Leeds United are interested in signing Vedat Muriqi from Lazio in the January transfer window, according to The report in the Italian news outlet has claimed that Leeds have registered their interest in the 27-year-old Lazio striker.
Premier League club Leeds want to sign Muriqi on loan until the end of the season. Hull City are also keen on the 27-year-old Kosovo international striker, who has been on the books of Lazio since the summer of 2020.
Muriqi made and 20 substitute appearances in Serie A for Lazio last season, scoring one goal in those games. The striker did not score any goals in five Champions League matches for Lazio last season. So far this season, Muriqi has and 10 substitute appearances in Serie A and has made three substitute appearances in the C…
Market: Port Vale win
Odds: 19/20 @
Two sides who already find themselves battling it out at opposite ends of the League One table, a high-flying Port Vale will welcome Burton to town on Tuesday night.
Starting with the hosts, while Port Vale might have found themselves at the heart of a relegation scrap for large spells of last season, Andy Crosby’s men have come roaring back since opening the 2023/24 campaign. With the mood in their camp at a red-hot high, the Valiants open Tuesday’s fixtures sat with just their goal difference keeping them off the top of the table. Continuing to gain a string of plaudits and putting in another rugged display over the weekend as they claimed a 1-0 victory at home against Northampton, the Burslem-based outfit will be smelli…
Lionel Messi scored as Argentina resumed their CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-1 draw at home to Chile.
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the football calendar, with the road to Qatar 2022 postponed due to the COVID-19 health crisis until Thursday s clash in Santiago del Estero.
Argentina hit the front behind closed doors through Messi s 24th-minute penalty after Lautaro Martinez was fouled by Guillermo Maripan.
Chilean star Alexis Sanchez equalised 12 minutes later but La Albiceleste still remain unbeaten through five games in qualifying.
While Chile had played a friendly in March, Argentina were returning to action for the first time since November last year – a 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Peru.
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Market: Shrewsbury win
Odds: 11/10 @
Hoping to try and move within touching distance of the top-half, Shrewsbury will welcome Lincoln to New Meadow on Saturday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, while Shrewsbury might have endured a hugely worrying start to 2022, it does appear that Steve Cotterill s side have found a much-welcomed boost. Last seen laying down another marker, the Shropshire-based outfit shocked almost everyone across League One as they stormed their way to a 3-0 victory away at runaway leaders Rotherham. Finding a way to build off of their 5-0 romp against Morecambe on March 15th, the Shrews will be looking to build off of their recent purple patch here. With a 2-1 defeat against Oxford their only loss from their previous six matchups across al…
Crystal Palace have opened talks with Andros Townsend over a new contract, according to . It has been reported that West Bromwich Albion, who are playing in the Premier League this season after winning automatic promotion from the Championship at the end of the 2019-20 campaign, wanted to sign the former Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United winger in the summer transfer window.
Palace have reportedly now opened talks with Townsend over a new deal. The 29-year-old winger is out of contract at the Eagles and the Eagles are keen for him to extend his stay at Selhurst Park.
The England international has been on the books of Palace since 2016 and has established himself as an important player for the club. According to , Townsend has scored one goal and provided two assis…
Zinedine Zidane praised goalscorers James Rodriguez and Karim Benzema after a 2-0 triumph at Espanyol extended Real Madrid s phenomenal winning run in LaLiga.
Madrid made it four wins from four in the current campaign to lead Barcelona by three points with victory at the Estadi Cornella-El Prat and 16 consecutive LaLiga wins in total – matching the mark established by their bitter rivals in 2010-11.
Zidane was unable to call on Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, who sat out the match through illness and a hip injury respectively, but James stepped up on his first start of the season with a superb solo effort in first-half stoppage time.
Benzema led the line tirelessly and had just rewards for his efforts when Lucas Vazquez s cross allowed him to open his acco…
Harry Redknapp is looking forward to returning to Tottenham as he takes his QPR side to White Hart Lane for Sunday s Premier League clash.
Redknapp took over at Spurs in 2008 with the club bottom of the table but, by the time he left in 2012, he had secured three consecutive top-five finishes in his trio of full seasons in charge.
The 67-year-old managed the team in the UEFA Champions League in 2010-11 where, inspired by Gareth Bale, they produced some breathtaking football before being knocked out in the last eight by Real Madrid.
The former West Ham boss faced his old club in QPR s last stint in the Premier League, overseeing a 0-0 draw at Loftus Road in January 2013, but Sunday s game represents Redknapp s first return to a club where he is still held in high …
Chelsea are interested in signing Ollie Watkins from Premier League rivals Aston Villa in the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners are looking for a new striker and have identified Watkins as a potential target.
Watkins has made 115 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career. The striker has scored 41 goals and given 15 assists in those matches. The 27-year-old has scored one goal and given two assists in six Premier League matches. The Englishman scored 15 goals and provided six assists in 36 Premier League starts for the Villans last season.
Chelsea are 14th in the Premier League table at the moment with five points from six matches, four points above the relegation …
Jose Mourinho tried to sign Antonio Valencia when he was at Real Madrid and always saw him as a potential star at right-back.
The Manchester United boss was in charge at Santiago Bernabeu between 2010 and 2013, when Valencia was a winger in the early stages of his Old Trafford career.
The 31-year-old has since been reinvented as a full-back and has started 10 of United s 12 Premier League games – only missing time for a broken arm under Mourinho, who has long been an admirer.
I tried to sign Antonio a number of years ago, when I was at Madrid, Mourinho said to MUTV.
Even though he was not playing right-back at the time, I thought he could be phenomenal in that position. As it was, United told me no chance!
I am not surprised by his form thi…
Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman is hopeful of persuading Fraizer Campbell to stay at the club following Premier League relegation.
Campbell is unlikely to be short of offers from rival teams as he assesses his future in the wake of Cardiff slipping back into the Championship after a one-year stint in the top flight.
The 26-year-old striker helped the Welsh side clinch promotion in 2012-13 and scored six goals in 37 Premier League appearances.
Dalman wants the January 2013 signing from Sunderland to remain at Cardiff and has praised the impact he has made at the club
Fraizer s done fantastically for us, not just this season but the previous season, Dalman told BBC Sport.
He s very much loved at the club and we want him to stay.
Campbell started ou…