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…
Jurgen Klopp has become only the second manager to win the European Cup, EFL Cup, the top-flight title and the FA Cup with the same English club, joining Alex Ferguson.
Klopp s Liverpool side triumphed on penalties over Chelsea for the second time this season on Saturday, as they won 6-5 in the shoot-out after a 0-0 draw to seal the club s first FA Cup success since 2006.
While Chelsea were left to reflect on a third straight FA Cup final defeat, after losses in 2020 and last year to Arsenal and Leicester City respectively, Liverpool s hunt for an unprecedented quadruple continues.
The victory means Klopp has now won the Champions League (2018-19), the Premier League (2019-20) and both of England s domestic cup competitions during his time at Liverpool.
Napoli insist Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is not on the market after his agent Mamuka Jugeli claimed he is looking to leave the club.
The Georgia international, who is preparing for his country s Euro 2024 opener against Turkiye on Tuesday, has been linked with a move to both Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona in the current transfer window.
Kvaratskhelia scored 11 times in the league in 2023-24, as the Partenopei finished 10th in what was a disappointing defence of their third Serie A crown.
We want to leave Napoli, but now we re all waiting for the Euro 2024, Jugeli told Sport Imedi last week. With [Antonio] Conte, Napoli have big plans.
I m sure they will qualify for the Champions League again next season and fight for the Scudetto. But that doesn t mean…
Manchester United full-back Noussair Mazraoui will be absent for several weeks after undergoing a minor heart procedure.
Mazraoui joined United from Bayern Munich in a deal worth an initial £12.8million (€15m) in August and has quickly established himself as the Red Devils first-choice right-back.
He has started all seven of their Premier League games this season, with Erik ten Hag s men taking just eight points to record their worst-ever start to a campaign in the competition.
On Monday, he withdrew from Morocco s squad for two Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Central African Republic, having experienced heart palpitations.
Widespread reports on Thursday then said Mazraoui had successfully undergone a corrective procedure and would return …