Bournemouth‘s Tyler Adams has revealed how he resorted to trash talk in an effort to distract Newcastle United‘s Nick Woltemade – but the £69million signing was ‘too nice’ to bite. Midfielder Adams, standing at 5ft 9ins in height, was handed the onerous task of marking 6ft 6ins striker Woltemade at free-kicks and corners. And, in…
Endrick could make a shock move to the Serie A as Juventus are reportedly keen on signing the out-of-favour Real Madrid youngster. After a difficult debut campaign at Santiago Bernabeu, which saw the teenager struggle for game time under Carlo Ancelotti, things have worsened under Xabi Alonso as the Selecao star has yet to feature…
Chelsea star Cole Palmer hailed Lionel Messi as the greatest of all time when picking his favourite players to grace a football pitch. Palmer, a former Manchester City academy graduate, has seen his stock skyrocket since moving to Chelsea in 2023. Last season, he helped the Blues lift both the UEFA Conference League, completing the…
Over £3 billion ($4 billion) spent. A staggering 155 incoming transfers. Countless sagas. It proved a memorable summer for Premier League clubs. Ludicrous sums were splashed willy-nilly by all 20 teams in world football’s richest division. The Premier League transfer record was blown to smithereens and more was spent by English top-flight sides than those…
Marcus Rashford’s move to Barcelona raised eyebrows — but how is the former Manchester United star really performing in Spain? The 27-year-old secured a loan move to La Liga champions Barcelona in the summer after seemingly closing the door on his time at Man United. A member of Ruben Amorim’s infamous ‘bomb squad’, he’s unlikely…
A member of the midfield ranks at La Liga giants Barcelona has this weekend come in for fresh praise. The player in question? Pedri. Pedri was for his part back in action on Saturday night, afforded a starting berth in Spain’s World Cup qualifying fixture against Georgia. Advertisement And the 22-year-old, amid what has been…
The club has issued an apology to those injured following an attack by supporters of the club in Dublin city centre The German football club were in Dublin yesterday to play a friendly football match with Bohemians. Schalke lost to the Dublin team 3-2. A large crowd of supporters were marching and chanting in the…
Northern Ireland defender Trai Hume says the side will carry the belief that “anything is possible” into their 2026 World Cup qualifier against Germany in Belfast on Monday night. Four-time World Cup winners Germany have won their past 10 matches against Northern Ireland, including last month’s fixture in Cologne, but the sides go into this…
Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann has jumped to the defence of Florian Wirtz after his slow start to life in the Premier League with Liverpool. Wirtz, Liverpool’s record signing, is yet to register a goal or assist in seven Premier League appearances since his high-profile transfer from Bayer Leverkusen in June. The club invested a guaranteed…
1 German national team head coach Julian Nagelsmann has responded directly to the recent criticisms of Northern Ireland’s Michael O’Neill. Nagelsmann’s team boarded a flight to Belfast on Sunday ahead of a crucial World Cup qualifying fixtures against O’Neill’s Nord Iron. Nagelsmann, in his own mind at least, bought to set the record straight. Nagelsmann…