Arsenal have reached an agreement in principle with Gonzalo Higuain over personal terms on a four year contract, .
The Argentina forward has indicated that he is happy with the Gunners offer of £130,000 a week, and the club are confident of the deal being completed, ideally in time for the 25 year old to take part in the commercial tour of Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan which begins on July 11th.
Higuain has been strongly linked with a move to the Emirates ever since he declared the he was leaving Real Madrid, though Juventus are also interested in securing the players services.
The former River Plate man has seen his chances limited at the Bernabeu in recent times, but still managed sixteen league goals ast season.
Should the deal go through, Higuai…
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has warned Wayne Rooney that leaving the club would be a mistake.
Rooney, who has submitted two transfer requests in the last three years, appears keen to depart Old Trafford after falling below Robin van Persie in the pecking order last season.
The 27-year-old has subsequently been linked with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain.
But Rooney remains a United player and the club s new manager, David Moyes, has said he will not sell the want-away striker.
And Ferdinand – who has been at Old Trafford since 2002 – has advised Rooney to stay, citing Cristiano Ronaldo as a cautionary tale.
Ronaldo left for Real Madrid in 2009 but has won just one La Liga title and a Copa del Rey medal in that time, wh…
Adrien Silva scored an extra-time winner as Portugal came from behind to beat Mexico 2-1 in the Confederations Cup third-place play-off in Moscow on Sunday.
The midfielder converted a penalty after Pepe had snatched an equaliser in stoppage time to cancel out an own goal from Luis Neto.
Andre Silva had missed from the spot in the first half before Mexico claimed their fortuitous breakthrough and Juan Carlos Osorio s side looked set to end their campaign in Russia in winning fashion before their late collapse.
Fernando Santos men came into the match off the back of a shoot-out defeat to Chile in the semi-finals, in which all three of their spot-kick takers saw their efforts saved by Claudio Bravo, and there was to be a similar penalty problems at Spartak Stadium…
Andre Pinto believes Braga have a chance of surprising Shakhtar Donetsk in their Europa League quarter-final.
The Portuguese side saw off Fenerbahce in the round of 16 to book their place in the last eight, having previously beaten Sion in the first knockout round.
They head into Thursday s first leg as the underdogs, but Pinto is hopeful they can get a good result at home and then seal qualification in the second leg.
It s not every year that the club can make it to the quarter-finals, so for us as a squad, it s a great thrill, he told UEFA s official website.
The key is our unity. We re a united group and that has been demonstrated by everything we ve achieved.
We know Shakhtar are an excellent team. They are aggressive going forward but the…
Daniel Sturridge has never been the same player since Luis Suarez left Liverpool for Barcelona, according to former defender Jamie Carragher.
The England striker started Sunday s 1-1 Premier League draw with Newcastle United but produced a disappointing performance as Jurgen Klopp s side failed to win for the sixth time in their last seven matches in all competitions.
Sturridge has only scored once this season and managed just three league goals in 2016-17, with injury problems having curtailed his impact in the last three seasons.
The 28-year-old scored 22 times in 29 league games in 2013-14 alongside Raheem Sterling and Suarez in a ruthless Liverpool attack, but he has never regained that level of consistency.
And Carragher believes Sturridge has regres…
Rafael Marquez is hoping Mexico can take advantage of the great opportunity ahead of them as they step up preparations for the Copa America Centenario with a friendly versus Paraguay.
Mexico are unbeaten in their last 17 games and will look to build momentum after receiving an invitation to the Copa America for the 10th successive time.
They have reached the final twice in 1993 and 2001 and will be expected to progress from the group stage at the 100th anniversary tournament having been drawn alongside Uruguay, Venezuela and Jamaica in Group C.
And, ahead of Saturday s warm-up with 2011 runners-up Paraguay at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, captain Marquez believes Juan Carlos Osorio s side have their best possible chance of winning the competition for the firs…
Joachim Low believes there must be big changes in Germany after the nation s shock group-stage exit at the World Cup.
The defending champions stunningly finished bottom of Group F after suffering a 2-0 loss to South Korea on Wednesday.
Head coach Low, whose future remains unclear despite signing a new deal until 2022 before the World Cup, said action was needed after Germany s first opening-round exit at the tournament since 1938.
We ve had this situation – when the team was knocked out of the European Championship in 2004 after the group stage, he said.
After that, there were a lot of changes. Over 14 years we got better and better, we were the most consistent team in the world for the last 10 years and we were world champions.
But now, wi…
New Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes insists he has not lost touch with football during four years away from coaching.
The 72-year-old has been appointed as head coach until the end of the season following the sacking of Carlo Ancelotti last Thursday.
Heynckes has been away from the dugout since leaving Bayern at the end of the 2012-13 season, during which he steered the club to their first treble of Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League wins.
But the former Real Madrid boss says he has kept up with developments in the European game and is fully prepared for what lies ahead between now and next May.
I ve watched the most recent developments, be they in the top foreign leagues with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus or the Premier League. I ve also bee…
Thibaut Courtois has won the Golden Glove award for the best goalkeeper at the 2018 World Cup.
Belgium goalkeeper Courtois was influential in his side s run to the semi-finals as his country achieved their best finish in the tournament, coming third.
The Chelsea man kept clean sheets against Panama and England twice, while also impressing in a win over Brazil, to edge out finalists Hugo Lloris and Danijel Subasic.
After it was confirmed he had won the award following the final, Courtois posted on Twitter: One of the biggest individual honors you can get as a goalkeeper! So proud of this!
One of the biggest individual honors you can get as a goalkeeper! So proud of this! #1
— Thibaut Courtois (@thibautcourtois)
The prize is given to …
Sevilla have confirmed the imminent arrival of Wissam Ben Yedder from Toulouse for a fee believed to be in the region of €9 million.
The Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan side have already strengthened their attack with Luciano Vietto from Atletico Madrid, with Kevin Gameiro moving in the opposite direction, and they are now set to add Ben Yedder to their ranks.
The 25-year-old will sign a five-year contract with Sevilla upon completion of his medical.
Ben Yedder, nuevo delantero del a falta de pasar las pruebas médicas
— Sevilla Fútbol Club (@SevillaFC)
Ben Yedder joined Toulouse from Alfortville in 2010 and has since developed into an important first-team member at the Ligue 1 side.
He scored 17 goals in 35 Ligue 1 appearances l…