Garcia saw a move to Arsenal blocked by Espanyol in August.However, Espanyol are now ready to sell this coming summer for a fee less than his €25m buyout clause.Cadena SER says Barcelona are also interested as they prepare to lose Inaki Pena.Manchester United have also been mentioned, where their goalkeeping options are now up for discussion.

The defender signed a new contract with Barca last month, though continues to be linked with a move away.But Araujo told Sport: "I was calm because I was convinced, I am, of what I wanted, which was to stay. Then there are factors that we were negotiating in the contract with the club, but that's normal."You come from being away for six months, you come back again. But I always had it very clear.

Arne Slot felt Liverpool showed the desire and hunger of title-winners as they moved another step closer to Premier League glory with a 2-0 win over Newcastle.Goals in each half from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister at Anfield on Wednesday took the Reds 13 points clear at the top of the table.The Merseysiders had looked nervy in games against Everton, Wolves and Aston Villa earlier this

Chelsea captain Millie Bright said the Lionesses’ approach was “proper English” following their big 1-0 Nations League victory over Spain.Jess Park scored the only goal in the 33rd minute at Wembley Stadium in what was the first meeting between world number four England and second-ranked Spain since the latter beat the former in the 2023 World Cup final.It was a much more cohesiv

Barry Ferguson insists he has qualms about making tough decisions at Rangers after he substituted dismal defender Clinton Nsiala at 2-0 down before they came back to win 4-2 at Rugby Park.It was a nightmare start for the former Gers captain in his first game as interim boss as defender Joe Wright and skipper Brad Lyons had Derek McInnes’s men two ahead in 14 minutes before the 21-year-old Ns

Ruben Amorim defended Patrick Dorgu after Manchester United survived his early error and first-half sending off to beat fellow strugglers Ipswich 3-2 at Old Trafford.But the Portuguese will speak to fellow 20-year-old Alejandro Garnacho after the winger headed straight down the tunnel having been taken off during the reshuffle that followed the red card.The breathless Premier League encounter star

Hearts manager Neil Critchley is relishing a blockbuster Edinburgh derby between two in-form teams on Sunday after his side moved into the top six of the William Hill Premiership alongside city rivals Hibernian for the first time this season.The Jambos fought back to defeat St Mirren 3-1 at Tynecastle as goals from James Wilson, Calem Nieuwenhof and Kenneth Vargas overturned Mikael Mandron’s

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola joked they will never be like “old City” this season but was pleased to see them survive a nervy finale to claim an important 1-0 victory at Tottenham.Fit-again Erling Haaland only needed 12 minutes to make it 20 Premier League goals for the season, but squandered a number of other first-half chances to leave the match finely-poised at half-time.It al

Jim Goodwin insisted Dundee United had a perfectly good goal chalked off before Hibernian scored twice in stoppage time to claim a 3-1 win at Tannadice.The hosts took the lead through Ross Graham before Mykola Kuharevich equalised for the visitors.United then had a Sam Dalby effort ruled out for handball following a lengthy VAR check, with Kieron Bowie and Junior Hoilett netting late on to secure

Michael Wimmer hailed the reaction of Motherwell’s players and supporters after Dan Casey volleyed a late winner against Dundee five minutes after the visitors had levelled.Motherwell led for the bulk of Wimmer’s first game in charge at Fir Park after Casey scored a free header 12 minutes into a first half that the hosts dominated.Dundee pegged them back after the interval and scored w