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England youth international Lewis Cook has signed for AFC Bournemouth on a four-year deal, the club announced on Friday. 

Cook moves to the Vitality Stadium from Leeds United for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £6million, rising to a potential £10m. 

The 19-year-old midfielder was awarded the Football League Young Player of the Year for 2015-16, previously won by the likes of Real Madrid s Gareth Bale, Tottenham s Dele Alli and Liverpool s Nathaniel Clyne. 

Cook made his first team debut in 2014, going on to make 85 appearances for Leeds across the next two seasons, before being snapped up by Premier League outfit Bournemouth. 

Delighted to sign for AFC Bournemouth, looking forward to meeting the team and excited for the season ahead! …

Holland international midfielder Nigel de Jong has revealed he wants to retire at AC Milan.

De Jong, 29, was heavily linked with a deadline day move to Manchester United in the summer, but no deal materialised following the arrivals of Ander Herrera, Ángel Di María,  Daley Blind, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo, and Radamel Falcao (on loan from AS Monaco).

Nonetheless, the 29-year-old midfielder, who left Manchester City for Milan in a deal worth up to £5 million in August 2012, is flattered to have been linked with United.

If many people like him [Van Gaal] respect me and recognise what I am doing, then I can only be proud, De Jong said.

However, De Jong having scored in the Rossoneri s 5-4 win over Parma last weekend is more than happy to…

West Ham United have been linked with a move for Germany international Mario Gomez,.

The Hammers are on the look out for a new striker and have so fair failed to secure deals for Michi Batshuayi, Alexandre Lacazette and Carlos Tevez.

Christian Benteke and Carlos Bacca remain on the East London club’s radar though Gomez could be a more viable option having ended his loan spell with Besiktas.

The thirty-one year old scored twenty-six goals on route to the Turkish outfit clinching a fourteenth Super Lig title.

Prior to his move to the Istanbul side, Gomez scored fourteen goals in forty-seven outings for parent club Fiorentina while he has also played for Bundesliga sides Stuttgart and Bayern Munich.

He has been capped sixty-eight times for …

Manchester City defender Aleksandar Kolarov has proved a YouTube sensation with his rendition of Jingle Bells going viral.

The Serbian left-back was the latest City player to take part in a series of traditional Christmas videos posted on the club s official YouTube channel.

Kolarov, renowned for his prowess with the dead-ball, was similarly deadpan in his delivery of the song with more than 230,000 fans viewing the 43-second video to date.

The 27-year-old joined the English Premier League champions from Italian outfit Lazio in 2010 and has made 64 appearances in all competitions since arriving in Manchester.

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Manchester City have announced huge losses for the second year in a row, with the club losing 97.9 million pounds during the last financial period.

City reported turnover for the same period of 231.1 million pounds, the highest in the club s history and a rise from 150 million pounds the previous year, but still underwent a significant overall loss.

The club s inability to progress from the UEFA Champions League group stage is believed to have had a huge impact on their turnover.

However, the figures represent a marked improvement from the season before, when City lost a total of 197.5 million pounds.

Meanwhile, the club posted marginal increases in gate and TV revenue, and more than double their commercial revenue from 64.7 million pounds to 121.1 milli…

England manager Sarina Wiegman was not worried despite seeing her team s undefeated streak end at the hands of Australia.

The Lionesses went into the friendly on a 30-match unbeaten run, but lost 2-0 at the Brentford Community Stadium on Tuesday thanks to goals from Sam Kerr and Charlotte Grant.

It came just days after the European champions won the first ever women s Finalissima against Brazil on penalties, but Wiegman is not concerned as England prepare for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which gets underway in July.

I m not worried. I don t worry very quickly, she said after the game. We know we have to be at our top level and that s when we go into the World Cup too.

Every game we get some warnings – against Brazil we got some warnings…

Liverpool midfielder Suso is on the verge of signing a new contract with the Merseyside club, .

The Spain U21 international, who is in the final year of his current contract, had recently been linked with a move to AC Milan though those reports were dismissed out of hand by the players agent.

Having spent last season on loan with La Liga side Almeria, Suso returned to Anfield in the summer and has made just one appearance so far this season, as a substitute in last month’s penalty shoot-out victory over Middlesbrough in the third round of the Capital One Cup where he scored minutes after coming on to give his side the lead in extra time.

Aside from that outing, the 20 year old made twenty appearance in all competitions in his debut season in English footbal…

Title-winning coach Mike Mulvey has stepped down as manager of Brisbane Roar just six matches into the team s A-League championship defence.

The club released a statement on Sunday confirming the news after reports of Mulvey s axing.

Head coach Mike Mulvey met with Brisbane Roar FC management today. As a result, he will step down from the head coach s position, Roar chief executive Simon Dobson said.

Brisbane Roar FC thanks Mike Mulvey for his contribution to the success of the club since his appointment as interim coach in December 2012 and as Brisbane Roar head coach in February 2013.

Local media reports have claimed Dutchman Frans Thijssen whose previous managerial positions include roles at Vitesse, Malmo, Fortuna Sittard and several stints in th…

West Ham have completed the signing of right-back Ryan Fredericks on a free transfer from newly promoted Fulham.

Fredericks starred as Fulham won the Championship play-offs at the end of the 2017-18 season, but the club failed to agree a new deal with the defender, allowing him to move across London and become Manuel Pellegrini s first signing as Hammers boss.

The 25-year-old has signed a four-year contract with the Premier League side and will officially join his new employers on July 1.

He told West Ham s official website: It s amazing for this deal to finally happen.

I know we ve been speaking about it for a while and trying to get things in place and finally, we ve got it over the line. I m just buzzing to be here.

New challenge. New le…

Gareth Bale is likely to remain at Real Madrid for the 2019-20 season, according to his agent.

The Wales international was reportedly on the brink of signing a lucrative deal with Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning after falling out of favour under Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane.

That deal fell through on Sunday, though, with Madrid s board reported to be unhappy at the lack of transfer fee involved in the deal, while other outlets claimed Bale pulled out over family concerns regarding the move to China. 

Bale was in pre-season training with Madrid on Monday, but worked away from the rest of the squad.

Speaking to Omnisport on Monday, Bale s agent Jonathan Barnett indicated the 30-year-old could remain with the LaLiga giants as there are no other o…