Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde is not sure whether he will continue at the LaLiga champions next season.
It had been believed that Valverde s contract was due to expire at the end of the current campaign, though Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed in October that the 54-year-old s deal does not expire until 2020.
However, Valverde and Barca have the option to terminate the contract a year early.
Asked about his future by Barca TV, Valverde – who was appointed in 2017 – responded: I do not know what I will do next season.
In this football, who knows? We all know how things are. I never think long or long term.
For us, two months are a very long term. If you win a game, everyone is happy and if you lose, everyone is watching y…
A-League leaders Perth Glory scored twice in the closing stages to draw 2-2 at Melbourne City and stretched their unbeaten run to 12 matches.
Jamie Maclaren had put Glory in trouble, scoring twice in the first half, but the away side rallied late on to prevent defeat at AAMI Park.
Maclaren opened the scoring in the 26th minute, meeting Scott Jamieson s sublime cross with a header that found the net.
He doubled his tally from the penalty spot nine minutes later, converting after Shane Lowry had been penalised for handball.
But that did not prove to be enough, as substitute Joel Chianese nodded in Jason Davidson s delivery in the 84th minute to give Glory some hope.
And they rescued a point in stoppage time – Diego Castro firing in from 20 yards t…
AS Roma are interested in signing Dani Ceballos from Real Madrid in the January transfer window, according to . Roma head coach Jose Mourinho is keen on bringing the former Arsenal loanee to the Stadio Olimpico to enhance his side’s chances of finishing in the Serie A top four this season.
Although Ceballos is Roma’s number one midfield target when the transfer window opens in January, the player is not sure about a move to the Serie A outfit. Instead the 25-year-old wants to move back to his former club Real Betis, even if that be on loan, if he is to leave Madrid in the middle of the season.
Ceballos has had injury problems this season and has yet to make a competitive appearance for Madrid. The Spain international midfielder spent the last two seasons on loan at …
Antonio Conte says Italy must be wary of force of nature Romelu Lukaku but is backing Roberto Mancini to mastermind a Euro 2020 victory over Belgium.
The Azzurri reached the quarter-finals by extending their unbeaten run to a national record 31 matches with a tense 2-1 victory over Austria after extra time at Wembley.
Belgium dethroned holders Portugal to set up a showdown with Italy in Munich on Friday, Thorgan Hazard scoring the only goal.
Mancini s side have won 12 consecutive matches, while the Red Devils have gone 13 without defeat ahead of a blockbuster battle in Bavaria.
Conte believes Italy must find a way to keep Lukaku quiet, with the striker having fired Conte s Inter side to Serie A glory with 24 goals last season and struck three tim…
Olympics chief Lord Sebastian Coe predicts next year s event will provide the ideal stage for future football superstars.
Lord Coe, the head of London 2012, believes that next year’s competition will be an important stepping stone for the next generation of top footballers to follow in the footsteps of Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez.
While former England captain David Beckham is being tipped to lead the Great Britain team tilt at gold at London 2012 and Lille midfielder Joe Cole is keen to take part, young up-and-coming players from around the world will head to the United Kingdom, including Brazilian ace Neymar.
There may have been misgiving about the validity of football s place at the Olympics, but Lord Coe was adamant it will aid the development of rising s…
Adelaide United s Rini Coolen has been sacked as coach by the struggling club on Sunday, with Coolen replaced by former coach John Kosmina.
Adelaide are sitting in ninth on the table following an inconsistent start to the season that has seen them record just two wins, despite the club enjoying numerous home matches.
But last Friday night s 3-0 loss to last-placed Gold Coast was the final straw for Adelaide United management, with chairman Greg Griffin calling a hasty press conference early on Sunday afternoon to reveal the decision to replace Coolen with prodigal son Kosmina.
I ll be honest, it s pretty humbling the whole thing and probably emotional, Kosmina told FiveAA radio.
It s not often you get a second chance at things and I had my first chance…
Stoke City striker Peter Crouch looks set to be offered a new deal this week.
The giant striker is a free agent at the end of the season and has been linked with a host of rival Premier League clubs, including West Brom, where former Stoke boss Tony Pulis has recently taken charge.
But Stoke manager Mark Hughes is determined to keep hold of Crouch, who has scored 36 goals since moving to the Britannia Stadium in August 2011.
And Hughes expects fresh terms to be tabled imminently to the former England international.
We have been in talks for a long time and we need to put something in front of him, Hughes told the Stoke Sentinel. That makes sense to him and to us, and I would anticipate that happening some time this week.
There is an …
Barcelona s Lionel Messi said he and his team-mates understand the importance of getting three points against arch-rivals Real Madrid.
The Catalans currently trail Jose Mourinho s side by three points in the La Liga standings, having played one game more.
And Messi knows that with Real currently on a 14-game winning streak, Barca can ill afford to lose at the Bernabeu on Saturday.
It s going to be a fantastic match, Messi told Fifa.com. Obviously it s vital we get a good result because it’ll set us up for the rest of the season.
If we don t, then we re not going to have much time to relax because we ve got the trip to Japan (for the Club World Cup) coming up, which is very important for us too.
Indeed, Messi insists that he and his team-mat…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has a vision, that Manchester United can win the Premier League title this season.
United have made a perfect start to the campaign, winning their opening two matches after seeing off Southampton 2-0 on Friday.
Ibrahimovic has made an instant impact, scoring three goals in two games on the back of his brace against Southampton at Old Trafford, as world-record signing Paul Pogba made his first Premier League start.
But the evergreen 34-year-old striker insists United led by Jose Mourinho will only get better in their quest for a first league trophy since 2013.
I believe that we can win the title, I have this vision, said Ibrahimovic. But we need to work hard for it and we will do everything to bother all the other teams that want to win…
Alex Ferguson believes Juventus have all the qualities required to challenge Barcelona and Real Madrid s Champions League domination.
Between them the LaLiga rivals have won Europe s elite club competition four times in the last six years, and the sides are favourites to challenge for the title again this season.
Atletico Madrid pushed their city rivals close in 2013-14 and last season but were unable to stop them moving onto 11 European crowns, while Juve were beaten in the 2014-15 final by Barca.
Bayern Munich and Chelsea are the only other teams to have won the Champions League in the last six seasons, and Ferguson expects the former to push for a sixth title under Carlo Ancelotti.
But it is Juve who the former Manchester United manager sees as the m…