Wilfried Zaha is arguably the best player at Crystal Palace at the moment, with 88 goals and 74 assists in 439 matches in all competitions for the club. He is, of course, best known for the obvious football skills he packs in abundance, but manager Patrick Vieira says the Ivorian winger has a lot of leadership qualities as well.
He s always been a leader.
Patrick Vieira on Wilfried Zaha developing the role as a leader at Crystal Palace
— Football Daily (@footballdaily)
Major League Soccer has had some big names in their league in the last five years and soon they might get reinforcements. Wayne Rooney, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Carlos Vela and Bastian Schweinsteiger among others have all arrived to the United States and there are plans for a Serie A star to come over, as well.
According to La Voce di New York, New York City FC are looking to sign Dries Mertens in early 2020! The report says that the Belgian s contract with Napoli is set to expire in June 2020 and the franchise owned by the same owner as Manchester City sees that as their opportunity to get the player on a pre-contract this coming winter. That will be the time between the two MLS seasons, but the whole story is still a long shot.
NYCFC are definitely planning to get in a hug…
Xavi seems set to return to Barcelona as head coach, replacing Ernesto Valverde.
Valverde is under pressure again at the helm of the LaLiga giants after Thursday s Supercopa de Espana semi-final loss to Atletico Madrid.
And, it seems Barca are wasting no time finding a replacement.
TOP STORY – BARCELONA OFFER XAVI DEAL TO REPLACE VALVERDE
Barcelona have offered Al Sadd boss Xavi a two-and-a-half-year deal to replace Valverde, according to AS.
Xavi s potential return to Camp Nou, where he won eight LaLiga titles and four Champions Leagues in a glittering playing career, is dominating headlines in Spain.
The cover of Sport reads Earthquake Xavi , while Marca also reports that Barcelona have offered the job to the former midfield…
David Brooks’ classy display was the catalyst for Bournemouth thrashing Swansea 5-0 to become the first team to book their place in the FA Cup fifth round.
Wales international Brooks scored one goal and provided two assists as the Cherries racked up their biggest FA Cup win against a Football League side since beating Bristol Rovers 6-1 in the 1927-28 season.
Both teams made five changes from their weekend line-ups but that did not stop Bournemouth making light work of their Championship visitors to move into the last 16 for only the third time since 1989.
David Brooks.
That s it, that s the tweet
— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup)
Andoni Iraola’s Premier League side stormed into a 3-0 lead with less than a quarter of an hour gon…
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Paris Saint-Germain will be travelling to Reims this weekend, and the two teams will be doing battle for points in the 2021-22 Ligue 1 season at the Stade Auguste-Delaune on Sunday evening.
Stade de Reims
Reims narrowly avoided relegation from the French top flight last season, and their hope this term will be to repeat the feat, though probably in a more comfortable fashion. They finished 14th, but only two points above Nantes in 18th, who had to fight their way through relegation play-offs to stay in the league.
At the moment, things aren t looking either too good or too bad for the team under the command of Oscar Garcia. They are both undefeated and winless after three rounds, having drawn 0-0 away to Nice, 3-3 at home aga…
When asked by Sky Sports News where the club should target, Sterling asserted: I d say top four, definitely.
As we ended the season we can see how strong the team has become. Hopefully we can get a good start to the season and just maintain that.
Since making his debut in 2012 against Wigan, Sterling has gone on to become a key part of the Liverpool first team.
The England international believes Rodgers is one of the main reasons for his development over the past few months.
He s a top guy. He is one of them who is not just interested when you are playing well at the moment, he also looks at players who are not playing or young players, Sterling continued.
Liverpool should be really grateful that they have a manager like that because he is a big bonus for the team and the players…
Not many get the edge over master tactician Jose Mourinho, but West Ham goalkeeper Adrian thinks he has the Portuguese boss number.
West Ham goalkeeper Adrian said he is aiming to prolong his strong record against Jose Mourinho-coached sides on Wednesday.
League Cup champions Chelsea visit Upton Park on their return to Premier League action after their Wembley heroics, but Spanish custodian Adrian is hoping he can help end West Ham s run of matches without victory at six.
And the former Real Betis shot-stopper said he takes plenty of confidence having kept clean sheets the past two times he has been up against Mourinho.
I don t know if Mourinho will remember me but when I play against him I get good results and feel good, Adrian said.
A win with…
Wolverhampton Wanderers are knlwn for doing incredible business on the transfer market. The club from the Molineux has had great track record and one of those deals was Raul Jimenez. Signed initially on loan from Benfica, the Mexican was superb in the famous orange jersey and soon afterwards Wolves decided to sign him on a permanent deal.
After he continued bagging goals in 2019-20 as well, more clubs have become interested in his services. Clubs like Manchester United and Atletico Madrid are all reportedly interested in Jimenez, but Wolves are determined to retain him at the club.
It is also said that because of Jimenez, Wolves now have five time more fans in Mexico than in UK, but his 20 goals and nine assists in 39 appearances have also contributed a lot to the fact …
Gerard Deulofeu is to undergo surgery on the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and torn meniscus injury he sustained in Watford s surprise win over Liverpool.
The Spanish winger twisted his knee in the first half of the 3-0 triumph over the Premier League leaders at Vicarage Road on Saturday following a challenge with Virgil van Dijk.
Watford provided an update on Twitter, which read: Gerard Deulofeu is set for surgery after scans confirmed a ruptured ACL and torn meniscus suffered during the first-half of our win over Liverpool.
Come back stronger, Geri, we re all with you!
forward is set for surgery after scans confirmed a ruptured ACL and torn meniscus suffered during the first-half of our win over Liverpool.
Come back stronger, Geri, we�…
Tottenham Hotspur s latest financial results published Tuesday showed the club had spent nearly 150 million pounds (251 million dollars) on transfers in the last 16 months, surpassing the English Premier League s Big Four .
Spurs s spending topped that of English champions Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool in the same period and was only bettered by cash-rich Premier League rivals Manchester City.
Yet Tottenham were still able to announce record pre-tax profits for the year ending June 2009, helped by the sale of Dimitar Berbatov to United and Robbie Keane to Liverpool.
Spurs spent 119.3 million pounds in the financial year, with nearly 30 million pounds invested since on bringing several other players, including former Portsmouth duo Peter Crouc…
QPR manager Harry Redknapp has ruled out the possibility of allowing Julio Cesar and Adel Taarabt to leave Loftus Road on loan.
The London club s relegation from the Premier League in May has sparked speculation that Redknapp s most high-profile players will leave.
Experienced former Inter goalkeeper Cesar has been linked with Napoli and Arsenal, with midfielder Taarabt is reported to be a transfer target for Hull City.
Redknapp knows QPR face a battle to keep hold of the likes of Cesar and Taarabt, but insists the club s big earners are only likely to depart on permanent deals.
He told Sky Sports News: I can t see the sense in loaning him (Cesar) for a year.
He s got three years left on his contract, he s just played for Brazil in the Confederations Cup an…