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With a spot in the final of this year s French League Cup up for grabs in midweek, Lyon will welcome Lille to the Groupama Stadium on Tuesday night.
Starting with the hosts, despite making a string of changes over the weekend, Lyon managed to pick up a stunning 4-3 victory away at Nantes and find the mood in their camp at a continued high. With their sights now firmly set on mounting a top-four charge after a sluggish start to the new campaign, Les Gones now find themselves in the midst of a four-match winning run and have a growing reputation for their performances in the final third. Led by the red-hot Moussa Dembélé who has now found the net in each of his last four matches on the bounce, Lyon have now bagged a remarkable 16 goals on…
Manchester City are set to be without Ilkay Gundogan for Wednesday s Premier League trip to Everton due to a groin injury.
Germany playmaker Gundogan has been in a rich vein of form during City s ongoing 16-match winning run in all competitions.
A brace in Saturday s 3-0 victory over Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium took his 2020-21 goals tally to 13 already the most prolific of the ex-Borussia Dortmund favourite s career, with 11 of those coming in his past 15 appearances.
But Gundogan pulled up with a tight groin shortly after beating Hugo Lloris for a second time and City boss Pep Guardiola is unlikely to risk him at Goodison Park.
Gundo is much better but don t think he s available tomorrow, he told a pre-match news conference on Tuesday.
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Frazer Richardson and Danny Butterfield are on a list of eight players released by Southampton, the club confirmed on Tuesday.
Richardson signed for the club for an undisclosed fee in 2010, and was a key figure in the team s back-to-back promotions to the Premier League.
But he appeared on just five occasions in the Premier League last season, with England Under-21 international featuring prominently at right-back.
Butterfield, who also signed in 2010 from Crystal Palace, failed to make a single appearance for the club last season.
Dan Seaborne has also been released. The former Exeter defender was the victim of an assault outside a Southampton nightclub in 2011, before making a successful return to football.
Ryan Dickson, Ben Reeves, Sam Hosk…
Wolfsburg striker Bas Dost has been rewarded for an excellent season with a call-up to the Netherlands squad for their Euro 2016 qualifier with Turkey and a friendly with Spain later this month.
Dost was called up in 2012 by Louis van Gaal for a friendly with Belgium but did not feature in the match.
However, the 25-year-old is in line to earn his first cap for his country following a season that has seen him score 16 goals in all competitions for a Wolfsburg side that sits second in the Bundesliga.
Coach Guus Hiddink has also brought forward Eljero Elia in from the international wilderness.
Elia, who has been a regular since joining Premier League side Southampton on loan from Werder Bremen in January, last played for Netherlands in a 0-0 draw with Germ…
Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw said he has never been out of shape as he likened his build to former captain Wayne Rooney, while the Englishman has the backing of Jose Mourinho heading into a make-or-break season.
Shaw has struggled to establish himself under United manager Mourinho since the Portuguese boss replaced Louis van Gaal in 2016 – the former Southampton full-back limited to just eight Premier League starts last season.
Perceived weight issues and a poor diet have emerged as possible reasons behind Shaw s failure to win over Mourinho at Old Trafford, with make-shift full-back Ashley Young preferred in the starting XI.
However, the 23-year-old – who is in the final year of his deal – defended his physique and insisted he is ready to win a ne…
Everton have experienced quite a rise under the tutelage of Carlo Ancelotti. The dismissal of Marco Silva and the arrival of the experienced Italian manager injected new life into The Toffees, and they were clearly on the rise before the suspension of the 2019-20 Premier League season due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The former Napoli tactician hasn’t stopped working, however, and he is already thinking about potential reinforcements for the 2020-21 campaign. The main area Everton need to strengthen their squad if they want to make a serious run at Europe is the attacking depth. Outside of Richarlison and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, The Toffees do not have reliable attacking alternatives to compete with some of the top teams in the EPL.
That’s why Ancelotti has decided t…
France captain Thierry Henry says he has no fears about playing in front of his country s fans for the first time since his controversial handball in the World Cup play-off defeat of Ireland.
Les Bleus confront European champions Spain at the Stade de France here on Wednesday and Henry, France s all-time leading goalscorer with 51 strikes, says he is focused purely on the game.
I have no apprehension, he said on Tuesday. We just want to see where we are. There s no reconciliation to be had with the fans, we qualified for the World Cup. But we ll have a better idea about all that after the match against Spain.
The Barcelona star repeated his insistence that the handball, which led to the decisive goal by William Gallas in the second leg of November s play-off w…
Schalke 04 s German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is being courted by Manchester United as they look to eventually replace Edwin van der Sar, according to a report citing the player s agent Wednesday.
German weekly Sport Bild quoted Neuer s agent, Thomas Kroth, as saying: We know Manchester United are interested in Neuer.
Manuel would also like to play with a team that has a better international level.
The 23-year-old Neuer, who has played twice for Germany, has been Schalke s number one keeper since the autumn of 2007 and his current deal with the Bundelisga side expires in 2012.
Although Schalke rebuffed previous offers to sell him, notably one emanating from Bayern Munich, the club are currently in the financial doldrums.
Neuer is said to be value…
Manchester United have been linked with a surprise move for Bournemouth midfielder Matt Ritchie, .
The Red Devils’ manager Louis van Gaal is keen to add pace to his attack, and has identified Ritchie as one of a number of targets for when the transfer window reopens.
Newcastle Uniteds’ Ayoze Perez, Leicester City midfielder Riyad Mahrez and Sadio Mane – who was linked with a move to Old Trafford in the summer – are also being monitored.
Ritchie has been the stand-out performer in a struggling Bournemouth side this season, scoring spectacular goals both for the Cherries and at international level for Scotland.
Since signing from Swindon Town in January 2013, the twenty-six year old has racked up over a hundred appearances for the south-coast …
The Daily Mail has learned that Spanish striker Lucas Perez is considering a summer move away from the Emirates.
The 28-year-old has shown plenty of promise since arriving from Deportivo La Coruna last summer, but he has seen his first team opportunities severely limited.
Sitting behind Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud in the pecking order, Lucas Perez started just two Premier League fixtures this term, while making another eight substitute outings.
And despite scoring a total of 6 goals across all competitions, the experienced forward does not seem to have a long-term future at the Emirates and he could leave the club at the end of the season.
A return to La Liga is a realistic possibility considering that the striker was on the radar of top Spanish si…