Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina says he would understand if Luis Suarez decided to leave the club before next season.
The Uruguayan forward has already expressed a desire to depart Anfield, citing unfair media coverage as a main reason for wanting a move.
Reina says he understands where Suarez is coming from and admits he would be sympathetic if the forward wanted to challenge at the very highest level, with the Merseyside club having failed to reach the UEFA Champions League since 2009.
I would like for Luis to stay at Liverpool, but I understand if he s thinking about leaving for something bigger when I say bigger I mean not as a club, just challenging for titles and playing in the Champions League and competing with the best, Reina said.
The Spain international, who himself …
Mario is encouraging Villarreal to be ambitious ahead of their very demanding Europa League quarter-final tie with Sparta Prague.
Villarreal sit fourth in La Liga and look set for Champions League football next season, but Mario sees the Europa League as of equal importance.
Having beaten Bayer Leverkusen and Napoli in the previous knock-out rounds, the 25-year-old hopes his side can go all the way in this competition.
I do not have to choose, we must be ambitious and go for everything, Mario said.
We have done a tremendous job for months and do not have to choose between La Liga or Europa League but to go for both.
We have earned the right and will try for all we have left.
Mario was part of the Villarreal team that reached the se…
Inter have confirmed that new signing Borja Valero has signed a three-year deal after completing his move from Fiorentina.
Fiorentina announced Valero s exit on Monday, with the Nerazzurri revealing the 32-year-old has agreed terms until 2020 at San Siro.
Valero, who joins for a reported €7million fee, came through Real Madrid s academy before enjoying spells with Real Mallorca, West Brom and Villarreal prior to joining Fiorentina in 2012.
Borja Valero Iglesias is officially an Inter player following the completion of all contractual formalities, Inter said in a statement on Tuesday. The Spanish midfielder has penned a three-year deal with the club.
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Barcelona midfielder Rafinha will look to end his loan at Inter and find a new team as soon as possible following interest from big teams according to his father and agent, former Brazil international Mazinho.
Inter agreed a loan deal for the 25-year-old in January, with the option to buy for €38million, but Mazinho said the club has not shown enough desire to secure a permanent deal for the Brazilian playmaker.
Rafinha scored twice in 17 appearances for Inter after falling out of favour at Camp Nou, but the arrival of Radja Nainggolan at San Siro indicated that he is not in head coach Luciano Spalletti s plans.
The agreement with the club expired on June 5, Mazinho told Gazzetta dello Sport. Now it is right to look for other solutions.
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Juventus Daniele Rugani and his agent Davide Torchia are working on getting a new deal with the club, Torchia told RMC Sport.
The 24-year-old defender played two years at Empoli. He was chosen as Serie B Player of the Year in his first and made the Serie A Team of the Year in his second, before joining the Old Lady in 2015. So far, he has played 69 matches for Juventus and scored five goals, helping the club to win three consecutive league and cup doubles in Italy. He has also been capped seven times for his country.
The agent also revealed Rugani had been targeted by Chelsea during the summer. A bid was on the table and Juventus considered it, but the bottom line was that the player didn t want to leave Turin. Juventus then turned the proposal down and the matter was e…
Manchester United will need to shell out just £8m to secure the services of Mesut Ozil in the summer, according to the Daily Star.
The Germany international will be allowed to leave Arsenal on a free transfer at the end of the season if he fails to agree on a new deal with the Gunners, meaning any potential suitors will just need to negotiate a signing on fee.
Jose Mourinho appears to be the front runner in the race to secure Ozil’s services though a potential returns to Spain or Germany has been mooted.
The twenty-nine year old moved to the North London club from Real Madrid in the summer of 2013 and has since racked up one hundred and seventy-four appearances in all competitions, scoring thirty-five goals.
Internationally he has been capped eig…
Bodo/Glimt head coach Kjetil Knutsen will miss Thursday s Europa League Conference clash with Roma after UEFA dismissed the club s appeal against his suspension.
The 53-year-old alleged Giallorossi goalkeeping coach Nuno Santos assaulted him in the tunnel after the Norwegian champions claimed a 2-1 first-leg win over Roma in the competition s quarter-finals last week.
UEFA s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary body then provisionally suspended both men from all European competitions on Monday while its investigation into the incident continued, leading Bodo/Glimt to lodge an appeal.
However, European football s governing body has upheld its previous decision, announcing Knutsen is provisionally suspended for the next UEFA club competition matches in which he woul…
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane could once again face the wrath of Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo after declaring his love for Kylian Mbappe.
Mbappe, 20, is consistently linked with a move away from the Ligue 1 giants, where he has starred since arriving in 2017.
Zidane has long been an admirer of the France international and said last month it was Mbappe s dream to play for Los Blancos.
That led to Leonardo responding: It annoys me a little and it bothers me. This is not the time to talk about this. He still has two and a half years of contract with us. It s time to stop all this.
Speaking ahead of Madrid s Champions League clash with PSG on Tuesday, Zidane once again expressed his admiration for the World Cup winner.
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Pele remains eternal and will be remembered as the greatest athlete of all time , Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president Ednaldo Rodrigues said after the 82-year-old s death.
The three-time World Cup winner s passing was confirmed on Thursday by his daughter after his battle with colon cancer.
Former forward Pele had been moved to palliative care early in December and his family travelled to be by his side at the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in Sao Paulo before Christmas Day.
The hospital confirmed Pele died after suffering multiple organ failure.
Tributes have poured in from players, clubs and sporting organisations after Pele s legendary impact on football, with Rodrigues declaring official mourning for seven days.
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Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristain says record-breaking signing Jack Grealish is a perfect match with the Premier League champions.
Grealish, 25, completed a move to Pep Guardiola s men for a reported £100million fee on Thursday, making him the most expensive signing in Premier League history.
Guardiola s newest recruit adds further creativity to City s already handsome depth of attacking talent at the Etihad Stadium and Begiristain could not be happier with the acquisition of Aston Villa s former captain.
Begiristain, speaking to the club s official website upon the announcement of Grealish s signing, said: We are absolutely delighted to be able to welcome Jack Grealish to Manchester City. He is an incredible talent.
Jack s deve…