Louis Saha believes fellow Frenchman Anthony Martial has all the characteristics required to go on and emulate Cristiano Ronaldo s achievements at Manchester United.
Martial arrived at Old Trafford from Monaco for a reported fee of £36million in 2015 and, despite such a hefty price tag for a teenager, has settled in well to life in the Premier League.
The France international has scored 10 goals in his debut campaign in England, even though he has often been stationed out wide by manager Louis van Gaal.
Saha sees signs that Martial can have a similar impact to his former team-mate Ronaldo, who was signed at the age of 18 by former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.
I hope Martial can emulate what Ronaldo did at United, Saha told the Internat…
Real Madrid were denied a place in the history books on Wednesday after Villarreal left the Santiago Bernabeu with a well-deserved 1-1 draw.
Madrid went into the clash needing a victory to set a new record of 17 consecutive wins in Spain s top flight. But Bruno Soriano s first-half penalty put Zinedine ZIdane s men on the back foot and the only response they could muster was a towering Sergio Ramos header three minutes after the restart.
Failure to find a winner, despite a late onslaught, and establish a new LaLiga mark was a rare hiccup in Zidane s coaching career at Madrid. The Frenchman took over in January from Rafael Benitez and led the team to 12 straight wins to finish just a point behind Barcelona in last season s title race before going on to claim the Cham…
Paris Saint-Germain head coach Christophe Galtier is not surprised by some strong comments made by former colleague Julien Fournier regarding their time together at Nice.
Galtier joined Nice ahead of the 2021-22 campaign after winning the Ligue 1 title with Lille, but he stayed at the Allianz Riviera for just one year before making the move to PSG.
Speaking on RMC show After Foot on Wednesday, ex-Nice director of football Fournier suggested Galtier s exit came down to more than just football reasons.
It s common knowledge that the relationship I had with Christophe was quite chaotic from the start of the season, said Fournier, who himself left for Parma in July
Quite honestly, if I explain the real reasons we argued, Christophe would no longer be allow…
Antonio Candreva starred as Inter won away from home for the first time in almost three months with a 1-0 victory at Sassuolo in Serie A, playing out the final few minutes with 10 men.
Since beating Empoli on September 21, the Nerazzurri had lost seven of eight away games in all competitions, drawing once against arch-rivals AC Milan at San Siro.
However, while Sassuolo had come out on top in each of the previous three meetings between these two sides, they have struggled in recent weeks and went into the match with one win in their last 12 competitive matches.
And Candreva was in inspired form for Inter on Sunday, terrorising the hosts in the first half before opening the scoring after the break.
The Italy international had already struck the post and l…
Mohamed Salah would rather face Real Madrid than Manchester City in the final of the Champions League in Paris as they target the quadruple after seeing off a spirited Villarreal performance in the last four.
Liverpool survived a huge scare in Spain to reach their 10th European Cup/Champions League final, with Fabinho, Luis Diaz, and Sadio Mane scoring second-half goals after Villarreal wiped out the Reds first-leg lead in an unbelievable first half.
Liverpool have become the first team to reach the finals of the European Cup/Champions League, the FA Cup, and the League Cup in a single season, and trail City by just one point in an absorbing Premier League title race.
The Reds incredible form has led to talk of Jurgen Klopp s team lifting four major trophies a…
Matt Turner will join Arsenal from the New England Revolution in June after the long-expected deal was confirmed on Friday.
The United States goalkeeper will formally complete his move to the Gunners when he takes a medical, but that is all that stands between the 27-year-old and a switch to the Premier League.
It marks a major step in Turner s career, with a fee of £7.5million reportedly agreed as Mikel Arteta brings in a player who was goalkeeper of the year in Major League Soccer last season, and one who will provide competition for Aaron Ramsdale.
Previous winners of the MLS award include Brad Friedel, Tim Howard and Zack Steffen, who all moved on to the Premier League.
Supporters Shield winner
Gold Cup Champ
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Jurgen Klopp hailed Trent Alexander-Arnold’s performance as “super influential” after the right-back snatched a draw for Liverpool at Manchester City.
The England international struck a fine equaliser as the Reds held the champions 1-1 in a tight encounter at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Erling Haaland had put City ahead with his 50th Premier League goal from just 48 appearances – a new record – but Alexander-Arnold, having come through some tough moments against the tricky Jeremy Doku, changed the script 10 minutes from time.
It finishes level
— Liverpool FC (@LFC)
Having stepped into midfield, the 25-year-old took a touch and fired into the bottom corner from outside the area to peg back City and allow Arsenal, courtesy of thei…
Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong is set to join Manchester United in the summer transfer window, according to . The well-known and well-respected journalist has claimed that De Jong will make the switch to Old Trafford in the coming weeks.
De Jong has been on the books of Barcelona since the summer of 2019 when he moved from Dutch giants Ajax. The 25-year-old Netherlands international midfielder has made 29 starts and two substitute appearances in La La Liga fo Barca this season, scoring three goals and providing three assists in the process.
Manchester United are sixth in the Premier League table at the moment with 58 points from 37 matches, while Barcelona are currently second in the La Liga standings with 72 points from 36 games.
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Napoli midfielder Allan has been handed his maiden call-up to the Brazil squad, while Paulinho has returned for the first time since the World Cup.
Allan was part of Brazil s Under-20 World Cup-winning squad of 2011 and left Vasco da Gama for Udinese the following year, establishing himself as a key player and earning a move to Napoli.
Tite joked that his assistant Sylvinho had pressured him in to selecting the midfielder, before later declaring the 27-year-old was selected for the friendlies against Uruguay and Cameroon in November on merit.
We have to monitor players who appear in Europe, said Sylvinho, who was impressed with Allan s displays under Maurizio Sarri. We always need to do constant monitoring.
As for Allan, he has been in Europe for seven…
Kalidou Koulibaly reaffirmed his affection for Napoli amid ongoing links to Premier League giants Manchester United.
United continue to be linked with a move for highly rated Napoli defender Koulibaly, despite the world-record signing of Harry Maguire at the start of the season.
The Red Devils are reportedly keen to bolster their backline, which has been problematic in recent seasons, even after the arrivals of Victor Lindelof and Eric Bailly.
However, star centre-back and Senegal international Koulibaly said he is happy in Naples.
Mes enfants sont nés ici. Ici, j ai grandi en tant qu homme et en tant que footballeur.Ici, ma famille et moi nous sentons chez nous
My children were born here. Here, I grew up as a man and as a football player. Here, …