Valencia have completed the signing of Guilherme Siqueira from Atletico Madrid, subject to a successful medical.
The left-back, who has been the subject of reported interest from Newcastle United during the winter transfer window, is due to undergo a medical on Monday prior to his official presentation at the Mestalla.
Siqueira arrived in Spanish football from Udinese in 2010 and has gone on to become one of the highest regarded full-backs in La Liga.
The 29-year-old played 26 times for Atletico and leaves Diego Simeone s side after 18 months at the Vicente Calderon.
Meanwhile, Valencia have allowed Argentinian defender Lucas Orban to join Levante on loan until the end of the season.
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Talksport understands that Roma have ended their interest in Leicester City midfielder Riyad Mahrez.
The East Midlands club gave the Serie A side a deadline for them to meet their valuation of the Algeria international – thought to be around £40m, but they have decided against making a bid.
Mahrez has been linked with a move away from the King Power Stadium all summer with Arsenal also monitoring the situation though their interest has waned in recent weeks.
The twenty-six year old signed for Leicester half way through the 2013/14 campaign and has since racked up one hundred and thirty-nine appearances in all competitions, scoring thirty-five goals.
He was instrumental as the Foxes secured a shock Premier League title win in 2016, scoring eighteen…
Andre Gray wants a new £100,000-per-week contract at Burnley, according to the Daily Star.
The forward, who currently earns a quarter of that figure has one year remaining on his current deal and is looking for vastly improved terms.
However, manager Sean Dyche and the club in general have moved to say they cannot meet such demands, leaving the door open for potential suitors to make a move.
Everton and Tottenham Hotspur have both been linked with the former Brentford man, who netted nine times in the Premier League as his side beat the odds to retain their top flight status last season.
The twenty-five year old also bagged twenty-three goals as the Clarets achieved promotion by winning the Championship in 2016 – a tally which also saw him claim t…
Various outlets both in England and Italy claim Juventus are keeping their eyes open for three Manchester United players who are set to become free agents soon: David de Gea, Eric Bailly and Nemanja Matic. The Serie A champions pulled off a similar move this past transfer window when they signed Aaron Ramsey after his contract with Arsenal had expired.
In July De Gea was said to be set to sign a six-year contract with United to “reward him for his loyalty to the club”, but it never materialised. Bailly, a bit of a liability considering his injuries, particularly the knee injuries he has sustained, signed a four-year contract in 2016 which is due to expire next summer. After the arrival of Harry Maguire from Leicester for £80 million, he is likely to be deemed surplus to re…
Panama head coach Hernan Dario Gomez sees no reason why England s possible starting line-up being leaked ahead of Sunday s game should be any advantage to his players.
Gareth Southgate admonished some members of the media after a team sheet hinting at changes in his XI for the meeting in Nizhny Novgorod was pictured and then made public.
Gomez, though, insists it will make little difference who starts for the Three Lions due to the quality they have in the squad.
I think it doesn t give me any advantage, he told a news conference. Each and every coach needs to make sure they re 100 per cent ready, regardless of the opponent.
My concern is that my players work well, that they stay true to their style and keep up their good work. We re looking at videos…
Inter Milan, Juventus and AS Roma are interested in signing Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud in the summer of 2021, according to . The 34-year-old former Arsenal star is out of contract at the Blues at the end of the season, and Italian trio Inter, Juventus and Roma want to secure his services on a free transfer.
Giroud has been on the books of Chelsea since 2018, and although he is an important squad player, the Frenchman is not guaranteed a place in the starting lineup, and there are no suggestions yet that the London club want to keep him and will offer him a new deal.
According to , Giroud has made eight starts and six substitute appearances in the Premier League fo Chelsea so far this season, scoring four goals in the process. The striker has also made two starts and…
Newcastle United s wait for a first win of the season goes on, but they were fortunate to even claim a point in a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park as Mamadou Sakho missed a golden late chance for Crystal Palace.
The hosts enjoyed the better of an often-scrappy contest and struck the post in the first half when a Luka Milivojevic free-kick glanced off the head of Jamaal Lascelles.
Sakho was then guilty of an extraordinary miss with eight minutes of normal time remaining, the defender heading wide from inside the six-yard box with the goal gaping after Andros Townsend s cross drifted over Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka.
Palace therefore remain winless at home this season, while Newcastle have just two points from six Premier League games.
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Robert Lewandowski won the men s FIFA Best award for the second year running at a ceremony at FIFA s headquarters in Zurich on Monday.
The Bayern Munich striker beat fellow nominees Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah to the award, having also won it the last time it was up for grabs in December 2020.
Lewandowski scored 58 goals in 47 games in all competitions in 2021, which included breaking two long-standing records previously held by the legendary German striker Gerd Muller. He bagged 41 goals in a single Bundesliga season for Bayern, and 43 Bundesliga goals in a calendar year.
The Pole has scored 34 goals in 27 games so far this season, including nine in the Champions League group stage.
The 33-year-old was presented the award in Munich surrounded by Bayer…
Rangers successfully negotiated a potential banana skin as they won 5-0 at Lincoln Red Imps to reach the third round of Europa League qualifying.
Gibraltar s Lincoln famously defeated Celtic in 2016, but their Old Firm rivals easily came through unscathed on Thursday.
Steven Gerrard s men were comfortable from the moment they took the lead through James Tavernier in the 21st minute, with Connor Goldson adding a second before half-time.
Substitutes Alfredo Morelos and Jermain Defoe got in on the act after the restart, the former scoring twice as Rangers advanced, setting up a tie with Willem II.
67 GOAL! makes it three!
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC)
Pressure quickly built on the Red Imps goal and Kyle Goldwin was required to bra…
Toronto advanced to the Eastern Conference final after stunning top seed New York City 2-1 in the MLS play-offs.
Alejandro Pozuelo s dramatic 90th-minute penalty settled the Conference semi-final at Citi Field in New York on Wednesday.
New York s Ismael Tajouri-Shradi cancelled out Pozuelo s 47th-minute opener in the Big Apple, however, visiting Toronto had the final say after the 69th-minute equaliser.
Richie Laryea was brought down by Ronald Matarrita and Pozuelo stepped up to score the Panenka penalty midweek.
This dude is really something else! | |
— Toronto FC (@TorontoFC)
Toronto – MLS champions in 2017 – will contest their third Conference final in the last four seasons as titleholders Atlanta United or Philadelphia Union …