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Looking to extend on what has been a real purple patch, Rennes will welcome Montpellier to Roazhon Park on Sunday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, while Rennes might have been frustrated to have thrown away their three-goal lead away at Fenerbache earlier in the week, Bruno Génésio s side have cruised their way to the knockout stage of this season s Europa League. Only continuing to gain a string of plaudits since opening the 2022/23 campaign, the Brittany-based outfit are in the midst of a 13-match unbeaten run across all formats. With that stellar purple patch stemming all the way back to August 27th, Sunday s hosts also have an attacking talisman enjoying quite the free-scoring run. Once again finding t…
Roma head Jose Mourinho did not want to say much following the Giallorossi s 2-1 defeat to Milan at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday, fearing that if he did he won t be on the touchline next week.
The loss was Mourinho s first at home in Serie A in his career, having been unbeaten for 43 home games during his time at Inter and Roma.
Compliments to Milan, he said to DAZN immediately after the game. I don t want to say anything else, because otherwise I won t be on the touchline next week.
I am angry at the lack of respect shown to the Roma fans. We did not play well, but we left everything on the pitch. We have that respect, others do not, and that angers me.
That is all.
The former Chelsea and Manchester United manager then held an equally sho…
Porto forward Hulk has stated he is not paying too much attention to reports linking him with Serie A giants Inter Milan.
Italian sources claimed last week the San Siro outfit were considering a January bid for the striker as a way to solve their goalscoring problems.
The Brazil international has refused to rule out a move away from Porto, but stated he is not worried about his situation.
What I know is there has been news saying Inter are interested in me, just like several other European clubs, Hulk told Radio Bandeirantes.
I am focused on working at Porto. I don t know if something will happen in January, next season or in the next two or three years.
If a deal is to happen, it will surely be something good for me and for Porto. I leave th…
Basel have confirmed on their website that head coach Thorsten Fink has left the club with immediate effect in order to take charge at Hamburg.
The Bundesliga outfit have yet to confirm the 43-year-old s appointment, but the former Bayern Munich midfielder has already stated that HSV will be his new club.
I am no longer Basel coach from now on. My move to HSV is a done deal, Fink told Sport1.
Hamburg have been in the market for a new boss since Michael Oenning s departure on September 19.
Rodolfo Cardoso initially took over as caretaker boss, but was replaced by sporting director Frank Arnesen last week due to the fact he did not have his coaching licence.
The former Chelsea chief did not stop in his search for a permanent replacement, though,…
French daily newspaper La Provence is reporting that Jeremy Morel s future at Stade Velodrome is in doubt.
Marseille look set to stay without star players Andre-Pierre Gignac and Andre Ayew, who will be out of contract in the summer, but Jeremy Morel is another footballer who has less than a year left on his current deal and has yet to be offered a contract extension.
La Provence has learned that the 30-year-old is ready to hear what OM has to offer, but he will also listen to other proposals before making a decision on his future.
Jeremy Morel joined Marseille from Lorient in the summer of 2011 and has since featured in 102 Ligue 1 matches, scoring 1 goal.
The left-back has been utilised as a left stopper in Marcelo Bielsa s three-man defence this seas…
Adil Rami has been called up to the France squad following a thigh injury sustained by Raphael Varane, the French Football Federation (FFF) has announced.
Real Madrid announced on Sunday Varane had suffered a grade two muscle tear in his left thigh, but no timeframe on his recovery was supplied by the club.
The injury will reportedly keep him out of Saturday s Champions League final against rivals Atletico Madrid in Milan.
France coach Didier Deschamps has subsequently summoned Rami in a move that does not bode well for Varane s chances of competing in the European Championship on home soil.
24 Raphaël Varane has played France s last 24 games, best current run. Snag.
— OptaJean (@OptaJean)
However, no decision on the 23-year-old s pla…
Jesse Lingard says he learned something every day from Wayne Rooney, while playing alongside the former England captain at Manchester United.
Rooney is in line to face United on Sunday as Everton head to Old Trafford for the first time since the striker left to rejoin his boyhood club.
Having establishing himself in the United team in 2015, Lingard won the FA Cup, EFL Cup and Europa League alongside Rooney and says the 31-year-old has played a key role in his development.
You learn every day from him. His experience in games, especially when you re young, said Lingard.
If it s only 1-0 it s always hard to manage a game, and he knew what to do at times, especially towards the end of games.
Of course, it is hard to follow him, he s always going t…
Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal has taken aim at former coach Jose Mourinho.
Carvajal seemed ready to make the step into the senior side at Madrid in 2012 after impressing at their reserves the previous two seasons, but Mourinho decided different and sanctioned the right-back s exit to Bayer Leverkusen instead.
The Spain international who misses Euro 2016 due to injury returned to the Bernabeu after just one season as Madrid exercised their buy-back option, but Carvajal has not forgotten about the lack of faith shown in him by Mourinho.
I felt that I was perfectly ready to play for the first team, but hey, the coach, Mourinho in this case, did not count on me, Carvajal told Marca.
Mourinho was a bit opportunistic. When I returned, he said that I need…
Marco Silva backed Gylfi Sigurdsson to prove his quality when Everton face Premier League leaders Liverpool in the Merseyside derby.
Sigurdsson scored twice for Everton on Tuesday, as Silva s side beat struggling Cardiff City 3-0 to claim victory following three consecutive defeats.
Merseyside rivals Liverpool are next up on Sunday, and manager Silva believes Sigurdsson – Everton s top scorer – will now find his best form after a run of poor performance.
All of you are seeing a different Sigurdsson this season, Silva told a press conference.
You will see, in the next match against Liverpool, Gylfi playing with more confidence.
Everton lost nine of 14 league matches prior to the trip to south Wales, with that run having started with a last-…
Paul Pogba joined Romelu Lukaku in dismissing reports of a row between the two after Manchester United s win over Southampton, calling the claims funny .
Lukaku had struck twice to help give United a 3-2 lead at Old Trafford on Saturday when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s side were awarded a late penalty.
Pogba stepped up to take the spot-kick, rather than allowing Lukaku the chance to seal a hat-trick, and the France midfielder saw his effort saved by Southampton goalkeeper Angus Gunn.
A report in British newspaper The Sun, which quoted an unnamed United source, claimed Pogba and Lukaku had a row over the penalty following the match and needed to be calmed down by Solskjaer.
When the hate don t work they start telling lies, came an apparent response from Luk…