Arsenal are showing interest in signing Nicolo Barella from Inter Milan in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has added that Liverpool and Manchester City are also keen on the Italy international midfielder.

Barella is one of the best midfielders in Italy and has been on the books of Inter since 2020. The Italian star helped the Nerazzurri win Serie A in 2020-21 and 2023-24. He also helped Inter reach the final of the UEFA Champions League in 2023 and the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2020.

Arsenal are at the top of the Premier League table at the moment with 80 points from 35 matches. The Gunners are a point ahead of defending champions Manchester City, who are second and have played 34 games. Meanwhile, Inter have already won the Serie A title …

Andriy Shevchenko is in the conversation to take over as Chelsea manager if the Blues decide to part ways with manager Frank Lampard.

With Chelsea languishing in ninth place in the Premier League table, Le10sport reports the Ukrainian s name is on the Blues list of possible replacements.

Shevchenko played for the club between 2006 and 2008 and has since forged a managerial career with the Ukraine national team, moving through the under-19 and under-21 teams to the senior dugout.

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Chelsea are studying their options to replace Lampard and his former Blues team-mate Shevchenko is part of the shortlist, reports Le10sports.

The 44-year-old led Ukraine through an undefeate…

New guidelines on added time and player behaviour are set to dominate the debate in the early weeks of the new domestic season in England.

Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look.

– What has happened?

Referees in the Premier League and the EFL, in line with every other competition around the world, have been instructed by the game’s lawmakers to more accurately calculate time lost to stoppages this season – including goal celebrations, substitutions and VAR checks.

The approach was first adopted at the men’s World Cup in Qatar last year, where on average FIFA found 10 minutes and 11 seconds were added to matches at the finals.

– Why is this being done?The idea is to clamp down on time-wasting and increase effective playing time. The…

Franck Ribery has reached an agreement with Salernitana to sign for them as a free agent following the expiration of his contract at Fiorentina, according to . The medical is scheduled to take place on Monday.

Having started out at Lille s youth setup, Ribery played for the Under-19 team of US Boulogne, where he earned first-team promotion back in 2000. He also had spells with Olympique Ales, Brest, Metz and Galatasaray, before joining Olympique Marseille in 2005. Two years later, he moved on to Bayern Munich, and that s where his career really took off.

He spent 12 years with the Bavarians, winning nine Bundesliga titles, six DFB-Pokal trophies, the 2013 Champions League, followed by the UEFA Super Sup and the FIFA Club World Cup. His exploits that year saw him pick up…

Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini joined an exclusive club on Monday as La Dea s 4-0 win at Lecce saw him pass the landmark of 550 Serie A points with a single club.

Marco Brescianini and Mateo Retegui both scored twice as the Europa League holders got their Serie A campaign off to a flying start at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare.

The victory saw Gasperini – who joined Atalanta in 2016 – reach 552 points in charge of the Bergamo club, who he led to a fourth-place finish in Serie A last term.

Only four coaches had previously collected 550 or more points with a single club in Serie A: Helenio Herrera with Inter, Carlo Ancelotti with Milan (both 557), Massimiliano Allegri at Juventus (663) and Giovanni Trapattoni, who collected 770 also with the Bianconeri.<…

Phil Foden missed what turned out to be the decisive spot-kick as holders Manchester City were knocked out of the EFL Cup for the first time in five years on penalties following a 0-0 draw in normal time.

Alphonse Areola made a number of crucial saves as the Hammers frustrated City at the London Stadium across 90 minutes, forcing a penalty shootout to settle the tie.

Foden was the only player to miss from the spot, with West Ham scoring each of their five penalties Mark Noble netting the first and Said Benrahma scoring the last.

David Moyes side are now through to the quarter-finals, while City s remarkable run of progressing from their last 21 League Cup ties comes to an end.

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Ankaragucu and Galatasaray will face each other in the Turkish Super Lig this weekend. The match between Tolunay Kafkas’s side and Okan Buruk’s team will be held at the Eryaman Stadium and is scheduled to kick off at 6pm UK time on Tuesday.

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Ankaragucu are a modest club in Turkey and do not always tend to stay in the Turkish Super Lig. They were in the Turkish top flight from 1981 until 2012, but since then they have been floating between the first division and the second tier. Ankaragucu finished first in 2021–22 TFF First League table and won automatic promotion to the Turkish Super League for the 2022-23 campaign.

And Tolunay Kafkas’s side have done well in the Turk…

RB Leipzig captain Willi Orban could miss the Bundesliga clash with Union Berlin on Saturday as he attempts to save a life.

The defender will undergo a procedure to donate his stem cells in Dresden on Wednesday after recently finding he is a match for a patient who has blood cancer.

Orban, who has been registered with the DKMS (German national bone marrow donor registry) since 2017, has been taking special injections since Saturday in order to increase the number of stem cells in his bloodstream.

The 30-year-old may sit out the showdown between his fourth-placed side and a Union side that are in second place due to having a much more important commitment.

He told the club s official website: Of course I was surprised when I received the info that I was a …

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti insisted he has no intention of letting speculation over Kylian Mbappe’s arrival at the club take his focus away from the job at hand.

Real are seen as the most likely destination for the French striker, who has informed Paris St Germain he intends to leave in the summer, but Ancelotti was careful not to fan the flames of those rumours.

With his side leading the way in LaLiga and well fancied to secure the title, the Italian coach is more interested in what happens in their away game at Rayo Vallecano on Sunday than what happens in the transfer market at the end of the campaign.

Pressed on the club’s interest in the 2018 World Cup winner, he said: “I see and hear what has happened. I understand that it’s the subject of the…

Cristiano Ronaldo s mother could attempt to persuade her superstar son to return to Sporting CP next year.

Ronaldo has gone on to become one of the all-time greats since leaving Sporting to join Manchester United for £12.24million as a teenager in 2003.

The Portugal captain was a revelation at Real Madrid after leaving the Red Devils in 2009, breaking the LaLiga giants all-time scoring record with a staggering tally of 450 goals.

Ronaldo joined Juventus three years ago and with his contract due to expire in 2022, the 36-year-old s future has been the subject of speculation with Andrea Pirlo s side in danger of missing out on Champions League football next season.

The five-time Ballon d Or winner s mother, Dolores, has been celebrating Sporting s fir…