Arsenal are interested in signing Ivan Toney from London and Premier League rivals Brentford in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Arsenal were keen on a deal for Toney in the January transfer window and remain interested in the striker.
Brentford were willing to sell Toney in the January transfer window, but the London club were looking for £80 million for the England international striker. Arsenal were willing to pay around £50 million for the 27-year-old. The North London club, who are in the running for the Premier League title this season, think that they will get Toney for a lower fee in the summer of 2024.
Toney has made 71 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career. The striker has scored 34 goals and given nine …
The race for second place in Euro 2012 qualifying Group E will be on in earnest on Tuesday, with Sweden, Finland and Hungary all in action.
The Netherlands have a six-point lead in the group, with six wins from six matches, with Sweden the next best on 12 points.
Hungary are third with nine points ahead of their trip to minnows San Marino, and Finland are fourth with six, desperately in need of full points from their trip to Sweden to keep their hopes alive.
Sweden coach Erik Hamren certainly has no worries up front before the Finland match, even without suspended superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
In their last match the Swedes had no trouble accounting for Moldova 4-1, with Bolton striker Johan Elmander bagging a brace and PSV Eindhoven front man Ola Toivon…
Alvaro Morata has his sights set on World Cup glory with Spain next year, even though he concedes it will be impossible to match La Roja s famous team from 2008 to 2012.
Spain won the European championship twice and the 2010 World Cup during that era of unprecedented success.
Real Madrid striker Morata is a key part of the squad targeting glory in Russia next year and understands the scale of the task facing Spain s new stars to follow in that team s footsteps.
For the new generations it is hard, even impossible, to compete with that side that won everything, Morata, 24, said in an interview with GQ.
However, all of us players in the squad have dreams of doing something great with Spain.
When I was a child I had dreams of winning a World Cup, s…
Denmark stunned leaders Portugal 2-1 in Copenhagen to qualify top of Group H for Euro 2012 and relegate their opponents to a playoff berth.
Michael Krohn-Dehli and Nicklas Bendtner struck the decisive goals for the hosts to earn them automatic entry, despite a superb free-kick from Cristiano Ronaldo in stoppage time.
Norway s 3-1 win over Cyprus did little to alter the complexion of the group as they had to settle for third, on goal difference, behind Portugal.
Sweden spoiled Group E leaders the Netherlands unblemished qualifying with a 3-2 win as Hungary had to settle for third in the group.
Two goals in the space of a minute in the second half from Ola Toivonen and Sebastian Larsson cancelled out Dirk Kuyt s goal that had put the Netherlands ahead 2-1…
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Both Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid will be eager to put their recent European frustrations behind them when they clash in La Liga on Sunday night.
Sociedad, currently sitting in 14th place with just eight points from their first eight games, have struggled to find consistency so far this season. Atletico Madrid, occupying fourth in the standings with 16 points from eight games, have had a stronger start, but like their hosts in this game, they are coming off the back of a disappointing European result.
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Real Sociedad s start to the season has indeed been far from ideal, as they find themselves sitting in 14th place with just eight points from eight matches. This puts them uncomfortably close to the relegation z…
Manuel Neuer has surpassed Philipp Lahm as Germany s outright leader for appearances at major tournaments.
Neuer started as Germany began their Euro 2024 campaign against Scotland in Munich on Friday.
That marked the goalkeeper s 35th start at either the Euros or the World Cup, seeing him overtake his former team-mate, and a fellow 2014 world champion, Lahm (34).
Indeed, only Cristiano Ronaldo (43) and Paolo Maldini (36) have made more appearances among European players at the World Cup/Euros combined.
35 Manuel Neuer makes his 35th start at a major international tournament tonight, the outright most of any German player (Philipp Lahm, 34). Indeed, only Cristiano Ronaldo (43) and Paolo Maldini (36) have more among European players at the World Cup/EUROs c…
Dani Alves wants to make history with Sao Paulo as the full-back reiterated his desire to play for Brazil at the 2022 World Cup.
Alves, 36, signed with the Brazilian giants until the end of 2022, returning to play in his homeland for the first time since leaving Bahia in 2002.
The defender, who was linked with several European clubs, said he wanted to deliver for Sao Paulo.
I come here to Sao Paulo to work, I don t come to finish my career, Alves told a news conference, having been presented by the club on Tuesday.
I still have a lot of goals ahead, and one of them is to make history with Sao Paulo.
Sente o clima, torcida! Morumbi lindo demais!
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Alves spent 17 trop…
Dorival Junior labelled Vinicius Junior s display against Paraguay as almost perfect after the Real Madrid star scored twice in a 4-1 victory for Brazil.
Vinicius first-half double, along with efforts from Savinho and Lucas Paqueta, sealed an emphatic win for the Selecao, who bounced back from a disappointing 0-0 draw with Costa Rica in their first Copa America match.
The 23-year-old had three shots and accumulated 0.81 expected goals (xG), while attempting 17 dribbles, the second-most by a Brazilian player at the Copa America since Opta began collecting such data in 2011, after Neymar (19 against Peru in 2015).
Today he played a very important role, Dorival said of Vinicius, who became the first Brazil player to net a first-half double in a Copa America group-s…
Pedri s own goal for Spain in Monday s last-16 tie with Croatia was the ninth scored at Euro 2020 – as many as seen in each of the previous editions combined.
The Spain midfielder played a pass back to goalkeeper Unai Simon from close to the halfway line and his team-mate failed to control the ball, allowing it to roll beyond him and into the net.
The own goal was initially credited to Simon before going to Pedri – in the same game the Barcelona talent became the youngest player to start a knockout game in the European Championships.
At 18 years and 215 days, he beats the record set by England s Wayne Rooney (18 years and 244 days) against Portugal in 2004.
Pedri joins Merih Demiral, Wojciech Szczesny, Mats Hummels, Ruben Dias, Raphael Guerreiro, L…
FIFA refused to make a snap decision on whether Russia will be allowed to host World Cup play-off matches in March but said it is monitoring the situation .
Widespread condemnation followed Russia s full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine on Thursday.
Stats Perform understands that UEFA will confirm on Friday that St Petersburg will no longer host this season s Champions League final.
In a joint statement, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic, who are in the same qualification pathway as Russia for this year s World Cup, said they would not consider playing matches in the country.
Russia are scheduled to take on Poland in Moscow on March 24. If they win, they will face Sweden or the Czech Republic at home five days later.
FIFA called …