Stoke City have announced the completion of a deal that sees Kenwyne Jones and Cardiff City forward Peter Odemwingie swap clubs.
Nigeria international Odemwingie, who only moved to Cardiff from West Brom last September, has signed an 18-month deal at the Britannia Stadium and is expected to be available for Stoke s Premier League game at Sunderland on Wednesday.
Odemwingie s arrival sees Jones, an £8million arrival from Sunderland in August 2010, move in the opposite direction.
Stoke manager Mark Hughes expressed his excitement at the capture of Odemwingie, who scored a solitary Premier League goal for Cardiff in 15 appearances.
Hughes told the club s official website: We re delighted to have signed Peter. Things haven t perhaps gone as well for him at Cardiff a…
Former Manchester City striker Robinho said Saturday that he felt at home at new club AC Milan, a team he claimed had Brazilian blood .
In Milan I feel like I m at home. I have some great friends like Dinho, Pato and Thiago Silva, he told la Gazetta dello sport newspaper.
The rossonera has Brazilian blood. You can understand why I m pleased with the transfer.
I prefer not to speak about City, said the 26-year-old of his English experience, adding that he dreamt of a Champions League final between Milan and Barcelona.
They re the two best teams at the moment. Milan has made some good signings. On paper, we re good, but we have to become a team that wins on the pitch.
Milan fans desperate to see the red and black tilt the dominance of city riv…
David Wagner said it was an unbelievable story and a fairytale after Huddersfield Town won promotion to the Premier League for the first time in the club s history.
Town drew all three of their Championship play-off matches but triumphed 4-3 on penalties against Reading at Wembley on Monday, having also needed spot-kicks to get through a tight semi-final against Sheffield Wednesday.
Wagner appointed Huddersfield manager in November 2015 led his side to promotion despite working on a small budget compared to the biggest clubs in the Championship.
And the German hailed the club s achievement having prevailed against the odds to reach the top division for the first time since 1972.
The Terriers are back in the top flight for the first time since 1972.
Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci said the club proved their greatness by knocking out Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 3-0 aggregate victory on Wednesday.
The Serie A leaders were strong favourites to progress having won the first leg 3-0 and held the Catalans to a goalless draw at Camp Nou to move into the last four, ending Barca s 15-match home winning streak in Europe under Luis Enrique in the process.
Bonucci believes twice recording a clean sheet against the feted frontline of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez demonstrates the strength of Juve, who were beaten in the final by Barcelona in the 2014-15 season.
We knew they were coming to push us high, running a few risks at the back, but we did well to be united and compact …
Dele Alli put Tottenham s disappointing performance in Wednesday s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United down to arrogance borne out of the winning start they had made to Jose Mourinho s tenure.
Mourinho was appointed as Mauricio Pochettino s successor last month and had overseen three successive victories in his first three matches at the helm.
Wednesday brought Mourinho s first return to Old Trafford as a manager since he was sacked by the club in December 2018, but Spurs failed to continue their recent resurgence.
Marcus Rashford produced a talismanic display for the Red Devils, scoring both of their goals either side of a spectacular strike from Alli, who arguably more than anyone else has been re-energised by Mourinho s hiring.
But Alli s goal aside, Spurs…
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Birmingham City have signed Nigeria international Obafemi Martins from Russian side Rubin Kazan on a six-month loan deal.
Martins passed a medical at St Andrew s on Monday and could line up for the Blues as early as Wednesday s clash with Manchester City.
The 26-year-old, who scored 39 times in 105 appearances with Newcastle United before departing for Wolfsburg in 2009, has agreed to a six-month move with a view to signing a permanent deal in July.
He becomes the Blues third signing of the January window after Tottenham winger David Bentley joined on loan and defender Curtis Davies arrived from Aston Villa in a 3.5 million-pound deal.
Birmingham City Acting Chairman Peter Pannu said the West Midlands club was delighted to have achieved their aim of bols…
Inconsistent at best in the Bundesliga, Schalke will hope their cup form continues against Valencia in the Champions League on Wednesday.
A traditional powerhouse of the German game, Schalke finished second in 2009/10, five points behind champions Bayern Munich.
They recruited extensively in the close season, bringing in defender Christoph Metzelder and veteran forward Raul from Spanish giants Real Madrid, as well as Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from Serie A side AC Milan.
But Felix Magath s widespread changes fizzled and the team made a slow start to the season.
They went back into the transfer market in January and brought in Greece international Angelos Charisteas and highly-rated midfielder Anthony Annan, who impressed for Ghana in the 2010 W…
The lure of winning Champions League titles was what drew Gareth Bale to Real Madrid and the Welshman is relishing the prospect of claiming a second crown in Milan this month.
It was Bale s deflected cross that sent Madrid into the final at the expense of Manchester City on Wednesday as the hosts secured a decisive 1-0 triumph at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Bale insists having the goal taken off him and credited to City s Fernando was not an issue as he has his sights set on a bigger prize – namely the May 28 showdown with Atletico Madrid at San Siro.
It doesn t matter who scores or whether it s an own goal or not, Bale told BT Sport. The main thing is we have a chance to win the Champions League again.
I felt we were close to killing the game off,…
Swansea City have announced the signing of defender Federico Fernandez from Napoli for an undisclosed fee.
The 25-year-old Argentina international passed his medical on Monday and has signed a four-year contract at the Liberty Stadium.
The transfer is subject to international clearance but, once completed, Fernandez will fill the void left by Chico Flores, who departed for Qatari outfit Lekhwiya earlier this month.
Fernandez joins Ashley Williams, Jordi Amat and Kyle Bartley as part of Swansea s pool of central defenders.
After beginning his career with Estudiantes in his homeland, Fernandez joined Napoli during 2011 close-season, but made just 35 Serie A appearances in three years at the club.
He spent time on loan at Getafe in the second half of…