Neymar believes he and Kylian Mbappe have formed the best duo in world football at Paris Saint-Germain.
Mbappe and Neymar are expected to start when PSG host Manchester City in the first leg of their huge Champions League semi-final tie on Wednesday.
The French champions were beaten by Bayern Munich in the final of last season s competition and are looking to become the ninth team to reach back-to-back finals.
Neymar arrived from Barcelona in 2017, the same summer when Mbappe was brought in from Monaco – with the two deals remaining the most expensive transfers in football history.
The two world-class forwards are at different stages of their careers and both are out of contract in 2022.
67 Neymar has been involved in 67 goals in 67 Champions…
Christian Pulisic has become one of the most expensive players in Chelsea s history, slotting in behind Kepa Arrizabalaga and Alvaro Morata on the club s list of biggest buys.
United States international Pulisic will join the Blues ahead of the 2019-20 season after sealing a €64million move from Borussia Dortmund, where he will stay on loan until the end of the campaign.
Chelsea have regularly splashed the cash during the Roman Abramovich era, but there have been some notable misses as well as hits among their most expensive outlays.
Pulisic will want to follow in the footsteps of club legend Didier Drogba, rather than flops like Fernando Torres and Andriy Shevchenko
Borussia Dortmund has agreed with on the transfer of Christian Pulisic for a fee…
Cristiano Ronaldo is a goal machine who will remain competitive until the day he retires, former Italy and Juventus defender Gianluca Zambrotta has told Stats Perform.
Five-time Ballon d Or winner Ronaldo has reportedly asked to leave Manchester United if an offer is made after just one season back at Old Trafford.
The Portugal international has yet to return to training with United and is not part of their tour of Thailand and Australia, which has been put down to family reasons.
Ronaldo scored a team-leading 24 goals in all competitions last season, but his homecoming did not go to plan as United registered their lowest Premier League points tally.
United endured a fifth successive season without silverware and finished down in sixth, meaning no Champi…
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said all the great players want to come to PSG as he discussed the future of Barcelona captain Lionel Messi.
Messi is set to become a free agent, with his existing Barca deal officially expiring on June 30 amid links to Ligue 1 giants PSG and Premier League champions Manchester City.
Barca remain confident Messi will renew at Camp Nou – president Joan Laporta repeatedly insisting the record six-time Ballon d Or winner wants to prolong his stay.
Al-Khelaifi was asked about Messi and PSG s reported pursuit of the 33-year-old superstar.
What I can say is that all the great players want to come to PSG, Al-Khelaifi told L Equipe.
It isn t possible to sign them all, because we already have great fo…
According to a recent report from Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona will not allow Arturo Vidal to leave the club during the January transfer window despite the fact that Inter Milan are very interested in getting a deal done. Vidal has been able to establish himself as a key member of Barca’s first team squad across the last few weeks, to the point where it doesn’t seem like they’re prepared to listen to any offers one way or another.
Vidal has always been known as a fighter both domestically and throughout his international career with Chile, and he isn’t about to let that reputation slide now. Barca’s squad, as a whole, is unbelievably strong and everyone knows that – but not to the point where they are happy to lose a valuable squad player like Arturo.
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Arsenal want to hand William Saliba a new contract, . The report has claimed that the Gunners have indicated to the France international central defender that they want to start talks with him over a new deal.
Saliba has been on the books of Arsenal since 2019 when he joined from Saint-Etienne. The 21-year-old stayed on loan at Saint-Etienne for the 2019-20 campaign. Saliba spent the second half of the 2020-21 campaign on loan at Nice and was at Marseille on loan last season. He has broken into the France national set-up.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has now included Saliba in his plans for this season. The defender started for the Gunners in their opening Premier League game of the season against Crystal Palace and had a brilliant match.
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Julen Lopetegui pledged to stay professional until the last at Sevilla amid suggestions he will lose his job before the weekend.
The former Porto, Spain and Real Madrid head coach is reportedly set to be replaced by Jorge Sampaoli after Wednesday s Champions League home game against Borussia Dortmund.
Sampaoli led Sevilla in the 2016-17 season before leaving to take charge of the Argentina national team.
He spent last season in France with Marseille, and Spanish sports newspaper Marca reported he will sign a two-year contract with Sevilla.
Lopetegui is apparently poised to pay the price for his team s slow start to the season, which has seen them collect just five points from seven games, putting them already 10 points adrift of fourth place, which is cur…
Alvaro Morata has completed a return to Juventus on an initial one-year loan deal from Atletico Madrid, the clubs have announced.
The Serie A champions confirmed the move on Tuesday, sealing Morata s services for a second spell.
Juve will pay Atletico €10million, with the Italian club having an option to buy the 27-year-old striker for €45m or pay another €10m to loan him for a further campaign.
Should the Bianconeri opt to extend the loan, they will be able to purchase Morata for €35m at the end of the 2021-22 season.
OFFICIAL | has returned home!
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen)
A Juve statement read: Memory albums are there to be opened, to reminisce upon old moments, but also to add new ones and we can’…
England boss Sarina Wiegman says Beth Mead was “not close” to a recall for this month’s Nations League double-header against Belgium despite her return to action with Arsenal last weekend.
Winger Mead made her first appearance since sustaining ACL damage last November when she came off the bench late on for the Gunners against Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, going on to set up the winning goal in a 2-1 victory.
The Euro 2022 Golden Boot winner and player of the tournament was missing from the 25-player England squad announced on Tuesday for matches against Belgium in Leicester a week on Friday and Leuven four days later.
Your October squad is here!
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Wiegman told a press conference: “To be honest,…
Kylian Mbappe revealed Antoine Griezmann was disappointed to have been overlooked for the France captaincy, but insisted he is not superior to any other player in the squad.
France head coach Didier Deschamps confirmed on Tuesday that Mbappe will take the armband from Hugo Lloris – who retired from international football in January – with Griezmann named as the Paris Saint-Germain star s deputy.
Mbappe has earned 66 caps for Les Blues, compared to Griezmann s 117, though the Atletico Madrid forward is eight years his senior.
Reports from France this week suggested Griezmann did not take the news well, feeling he was better suited to the role, and Mbappe can understand why his team-mate was upset at the decision.
I spoke with Antoine. He was disappoin…