Chelsea: £72m star 'open' to moving to Stamford Bridge
Chelsea target Frenkie de Jong being open to a Stamford Bridge move is a “big positive” for the west London club, says journalist Simon Phillips.
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New-look Barcelona held 0-0 by Rayo in Lewandowski’s debut
BARCELONA, Spain: Barcelona mortgaged its financial future to give Xavi Hernández the talent he wanted. But Rayo Vallecano showed Xavi he still has work to do to forge a winning team after his new-look Barcelona was held to a 0-0 draw on Saturday in their Spanish league opener. The modest club from Madrid frustrated Robert Lewandowski and his fellow Barcelona newcomers by defending well and producing the most dangerous scoring threats.
Why is Barcelona still spending, signing players and selling off parts of itself?
A month ago, Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann said what everyone who doesn't own a vintage Seydou Keita jersey was thinking: «The only club that has no money, but buys every player they want. I do not know how. It's kind of crazy.»
Eddie Howe admits Newcastle lucky to earn ‘valuable’ point at Brighton
BRIGHTON: Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has admitted the Magpies rode their luck in their draw at Brighton - although he was pleased to get another Premier League point on the board.
NUFC could become Premier League’s 4th club to be featured on Amazon Primes’ All Or Nothing
LONDON: Newcastle United are reportedly being lined up to be the fourth Premier League club to be featured on Amazon Prime’s All Or Nothing documentary series. Following Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham, the Magpies, who were bought by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in 2021, are being targeted by Amazon to be the Premier League’s upcoming side to be depicted in All Or Nothing, according to British media.
World Cup hospitality website lists Palestine, not Israel, as country
DUBAI: The official website for booking match tickets and hospitality packages at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 lists Palestine as a country instead of Israel, according to media reports. Israelis wishing to make bookings to travel to Doha for matches have to choose Palestine as their territory instead of Israel. Winterhill Hospitality is the exclusive sales agent of match hospitality in Asia and Oceania territories for official hospitality programs.
Pope, Trippier help Newcastle grind out 0-0 draw at Brighton
BRIGHTON, England: Nick Pope conjured two fine saves and Kieran Trippier made a goal-line clearance as Newcastle’s two England internationals helped the team grind out a 0-0 draw at Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday. Pope racked up a second straight clean sheet since joining Newcastle from relegated Burnley, thwarting both Adam Lallana and Solly March at the Amex Stadium.
Manchester City earn second win by thrashing Bournemouth 4-0 in Premier League
MANCHESTER: Erling Haaland might not hog all of Manchester City’s goals this season, after all. Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden were City’s scorers — along with an own-goal — in a 4-0 win over Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday, with Haaland barely getting a sight on goal at Etihad Stadium. The Norway striker scored both of City’s goals in their opening-weekend 2-0 win at West Ham but was mostly crowded out a week later as Bournemouth sat deep with plenty of men behind the ball in a match that resembled an attack vs.