Tottenham will look to complete an illustrious double over Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson s side visit White Hart Lane on Sunday.
A win against the league leaders would be significant for a number of reasons; it would significantly bolster Spurs Champions League ambitions, dent United s seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League and further endear Andre Villas-Boas to the Tottenham fans.
It has been 23 years since England greats Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker were on target to complete Spurs most recent double over United and 11 since Tottenham have defeated the Red Devils at home.
Remarkable, given Harry Redknapp s hugely successful reign before Villas-Boas was charged with the indomitable task of succeeding him.
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Geoffrey Kondogbia s future at Inter remains up in the air after his agent refused to dismiss the possibility of a transfer amid links with Chelsea.
Kondogbia, 23, has struggled to cement himself in the Inter XI since joining from Monaco in 2015.
The French midfielder made just four Serie A starts under former coach Frank de Boer, who was sacked last week and replaced by Stefano Pioli, and Jonathan Maarek did not rule out a move.
It s not the right time to talk about the transfer market, Maarek told FCInterNews.
Wait, we ll update you later.
Kondogbia was an unused substitute during Inter s 3-0 win over Crotone last week, having not been part of the matchday squads for the three previous fixtures.
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Sheffield United are interested in signing Amad Diallo from Manchester United in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that United, who are playing in the Championship this season after getting relegated from the Premier League, want to secure the services of the 19-year-old Ivory Coast international winger on a season-long loan deal.
The Red Devils could allow Diallo to leave on loan this summer so that he can play regular first-team football . The winger joined United from Atalanta in January 2021. The teenager made two starts and one substitute appearance in the Premier League for United last season. Diallo scored one goal in four substitute appearances in the Europa League for the Red Devils.
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Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez will attempt to put sentiment to one side when he returns to Anfield to take on Liverpool.
Benitez was in charge at Liverpool from 2004 to 2010 and is loved on Merseyside after leading the club to an incredible 2005 UEFA Champions League triumph.
The Spaniard still lives in the area and spoke about the respect he has for the club, but added that he wants to win the fixture that could be crucial in Chelsea s hopes of finis
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I have a lot of respect, but I have to concentrate on my team, Benitez said.
I don t want any misunderstanding, so I will concentrate just on Chelsea and the game and try to enjoy it, especially if we can win.
I am a professional so I will try to do my best to achieve the targets …
Miroslav Klose has revealed he could move to the MLS after his contract with Lazio expires next year.
The 35-year-old Germany international striker joined the Serie A club from Bayern Munich in 2011 and has gone on to enjoy two fruitful seasons at the Stadio Olimpico, scoring 28 goals in 60 league appearances.
Injury has restricted his time on the pitch this term, though, and Klose who is his country’s joint record scorer with 68 goals is likely to leave Lazio at the end of the current campaign.
And the former Werder Bremen man has indicated he will choose between a move to the US or an emotional return to first club Kaiserslautern.
I have two offers from the States and I could return to Kaiserslautern where I started my career, Klose told Gazzetta dello Sport.…
Ajax held on for a goalless draw at Cypriot club APOEL in the first leg of their Champions League play-off on Tuesday after going down to 10 men.
Last season s Champions League semi-finalists named a strong starting XI that included several stars of their eye-catching 2018-19 campaign, such as David Neres, Hakim Ziyech and Donny van de Beek.
But they produced a lacklustre and ill-disciplined performance, earning seven yellow cards and one red for Noussair Mazraoui.
The Dutch side looked the better of the two teams in the first half, but their display was lacking the decisive touch in front of goal.
After the break, APOEL began to offer more of a threat themselves and went agonisingly close in the 58th minute, when Giorgos Merkis header hit the crossbar.
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Rafa Benitez is probably lucky that nobody really seems to be in charge at Anfield at the moment. With the two American owners seemingly being more interested in arguing with each other and trying to sell their shares than they are in the fortunes of the team, he might not come under the same sort of scrutiny from above that most managers do.
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Tuesday’s defeat at home to Lyon was their fourth in a row and equals their worst run of form for twenty-two years. Let’s not forget they have had some real stinkers in those twenty-two years as well.
Prior to Sunday’s crucial game against Manchester United Liverpool find themselves seven points behind the champions, in a lowly eighth place in the pr…
Joe Hart hailed the vibe at new club Burnley after joining Sean Dyche s side to conclude a 12-year spell at Manchester City.
Hart, capped 75 times by England, won two Premier League titles with City but fell out of favour following the 2016 appointment of Pep Guardiola.
The 31-year-old has signed an initial two-year contract at Turf Moor, where he will compete for the gloves with fellow England internationals Tom Heaton and Nick Pope.
With Pope sidelined after undergoing surgery on a dislocated shoulder and Heaton battling to recover from a calf injury, Hart could make his debut in Thursday s Europa League tie at Istanbul Basaksehir.
And Hart is keen to get started at Burnley after spending the past two years out on loan at Serie A and West Ham.
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Conor Gallagher says Chelsea set the standard they have to reach with their FA Cup win at Aston Villa.
The midfielder scored his first goal of the season in Wednesday’s 3-1 fourth-round replay win.
Nicolas Jackson’s header and Enzo Fernandez’s sensational free kick helped the visitors to victory, despite Moussa Diaby’s injury-time consolation.
Chelsea, 11th in the Premier League, came into the game in disarray after 4-1 and 4-2 defeats to Liverpool and Wolves respectively and Gallagher knows they cannot let things drop.
“There was a lot of hunger and that’s what we need every game,” he said, with Chelsea hosting Leeds in the fifth round. “I think before the game you could sense that because the last two games have not been good enough by o…
Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo broke his own record for the number of goals scored in a Champions League group stage by netting his 10th in the game with Malmo on Tuesday.
The Portugal captain started the evening on seven, but a hat-trick against the Swedes saw him surpass his total from the 2013-14 season in which he scored nine times a figure matched by then Shakhtar Donetsk forward Luiz Adriano last term.
The record-breaking goal came in the 50th minute as Ronaldo collected the ball inside the box and hit home on the turn with a low shot that squeezed under the right arm of Malmo goalkeeper Johan Wiland.
He promptly wasted little time in grabbing an 11th as Rafael Benitez s men ran riot.
Ronaldo s efforts at the Santiago Bernabeu also saw him…