Hugo Lloris insists he does not have a buy-out clause in his Tottenham contract, as rumours persist that the goalkeeper will seek a move away from White Hart Lane.
France international Lloris has been one of the Premier League s most consistent goalkeepers since joining from Lyon in 2012.
However, Tottenham once again failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League this this term and Lloris has been linked with a switch to Manchester United.
Reports in France suggested that Lloris, who penned a five-year contract at Spurs in July 2014, has a clause that allows him to leave in the event Tottenham missed out on the Champions League, something the player denies.
That doesn t correspond to the reality. There is no clause, Lloris told L Equipe. With my bos…
Jurgen Klopp insisted there was no extra pressure on Liverpool after chief executive Peter Moore said the Premier League giants were back on their perch.
Earlier this week, Moore said the European champions were back on their perch, referencing former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.
But Klopp, whose side visit Sheffield United in the Premier League on Saturday, shrugged off the talk, saying he did not even know what a perch was.
No, absolutely no extra pressure, not at all, the Liverpool manager told UK media.
I heard about it but I don t even understand about perch so for me it is not a big thing to be honest.
We are all adults and we say things and sometimes people have to deal with things that I say, and in this case people seem to …
(GSM) Luigi Del Neri has parted ways with Serie A side Sampdoria, and is expected to replace Alberto Zaccheroni at the helm of Juventus.
The 59-year-old, who guided the Genoa outfit to a fourth-placed finish in Serie A, has now left the side after 24 hours following the conclusion of 2009-10 season.
A statement from Sampdoria read: Sampdoria announces that in the 2010-11 campaign, they will not continue with the services of first team coach Luigi Del Neri.
The club wants to thank the coach and his staff for the professionalism and dedication shown this season and wishes them the best of luck in their future careers.
Del Neri joined Samp last summer after two seasons in charge of Atalanta.
Although staying with Samp would have allowed him to tak…
Paris Saint-Germain have announced that Thiago Motta has agreed terms on a new deal, keeping him at the club until June 2017.
A member of PSG s treble-winning team in 2014-15, Motta hinted last month that his time at the Parc des Princes was perhaps coming to an end, amid talk of a return to Inter.
However, he is now set to remain with the French champions news of the Italy international s one-year contract extension being announced on his 33rd birthday.
PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi told the club s official website: I am extremely pleased to see Thiago Motta extend his contract.
Thiago is a fan favourite, as we saw during the last match at the Parc des Princes, when the crowd chanted his name several times.
Since the start of this seas…
Parma forward Yann Karamoh scored one and set up another on his San Siro return to help his side earn a 2-2 draw and deny Inter top spot in Serie A.
Juventus dropped points for just the second time this season in their 1-1 draw with Lecce earlier on Saturday but Inter, despite taking the lead, could not take full advantage.
Karamoh, whose loan to Parma from the Nerazzurri is set to become permanent at the end of the season, cancelled out Antonio Candreva s fortuitous opener and set up Gervinho to put Parma ahead in the 30th minute.
Romelu Lukaku equalised early in the second half despite being in an offside position in the build-up his sixth Serie A goal awarded after a lengthy VAR check but Inter could not find a winner and remain a point adrift of leaders Ju…
Cristiano Ronaldo was not looking happy as he walked off the pitch at Old Trafford after Manchester United played a 1-1 draw against Everton on Saturday.
Interestingly enough, Andros Townsend, who copied Ronaldo s celebration in what appeared to have been a mocking fashion after scoring the equalizer for the Toffees, was the one player who approached the Portuguese superstar and offered words of consolation.
The frustration on the face of Cristiano Ronaldo. Not happy.
Straight down the tunnel at full-time.
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A first-half goal from summer signing Loic Remy gave Marseille a morale-boosting 1-0 home win over Nancy on Saturday to bolster their hopes of retaining the French league title.
Marseille have struggled for consistency this term after ending an 18-year title drought last season under World Cup-winning skipper Didier Deschamps. enduring two early home reverses.
But they narrowed the gap on surprise early pace-setters Rennes to three points albeit having played a game more after Remy, on target for France in last week s Euro 12 qualifier win over Romania, fired in from close range after good work by Andre-Pierre Gignac.
Deschamps had said in signing Remy from Nice along the Cote d Azur that I ve brought him in to score goals and he did not disappoint with an all-r…
Champions League holders Barcelona will play Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals next month.
The two La Liga sides met in the last eight of the 2013-14 competition, with Atletico winning 2-1 on aggregate before eventually losing to Real Madrid in that year s final.
Barca responded with victory in last season s competition, while Atletico lost out to Carlo Ancelotti s Real team at the quarter-final stage.
French champions Paris Saint-Germain will take on Manchester City in the other standout tie of the round, with Laurent Blanc s men continuing their pursuit of four major trophies this season.
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First-time quarter-finalists Wolfsburg will play Real Madrid now managed…
According to reports in Turkey, Besiktas are interested in signing Watford forward Stefano Okaka. The 29 year old has scored a handful of goals at Vicarage Road over the course of the last two and a half years, but he hasn’t quite been able to establish himself as a regular member of the first team set-up.
All of his appearances this season have been as a substitute, whereas Besiktas seem to be keen on making him a first team regular. The plan would be to establish him from the word go, replacing the likes of Alvaro Negredo and Cenk Tosun who both left the club within the last twelve months. Besiktas will supposedly first look into the possibility of a loan move, starting in the January transfer window, before trying to make it permanent in the summer.
Okaka joined ba…
Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe scored for France in their 3-0 victory over Gibraltar in European Championship qualifying.
Giroud netted after only three minutes but a penalty from Mbappe just before half-time was the only other chance that the World Cup finalists converted before a late own goal from Aymen Mouelhi as France maintained their 100 per cent record in Group B.
In Group C, Ukraine fought back from 2-0 down to beat North Macedonia 3-2 and claim their first victory.
YESSSSS! First victory
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Enis Bardhi put the hosts ahead from the penalty spot and Elif Elmas doubled their advantage before the break.
But Illya Zabarnyi and Yukhym Konoplya scored within five minutes of each othe…