Coventry City pushing to sign Frank Lampard immediately
🚨@Coventry_City now pushing to sign Frank #Lampard with immediate effect ✔️
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) November 17, 2024
Advanced talks between Coventry and Lampard as first via @SamC_reports and confirmed.
Some more details to be clarified. Understand it’s not a done deal yet. @SkySportDE 🏴 pic.twitter.com/cOjxSMtwzl
Neymar's agent denies Al-Hilal exit talks
🚨🇧🇷 EXCL — Neymar’s agent Pini Zahavi: “There are no talks ongoing for Neymar to leave Al Hilal. He’s under contract and very happy there”.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 17, 2024
“Neymar’s father and me, we are the only people who can talk about Ney’s future. I don’t know where recent rumours are coming from”. pic.twitter.com/6l9IvnbHMy
Fulham enter race for Arsenal and Chelsea target Igor Jesus
Fulham have reportedly entered the race to sign Brazil international Igor Jesus from Botafogo.
According to TBR Football, Fulham are set to join Arsenal and Chelsea in the race to sign the Brazilian striker in 2025. The report claims that Fulham, along with Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest, have made checks on Jesus this week.
Arsenal 'carefully monitoring' Dusan Vlahovic's Juventus situation
🚨👀 #Arsenal are still carefully monitoring #Vlahovic's situation.
— Rudy Galetti (@RudyGaletti) November 17, 2024
🗣️ The 🏴 club is expected to meet his agent soon to gather fresh information.
↩️ #Juventus, on their part, are open to letting Dusan go and are already working on possible alternatives. 🐓⚽ #Transfers pic.twitter.com/s4VBPlhrXk
Why Erling Haaland's new Man City deal is facing delays - revealed
Erling Haaland is on the verge of agreeing to a new Manchester City deal which will reportedly make him the highest-paid player in the Premier League.
The Mirror report that there is still one aspect of the terms of the new deal that is delaying the player's signature on the dotted lines. The 24-year-old has a £150 million ($189m) release clause in his existing contract, which the club want to exclude from the new deal, but the player's representatives want it to remain. However, there could be a compromise in the negotiations where both parties agreed to increase the value to £200m ($253m).
Barcelona consider offering contract extension to Szczesny
Barcelona are reportedly considering offering new signing Wojciech Szczesny a new contract - just weeks after he joined the club.
The 34-year-old goalkeeper reversed his decision to retire from football to sign for Barcelona in early October as a result of first-choice option Marc-Andre ter Stegen's knee injury. Although he is yet to play for the club, MARCA claims Blaugrana sporting director Deco wants to extend the Pole's deal beyond the end of the current season.
Barca & PSG ready to pounce on Kvaratskhelia as contract talks stall
Per Sky Italia, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia could leave Napoli as his contract talks have stalled amid interest from Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.
The report adds that there has been a disagreement over the player's wages. Napoli reportedly offered €6 million (£5m) per season which is significantly less than Kvaratskhelia's demand of €8m (£6m). The player, though, could lower his demand if the club agree to keep his release clause under €100m (£83m).
AC Milan ready to bring back fan favourite Diaz
Per La Gazzetta dello Sport, AC Milan could consider bringing back fan favourite Brahim Diaz to Italy amid his struggle for minutes at Santiago Bernabeu.
Diaz did enjoy a successful campaign in the 2023-24 season having recorded 12 goals and nine assists in 44 appearances as Los Blancos bagged Champions League and La Liga titles. However, in the 2024-25 campaign, he has struggled for minutes and has started in just two La Liga matches.
Man Utd plot new bid for Quenda
Per A Bola, Manchester United are reportedly trying to secure a transfer deal for Sporting CP wonderkid Geovany Quenda as soon as possible.
The report adds that before Quenda signed a contract extension until 2027 in September, the forward had a release clause of €45 million (£38m/$47m) but that has since risen to a whopping €100m (£84m/$105m) - the same amount as team-mate Viktor Gyokeres.
Interim boss Stephen Frail expects Motherwell to appoint a new manager next week and admits their first job will be to lift the players’ confidence after a 3-0 mauling at home to Ross County.A double from Ronan Hale and Connor Randall’s last-minute strike secured an impressive victory for the Staggies at Fir Park.Defeat sees the Steelmen drop into the bottom half of the Premiership tab...
Mark Hughes heaped praise on goalkeeper Gabe Breeze after Carlisle picked up a vital point in the League Two relegation battle with a goalless draw against in-form Colchester at Brunton Park.Breeze made two excellent saves from Lyle Taylor as the Cumbrians ended a four-game losing run and the former Man City boss was astounded by the 21-year-old’s performance.He said: “The game had som...
Chesterfield boss Paul Cook launched a scathing attack on his play-off hopefuls after they surrendered an early lead to lose 3-1 at Sky Bet League Two table-toppers Walsall.The Spireites enjoyed a rapid start when Jamie Grimes’ eighth-minute header put them ahead against a wobbling Walsall side, who were winless in five matches with the chasing pack closing in.However, Bim Pepple and Dylan D...
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has allayed fears of an injury scare to top scorer Erling Haaland ahead of next week’s Champions League trip to Real Madrid.Haaland went down clutching his leg in the latter stages of the champions’ 4-0 Premier League thrashing of Newcastle at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday and was immediately substituted.Losing the Norwegian would be a major blow to ...
Rotherham manager Steve Evans described Thomas Parsons’ performance as “atrocious” after the referee awarded a stoppage-time penalty from which Reading snatched a 2-1 victory in League One.Reading had led 1-0 at half-time through top scorer Harvey Knibbs but Sam Nombe levelled for Rotherham from a spot-kick in the 57th minute.With the game heading for a draw, Parsons adjudged Mil...
Michael Flynn believes his team can make a charge towards the League Two play-offs places after watching them come from 2-0 down to beat Barrow 3-2 at home.Matty Taylor scored twice before fellow substitute Ashley Hay hit the winner as the Robins continued their perfect home record in 2025.Cheltenham climbed to 13th in the table and sit eight points off seventh-placed Crewe with two games in hand....
Birmingham manager Chris Davies praised Jay Stansfield’s work ethic after he lit up St Andrew’s with the only goal of a 1-0 win to sink play-off chasing Charlton.Stansfield’s 23rd-minute strike stretched City’s lead to nine points ahead of second-placed Wycombe, with Blues boasting a game in hand.Victory was City’s 30th in all competitions as they extended their unbea...
Andoni Iraola refused to get carried away after Bournemouth fans were left dreaming of a potential Champions League adventure following a first league double over south-coast rivals Southampton.Travelling Cherries fans chanted of playing in European football’s premier competition next season after their side soared to fifth spot in the Premier League table thanks to a deserved 3-1 success at...
Norwich head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup praised his side for fighting back to draw 1-1 at Hull after he demanded “I want to see my football team back”.The Norwich boss had some tough words for his team as they trailed 1-0 at half-time to the relegation-threatened side, including for Kellen Fisher – but the player then delivered the assist for Josh Sargent’s equaliser.The Un...
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says Jota has a chance of starting against Bayern Munich after scoring and impressing in a 3-0 victory over Dundee United.Jota earned the club’s man-of-the-match award after cutting in from the left and curling home from 18 yards to double the lead given to the hosts by another impressive finish from Callum McGregor.The Portuguese winger has now started two gam...
