West Ham United are holding out for £15m for Enner Valencia,.
The Ecuador international is wanted by sides in both Serie A and the Premier League though the Hammers will not budge on their valuation.
Lazio are in negotiations with the East London club, who are about to move into the Olympic Stadium, though they face stiff competition from Swansea City.
Valencia moved to West Ham from Mexican outfit Pachucha for £12m in the summer of 2014, and has since racked up fifty-six appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring ten goals.
Internationally, he has been capped twenty-nine times for his country, scoring sixteen goals three of which came at the 2014 World Cup finals.
Various offers have come in for the twenty-six year old includ…
Retiring midfielder Thiago Motta hopes to one day coach Paris Saint-Germain s first team as he looks to a future in the dugout.
The former Barcelona and Inter star will play at the Parc des Princes for the last time on Saturday when PSG host Rennes, before the 35-year-old steps into a role with the club s youth team.
But Motta has loftier ambitions as a head coach and is already planning a route to the top at the Ligue 1 champions.
I think it s easier [to start in the youth system], because I m new as a coach, he told L Equipe. I want to give them something. They too will give me a lot.
My goal is to one day coach the PSG first team. I will go step by step, but I will not hide that I have it in a corner of my head, even if it is still a long way off jus…
Morocco will hope to put their latest selection blow behind them when they host Central African Republic in a friendly on Thursday.
Head coach Badou Zaki has named a strong squad for this week s clash as Morocco continue preparations ahead of their hosting of next year s Africa Cup of Nations.
However, one player he will be without is Bayer Leverkusen winger Karim Bellarabi who has instead accepted a call-up from world champions Germany for their Euro 2016 qualification double-header against Poland and the Republic of Ireland.
In-form Bellarabi, who has scored three goals in seven Bundesliga appearances for Leverkusen this season, would have provided Zaki with an injection of quality prior to their home Cup of Nations campaign.
However, the 24-year-old ha…
AC Milan are keen on signing Manchester City defender Matija Nastasic on loan when the transfer window reopens, .
The Serbia international, who played in last night’s abandoned European qualifier against Albania in Belgrade yesterday evening, moved to Manchester in the summer of 2012 and has so far racked up fifty-one appearances for the club in all competitions, with his only goal coming in a 7-0 rout over Norwich City at the Etihad Stadium last November.
However, he has not played under Manuel Pellegrini since the Community Shield defeat to Arsenal with captain Vincent Kompany and Martin Demichellis ahead of him in the pecking order.
Milan, currently managed by former striker Filippo Inzaghi, currently sit in fifth place in Serie A after taking eleven poi…
Heinz Fuchsbichler has signed a contract to continue at the helm of Austrian Bundesliga side SCR Altach until the summer of 2009.
Fuchsbichler joined the club as sporting director in November 2007, before taking caretaker charge of the first team in January. Altach sit eighth in the ten-club Bundesliga.
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Eden Hazard is excited by Chelsea s change in approach under new head coach Antonio Conte.
Belgian winger Hazard was voted PFA Player of the Year as Chelsea won the Premier League title in 2014-15, but his form dramatically dipped in their woeful championship defence last term as he failed to net a top-flight goal until April.
Former Italy boss Conte has since been appointed as the permanent successor to Jose Mourinho, removed last December and replaced on an interim basis by Guus Hiddink.
Hazard is enjoying getting to grips with the philosophy of the new boss and is relishing a fresh start this season.
It s a new season, a fresh start, a new manager and a couple of new players, he told Chelsea s official website.
We have all been working tog…
Sam Vokes and Andre Gray scored their first Premier League goals as Burnley stunned Liverpool with a superb 2-0 victory at Turf Moor.
Playing on the road again as a result of renovation work at Anfield, Jurgen Klopp s men were unable to recapture the inspired form that secured a 4-3 win over Arsenal on the opening weekend.
Unfortunately for their manager, the defensive frailties displayed at Emirates Stadium were quickly evident once more as Wales international Vokes emphatically opened the scoring in the second minute.
Vokes was finding his feet following a serious knee injury during Burnley s 2014-15 foray into the top flight and failed to find the net in 15 appearances, but his partnership with the more prolific Gray holds plenty of promise this time around.
Liverpool have so far made only one addition to their squad this summer; defender Ibrahima Konate has arrived from RB Leipzig. Meanwhile, the likes of Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United have spent vast amounts of money on players like Jack Grealish, Romelu Lukaku and Jadon Sancho.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp says his club could never compete with those clubs in terms of spending.
Whoever we buy, there is no guarantee we would be ahead of Manchester City they can strike back buy two or three
Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool cannot compare their transfer business to other clubs and likens it to an anecdote of people s love lives
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews)
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Marcelo spent 14 and a half years as a Real Madrid player. He made a total of 546 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring 38 goals and producing 103 assists from the left defensive flank. He helped the Spanish giants win five Champions League trophies, three UEFA Super Cups, four FIFA Club World Cups, six La Liga titles, two Copa del Reys, and five Spanish Super Cups.
This summer he left the Santiago Bernabeu as a free agent and joined Olympiacos. This is how he was welcomed in the Greek capital.
Olympiacos giving Marcelo an incredible welcome to the club
— Football Daily (@footballdaily)
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Inter and Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar is looking forward to the friendly game against Italy next Tuesday: he hopes the Selecao beat the World Champions. It will be a special game for us Brazilians who play in Serie A,†Cesar told. “It is one of the most important games I have ever played for Brazil.
It would be nice to win because some of us will be heading back on the plane with them. They are the World Champions and it will be a spectacular game. I am sure the fans will have fun. We will try to do well because we want to begin 2009 with a win .
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