Luka Jovic has struggled since joining Real Madrid last year, but the Serbia star put his goalscoring woes behind him during the international window.
Jovic swapped Bundesliga outfit Eintracht Frankfurt for Madrid in a €60million transfer in 2019, however, he has only managed two goals in 32 appearances for the LaLiga champions.
Out of favour and out of touch in the Spanish capital, Jovic returned to form for Serbia in the latest international break.
After scoring in Serbia s stunning Euro 2020 play-off defeat to Scotland last week, Jovic netted a brace as the Balkan side routed Russia 5-0 in Nations League action on Wednesday.
2 Luka Jović scored two goals for Serbia in the game against Russia in the UEFA Nations League, as many as he did in 32 matc…
It looks like Bournemouth are not actually looking to strengthen the squad in goalkeeping positions. According to the Bournemouth Echo, the Cherries are not interested in Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope. Such claims, that Eddie Howe is looking to sign the English goalkeeper, are inaccurate, the report points out.
Bournemouth have been linked with Pope for some time, who has barely featured for Burnley this season. Pope first had injury issues, which made Joe Hart an automatic number one, due to Tom Heaton also being injured for a big chunk of the campaign, but since he got recuperated, Heaton has been the undisputed first choice.
That meant Pope was limited to sitting on the bench and Bournemouth were mentioned as the potential move for the 26-year old. It looks l…
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque is wrestling with the challenge of replacing two automatic starters as his team prepare for Euro 2012.
Reigning champions Spain will be without the Barcelona centre-back Carles Puyol and striker David Villa.
Both men featured in Spain s Euro 2008 and 2010 FIFA World Cup triumph, with Villa finishing as top scorer in the former competition and joint top scorer during the latter.
A knee injury will keep Puyol out of the tournament in Poland and Ukraine, while Villa has failed to recover in time from a broken leg suffered in December.
We have two key players missing, del Bosque said.
Carles Puyol is one of them. He is a leader, an extraordinary defender.
David Villa s role in the last tournament was pricel…
Paul Pogba will have to work for his place in the Manchester United first team, manager Jose Mourinho has claimed ahead of the midfielder s impending arrival.
France international Pogba is expected to complete a world record transfer from Juventus in the coming days after United confirmed he would undergo a medical.
And speaking after a 2-1 victory over Leicester City in the Community Shield, Mourinho declared his delight at having finally captured the 23-year-old, who departed Old Trafford on a free in 2012.
I think so, finally, Mourinho told BT Sport when asked if the Pogba deal was done.
It is amazing that such a good player is with us. Finally we have him and he is coming to a winning side.
He has to work hard to come to the team.
Eintracht Frankfurt have brought in Armin Veh as head coach for a second time, the 54-year-old signing a two-year deal.
He replaces Thomas Schaaf, who departed last month after the club agreed to his request to terminate his contract.
Veh was first appointed as coach back in 2011, winning promotion to the Bundesliga in his first season.
He left in 2014 and ended up joining Stuttgart, but resigned in November after a poor start to 2014-15.
On Sunday, Frankfurt confirmed the news that Veh would return to the club for a second spell in charge.
Eintracht Frankfurt was and is for me a special task, Veh said. I will try everything possible to lead the team in a positive future.
We have worked with several candidates good discussions, add…
Southampton are readying a move for Marseille striker Andre-Pierre Gignac, .
The 29 year old is in fine form this season, with sixteen goals in twenty-five appearances in all competitions.
He moved to the Stade Velodrome from Toulouse in the summer of 2010 after representing his country at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, while he began his career with Lorient.
He has been capped nineteen times by France, scoring nineteen goals, the last of which coming in a 3-0 win in Armenia back in October.
West Ham United and Everton are also monitoring the Gignac situation, though Saints manager Ronald Koeman is confident that he can win the race to secure his services.
Southampton scored a late winner against Queens Park Rangers on Saturday …
Bayern Munich head coach Julian Nagelsmann has hailed the extraordinary Erling Haaland, but says the Borussia Dortmund star has to maintain his form over several years to compare to Robert Lewandowski.
The two prolific goalscorers are expected to come face-to-face on Tuesday when Dortmund host Bayern at Signal Iduna Park in the 2021 DFL-Supercup, a trophy the Bundesliga champions have won in four of the last five campaigns.
Haaland enters the match on the back of a strong start to the season, having followed up a hat-trick against lower-league Wehen Wiesbaden in the DFB-Pokal with two goals and two assists in Saturday s 5-2 Bundesliga victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Norway international Haaland now has 62 goals in 61 appearances since making his BVB debut i…
Liverpool are interested in signing Sven Botman from Lille in the January transfer window, according to . It has been reported by the French news outlet that the defending Premier League champions have already made contact with representatives of the defender.
The report has claimed that Liverpool made contact for Botman back in November and were initially prepared to pay €50 million as transfer fee for the 20-year-old central defender. With Lille struggling financially at the moment following the collapse of the French TV deal, the youngster could now be sold for €30 million.
According to , Botman has made 16 appearances in Ligue 1 and has made five starts and one substitute appearance in the Europa League for Lille so far this season. During the 2019-20 campaign, …
The company responsible for creating the new font on Premier League kits believe they have come up with a design that will sit alongside previous era-defining styles.
Only a trained eye may notice that the typeface for the players’ names and numbers, as well as the Premier League logo on the sleeve, will be different this season as the league ordered an update for just the fourth time since a uniform font was introduced in 1997.
Avery Dennison, a global materials science and digital identification solutions company, were tasked with the redesign and came up with a “fresh and modern” take, while also increasing visibility.
As the Official Name, Number and Sleeve Badge licensee of the , Avery Dennison has designed and manufactured a new name and number font, …
Karim Benzema is a doubt for Real Madrid s Champions League clash with Italian champions Inter on Tuesday but could be fit for their derby with Atletico Madrid.
The France striker limped out in the 17th minute of Madrid s 2-0 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday clutching his hamstring and grimacing before he was replaced by Luka Jovic.
When asked about the injury Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti suggested he would not be fit to face Inter at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Madrid have already qualified for the knockout phase of the Champions League but must avoid defeat to go through as winners of Group D.
That task will be made more difficult without Benzema who leads the goals (12) and assists (seven) charts in LaLiga and has scored five goals in the Champions …