Newcastle United are interested in signing Nathaniel Phillips from Liverpool in the January transfer window, according to . It has been reported that Newcastle are looking for a new central defender, and that Phillips is on their radar.
Phillips got his chance at Liverpool last season due to injury problems. Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip all had injury problems. Phillips made 15 starts and two substitute appearances in the Premier League last season, scoring one goal and providing one assist in the process.
The 24-year-old made three appearances in the Champions League for Liverpool last season. Phillips has played one minute in the Champions League and 45 minutes in the Carabao Cup for Jurgen Klopp’s side so far this campaign. Newcastle are at the foot of…
Chelsea will be without Enzo Fernandez for their final six games of the season due to a groin issue.
Fernandez was forced off with an injury during Chelsea s 5-0 defeat at Arsenal on Tuesday.
And it has now been confirmed the 23-year-old World Cup winner has undergone surgery, and will subsequently miss the final month of Chelsea s campaign.
Fernandez has made 28 Premier League appearances this season, scoring three goals. Chelsea did not put a timeframe on his return, though Argentina will be hoping the former Benfica star is fit to feature in the Copa America, which begins in late June.
The Blues sit ninth in the table, though they do have games in hand on all of their rivals for European qualification.
Mauricio Pochettino s team take on Champio…
Belgium international midfielder Marouane Fellaini that this could be his final season in the Merseyside, with Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid reportedly keen on the Belgian.
The 24-year-old kicked off the new season with a 5-star, man-of-the-match performance against Premier League giants Manchester United at Goodison Park on 20 August 2012.
Five days later, Fellaini bagged another goal against Aston Villa, continuing his early season purple patch.
I have started my fifth season at Everton, Fellaini told Het Nieuwsblad.
This will be one of my last seasons. I have seen everything.
In January, or at the end of the season, I will look for another club or league.
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Eduardo da Silva has declared it feels like he has never been away after completing his return to Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Croatia striker spent four years at Shakhtar between 2010 and 2014, winning the Ukrainian Premier League in each season, as well as the domestic cup on three occasions.
He left for Flamengo in July last year but after just one season in Brazil, the former Dinamo Zagreb and Arsenal man has now completed his switch back to Shakhtar, agreeing terms on an 18-month deal.
Firstly, I am very happy to have finally returned, Eduardo told the club s official website. To be honest, the time has passed by so fast that it feels like I never left! I will give my all to Shakhtar.
At the beginning of last week, I received a phone call. Hones…
Hector Bellerin has admitted he had very little to offer defensively when he joined Arsenal from Barcelona in 2011 and has hailed assistant manager Steve Bould s role in his development.
The 20-year-old has become Arsenal s first-choice right back this season and he feels he would not be where he is now if it were not for Bould s guidance.
When I first came to Arsenal, I didn t know how to defend, Bellerin was quoted as saying by The Sun.
If there was a person who I had to identify as helping me a lot, that would have to be Bould. I was a winger but from the Under-18s up, I remember him just showing me the basics.
Even then, I remember him sometimes holding his head like, What is Hector doing? . He s been one of the key people in my career. He s one …
Watford and Crystal Palace edged closer towards Premier League survival after playing out a hard-fought 0-0 draw at Vicarage Road on Saturday.
The point moves Watford nine above 18th-placed Southampton, while Roy Hodgson s side now sit six points above the drop zone.
Victory for either would have all-but secured their position in the top flight for another season, which perhaps explains the tense, fraught nature of the match.
Javi Gracia s team dominated the first half and saw an early Stefano Okaka header bounce back off the crossbar, while Craig Cathcart also came close.
Palace belatedly sprung into life in the second period and twice hit the woodwork through Luka Milivojevic and James Tomkins, but were unable to find a winner that would have pulled th…
Brazil great Pele has been discharged from hospital but his treatment for a colon tumour is set to continue.
The three-time World Cup winner required an operation to remove the tumour in September and subsequently started chemotherapy as part of the rehabilitation process.
He was re-admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on December 8, his condition at the time described as stable .
The following day he moved to calm fears over his health as he wrote on Instagram that he was simply back in hospital for the last [chemotherapy] session of 2021 and that he was taking the chance to do a new battery of exams, so I m going to stay here for a few days .
Pele insisted fans had no need to worry and the Santos legend confirmed on Thursday that he ha…
Mathieu Flamini is set to depart Milan after refusing a new contract at the Serie A club.
The Frenchman joined the San Siro outfit on a free transfer from Arsenal in 2008 but was frustrated by the offer of a two-year extension.
Flamini will now consider his options ahead of his next move.
I m not going to accept the offer of only two years, Flamini told Corriere dello Sport.
At 29, after five season with the Rossoneri, and after the four important goals I scored last season, I deserved different treatment.
I am disappointed, and I m going on my own way.
My future? Anything is possible.
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Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso has suggested Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho are more alike than some may believe.
Guardiola and Mourinho enjoyed a heated rivalry between 2010 and 2013 during their spells as coaches of Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively.
Alonso has experienced great success under both men while playing for Madrid and Bayern Munich, and the World Cup-winner believes they share a number of qualities that make them exceptional figures in their field.
Speaking to GQ magazine, Alonso said: The two are natural leaders. They are charismatic people who know how to convince people. Everyone has their own personality but there are many other things in which they are alike. Both are very emotional, for example.
They re able to transmi…
Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti believes the Bundesliga giants new youth academy is a good answer to Paris Saint-Germain buying Neymar.
The German champions opened a €70million youth academy on Monday, leading to president Uli Hoeness saying it was the club s answer to current transfer madness and salary explosion .
Ancelotti agreed it was a good response by Bayern to PSG s world-record €222m move for Neymar.
It s true, the academy is a good answer, the Italian told Bild.
The target of the academy is to bring players from here into the first team, to form our own professionals.
Ancelotti, who led Bayern to the league title last season, hopes he can bring players through from the academy.
The 58-year-old pointed to his record at …