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PSG star Neymar would reportedly prefer to join Manchester City instead of Manchester United. Manchester United and Manchester City have both been linked with a move for PSG forward Neymar. The Brazilian is supposedly unhappy at the Parc des Princes and may leave after just a solitary year in France. United reportedly want Neymar to be their big-name replacement for ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO wants Gareth Bale to be left out of Real Madrid’s starting XI for tomorrow’s Champions League clash against Juventus (7.45pm), it has been claimed. The Champions League is Real Madrid’s final hope of lifting any major silverware this season after a wretched La Liga campaign and early Copa del Rey exit. There are a number of question marks ...

Ghana attacker Kevin-Prince Boateng believes he possessed sufficient talent to play for Real Madrid, though he insisted that he’s satisfied with his career so far. Boateng, 31, has had a decent career thus far after lining up for some of the best teams in the world; AC Milan, Tottenham, Dortmund and Schalke 04. However, the Eintracht Frankfurt attacker believes he ...

JOSE MOURINHO insists he has not spoken to Didier Deschamps about out-of-form Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba. Mourinho was said to have contacted the France manager to discuss problems with Pogba. United’s one-time world’s most expensive player has endured a miserable few weeks at Old Trafford but did score for France during the international break. Yahoo! had claimed Mourinho and ...

Liverpool and Manchester United are set to meet in pre-season in the US, with the second biggest stadium in the world lined up as a potential venue. The game will be part of the annual International Champions Cup in July. While a venue has yet to be agreed, Michigan’s 107,000-capacity ‘Big House’ in Ann Arbor is a possible option for ...

ANTONIO CONTE has warned his Chelsea players that Sunday’s top four showdown against Tottenham is a must-win game – and demanded maximum points from all their last eight games. Chelsea go into the London derby at Stamford Bridge lying five points behind their fourth-placed rivals and, with only seven games to go in the Premier League season after the match, ...

A South African woman who hurled racist abuse at a black police officer in a clip that went viral has been sentenced to three years in prison with one year suspended. Vicki Momberg was found guilty in November on four counts of crimen injuria, or the willful injuring of someone’s dignity. It’s the first time a South African has received ...

AC Milan have confirmed that coach Gennaro Gattuso will be rewarded with a new contract this Easter. Gattuso, the club’s former youth team coach, took over the seven-time European champions from Vincenzo Montella last November and has rekindled the club’s season as they sit within the Europa League spots and with hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. “When we ...

Russia has expelled 60 US diplomats and closed the country’s St Petersburg consulate in a tit-for-tat response to US action over a spy poisoning case in the UK. The moves were announced by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. It comes amid a row over the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in southern England. ...

A former estate agent in South Africa has been jailed for racist abuse in what has been called a landmark ruling. A court jailed Vicky Momberg for three years, with one year suspended, for using a derogatory word against a black police officer 48 times. Her lawyer said she was not in a normal state at the time, as she ...