Wesley Fofana was left out of the Leicester City squad for Saturday s game against Southampton amid ongoing transfer interest from Chelsea.
The Blues have reportedly seen several advances for the Frenchman rebuffed, with Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers insistent the club do not want to sell the defender.
Speaking in Friday s press conference, Rodgers reiterated the club s stance has not changed and Fofana is not for sale.
The idea is that he is very much a Leicester player. He s not for sale. Unless anything changes, I would expect him to be here, Rodgers said.
The 21-year-old Fofana is reportedly keen to secure a move to Stamford Bridge though. With that distraction a factor, he was not included for the visit of Saints on Saturday.
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Speaking to the press ahead of his team s trip to Burnley on Sunday, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that the club are in talks with James Milner over extending the experienced midfielder s contract.
Year after year, many expect Milner to start slowing down, but the 36-year-old remains among the fittest players in the league. Having joined Liverpool in the summer of 2015 from Manchester City as a free agent, he s made a total of 273 appearances for the Merseysiders in all competitions so far, scoring 26 goals and producing 44 assists. His contribution to everything Klopp s team have achieved in the last couple of years can hardly be exaggerated, especially in 2016-17 when he admirably filled the role of left-back for the whole season.
Even though his contra…
Vincent Kompany insisted Burnley were not getting the rewards their performances deserve after they slumped to a top-flight record sixth straight home defeat to start the season, losing 2-0 to Crystal Palace at Turf Moor.
A mistake from Jordan Beyer allowed Jeffrey Schlupp to put Palace in front in the 22nd minute and, despite dominating the ball and having 16 shots to Palace’s four, Burnley could not find an equaliser before Tyrick Mitchell doubled the visitors’ lead in stoppage time.
Defeat means Burnley are off the bottom of the table on goal difference alone, having already played a third of their home fixtures without reward.
When they suffered relegation in 2021-22, Burnley lost eight home games all season, but could conceivably reach that number before…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp described Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti is a role model and one of the best people you can ever meet .
Los Blancos and Liverpool meet at the Stade de France in the Champions League final on Saturday in a rematch of the 2018 showpiece match, as both look to add to their storied European history.
Klopp and Ancelotti, who is the only coach in history to have won all of Europe s big five leagues, are going up against each other for the 11th time as managers, having first met in 2014 when Borussia Dortmund took on Madrid.
The head-to-head record is tilted in favour of the Italian, with four wins against Klopp s three, with a further three draws, including two during Ancelotti s time on Merseyside with Everton.
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According to , Tottenham Hotspur could make an offer for Milan Skriniar on Monday. It has been reported by the Italian publication that talks between Inter and Tottenham over the transfer of the central defender have been going on for a while, and now the North London club are planning to an official bid.
Italian giants Inter are looking for €50-60 million (£45.63-£54.76 million) as transfer fee for the 25-year-old centre-back. Spurs have already reached an agreement with the Slovakia international, which means that the Premier League now need to meet Inter s valuation of the player.
According to , Skriniar made 30 starts and two substitute appearances in Serie A for Inter last season. The defender layed six minutes in the Europa League and played six times in the C…
The Netherlands took control of World Cup qualifying Group G with a 1-0 victory over Latvia on Friday.
Davy Klaassen scored the only goal of the game in the first half as Oranje edged an uninspiring contest in Riga.
After scoring 10 goals in their previous two matches against Montenegro and Turkey, Louis van Gaal s men were far more laboured against a side whose only World Cup qualifying wins since the end of 2013 have come against Andorra and Gibraltar.
3 points in the bag!
— OnsOranje (@OnsOranje)
Klaassen s opening goal was a well-taken volley on the turn from Memphis Depay s corner, as the Netherlands started in positive fashion.
Yet Klaassen was required to make a double block against Andrejs Ciganiks and Roberts Uldrikis at th…
Domenico Berardi inflicted the final blow as Milan slipped up 3-1 against Sassuolo at San Siro, suffering back-to-back Serie A defeats for the first time since April.
Alessio Romagnoli s powerful header had been Milan s reward for a strong start, but Gianluca Scamacca s excellent long-range strike and an own goal from the unlucky Simon Kjaer helped mid-table Sassuolo reach the interval with a lead.
Berardi finished off Milan with a fine goal in the 66th minute, the Italy forward showing his class to outwit Romagnoli before beating Mike Maignan.
A red card for captain Romagnoli for hauling down Gregoire Defrel with effectively a rugby tackle compounded a bad day for Milan, who began the day level on points with leaders Napoli.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was he…
Atletico Madrid restored their seven-point advantage at the top of LaLiga with a seventh straight victory as Joao Felix led their latest fightback in the 3-1 success against Valencia.
Diego Simeone s side had overturned an early deficit to beat Eibar three days earlier and were at it again at the Wanda Metropolitano, this time inspired by Joao Felix.
After a superb long-range Uros Racic opener stunned Atleti, their record signing scored his first LaLiga goal since November 7 to level matters and later laid on the second for Luis Suarez, Thursday s two-goal hero.
Substitute Angel Correa on for Joao Felix made sure of another win, which represented a vital response to Real Madrid s own triumph on Saturday, maintaining a healthy gap while the Rojiblancos still have …
Xabi Alonso is relishing his very special first taste of managing in the Champions League as Bayer Leverkusen aim to ignite their European campaign with victory over Porto.
The 40-year-old replaced Gerardo Seoane as Leverkusen head coach last week and made a winning start to his tenure against Schalke in the Bundesliga at the weekend.
Focus now turns to Wednesday s visit of Porto in UEFA s flagship competition, which Alonso won as a player with Liverpool in 2005 and Real Madrid nine years later.
Leverkusen are third in Group B at the midway stage after last week s 2-0 loss to Porto, who they are level on points with, while Club Brugge lead the way with a perfect record.
Asked about managing in the competition for the first time, Alonso said at Tuesday s p…
Juventus are interested in signing Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino in the summer transfer window as a free agent, according to . The report has claimed that Juventus want to sign another attacker given that they are struggling in that department and are keen on the Brazilian.
Firmino has been on the books of Liverpool since 2015 and has established himself as an important player in manager Jurgen Klopp’s team. The 31-year-old forward has won the Premier League, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup once each other the Merseyside club so far in his career.
The Brazilian star has made five starts and two substitute appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool so far this season, scoring six goals and prov…