Michel Bastos agent has confirmed the Brazilian is in discussions with two Premier League clubs but denied that he is Fulham-bound.
Le Parisien reported that the 29-year-old will complete a seven-million-pound transfer to Craven Cottage from Lyon today after agreeing personal terms.
But Goal.com has learned that another Premier League club is also in contention to sign the versatile left-sided player who has won 10 international caps, with Liverpool rumoured to be interested.
At this moment we have different options for him but I think it is close, Bastos agent Emmanuel De Kerchove told Goal.com.
He is discussing with two clubs in England and Fulham is one of them. But at the moment I would prefer not to say the other one. We will see what happens as …
AC Milan attacking midfielder Suso says the Supercoppa Italiana against Juventus will be the biggest game of his career.
The 23-year-old feels the match is more significant than his Premier League debut for Liverpool, his former club, against Manchester United in September 2012.
Suso has impressed for Milan under Vincenzo Montella this season and has been an ever-present in the league ahead of Friday s Supercoppa in Qatar, where his side will hope to repeat their league victory over Juve from October.
This is certainly the biggest game of my career, Suso told Gazzetta dello Sport.
Next comes the European Under-19 final [for Spain] and my debut in the Premier League wearing the shirt of Liverpool against Manchester United that was a crazy feeling.
Republic of Ireland international Greg Cunningham is headed for the exit door at Championship club Bristol City, after helping the club get promoted.
Cunningham, a former Manchester City player and owner of four international caps, started just nine times in 24 appearances last season as Bristol City cantered to the League One title.
Manager Steve Cotterill revealed left-back Cunningham, 24, was set to sew up a new home imminently.
Greg Cunningham is discussing a move with another club that will probably go through on Monday, Cotterill told Bristol City s website.
Greg had very little playing time last year with the emergence of Derrick Williams and Joe Bryan, so we ve decided to let him move on.
I know that leaves us short on numbers, but we…
Zinedine Zidane said Real Madrid feel a little disappointed not to have beaten Bayern Munich by a greater margin in Wednesday s Champions League quarter-final first leg.
Two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo saw the holders overturn Arturo Vidal s opener and claim a valuable 2-1 victory at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern were the better team in the first half and should have been further ahead at the break, with Vidal missing a second header before blazing a penalty over the crossbar.
Madrid responded well in the second half, though, Ronaldo scoring two minutes after the restart before netting his 100th goal in UEFA club competitions after Javi Martinez had been sent off for two quick-fire yellow cards.
Manuel Neuer made fine saves to deny Karim Benzema and Ronaldo …
Tite feels facing Germany in an international friendly will be important emotionally for his Brazil side, four years on from World Cup humiliation.
Germany destroyed the hosts 7-1 in the semi-finals of the 2014 World Cup, plunging Brazil into a state of national despair.
Brazil travel to Berlin on Tuesday to take on Germany for the first time since that game, Joachim Low s men having gone on to beat Argentina in the World Cup final.
And Tite who was not in charge of Brazil at the last World Cup accepts his players may be affected by the memory of being thrashed by Germany.
The 7-1 game is the most recent game, Tite said. And of course we know that we ll play Germany in Berlin, they were world champions, they beat us 7-1 and it s a step that s passed.
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Marco Rose has offered assurances he will not try to take any Borussia Monchengladbach players with him when he joins Borussia Dortmund next season.
It was confirmed on Monday that Rose had made use of an exit clause in his Gladbach contract and agreed to take over at Signal Iduna Park from the 2021-22 campaign.
Dortmund have also been linked with moves for Germany international Florian Neuhaus, who has established himself as a key figure under Rose at Borussia Park, and France attacker Marcus Thuram.
However, Rose ruled out the possibility of any players following him to Dortmund.
Asked specifically if he would oppose the BVB hierarchy if they wished to sign a Gladbach player, he said: Yes, I would say that.
If Marco Rose says he won t take a …
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is struggling with a hip injury ahead of Saturday s trip to Newcastle United, where he could equal Ruud van Nistelrooy s record of scoring in 10 consecutive Premier League matches.
Vardy missed England s friendlies against Spain and France after injuring his groin and hip in a fall during Leicester s 2-1 win over Watford last time out.
The Premier League s top scorer has 12 goals to his name this season and has found the net in each of Leicester s last nine matches, closing in on former Manchester United striker Van Nistelrooy’s marker.
“Today [Thursday] he trained a little and tomorrow I hope he can continue to train,” said Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri. On Saturday, if he’s fit, he’ll play.
“I speak all th…
Guangzhou Evergrande are in prime position to reach the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday, while Bunyodkor could exit.
Chinese Super League leaders Evergrande will take a 2-1 aggregate lead into their second leg against A-League champions the Central Coast Mariners.
The big-spending outfit are favourites to progress with Brazilian Muriqui and Paraguayan Lucas Barrios in good form.
Muriqui is the equal top-scorer in the competition this season with seven goals, while Barrios has struck three times.
The Mariners will need a big performance from highly rated goalkeeper Mathew Ryan to have any chance of causing an upset.
Bunyodkor are staring at a surprise early exit and head into their second leg at home to Buriram United trailing 2-1.…
Love and you will be loved Dani Alves is Juventus driving force
Love. That is all Dani Alves needs.
The more love you give him, the more you will receive from the charismatic Brazilian right-back, who’s been the major driving force behind Juventus’ semifinal success in the Champions League.
“I like to be loved”, Brazilian international exclaimed earlier this year in an interview with ABC when he was describing his decision to leave the Catalan giants after eight successful years.
“If I’m not loved, I leave.”, he added, sending a strong message to the board of directors who he thinks were ‘false and ungrateful’ towards him.
“The people who run Barcelona have no idea how to treat the footballers.”, he concluded.
One man s…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a brace as Paris Saint-Germain cruised to a 5-1 victory over Lyon at the Parc des Princes on Sunday.
Ligue 1 s top goal-scorer needed just 11 minutes to grab his 13th league goal of the season as the reigning champions made light work of the side who pushed them all the way for the title in 2014/15.
How things have changed just seven months on, with Lyon enduring a poor run of form, further goals from Serge Aurier and Edinson Cavani compounding their woes in the capital.
Jordan Ferri grabbed what proved to be a consolation goal in the first half courtesy of an error by Kevin Trapp in the PSG goal, but there was little else that Lyon could take from a game in which they were outclassed throughout, Ibrahimovic scoring a second-half penalty…