Former-Arsenal great Patrick Vieira has retired after being released by Manchester City earlier this summer.
The 35 year-old former-midfielder had spent 18 months at City and helped the club to a FA Cup victory and Champions League berth last season.
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The former-French international told the clubs official website: It was something I was preparing for in my head and I think it was the right time.
It s a sad day and a sad moment but overall I ve enjoyed the years I ve spent in football. Football has brought me a lot.
I think it will be difficult to find a job that will give me as much satisfaction as football has given me but I just want to give back to society and give back to football what it has given to me. And what a fantastic club for …
Queens Park Rangers have completed the signing of goalkeeper Brian Murphy on a free transfer from Ipswich Town.
Murphy, 28, left Championship club Ipswich in May after rejecting a new contract.
Following a spell on trial with QPR, he agreed a two-year deal with the west London club.
Murphy will compete for a place alongside Paddy Kenny and Radek Cerny during QPR s first season in the English Premier League since 1996.
You need three senior keepers for the Premier League and we ve got that now, QPR manager Neil Warnock said.
He is a very capable understudy to Paddy; him and Radek will offer great competition for the coming season.
Murphy began his professional career with Manchester City in 2000, joining Swansea in 2003 and then League …
Borussia Monchengladbach attacking midfielder Thorgan feels his brother Eden remains one of the best players in the world and is keen to play alongside the Chelsea man and younger brother Kylian at some stage in the future.
Eden has been struggling to find his best form at Chelsea this campaign after an impressive 2014-15 season that saw him win the PFA Player of the Year award.
The former Lille playmaker has scored just two goals for Chelsea this season, but Thorgan who joined Chelsea along with Eden in 2012 but never played alongside his sibling in an official game believes his older brother still holds the edge over him.
I hope one day we can all play in the same team, Eden, [Ujpest midfielder] Kylian and I, that would be great. I don t know if it will b…
that Bournemouth are keen on signing Reading midfielder Oliver Norwood.
The twenty-five year old has been one of the stand-out performers for the Royals this season, racking up forty-eight appearances in all competitions so far, scoring three goals and making eight assists.
His form is likely to land him a staring role for Northern Ireland at this summer’s European Championships, where he will hope to add to his twenty-nine senior caps.
Norwood began his career at Manchester United but moved to Huddersfield Town in 2012 having not played a single game for the Red Devils, via loan spells with Carlisle United, Scunthorpe United and Coventry City.
He spent two seasons with Huddersfield before switching to the Madejski Stadium in 2014.
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Bayern Munich great Lothar Matthaus has blamed Carlo Ancelotti for Thomas Muller s ongoing malaise.
Germany forward Muller was named on the bench for the Bundesliga champions 2-0 win over Werder Bremen on Saturday, coming on in the 73rd minute after Robert Lewandowski netted the first of a second-half brace.
The 27-year-old told ARD after the match that his qualities seem not to be 100 per cent in demand under Ancelotti, who praised his cameo but explained a desire to control central areas while retaining the dual wing threat of Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery lay behind Muller s omission.
Matthaus feels a more rigid team structure under Ancelotti is hindering Muller, who only scored five Bundesliga goals last term having hit 32 in all competitions under Pep Guard…
Lyon have denied a French newspaper report that they have approached Laurent Blanc to replace under-pressure coach Bruno Genesio.
President Jean-Michel Aulas last week revealed that the club will not offer Genesio a contract extension before the end of the season, having been prepared to give him a two-year deal had the club reached the final of the Coupe de France.
However, Lyon were beaten 3-2 by Rennes at home in a thrilling semi-final, meaning Genesio did not meet the requirements for an extension, which were a place in the Stade de France showpiece and a top-three spot in Ligue 1.
Lyon are in third, six points clear of their nearest challengers and rivals Saint-Etienne in the race for Champions League football.
French newspaper L Equipe suggested t…
Youssoufa Moukoko chalked up a Bundesliga record as he became the youngest player in the competition s history to reach 10 career goals – and number 10 was something special.
At the age of 17 years and 350 days, Moukoko showed why he is so highly regarded as his dazzling double helped Borussia Dortmund win 3-0 against visitors Bochum on Saturday.
Moukoko hit the opener in the eighth minute, fending off a challenge outside the penalty area before crashing a 22-yard strike with his left foot that arrowed just beneath the crossbar.
That took him to double figures, and an 11th Bundesliga goal for Moukoko followed shortly before half-time when he caught goalkeeper Manuel Riemann well off his line and lobbed in from close to 35 yards.
Between those goals, Gio…
Thomas Tuchel offered no update on the condition of Neymar or Edinson Cavani ahead of Paris Saint-Germain s clash with Saint-Etienne but confirmed Thomas Meunier and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting would miss the game amid mounting injury problems.
Right-back Meunier missed PSG s 2-0 victory over Manchester United in the Champions League following a head injury he sustained against Bordeaux three days earlier, and Tuchel said Cameroon international Choupo-Moting has been taken ill.
With Cavani sidelined by a hip injury and Neymar recovering from a damaged metatarsal, Tuchel said he is keeping a close eye on Marco Verratti and Presnel Kimpembe, who have both been dogged by injuries in recent weeks.
Thomas Meunier will not be available tomorrow, nor Choupo-Moting because…
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Looking to extend on their Primera Nacional romp this weekend, a high-flying Ferro will welcome Atletico Rafaela to the Ricardo Etcheverry on Sunday night.
Starting with the hosts, continuing on what has been a major Primera Nacional purple patch this season, it is no secret that Ferro have a top-flight return at the top of their agenda in 2023. Last seen putting in another eye-catching performance as they clinched a lively 2-1 win away at CA Estudiantes, the Buenos Aires-based outfit find themselves sat in pole position to claim a play-off ticket this year. In fact, along with signing off June with a 1-0 victory at home against Brown Adrogue, Juan Sara’s men have collected 12 points from their previous five Primera Nacional app…
Chelsea want to sign Ousmane Dembele from Barcelona in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that new Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino personally admires Dembele and could ask his bosses at the Premier League club to make a bid for the forward.
Dembele has a release clause of €50 million in his contract at Barcelona. There are no indications yet that La Liga champions Barcelona want to sell the former Borussia Dortmund forward in the summer transfer window. Dembele himself is not pushing for a move away from Camp Nou.
The 26-year-old Frenchman made 16 starts and nine substitute appearances in La Liga for Barcelona last season. Dembele scored five goals and gave seven assists in those games. Barcelona won the La Liga title with ease la…