The race to sign Erling Haaland has taken another turn.
According to reports, the in-demand striker flew to Germany on Wednesday to hold talks with Borussia Dortmund.
Haaland has become one of Europe s hottest properties following a prolific run of form for Salzburg.
TOP STORY – HAALAND MEETS WITH DORTMUND
Could talented teenager Haaland be the next bright young forward to join Bundesliga side Dortmund?
Local newspaper Ruhr Nachrichten and Radio 91.2 claim the Norwegian and his high-profile agent Mino Raiola arrived at Dortmund Airport and were met by a BVB official the day after Salzburg s Champions League loss to Liverpool.
Haaland played 75 minutes against the holders but was unable to add to his impressive eight-goal haul …
ES Tunis were crowned CAF Champions League winners for the second straight year after a farcical return leg against Wydad Casablanca was cut short.
Leading 1-0 in the second leg at home in Rades on Friday, ES Tunis claimed a 2-1 aggregate win in a game which saw play stopped just after the hour-mark.
Youcef Belaili had scored the only goal of the game in the 41st minute before the chaotic scenes after the break.
Walid El Karti appeared to head in an equaliser for Wydad Casablanca in the 59th minute, but it was wrongly ruled out for offside.
We are THE CHAMPIONS We are AFRICA
We are TARAJI DAWLA
— Espérance de Tunis (@ESTuniscom)
But a reported VAR technical fault meant the decision could not be overturned, leading to protes…
Ricardo Goulart scored a hat-trick as Guangzhou Evergrande were 3-2 victors at AFC Champions League holders Western Sydney Warriors, but the match was overshadowed by a head injury to visiting goalkeeper Zeng Cheng.
The Group H encounter at the Pirtek Stadium was eagerly anticipated given the fixture pitted the past two champions against one another, but the game ended in concern for Zeng, who received lengthy treatment after colliding with team-mate Kim Young-gwon.
Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou, the 2013 victors, took the lead through close-season signing Goulart s deflected effort in the 19th minute.
The hosts drew level in the 57th minute when Iacopo La Rocca headed home from a corner, only for Goulart to restore the lead a minute later with a nea…
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce said he was focused on results over style, as they embark on their pre-season tour of New Zealand.
The Premier League outfit are preparing for friendlies with A-League sides Wellington Phoenix on Wednesday, and Sydney FC on Saturday.
The Londoners finished 13th in the English top flight in 2013-14, having secured a top-10 placing on their promotion season 12 months earlier.
And Allardyce said their fall was due to a lack of points picked up at Upton Park.
I think it s all about winning, and winning the right way, Allardyce said.
There s times when you play at home, where our big problem lay last year.
Because if you play really well and lose, that doesn t make much difference to any fan across the board to…
Jorge Jesus says Fenerbahce have no chance of signing Cristiano Ronaldo as the Manchester United forward wants to play in one of the big five leagues.
The Red Devils are reportedly open to offers for the Portugal captain, who only returned to Old Trafford from Juventus last September.
Ronaldo was on the bench for United s 2-1 defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion in their opening game of the Premier League season, before starting in the chastening 4-0 thrashing at Brentford last Saturday.
The prolific forward s future has long since been the subject of speculation and Fenerbahce are among a host of clubs said to be keen to sign him before the transfer window closes on September 1.
Fenerbahce head coach Jesus has ruled out any possibility that the prolific …
Putting in what was a routine display at Wembley on Sunday evening, England cruised their way to a 2-0 victory against Ukraine and secured back-to-back qualifying wins.
While England s Group C rivals might have put in a rugged performance for large spells of the first-half, it was the record-breaking Harry Kane who opened the scoring in the 37th minute.
Only days removed from becoming the Three Lions all-time leading goalscorer after converting from the spot out in Italy on Thursday, Gareth Southgate didn t have to wait long for his side to double their advantage.
With the red-hot Bukayo Saka producing a wonderful whipped effort just three minutes after Kane s opener, England largely didn t need to get out of third gear on home soil.
Really impressing du…
Verdict: Draw
Best Odds:
Bookmaker:
In the months preceding a FIFA World Cup, you d expect the sight of an England vs Italy friendly to fill most fans with joy but not this time. The Italians are still licking their wounds meanwhile the English couldn t be any less optimistic about their hopes of succeeding in Russia if they tried. Still, it s England vs Italy, which should be enough to generate even a small amount of excitement.
England
Despite nobody backing him to succeed, Gareth Southgate has done a fairly good job of steadying the ship for England ahead of this summer s World Cup in Russia. The expectations from back home are much lower than they ve ever been before, which could be a good thing given how much pressure is usually put on the squ…
James Rodriguez, who is currently in the middle of a two-year loan from Real Madrid to , says he s happy at the Allianz Arena.
The attacking midfielder has recently been linked with the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea, but Marca claim he told them he s happy where he is. He plays a lot which is enough to make him happy, as he intends to approach the World Cup in Russia this summer in the best rhythm possible.
Four years ago, in Brazil, the Colombian was the top scorer of the tournament with six goals to his name, and one of the finest performers overall. This earned him his dream move from Monaco to that summer, but things didn t really work out for him in the Spanish capital. He was therefore loaned out to Bayern last summer, and at the moment he see…
Sunday s 1-0 victory at Atletico Madrid made it a case of one down, two to go for Barcelona in their quest for treble-winning immortality.
Amid this rousing conclusion to a campaign he once seemed unlikely to see out, coach Luis Enrique might allow himself to wonder where it all went right.
World Cups provide an opportunity to take the temperature of the global game and, in Brazil last year, Barcelona s stars were in worryingly ill health.
The Spanish contingent returned early from a humiliating campaign that appeared to sound the death knell for the tiki-taka style perfected during Pep Guardiola s golden reign at Camp Nou. Although Lionel Messi helped Argentina to the final, he was a shadow of his irresistible best.
Luis Suarez bit Italy s Giorgio Chi…
The agent of Liverpool F.C. striker Mario Balotelli, Mino Raiola, has revealed the player will not be leaving Merseyside this summer.
The Italy international, who joined Liverpool from AC Milan in a deal worth £16 million last summer, endured a dismal 2014/15 campaign at Anfield, netting just four goals in 28 appearances in all competitions.
Despite Balotelli being dropped from the first-team squad for much of the latter part of the season, Raiola has insisted his client is going nowhere.
We had talks with Liverpool and he will definitely stay, Raiola told Sky Sports News HQ reporter Paul Gilmour.
Earlier in the season, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers implied that he and Balotelli were struggling to adapt to each other, but Raiola has mo…