Gerard Deulofeu has been surprised by his brilliant start to life at AC Milan but Barcelona will determine whether he stays there permanently, his agent says.
The winger joined Milan on loan from Everton until the end of the season in January and he scored his first goal for the club in last week s 2-1 win over Fiorentina, capping a fine start to his Serie A career.
Deulofeu, 22, has immediately settled with Vincenzo Montella s side, but it is Barca – who maintain an option to buy the player from Everton as part of his 2015 Camp Nou exit – who will determine his long-term future in Italy.
So far nobody from Barcelona has contacted us, but clearly his future does depend on what they want because they do have this option, Gines Carvajal, Deulofeu s representat…
Marco Asensio believes Spain have recovered the positive spirit of their pre-World Cup form following Tuesday s destruction of Croatia in Elche.
The Real Madrid star scored one and forced another four goals as the home side inflicted a 6-0 defeat on the World Cup finalists in their Nations League clash.
It was Croatia s heaviest ever defeat and the second time Spain have scored six times this year, having thrashed Argentina 6-1 back in March.
Their World Cup campaign ended in chaos and disappointment, as they lost to hosts Russia on penalties in the last 16 after coach Julen Lopetegui was sacked on the eve of the tournament for holding talks with Real Madrid without informing the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).
Asensio thinks they have recapture…
Erik ten Hag says Casemiro has exceeded expectations since arriving at Manchester United after his goal to beat Bournemouth took the team to within a point of Champions League qualification.
The 1-0 win puts United on the brink of a return to Europe’s top club competition next season, with Liverpool’s draw against Aston Villa meaning Ten Hag’s side need only a draw from their final two games.
Casemiro’s brilliantly improvised strike was the difference at the Vitality Stadium, the Brazilian finishing off Christian Eriksen’s cross with a wonderful overhead volley after nine minutes.
United were not at their best but did enough to contain Bournemouth, who went close to levelling late on through Kieffer Moore after David De Gea had denied them with a string…
Erik ten Hag will look to do something no Manchester United manager has since Alex Ferguson when he heads to Manchester City on Sunday for a derby he is hugely looking forward to.
Ten Hag has recovered from a rocky start at Old Trafford to lead United to four straight wins in the Premier League.
But in order to extend that run, he will have to end a miserable sequences of results for United managers in their first Manchester derbies.
United great Ferguson won his first such clash in March 1987, but each of his successors – David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick – have lost their league derby debuts.
Only Chelsea and Liverpool (both 18) have celebrated more Premier League wins against United than their neares…
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is eager to put past misdemeanours behind him and enjoy Liverpool s promising season.
The Uruguay international has been handed two bans since arriving in the Premier League in 2011 one for racially abusing Manchester United s Patrice Evra and another for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.
However, he has been in sparkling form for Brendan Rodgers side this season, scoring 24 league goals to put Liverpool in the hunt for the title.
Suarez, who was linked with a move away from Anfield in the close-season, is keen to focus on the current campaign, rather than dwell on mistakes of the past.
I want to enjoy the here and now, the 27-year-old told FourFourTwo. Every player should live in the present, to enjoy what they re doing. T…
Victor Anichebe is ready to return to the Nigeria national team if head coach Stephen Keshi wants him for the FIFA World Cup.
The West Brom striker put his international career on hold last year to help him manage his body and concentrate on performing at club level, and the 25-year-old now feels ready to make himself available.
Anichebe has 11 caps for Nigeria but has not featured since 2011, however reports have suggested that Keshi is keen to bring him back into the fold ahead of the finals in Brazil.
And Anichebe would willingly step up if asked to.
We will see what happens, Anichebe told BBC Sport. Right now I m playing well, feeling fit, strong and helping my team in the situation we are currently in.
If I continue to play well from now to the end of …
Italian daily newspaper Il Corriere dello Sport has suggested that Liverpool midfielder Emre Can could be leaving Anfield at the end of the season.
The Turkish footballer has been almost ever present under Jurgen Klopp, but he has received a lot of stick from the fans and media for his latest performances.
Many believe that Can does not deserve a place in the starting line-up and the player himself appears to be disappointed by the treatment at Merseyside.
With his contract due to expire in June 2018, it is believed that the 23-year-old is considering his options and he appears open to a summer exit.
According to Il Corriere dello Sport, Italian champions Juventus are ready to offer him an escape route from Anfield, while few other top clubs could join t…
Pep Guardiola admits that Manchester City are far away from being able to compete with teams contesting the Champions League quarter-finals, but not because of their inferior quality.
City were knocked out of Europe s elite competition in the round of 16 via the away-goals rule after they drew 6-6 over two legs against Monaco.
Manuel Pellegrini guided City to the semi-finals in 2015-16 – their best performance in the competition – but Guardiola said his players are still gathering the experience they need in order to conquer Europe.
When asked how his team compares to the last eight in the Champions League, which includes Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Barcelona, he said: We are far away. Not in terms of quality; in terms of how they played, that …
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Looking to extend on what has been a recent purple patch, Augsburg will welcome Wolfsburg to the WWK Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, marking their return from September s international break with another eye-catching display, Augsburg appear to be riding a real wave. Eventually picking up an action-packed 3-2 victory away at Schalke, the Bavaria-based outfit have also found a route into the top-half of the Bundesliga table. With it looking like the mood around the WWK Arena is at a red-hot high, the Reds will be smelling the chance to lay down another real marker on Saturday afternoon. In fact, on a run that is highlighted by a famous 1-0 win at home against defending champions Bayern Munich last m…
Leeds United are interested in signing Eberechi Eze from Queens Park Rangers in the summer transfer window, according to . Eze is one of the best young attacking midfielders in the Championship and is valued at £20 million by his club QPR.
The West Yorkshire outfit will play in the Premier League next season after winning automatic promotion from the Championship. This is the first time that Leeds will feature in the top flight of English football since 2004, and the club’s director of football Victor Orta has identified Eze as a player who would make Marcelo Bielsa’s side better.
West Ham United and Crystal Palace are also interested in the 22-year-old attacking midfielder, who scored 14 goals and provided eight assists in 46 Championship games for QPR during the …