If Erling Haaland leaves Borussia Dortmund this summer to join a Premier League club, it won t come as a complete surprise to anyone at the Bundesliga club, Dortmund director of football Michael Zorc told Sky in Germany.
Having arrived to the Signal Iduna Park from RB Salzburg back in January 2020 for a reported fee of €20 million, the Norwegian quickly became a sensation, scoring 82 goals along with contributing 23 assists in 86 matches in all competitions for the club. His contract at Dortmund has two years left to run, but it apparently contains a release clause set at €75m undoubtedly a bargain price. However, his services also come with huge wages and agent fees, and many top clubs are believed to have been put off by the expensiveness of the entire package.
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Inter expect Lautaro Martinez to stay at San Siro after he turned down lucrative offers from rival clubs, according to club CEO Beppe Marotta.
The Nerazzurri began their Serie A title defence on Saturday with a 4-0 win over Genoa, but there were significant changes to the side that won the Scudetto last season.
New signings Hakan Calhanoglu and Edin Dzeko were among the scorers, with Simone Inzaghi in the dugout for the first time.
Antonio Conte, Romelu Lukaku and Achraf Hakimi all left Inter, and Martinez was also linked with a move away, Tottenham considered potential suitors.
However, the Argentina international – absent against Genoa, having won the Copa America in the off-season – appears certain to remain at Inter.
Marotta, speaking bef…
Paul McShane is one of six players who will leave Hull City following the club s relegation from the Premier League.
The 29-year-old initially moved to the KC Stadium on loan in 2008 and went on to make 118 league appearances.
McShane is joined by Liam Rosenior, Yannick Sagbo, Maynor Figueroa, Steve Harper and Joe Dudgeon in departing the club following the expiry of their contracts.
Defender Alex Bruce and midfielder Stephen Quinn, meanwhile, have been offered new deals.
Regrettably, following relegation we have made the decision to release the majority of those players whose contracts have expired, manager Steve Bruce told the club s official website.
We would like to place on record our thanks for the service they have given to the clu…
Jurgen Klopp s assistant Pep Ljinders called for Liverpool to be patient with new signing Ibrahima Konate ahead of their EFL Cup tie with Norwich City.
The centre-back joined for a fee reported to be in the region of £36million (€42.5m) from RB Leipzig in the off-season and made his top-flight debut against Crystal Palace on Saturday, though he remains behind Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip in the pecking order.
However, Ljinders suggested Van Dijk was an exception to the rule as he used Andy Robertson as an example of how long it can take to settle into life at Anfield.
Robbo said to him [Konate] we all needed time to adjust to the style , Ljinders told Monday s news conference.
Virgil is probably one of the only ones to come and settle …
Jose Mourinho has highlighted the investment made in Manchester City and Liverpool s squads in a thinly veiled dig at Manchester United s transfer policy during his time in charge.
Although United splashed a reported £75million on Romelu Lukaku from Everton during his time in charge, Mourinho was left increasingly frustrated by what he perceived to be a lack of backing in the market by the Old Trafford board.
United have won seven games out of seven since Mourinho s sacking, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer presiding over a perfect record during his spell as interim replacement.
But Mourinho used an appearance as a television pundit on beIN SPORTS on Saturday to highlight the spending lavished on Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp s squads.
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Sven Botman acknowledged interest from Milan and Newcastle United as he confirmed his desire to leave Lille before the 2022-23 season.
Botman has established himself as one of the standout defenders in Ligue 1 over the past two seasons, winning the title with Lille in 2020-21.
His form has unsurprisingly prompted interest from elsewhere, with Milan and Newcastle both linked with moves since the January window.
A transfer to one of these clubs now appears highly likely, with Botman asked if he had played his last game for Lille.
I don t know, but I think so, the centre-back told AD. I intend to take a step.
Talks are under way now. I won t go into all of that, but it s going well. I do hope that the transfer for the new season is completed. Prefe…
Steve Bruce found the abuse he received at Newcastle United very, very tough to take and has hinted it could end up being his last job in management.
Newcastle confirmed on Wednesday that Bruce has left his role as head coach by mutual consent, a move that had been expected since the club s Saudi Arabian-backed takeover was completed.
Bruce was appointed in July 2019 and reached 1,000th matches as a manager in the 3-2 home defeat against Tottenham on Sunday.
He leaves with Newcastle sitting 19th in the Premier League, but did record finishes of 13th and 12th in his first two seasons after replacing fan favourite Rafael Benitez.
Bruce felt much of the criticism and insults he was subjected to crossed the line.
He told the Telegraph: When we get be…
Arsenal have won the race to sign Gabriel Magalhaes from Lille OSC, according to .
Having arrived to Lille from Brazilian club Avai in 2017, the 22-year-old defender spent some time on loan with Troyes and Dinamo Zagreb, but his fine performances for Lille in the cut-short 2019/20 season attracted the attention of a number of clubs across Europe. Everton, Napoli and Arsenal all showed very serious interest, while Manchester United and Manchester City monitored the situation. Everton were the first to drop out of the race, and the player s wish to test himself in the Premier League therefore had him leaning towards Arsenal until Napoli made him a last-gasp lucrative contract offer.
Nonetheless, talks with Arsenal on Saturday yielded a significant breakthrough, and Gabrie…
Giacomo Raspadori scored the only goal against the run of play as Napoli ground out a 1-0 Champions League win over Union Berlin.
Raspadori’s second-half strike gave his side a three-point cushion in second place in Group C ahead of Braga, who lost 2-1 to leaders Real Madrid.
Union gave a good account of themselves at a raucous Olympiastadion but remain pointless at the bottom of the group.
GOOOOAL!Jaaaack RASPADORI! La sblocca lui! | 0-1
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli)
Diogo Leite headed over from an early Union corner and while the early action on the pitch was otherwise flat, the bouncing home fans were creating quite an atmosphere.
Janik Haberer was denied an opener for the hosts after David Datro Fofana, on loan from Chelse…
When Liverpool triggered the Hungarian’s release clause to sign him from Leipzig in July there were eyebrows raised about the fee.
However, manager Jurgen Klopp and his scouting team had no doubts bringing in one of the most talented midfielders in the Bundesliga and youthful captain of his country bore little risk.
It may not be entirely accurate to say Szoboszlai has single-handedly revitalised Liverpool’s midfield in just a couple of months but with fellow new arrival, Argentinian World Cup winner Alexis MacAllister, hamstrung by having to play an unfamiliar defensive midfield role, there is little doubt who has made the biggest impact.
Growing up, the Hungarian idolised Cristiano Ronaldo – not for his talent but his mentality, and it is easy to see that…