Veteran striker Peter Crouch has revealed that he not only wants to keep playing until the age of 40 but that he also wants to return to Queens Park Rangers. The former England international, who had a phenomenal goalscoring record on the world stage, has made over 200 appearances for his current club Stoke City since joining back in 2011. Over the course of the last decade and a half, he s established himself as one of the most likeable forwards in the English game, and that only seems as if it ll continue.
At the age of 37 it isn t all too hard to imagine Crouch carrying on for three more years, and as well as that, the possibility of him returning to play for QPR would serve as a poetic end to his time in the sport. Crouch spent a year in the youth setup with the London club…
Cristiano Ronaldo says his new contract with Real Madrid will not be his last in football.
Madrid announced they had renewed the Portugal international s contract until 2021 on Sunday, which would extend his stay at the Santiago Bernabeu to 12 years and take him to the age of 36 if he sees out the duration.
But Ronaldo, who set his sights on further silverware over his next five years with Madrid, is sure his latest agreement will not be his last.
I would like to thank the Real Madrid president, the club, my team-mates, those who have helped me reach this stage, he said at a club ceremony marking his renewal.
It s a very important day. I have said many times that I carry this club in my heart, it s part of me.
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Tottenham have completed the signing of Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Yves Bissouma for a reported fee of £25million.
The 25-year-old signed a four-year deal with Antonio Conte s side on Friday.
Conte reportedly demanded assurances from Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy that his side would spend to compete with the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea after qualifying for the Champions League.
The Italian has subsequently been granted his wishes, with the experienced Ivan Perisic and back-up goalkeeper Fraser Forster joining the London club before they landed Bissouma.
Mali international Bissouma had been linked with Spurs’ fierce rivals Arsenal, Everton and Aston Villa.
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Molde FK and HJK Helsinki will lock horns with each other in the UEFA Champions League qualifier this week. The match between the club from Norway and the team from Finland will be held at the Aker Stadion and is scheduled to kick off at 6pm UK time on Wednesday. It is the second leg of the qualifying second round. The first leg ended in a 1-0 win for HJK Helsinki.
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Molde FK are one of the biggest and most famous clubs in Norway who regularly play in European competitions. MFK won the Eliteserien in 2022 and featured in the group stage of the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Erling Moe’s side are fourth in the 2023 Eliteserien table at the moment with 32 points from 17 matches. Mol…
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Manchester United take on AS Roma in the second-leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-final meeting in the driving seat to reach the final.
The Red Devils racked up a comprehensive 6-2 victory in the first-leg at Old Trafford and should progress unless there is a dramatic swing in fortunes.
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To say it has been a lively week for the Giallorossi would certainly be putting things lightly. It was a week that started with the thumping at the hands of the Red Devils and things have really not got quieter since. They were then defeated 2-0 by Sampdoria at the weekend, leaving their hopes of UEFA Champions League football in Serie A in tatters. This led to the announcement that current Head Coach Pa…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Juan Mata applauded Marcus Rashford after the striker became the third youngest player to reach 200 matches for Manchester United in Saturday s win over Norwich City.
United cruised to a 4-0 victory at Old Trafford and Rashford got two of the goals, generally impressing as he tormented the Norwich defence until his second-half withdrawal.
The 22-year-old was representing the first team for the 200th time; only United greats George Best and Ryan Giggs have reached that landmark at a younger age than the England international.
Manager Solskjaer and team-mate Mata – the creator of two goals in the win – were full of praise for the United youth product, who has scored 19 times in all competitions this season.
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The 2021-22 season was one to forget for Manchester United, with the club failing to even come close to finishing in the top four in the Premier League.
A campaign that saw them replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as manager with interim coach Ralf Rangnick eventually ended in a sixth-place finish, 13 points behind Tottenham in fourth and a whopping 35 away from champions Manchester City.
One player who came in for particular criticism last season was captain Harry Maguire, who has struggled to recreate his impressive form for England at club level since a big money move from Leicester City in 2019.
Speaking during United s pre-season tour of Australia, Maguire said: Last year was disappointing. As an individual I didn t play well and as a team, we certainly didn t pl…
Antonio Colak s strike sealed Rangers return to the Champions League group stages as they edged out PSV 3-2 on aggregate in the play-offs.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst s side are back in the main stages of Europe’s premier competition after a 12-year absence, as Colak settled the second leg at the Philips Stadion.
Malik Tillman robbed Andre Ramalho of possession inside the PSV penalty area on the hour mark, before squaring for the Croatian to apply the finishing touch.
And last season s Europa League finalists held out to inflict only a second home defeat on PSV in 14 matches across all competitions.
Rangers had won just once in their previous 11 away matches in Europe, but went close to scoring despite PSV carrying the greater threat earlier on.
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Tottenham Hotspur have that defender Jan Vertonghen and goalkeeper Michel Vorm are leaving the club.
Vertonghen joined Spurs from Ajax in 2012 and made a total of 314 appearances in all competitions in their shirt, scoring 14 goals as a defender. He was a very important player for the team in the earlier stages of Mauricio Pochettino s five-year spell in the dugout, but he recently started losing his place in the starting XI and obviously chose not to extend his contract. Manchester City, Inter Milan and AS Roma have been credited with interest in securing the services of the 33-year-old Belgium international on a free transfer.
So my time at the club comes to an end. A sad day for many reasons. I will miss the friends I’ve made here, the staff that make the club run…
Erling Haaland holds the key to the door when the striker decides he wants to leave Manchester City, according to his agent Rafael Pimenta.
The Norway international has taken the Premier League by storm since signing for Pep Guardiola s side from Borussia Dortmund ahead of this season.
Haaland has 25 goals after just 19 top-flight appearances for City following his fourth league hat-trick of the season in a 3-0 thumping of Wolves on January 22.
After already surpassing the tally that Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min (23 each) recorded to win the 2021-22 Golden Boot, the 22-year-old is the most clinical finisher in world football.
Real Madrid have repeatedly been credited with an interest in the forward, whose agent suggested Haaland has the freedom to choo…