Ruben Amorim is keen to make midfield reinforcements both in January and in the summer, and 18-year-old Mouzakatis is seen as the perfect candidate to inject some fresh impetus into the Reds' midfield. However, the bad news for Amorim is that Los Blancos boss Xabi Alonso is also a big fan of the midfielder, and the Greek international is excited by the lure of playing in the Spanish capital.
According to Football Insider, they are prepared to sell the French defender for just 15,000,000 in January. Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City are reportedly keeping tabs on his situation and Liverpool have not been able to agree on a new deal with him. He will be a free agent at the end of the season and Liverpool cannot afford to lose a player of his quality for free.
Lionel Messi's legacy was long secured when he came to Inter Miami and joined Major League Soccer. He'd won a World Cup, won dozens of trophies, was generally considered the greatest player in the sport's history. He didn't need an MLS Cup. But he wanted one and got it. Messi and Inter Miami have completed their ascent, beating the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on Saturday in the MLS Cup final for the franchise's first championship.
Last seen signing off November with a rollercoaster 4-2 defeat at the hands of Sutton, Alun Armstrong's men are at the heart of a relegation scrap and have rightfully come under a huge amount of scrutiny. Watching their National League Cup adventure come to a thumping end last month as they fell to a 3-0 loss at home against Leeds' U21s, the former Darlington boss has seen his struggling squad lose all of their previous six consecutive appearances across all competitions.
If there's one silver lining from Liverpool's deeply disappointing 3-3 draw against Leeds United on Saturday, it's that Hugo Ekitike has firmly established himself as the striker who should feature in Arne Slot's Starting XI whenever he's fit. Following a first half marked by wasted chances and the Reds' ongoing lack of clinical edge, Ekitike scored twice in quick succession after halftime to give Liverpool a 2-0 lead that should have set them on course for three points. It would have been a result that would have lifted them to fifth place, a position supporters would've gladly taken given this season's horrid form.
According to Fichajes, his performances have attracted the attention of Manchester City and they are prepared to submit a 120 million offer in order to get the deal done. Pep Guardiola is an admirer of the Brazilian attacker but Chelsea will not want to lose him easily. He has a contract with them until 2033 and the Londoners are under no pressure to sell him.
He says one person even dropped to the ground in worship not long ago at a supermarket. Some guy walked up behind me with his two kids, got on his knees and started crying, he tells FourFourTwo. I thought, Get up mate, your kids will think I f**king hit you!' He was crying his eyes out. I get that a lot with fans.
This came after UEFA took an unusually long time to decide how long Diaz would be suspended for in the first place. The Colombian already sat out the game against Arsenal - a game Bayern ended up losing 3-1. The team's next Champions League game is on Tuesday, and if no response had come by then, Diaz will have to serve a minimum of two games banned.
Watch Brighton vs West Ham today as the Seagulls get an immediate chance to get back to winning ways at the Amex. FourFourTwo brings you all the details on live streams and TV channels, wherever you are in the world. It was a frustrating midweek for Brighton & Hove Albion, who went 2-0 up against Aston Villa but lost their unbeaten home record by conceding four goals at the Amex Stadium.
It hasn't been an easy ride for keeper Daniel Peretz ever since he was signed by Bayern Munich from Maccabi Tel Aviv in the summer of 2023. He has also been on loan at Hamburg SV this season, where he has struggled to get regular minutes behind keeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes, who is favored by manager Merlin Polzin. Essentially, the whole idea of Peretz's loan spell with HSV has collapsed on itself as the whole point was for him
Doggett, tall and lean and looking about 12 years old from the grandstand, with a beaky nose and a boyish haircut, lobs one past the nose of Stokes. He's getting decent bounce, discomfited Jacks before that with one that jumped and deflected for a single. Works away in the channel to end the over against Stokes, but English discipline holds. In truth, often in the last few years Stokes has been the least Bazball of his troupe.
Despite the below-freezing temperatures, soccer fans packed out Father Duffy Square and its iconic ruby-red steps for the U.S. Soccer Federation-hosted 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw watch party in Times Square on Friday. The host nation's soccer governing body and the NY/NJ Host Committee collaborated to create a jumbotron for spectators to watch the draw and a hard-court, four-a-side soccer pitch for the event, inviting local New York youth and community teams to compete in a tournament for silverware.
We have to face it, he said. We are fighting for survival. We cannot hide it. The results of other teams we cannot control. It is up to us. West Ham travel to Brighton on Sunday buoyed by their comeback point at Old Trafford, with such spirit helping them collect more Premier League points from losing positions than any side other than Aston Villa since Nuno's arrival.
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