Cole: West Ham want to keep Carroll

Newcastle are hoping to push through a club record-breaking deal for AC Milan midfielder Sandro Tonali within days, the PA news agency understands.

Sporting director Dan Ashworth has been pictured in the Italian city after he flew out to try to negotiate the terms of a move which it is understood would exceed the club’s £60million swoop for Sweden striker Alexander Isak last summer.

Reports from Italy have suggested the 23-year-old, who is expected to captain his country in their opening Group D fixture against France at the European Under-21s Championships on Thursday evening, has agreed to the switch.

A successful conclusion to the talks would take Newcastle’s transfer spending under their new owners past the £300million mark.

Head coach Eddie How…

Pep Guardiola recorded his 100th game in charge of Manchester City, the Catalan enjoying the best points per game ratio in Premier League history.

A 3-0 demolition of Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday saw City move 16 points clear at the top of the table, five days after routing the Gunners by the same scoreline in the EFL Cup final at Wembley.

Guardiola s 100th game could hardly have gone smoother, Leroy Sane involved in sublime team goals scored by Bernardo Silva and David Silva before scoring the third himself before the break.

Arsenal had never conceded three first-half goals at home in a Premier League game before, with Petr Cech ensuring the damage was not even worse with two smart stops from Sergio Aguero, denying the striker his 200th City goal.…

Wasteful Paris Saint-Germain missed the chance to go top of Ligue 1 as they were held to a goalless draw by Lille on Sunday.

Moise Kean wasted several opportunities in a stalemate at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, where the champions ought to have consigned Lille to a first home defeat of the season in the top flight.

Kylian Mbappe was introduced just 13 minutes from time after being named as a substitute on his 22nd birthday and the striker did not have enough time to grab the winner.

The draw instead moved Lille back above Lyon at the summit on goal difference, with PSG only a point off the pace.

At the end of the match in Lille, it finishes without a goal. (0-0)

— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English)

Thilo Kehrer headed just wide and Rafin…

Saturday’s Manchester derby between City and United was always going to be full of drama. However, I doubt many expected City to go two goals up, only for United to come back and win 3-2.

The Red Devils win means that City will have to wait another week at least to win the title. A key player in United’s comeback was club-record signing Paul Pogba, who in the space of ten second-half minutes changed the game with a brace. Chris Smalling completed the comeback with a 69th-minute winner. City are still 13 points clear at the top of the table and .

A Jekyll and Hyde display

Pogba’s display was a Jekyll and Hyde one. In the first half, he was almost non-existent. Summarisers to for the game for Sky Sports Craig Bellamy and Graeme Souness both agreed that Pogba could …

Parma F.C. striker Ishak Belfodil has talked up a potential move to Internazionale amid ongoing speculation linking the former France Under-20 international with a summer exit from the Stadio Ennio Tardini, .

Belfodil, 21, is reportedly attracting interest from a number of European clubs, including the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool, after tallying eight goals and four assists in 33 Serie A appearances for the Gialloblù last season.

Earlier this week, F.C. Internazionale Milano president Massimo Moratti confirmed the club are in talks with Parma regarding a swap deal for Belfodil involving Antonio Cassano and Matias Silvestre.

I think there are still negotiations going on, so we’ll see if this matter is finalised. It’s clear that if we do sig…

Olympique de Marseille winger Andre Ayew has dubbed West Ham United an excellent team amid speculation linking him with a move to the newly promoted club, .

Ayew, 22, is believed to be on Sam Allardyce s transfer wish-list heading into January.

The Ghana international has already proved that he can play on the biggest stage, having represented his country at the 2010 World Cup and his club in the UEFA Champions League, seemingly year after year.

Both Andre and his younger brother Jordan have been linked with moves away from the Stade Velodrome over the past few seasons.

Regarding the most recent speculation linking him with West Ham, Ayew [Andre] revealed: We are very interested in playing abroad one day in our career.

There is no of…

Having taken a two-goal lead against Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, Arsenal appeared on their way to book another three vital points as they strive to stay above Manchester City in the Premier League title race.

However, their advantage was halved before the break, and their team forced to defend for their lives in the second half, before they eventually succumbed and conceded a late equalizer.

“When you concede at the end, always drop two points.”

Mikel Arteta admits that despite it feeling like two points dropped, he hints at it being a point gained considering how Liverpool played in the second half.

— Football Daily (@footballdaily)

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Manchester United winger Park Ji-Sung headed to England on Sunday saying he hoped to recover from knee trouble and to avoid any more injuries ahead of the upcoming Premier League season.

The 27-year-old South Korean had to miss last month s World Cup qualifiers against Turkmenistan and North Korea because of discomfort in his knee and was left out of the team list for the Beijing Olympics.

I had a good rest, Park was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency before leaving Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul.

Many chances will come along during the coming year. What s important is how I grab those chances, he said.

It s most important that I show all I can on the pitch.

Until injury hit, Park since May had helped bring South Korea to …

Jordan Pickford s mistake cost Sunderland two points as he let a Jay Rodriguez shot through his fingers to allow Southampton to come from behind to draw 1-1 at St Mary s on Saturday.

Jermain Defoe had given Sunderland the lead from the penalty spot with 10 minutes left after being fouled by Jose Fonte, but the visitors were in front for just five minutes before substitute Rodriguez this week linked with a loan move away struck his first Premier League goal since March 2014. 

Pickford had made several saves to keep his side in the game and there appeared to be little danger when Rodriguez let fly, only for the shot to somehow slip through the young goalkeeper s hands.

Matt Targett almost hit a dramatic winner for Southampton, but his free-kick went just wide o…

Gareth Bale can make a difference in key moments as Jose Mourinho is the right coach to get the best out of him, according to former Tottenham midfielder Gus Poyet.  

Spurs moved to bring Bale back to north London on loan from Real Madrid for the 2020-21 campaign back in September.  

The move was welcomed by supporters, who had hopes Bale could replicate the form that made him a fan favourite and twice led to the Wales international being named PFA Players Player of the Year.  

However, issues with injury and form have seen Bale start just once in the Premier League so far, while he has managed just one top-flight goal.  

Across all competitions, Bale has 13 appearances, four goals, no assists, has created nine chances (two of wh…