Russian newspaper that Sevilla are wrapping up a deal to sign Spartak Moscow striker Ari.
The Brazilian has refused a new contract offer at the Russian club and is set to leave when his deal expires at the end of the month.
According to Izvestia, he has already agreed to join Sevilla despite interest from Turkey, Ukraine and France.
Los Rojiblancos are set to cash in on Alvaro Negredo and they believe the 27-year-old would be a good addition to the squad.
Sevilla boss Unai Emery worked with the player at Spartak Moscow and expressed desire to lure him to Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
Ari joined Spartak from AZ Alkmaar in February 2010 and has since clocked up 89 league appearances for the club, scoring 21 goals in the process.
Sevilla had earli…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has moved to play down speculation linking Sergio Aguero with a move away from the Etihad Stadium next summer, understands.
Aguero, who joined City from Atletico Madrid for a reported fee of around €45 million in 2011, has been on cracking form for both club and country this season.
The Argentina international, 25, has bagged 16 goals and six assists in 17 appearances across all competitions for City in 2013/14, while adding five goals in seven international caps.
Aguero is under contract at the Etihad until the summer of 2017, but fresh rumours are suggesting Spanish giants Real Madrid are planning a summer move for the in-form striker.
I don t know anything about that. I don t think Sergio wants…
David Luiz is desperate for Chelsea to make Maurizio Sarri s playing style an instant success in the Premier League.
The Blues have shown positive signs in pre-season but failed to convince in their first competitive outing under the Italian as Manchester City eased to a 2-0 win in the Community Shield.
The result gave Pep Guardiola his third trophy in charge of City, although even the ex-Barcelona boss endured a tough introduction to English football in a barren 2016-17 campaign.
Luiz, though, responded confidently when asked whether a similar period of transition would condemn Chelsea to another season removed from title contention.
I hope not! I hope we can understand it quickly and can fight for all the titles, the Brazil defender told reporters.<…
Few teams in the Serie A this summer have been as active as AS Roma have been in the transfer market. Roma were tired of playing a secondary role in the league behind Juventus, Napoli and even Inter Milan. Therefore, they wanted to change things during the current transfer window.
Sure, Roma have been all over the news during the past 48 hours for the fiasco related to Malcom. The Brazilian winger seemed set to join Roma, but Barcelona knocked on the door at the last minute and ended signing the Bordeaux star. However, that moment should not define Roma’s transfer window. In fact, the rest of their activity has been very good so far. Let’s take a look at what they have done thus far:
Notable departures
First, they decided to part ways with Radja Nainggolan. The for…
Chelsea stunned Aston Villa with a 3-1 win to march on in the FA Cup and ease the pressure on Mauricio Pochettino.
Enzo Fernandez’s sensational free-kick added to first-half goals from Conor Gallagher and Nicolas Jackson.
Moussa Diaby’s injury-time strike failed to ruin Chelsea’s night and the Blues now host Leeds in the fifth round.
Having been humbled 4-2 by Wolves and thumped 4-1 by Liverpool in their two previous games there was an expectation Chelsea would lurch further into crisis in their fourth-round replay at Villa Park.
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Instead, while fans sung for former owner Roman Abramovich, their side rolled back the years with a dominant performance akin to those during the Ru…
Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes signed a one-year contract extension with the Premier League club on Friday.
The 35-year-old has remained a key member of Alex Ferguson s squad this season even though he is now one of the oldest players at the Old Trafford club.
It had been suggested Scholes might retire at the end of this season if he played a reduced role, but Ferguson has used the former England international enough to persuade him to stay.
We are delighted Paul is staying on for another year, Ferguson said.
His form this year indicates his ability and his enjoyment of the game are as strong as ever, that s every reason to stay on.
There was talk about him wanting to retire, but when you see his enjoyment in training and playing yo…
Carlton Cole has announced that he has been released by Premier League side West Ham for a second time.
The striker originally left Upton Park at the end of the 2012-13 season, but was re-signed by manager Sam Allardyce in October 2013 to help alleviate a shortage of strikers.
Cole has featured sparingly for West Ham this term, though, and just eight of his 23 Premier League appearances came from the start.
Looking forward to my next adventure. I have spoken to West Ham United and it has been decide not to extend my contract, he wrote on Twitter.
I wish West Ham United all the best and I will look out for their progress in the future. Thanks for a great 9 years. it s been emotional.
Cole, who scored three league goals this season, almost join…
Alan Pardew has left his role as manager of Crystal Palace, the club have confirmed.
Pardew left Newcastle United to take over at Selhurst Park in January 2015 and led them to a 10th-place finish in the Premier League.
But his first full season in charge did not prove as successful in the league, Palace enduring a dreadful second half of the campaign as they finished just five points above the relegation zone.
The former Southampton and Charlton Athletic boss led Palace to the FA Cup final, only to see his side beaten 2-1 in extra time as Jesse Lingard scored the winner for Manchester United.
And Pardew has failed to turn around their fortunes in the first half of the 2016-17 season, with Palace just a point above the bottom three with 15 points from 17 g…
West Ham have confirmed midfielder Declan Rice is facing a spell on the sidelines with a knee injury.
Rice could reportedly be ruled out for around a month due to the lateral knee ligament damage he suffered in England s 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over Poland at Wembley last Wednesday.
The loss of the inspirational Rice is a big blow to the Hammers hopes of securing a Champions League spot, while England boss Gareth Southgate will be hoping he makes a full recovery in time for Euro 2020, which begins in June.
Rice said: I m of course disappointed to have picked up this injury but I m in good spirits, have started my rehab already and hope to be back on the pitch with the lads soon.
While I m not able to be out there, I ll be giving everything I can to…
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In what could be a lively contest on the South Coast this week, Portsmouth will welcome a free-scoring Oxford to Fratton Park on Friday evening.
Starting with the hosts, last seen back in March when playing out a 2-2 draw with Fleetwood at Fratton Park, the Blues will be looking to refined their touch when they make a return this week. Eventually having to settle for a play-off spot after collecting just 10 points out of a possible 21 over their last seven League One matchups, they hade managed to land just a sole clean sheet in any of their previous seven matchups across all competitions and had shipped a pair of strikes in their last three contests on the bounce. However, there is no doubt that Head Coach Kenny Jackett should…