According to Sky Italia, newly promoted Parma Calcio 1913, also known simply as Parma, are set to confirm the signing of Rangers defender Bruno Alves soon with the 36-year-old currently undergoing a medical at the club. Due to injuries, the Euro 2016 winner struggled to get an extended run in the first team with the Glasgow-based club last season, as they failed to mount a serious title challenge against bitter rivals Celtic.
Now, however, he has the chance to play out his final days in the top tier of Italian football with a Parma side that have experienced three consecutive promotions back into the big time. Alves was a part of Portugal s squad at the weekend for their World Cup exit against Uruguay, but given his age, that could well be his final run in international footbal…
Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone believes Barcelona president Joan Laporta merely demonstrated his intelligence and good taste by expressing interest in Joao Felix.
The Portuguese attacker has recorded six goal involvements in his last five games in LaLiga – four goals and two assists – which is as many as he managed in his previous 30 games in the competition, when he tallied just three goals and three assists.
Joao Felix is helping his side to a strong run of form as they chase Champions League qualification for another season, impressing not only Simeone.
Earlier this week, Barcelona chief Laporta confirmed an admiration for the 22-year-old, revealing he attempted to engineer a swap for the forward when Antoine Griezmann agreed to leave Camp Nou for A…
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Looking to extend on their stellar purple patch on Christmas Eve afternoon, Fenerbahce will make the trip to Trabzonspor for what could be an enjoyable affair.
Trabzonspor
Starting with the hosts, managing to mark their return to domestic duties with a thumping 3-0 victory at home against Samsunspor while on Turkish Cup duties, Trabzonspor will be looking to use that display as a platform to build on. Heading into the World Cup s winter break with back-to-back stalemates against Ankaragucu and Konyaspor, Abdullah Avci s men have struggled to find much stability this season. Although the Trabzon-based outfit might have shocked many as they clinched a seventh Super Lig crown, the one-time Besiktas boss finds his side facing a real uphill…
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Desperate to claim a Premier League boost on Thursday night, Manchester United will travel to Molineux when they meet Wolves.
Wolves
Starting with the hosts, while Wolves might have opened up the 2023/24 campaign tipped as a potential relegation contender, Gary O’Neil’s side have continued on a remarkable domestic flurry this season. Extending on their FA Cup adventure last weekend following a fiery 2-0 victory away at bitter local rivals West Brom, the former Bournemouth boss should find the mood in his camp at a red-hot high. Signing off 2023 with a statement on home soil as they secured a 3-0 romp against Everton, Wolves have lost just one of their previous 10 appearances across all competitions. Skyrocketing their way up the Pr…
Gonzalo Higuain will hang up his boots at the end of the Major League Soccer season, according to his father.
Higuain joined Inter Miami in September 2020, and has scored 15 goals in 44 MLS games for the team co-owned by David Beckham.
The 34-year-old is out of contract in December, and reports had suggested the former Real Madrid and Juventus striker was planning to move back to Argentina at the end of the campaign.
However, speaking to TNT Sports, his father, Jorge, said his son has told him he intends to end his career after he is finished in Miami.
He is not going back to Argentina, his father, a former River Plate and Boca Juniors player, confirmed. He told me that he is retiring at the end of the year. He is ending this year and is retiring f…
Female referees are to officiate at a men’s World Cup for the first time, Fifa has confirmed, with three female assistant referees joining them. In a breakthrough for gender equality within football, Stéphanie Frappart of France, Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga and Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan have been included on the list of 36 referees who will take the field in Qatar in November and December.
The trio will be joined by Neuza Back of Brazil, Mexico’s Karen Díaz Medina and Kathryn Nesbitt from the United States, who form part of the 69-strong list of assistant referees.
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