(GSM) Josep Guardiola s is yet to make a decision on his future. It s not sure if the succesful coach will stay with Barcelona next season.
Xavi has demonstrated his support for Guardiola. The playmaker hopes that Guardiola will stay at the Camp Nou.
I can t imagine a Barca without Guardiola, Xavi said at a press conference.
Pep is the best coach in the world and the best that this team could have.
He is a fundamental cog in this machine and I think his contract renewal is imminent but it depends on him, he added.
I believe (Guardiola) wants to continue and that he is content here, that he feels important within the club, Xavi said.
Barcelona chairman Joan Laporta has said Guardiola should decide by the beginning of April whether he…
Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce has made his first move in the winter transfer market by bringing in Turkish midfielder Yildiray Basturk. Basturk, 31, has signed a short term contract that will keep him at Ewood Park till the end of the 2009-10 season.
Herne born Basturk started off with Wattenscheid 09 and moved to Bochum in 1997. It was however at Bayer Leverkusen that he arrived on the world stage. He was part of the Leverkusen side that lost the 2002 Champions League final to Real Madrid. Turkey also finished third at the World Cup in the same year.
Basturk, who has earned nearly 50 caps for Turkey at international level, said that veteran midfielder Tugay helped him make the decision to move north to England. Tugay made nearly 300 appearances for Blackbur…
Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera has worn the same shinpads since he was eight years old, much to the amusement of his team-mates.
Herrera, 27, has made 15 Premier League appearances under Jose Mourinho this season, having joined United in mid-2014.
Arriving with him from Athletic Bilbao were his shinpads, Herrera revealing his team-mates laugh at him because of his superstition.
I have a good story with my shinpads. I have had the same shinpads since I was eight or nine years old, he told the club s website.
Everyone laughs in the dressing room because of them but I am superstitious with that.
I like to keep playing with them until they are completely battered.
Asked if he had any other superstitions, Herrera said: No, not t…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has hailed Adam Lallana in the wake of the attacking midfielder s fine form and believes leaving Southampton and stepping out of his comfort zone was crucial to the England international s development.
The 28-year-old joined Liverpool in 2014 after impressing for the Saints, but he initially struggled to replicate his form at Anfield.
However, he has been excellent for the Reds this season and Klopp is delighted with the steps Lallana has made in 2016-17.
With his quality, I can imagine everybody at Southampton thought he could be the player for the next 10 to 15 years to build a team around. That is how it is, said the German.
But actually I am really happy he decided differently and wanted to see something else and wa…
New Manchester United signing Antony has praised veteran Cristiano Ronaldo for his impact at the club, making him feel comfortable since his move from Amsterdam.
Antony joined United from Ajax in late August, amid a period where 37-year-old Ronaldo was seeking a way out of Old Trafford.
Instead, Ronaldo remained at United, and 22-year-old Brazil international Antony is relishing the opportunity to work with the Portuguese in attack.
I m feeling very happy, and I told this to him, because we always follow up and have this dialogue, Antony told ESPN Brasil.
He always makes me feel comfortable. It looks like I have known him for a long time, and I told him this.
He has a beautiful history and he is a huge reference for those who are younger than h…
Chelsea are in talks with RB Leipzig about the possibility of signing Josko Gvardiol, as well as Christopher Nkunku for whom an agreement appears to be close, according to .
The Nkunku situation sparked contrasting reports in the last couple of days, with some sources suggesting the forward had already done a medical with Chelsea, while others stated that the checkup in question was done for purely insurance reasons and had nothing to do with the Premier League club.
However, it appears that Chelsea are indeed keen to proceed with signing the 24-year-old, and all that remains to be seen is whether they ll be able to agree a fee lower than the reported €60 million buyout clause in his contract at Leipzig.
As for Gvardiol, Chelsea desperately need…
SoccerNews.com is very happy to be a sponsor of English non-league side Wilton Town. The team is managed by our feature writer Graham Fisher and is making good progress after being formed in the Summer of 2008.
Wilton is a small town in Wiltshire with a population of under 5000. It is just a couple of miles down the road from the larger city of Salisbury and only ten miles from the famous world heritage site of Stonehenge.
The town can trace it’s history back to at least the eighth century and is probably most well known now for being the home of the Wilton House stately home and of the Wilton carpet factory.
Although there are records of a Wilton FC dating back to 1902 it seems that a reasonably high standard of the game had not been played in the town for ma…
(GSM) Lyon have signaled their intent of acquiring the services of Bordeaux midfielder Yoann Gourcuff as Bernard Lacombe admitted his interest in bringing the playmaker to Stade Gerland.
The France international, who has entered into his first year of four year contract, made his mark in Ligue 1, following a loan spell for Bordeaux from Milan in 2008-09 campaign.
Gourcuff was named the French player of the year after guiding les Girondins to their sixth Ligue 1 title.
After signing for Bordeaux in 2009-10, the player endured a difficult season which was blighted by injuries.
And Lacombe, who is special advisor at Lyon, claims he has been reliably informed that the 23-year-old wants to join Les Gones.
However, Lyon are likely to face stiff competi…
Manchester United are set to demand £20m from AC Milan for midfielder Marouane Fellaini,.
The Belgium international has failed to produce the form he showed at previous club Everton since signing for the Red Devils in the summer of 2013, racking up seventy-three appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring nine goals.
Milan are keen on agreeing a deal for the Belgium international, but are thought to favour a loan deal.
Prior to his move to Old Trafford, Fellaini spent five years at Goodison Park while he has also played for Standard Liege in his native Belgium.
He has sixty-four caps for his country and was part of their squad for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil where he scored in a 2-1 win over Algeria.
Louis van Gaal’s side host …
Marc Bartra has called on Barcelona to prove their strength when they take on Bayer Leverkusen without the injured Lionel Messi.
Messi was withdrawn early in the first half of Saturday s 2-1 La Liga win over Las Palmas with what was later confirmed as a knee ligament tear which will sideline him for up to two months.
Despite the blow of losing their talisman, Bartra is determined that the European champions will prove their mettle when Leverkusen visit Camp Nou on Tuesday for the second game of the Champions League group stage after they drew their opener 1-1 at Roma.
It s bad news for us. Like it or not, Messi is our best player, the one who causes the most problems. I m very sad for him, he told Barca TV.
It s a major loss but now we have to become e…