Experienced Argentine striker Dario Cvitanich has completed his move from Nice to Liga MX side Pachuca.
The 30-year-old had been heavily linked with a return to Mexico in recent days and the Ligue 1 club confirmed his departure on Wednesday.
Formerly of Ajax and Boca Juniors, Cvitanich fired 19 league goals in his opening campaign in the French top flight and made a flying start to the last campaign.
That led to reported interest from Roma, although a move never materialised, with the forward scoring four goals in all competitions this term despite struggling with injury.
Nice thanked the striker for his efforts at the Allianz Riviera.
It s official. Dario Cvitanich leaves OGC Nice after two and a half seasons and 36 goals in the red and …
Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso has admitted that racism in football is a tricky issue for players to deal with.
And he has urged the footballing authorities to be as strict as possible in the measures aimed at eradicating it from the game.
Plans have been made by organisations such as Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) in order to ensure Euro 2012 does not become overshadowed by incidents of racist chanting in stadiums but concerns arose once more after the Netherlands team complained of abuse during a training session on Wednesday.
Alonso advised caution when approaching such sensitive issues but hoped to see decisive action from those tasked with eliminating the problem.
Of course, it s quite a tricky one and quite a sensitive matter, Alonso told …
Leeds United are interested in signing Ross Barkley from Premier League rivals Chelsea in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that the West Yorkshire club are making a late move for the former Everton attacking midfielder as a potential alternative to Udinese star Rodrigo De Paul.
Although Leeds have held extensive talks with Italian club Udinese over De Paul, the two clubs are unable to agree on a fee for the 26-year-old Argentina international, who can play as an attacking midfielder or as a winger. Former Everton star Barkley is claimed to have emerged as a potential transfer target for Marcelo Bielsa’s side on a loan deal.
Barkley has been on the books of Chelsea since 2018, but the England international attacking midfielder has not man…
Pep Guardiola has challenged Sergio Aguero and Manchester City to banish their Anfield hoodoo when they face Liverpool on Sunday.
Undefeated Premier League leaders City head to Merseyside with a handsome 15-point advantage over Manchester United at the summit but history – along with Liverpool s own impressive run of 17 games unbeaten in all competitions – suggests they are in for a rough ride on Merseyside.
City s last win at Anfield came courtesy of a Nicolas Anelka brace in May 2003, with four draws and 10 defeats since that result, including losses on each of their past four visits.
Aguero moved to 19 goals for the season thanks to his last-gasp EFL Cup winner against Bristol City in midweek and has netted six times in 11 Premier League matches versus Liv…
Bruno Fernandes has targeted more goals and assists than games for Manchester United in the Premier League this season.
The Portugal international has found the net 25 times and set up 14 more in 42 outings in all competitions since joining from Sporting CP for £47million (€55m) on January 30.
That includes nine goals and five assists in 12 appearances in the English top flight this term, with three of those goal involvements coming in Sunday s 6-2 win over Leeds United.
It was the seventh time Fernandes both scored and assisted in the same Premier League game since his debut in February at least two more occasions than any other player during that period.
Going further back, he has been directly involved in 29 goals across 27 appearances in the compet…
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Hoping to make it back-to-back Nations League victories on Tuesday night, Germany will welcome a struggling Switzerland to Koln.
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Starting with the hosts, while Germany might have struggled to find their best form since opening 2020, the former world champions would have been extremely relieved to pick up their first three points over the weekend. Opening up this year s Nations League campaign with back-to-back 1-1 draws against Spain and Switzerland last month, Joachim Löw s men also threw away the lead in dramatic fashion last week as they settled for a 3-3 draw against Turkey on home soil. However, managing to come past Ukraine on their travels on Saturday night, the Whites picked up a 2-1 win in Kyiv and Löw will undoubte…
Alessia Russo fired England through to their third World Cup semi-final with a second-half strike to complete a 2-1 comeback over Colombia at a sold-out Stadium Australia.
Leicy Santos gave Colombia the lead when she looped an effort over Mary Earps after 44 minutes, but saw her opener cancelled out after Lauren Hemp pounced on an error by Colombian keeper Catalina Perez six minutes into first half stoppage time.
Georgia Stanway set up Russo’s low finish to hand the Lionesses the lead after 63 minutes, and while Colombia pushed forward against the European champions an equaliser ultimately proved just out of reach.
MASSIVE WIN.
Your are through to the last four!
— Lionesses (@Lionesses)
England will next face tournament co-hosts Aus…
RB Leipzig are set to appoint Domenico Tedesco as their head coach, following the sacking of Jesse Marsch on Sunday, according to multiple sources.
Having finished runners-up to Bayern Munich last term, Leipzig have endured a highly disappointing 2021-22 campaign so far. At the moment, they sit 11th in the German top flight, and they ve failed, admittedly in a very difficult group, to qualify for the Champions League round of 16. The moment that caused the bubble to burst for Marsch was the 2-1 defeat away to Union Berlin last week, the team s third league loss in a row, though his position was shaky even before that.
Having coached at the youth setups at Stuttgart and Hoffenheim, Tedesco had his first job as a first-team manager at German second-tier side FC Erzgebirge…
Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff has rejected calls to stage a farewell friendly for the retired Michael Ballack.
The 36-year-old hung up his boots after a stellar career in which he picked up 98 caps for his country, scoring 42 goals, and helped the team to reach the final of both the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2008.
The midfielder s club career saw him turn out for Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Chelsea, winning four Bundesliga titles and a Premier League trophy, as well as numerous cups.
Ballack was offered two international matches in 2011 to take his tally to 100 caps, one of them was to be against Brazil, but at the time the midfielder vehemently refused the offer, after being ousted from the squad following the 2010 World Cup.
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Aston Villa were stunned by Olympiacos as they suffered a 4-2 home defeat in the Europa Conference League.
On what the Villa faithful hoped would be a famous night at Villa Park, they instead saw their team dispatched by their Greek opponents in the first leg of their semi-final encounter.
Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick for the visitors, who were 2-0 up inside 30 minutes on Thursday.
Ollie Watkins and Moussa Diaby struck either side of the interval to restore parity, but El Kaabi sealed his hat-trick from the penalty spot before Santiago Hezze added further gloss with a sensational finish. To add to Villa s misery, Douglas Luiz then missed a penalty late on.
Taking home the match ball
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