Deemed one of the Catalan club’s worst signing in the modern era, Douglas Pereira has made only 3 La Liga appearances for Barcelona since his arrival in 2014.
Announced as a huge talent, Douglas never quite managed to realise his potential with Barcelona ending up loaning the 26-year-old Brazilian to Sporting Gijon in effort to resurrect his career.
Douglas is however enduring a peripheral role at Sporting having played only 103 minutes of competitive action this season. He completed 90 minutes against Atletico Madrid and 13 more in a game against his parent club Barcelona.
Given the fact he failed to make an impact at Sporting as well, the latest reports from claim that Douglas is facing a prospect of returning to his native Brazil with Cruzeiro Esporte Cl…
Manchester United full-back Rafael Da Silva has signed a new contract until 2016, according to the Brazilian s agent.
The 21-year-old, who joined from Fluminense in 2008, made 12 appearances for the Red Devils last season, earning a call-up to the senior international squad in May following an injury to Dani Alves.
The defender s agent Cassiano Pereira indicated that Rafael, who featured in Brazil s friendlies against Argentina and Denmark, was delighted to remain at the club and play on the European stage.
Rafael is very happy to be able to stay at Manchester United, who are one of the biggest clubs in football and are always playing in Europe s biggest competitions, Pereira told Globoesporte.
Besides, they opened Rafael the doors to Europe, where hi…
Rangers are interested in signing Daniel Johnson, according to . It has been reported that the Gers have identified the Preston North End attacking midfielder as a potential replacement for Joe Aribo, who has suffered an injury.
The report has added that Preston are looking for at least £5 million as transfer fee for the attacking midfielder. It has been further claimed that Rangers and Preston have held initial talks over the transfer of the 27-year-old.
According to , Johnson scored 12 goals and providing seven assists in the Championship last season, while during the 2018-19 campaign, he scored six goals and provided five assists in the league. The attacking midfielder scores goals and creates chances, and he would make Rangers a stronger team, with Steven Gerrard�…
Simon Mignolet believes Liverpool have a real chance to win the Premier League this season.
The Reds are second in the table, six points behind leaders Chelsea, ahead of a crunch meeting with fellow title contenders Manchester City at Anfield in the late kick-off on Saturday.
Liverpool have recorded three victories in succession, conceding just one goal in the process, as they look set to mount a legitimate challenge for major honours under Jurgen Klopp in 2017.
Speaking to the Times of India, goalkeeper Mignolet agreed with suggestions the club is in a good position to try to capture their first championship since 1990.
We are feeling good, he said.
This year Liverpool have been proving that we have a real chance to win the Premier League. …
Xabi Alonso has voiced his delight with Spain s Euro 2012 glory, but revealed his team feel less euphoric than four years ago.
Vicente del Bosque s men comfortable beat Italy 4-0 in Kiev on Sunday to become the first national side in history to successfully defend the European title and win three major tournaments in a row.
However, Alonso has admitted the celebrations were more muted than those in Austria and Switzerland four years ago when they claimed their first piece of silverware in 44 years at Euro 2008.
We ought to feel more euphoric, but it s different than when we won in Euro 2008. Everything is a lot more moderate, the midfielder told AS.
We have celebrated with our families, but we are all very calm. There was much more euphoria four years …
understand that Everton will move for Swansea City’s Ashley Williams if they sell John Stones to Chelsea.
Stones has been linked with a big money move to Stamford Bridge this summer, with the Merseyside outfit so far reluctant to negotiate but with the transfer deadline looming and the reigning champions yet to win, they could return with an offer to good to refuse.
Swans’ captain Williams has been regularly linked with a move away from the Liberty Stadium over the past few years and his manager Garry Monk would not let him go without a fight.
The thirty year old moved to the South Wales club initially on loan in the 2007/08 campaign, helping them clinch promotion from League One to the Championship and then on to the top flight in 2011.
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UEFA will continue to use additional assistant referees in the forthcoming season s cup competitions, the governing body has announced.
The extra officials were initially tested in European Under-19 qualifying competitions in 2008 before being trialled in the 2009/10 Europa League group stages.
Subsequently, trials were then expanded to include the 2011/12 Champions League competition and Euro 2012.
The officials do not have the authority to make independent decisions, and are intended to act as an aid to the match referee in goal-line and penalty area incidents.
A statement on the UEFA website said: This (decision) follows the International Football Association Board (IFAB) s unanimous decision on 5 July 2012 to amend the Laws of the Game and allow the…
Tottenham Hotspur are lining up a summer move for Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, .
The North London outfit made a £12m approach for the Ivory Coast international last August, though the offer was shunned by Eagles’ chairman Steve Parrish while more unsuccessful inquiries were made last month.
Zaha returned to Palace, the club where he began his career, in the summer of 2014 after an underwhelming stint at Manchester United.
Across both spells, the twenty-four year old is approaching two hundred and fifty appearances for the South Londoners in all competitions, scoring thirty-one goals and was part of the squad that won promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs in 2013.
He has been capped five times for the Elephants since making his …
ESPN understands that Manchester United are preparing fresh contract talks with Anthony Martial.
The France international will enter the final twelve months of his current deal in the summer, while he has an option to extend that run by a further year.
He had initial talks with the club in December and while nothing was finalised the Red Devils are confident that the situation will be resolved.
The twenty-two year old signed from Monaco in the summer of 2015 and has since racked up one hundred and twenty-nine appearances in all competitions, scoring thirty-six goals.
During that time he has helped the club to success in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and Europa League while internationally he was part of the squad that reached the final of Euro 2016.
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Neymar has joined the likes of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Samuel Eto o and Rivaldo in Barcelona s 100 club after scoring against Granada.
The forward completed a century of Barca goals in his 177th match for the club during Sunday s game at Los Carmenes, netting in stoppage time to put the seal on a 4-1 win.
Neymar is the third Brazilian player to reach the milestone with the Catalan giants, following in the footsteps of Rivaldo and Evaristo.
He joins stars of Barca s past and present on the prestigious list of players to have reached the milestone, one which is topped by team-mate Messi, who is closing in on the 500-mark.
The other member of Barca s MSN strikeforce, Suarez, also made it to 100 in January.
100 Neymar becomes the third Brazilian …