftly fired in a third, leaving the Italian giants within touching distance of a place in the last 16.
The Rossoneri almost took an early lead when Leao’s close-range effort struck the crossbar before Theo Hernandez blazed over from the edge of the penalty area follo…
What the papers say
Leicester have reportedly been approached over a potential transfer for Youri Tielemans. According to the Leicester Mercury, citing a report from La Gazetta dello Sport, Roma have made enquiries about the 26-year-old midfielder’s potential availability come the end of the season. Several other clubs, including Paris St Germain and Arsenal, have also shown interest in the out-of-contract Belgian.
Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves is off to the Camp Nou, according to The Sun. Via Spanish outlet Sport, the paper says the 26-year-old has agreed to a four-year deal with Barcelona, with Wolves’ sign off on the deal contingent on getting forward Ansu Fati in return. The 20-year-old is reportedly yet to agree to the move.
The Telegraph reports Nottingham For…
Crystal Palace midfielder Jason Puncheon has been fined £15,000 by the FA for comments on Twitter concerning former manager Neil Warnock.
Puncheon, who played for Warnock during a loan spell at QPR in 2011, made a number of allegations against the 65-year-old on the social media platform in January.
Warnock had questioned Puncheon s ability to handle pressure while speaking as a pundit on talkSPORT after the winger had missed a penalty in Palace s 2-0 defeat at Tottenham.
Puncheon responded with a string of tweets, which were subsequently deleted, questioning Warnock s integrity.
The 27-year-old was charged with failing to act in the best interests of the game and/or acting in a manner which was improper and/or using abusive and/or insulting words , which contra…
Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood denies ever telling former striker Christian Benteke not to join Liverpool.
Benteke, 24, hit out at Sherwood on Thursday, saying his former boss had told him not to join Liverpool because they do not cross the ball .
Sherwood said he had never made such a suggestion to Benteke, who joined Brendan Rodgers team in a deal believed to be worth £32.5million.
I can t remember ever saying that, he must have dreamt that one, Sherwood was quoted as saying by The Mirror.
I would try anything to make him stay but I don t remember ever saying he shouldn’t go and play for Liverpool. I wouldn t be that disrespectful to that football club.
Benteke scored 42 Premier League goals in 88 appearances for Villa after joining the …
Boca Juniors midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur is undergoing a medical with Juventus ahead of his proposed move to the Serie A champions.
Juventus had an option to sign the 19-year-old for a set fee of €9.4 million to be exercised before April 20, 2017, as part of the deal that saw Carlos Tevez move in the opposite direction in July 2015.
Chief executive Giuseppe Marotta recently stated they planned to use their option to buy Bentancur and they are now set to act on that promise.
Bentancur came through the ranks of the Boca youth academy and made his first-team debut in April 2015, going on to establish himself as an important squad member.
Rodrigo checks in at ahead of a proposed move to from .
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen)
Boca coa…
Hugo Lloris believes France team-mate and Manchester United star Paul Pogba is judged unfairly because of his transfer fee.
Pogba has come in for criticism due to the inconsistency of his performances since returning to United from Juventus for £89million in 2016 – a world-record fee at the time.
The World Cup-winning midfielder has also been the subject of reports of a falling out with United manager Jose Mourinho this season.
France and Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris, however, leapt to the defence of his 25-year-old international team-mate.
I don t watch all Manchester United games, Lloris said. But he [Pogba] has a status in the UK, maybe because of his huge transfer fee.
Sometimes people judge him not very fairly. Now he has more maturity, h…