Barca midfielder Hleb loaned to Stuttgart

Everton manager Sam Allardyce has confirmed the club s interest in signing Cenk Tosun from Besiktas.

The Premier League outfit are reportedly set to pay £25million to bring the 26-year-old to Goodison Park, although Besiktas denied this week that any deal had been struck.

Everton have gone seven games unbeaten since Allardyce took charge, but have only scored 24 league goals this season, which is a lower total than any other team in the top 10 in the table apart from Burnley.

And the former England boss admits Tosun, who has scored eight goals in 12 Super Lig starts in 2017-18, is one of a number of targets to strengthen the attack.

Him and many others, he said when asked if he is interested in the Turkey international.

We need a front man, …

Sunderland defender Jan Kirchhoff has backed Pep Guardiola to revolutionise Manchester City and win the Premier League without any trouble .

The Bayern Munich boss will succeed Manuel Pellegrini at the end of the season once his contract with the Bundesliga champions expires.

Kirchhoff, who left Bayern for Sunderland in January, has backed his old boss to transform English football for the better and deliver unprecedented success to City.

Pep Guardiola s going to win this league and change this league like you ve never seen before, he told The Guardian.

I m totally sure. He s going to build one of the greatest teams at Manchester City and win the league without any trouble. 

You re going to see a totally different way of playing. It s one of t…

Ravel Morrison has cut short his loan spell with Cardiff City and returned to West Ham because of personal circumstances .

The England Under-21 international made the temporary switch to south Wales in September, with the deal originally set to expire on December 26.

Morrison made seven Championship appearances for Cardiff, six of which were from the bench.

On Monday, the Welsh outfit released a brief statement declaring that Morrison would return to Upton Park for unspecified personal reasons.

Due to personal circumstances, Cardiff City have allowed Ravel Morrison compassionate leave and permission to train in more familiar surroundings at this time with his parent club, West Ham United, the statement read.

Morrison was impressive for West Ha…

Darwin Nunez capped a memorable debut with a clinching header as Liverpool earned a 3-1 victory against Manchester City in the Community Shield.

The Uruguay international nodded home from close range deep into injury time to confirm the first silverware of the season heads to Merseyside after an energetic, enthralling encounter at Leicester s King Power Stadium.

Trent Alexander-Arnold s first-half strike had been cancelled out by Julian Alvarez with 20 minutes to go, before Mohamed Salah put the Reds back on top from the penalty spot.

It was then Nunez whose goal made sure Jurgen Klopp completed his career clean sweep of elite English domestic honours.

4 Darwin Núñez is the fourth player to score on his debut for Liverpool under Jürgen Klopp, after Sa…

West Ham failed to secure a place in next season s Europa League after losing 2-1 at Stoke City as Mark Hughes men came from behind to end the season by halting their six-game winless streak.

A victory would have confirmed European football for Slaven Bilic s men, but Southampton s victory over Crystal Palace coupled with the abandonment of Manchester United s match against AFC Bournemouth due to a suspect package at Old Trafford leaves West Ham in seventh.

Michail Antonio gave West Ham the lead at the Britannia Stadium, finishing powerfully on the turn after a corner, but Stoke felt the winger handled the ball in the build-up.

Giannelli Imbula fired in from just outside the box soon after the interval and Andy Carroll suffered a groin injury, damaging his Euro…

The father of Zenit stopper Bruno Alves has revealed his son would be delighted to sign for Juventus this summer.

The Bianconeri recently showed interest in signing the Portugal international and it appears the deal could be wrapped up after the European Championship.

The player’s father admits the Zenit defender is aware of the interest and explains he would love to join the Serie A giants.

“My son could have joined Juventus a year ago,” Washington Alves . “If Juve and Zenit come to an agreement then Bruno would happily move to Turin.

“He wants to play for a great club and the Bianconeri jersey would be an important opportunity. We’ll see what happens in August.”

The experienced defender is currently with Portugal at the European C…

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both been included in the Champions League squad of the season despite failing to reach the final.

Ronaldo s Juve only reached the last eight before being knocked out by Ajax, while Barca fell to eventual champions Liverpool despite Messi s dazzling display in the first leg of their semi-final meeting.

Messi s 12 goals in the 2018-19 Champions League saw him claim the competition s top scorer honour.

Following their stunning run to the last four, Ajax have five representatives in the squad  Matthijs de Ligt, Frenkie de Jong, David Neres, Hakim Ziyech and Dusan Tadic while losing finalists Tottenham contribute Jan Vertonghen, Lucas Moura and Moussa Sissoko.

Winners Liverpool have three defenders in the squad Tr…

Sevilla have completed the signing of midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak on a four-year contract.

The deal to take the Poland international to the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium from Ligue 1 outfit Reims was finalised on Wednesday after the 24-year-old completed a medical on Monday.

Krychowiak will now remain in Spain until 2018 and is set to join his new team-mates for a pre-season friendly in Lyon later on Wednesday.

A statement on the Liga club s official website read: Krychowiak is now officially a Sevilla player after signing his four-year contract.

[He] immediately leaves for Lyon with his new team-mates.

The player arrived on Monday to undergo a medical and finalise te contract. The Pole even got orders from [head coach Unai] Emery in training…

Bordeaux s France international keeper Ulrich Rame on Thursday signed a one year extension to his contract which was due to expire at the end of the season.

Rame joined Bordeaux in 1997 and won a French Cup two years later, adding the League Cup in 2007 and the Champions Trophy in 2008.

He was a member of France s Euro 2000 winners side and has 12 caps to his name.

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Rodrygo Goes was reportedly wanted by Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain, but it took Real Madrid just 20 minutes to wrap up his signature.

Madrid paid out a reported €45million to seal a move for Rodrygo in June 2018, but the teenager remained at Santos for another year.

The 18-year-old was presented as a Los Blancos player at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday, with club president Florentino Perez branding him  one of the great prodigies .

Asked if a report that Madrid managed to seal the transfer in under half an hour, Rodrygo told a news conference: I always said I preferred Real Madrid and when they came I didn t even have to ask questions, so 20 minutes and it was all done.

I think everyone who knows me since I was a child knows I ve alw…