Manchester City have offloaded out-of-favour striker Emmanuel Adebayor in a loan deal with La Liga giants Real Madrid.
Adebayor, 26, will join Real for the remainder of the season, with an option for a 14.5 million pound transfer in the close season.
We can confirm that the club has agreed to loan Emmanuel Adebayor to Real Madrid for the rest of the season, a statement on City s website said.
The player will travel to Spain on Wednesday to have a medical. Madrid have an option to purchase the 26-year-old at the end of his temporary spell in the Spanish capital.
City s reluctance to contribute to the player s wages are understood to have delayed his departure.
But with Gonzalo Higuain ruled out for up to three months, Real s desperate need for…
Aston Villa s French midfielder Robert Pires is hopeful of extending his stay at the Midlands club beyond this season.
Pires linked up with manager Gerard Houllier at Villa in November on an initial six-month deal as his compatriot looked to add experience to his relegation-threatened squad.
The 37-year-old s arrival has coincided with an upturn in form for the Villans, who now just sit a point and goal difference out of the top-half of the Premier League table, and Pires hopes he can continue to make an impact next season.
For me, every morning I need to practice my football, Pires said.
I hope to play games and I hope to play next season. Why not? I would like to stay at Villa for another season. I really love this club.
I love the players …
Leicester City heads to Manchester United on Sunday (9 a.m. ET, NBC Sports Network) on the brink of securing a historic Premier League title, and Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri hopes his players get an American movie ending.
Having narrowly escaped relegation from the top flight last season by winning seven of its final nine outings, Leicester s dramatic turnaround continued into 2015-16 and has seen it set the pace at the top of the table.
Tottenham s failure to beat West Brom on Monday means Leicester, which is seven points clear and nine matches unbeaten, requires just three points from their three remaining games in order to be crowned champions.
The first opportunity to secure a first-ever top-flight title comes when Ranieri s side travels to Old …
Captain Jordan Henderson hopes Liverpool have put a season of injury struggles and inconsistency behind them as they begin a potentially pivotal run of fixtures at Augsburg in the Europa League.
England midfielder Henderson, who has been restricted to 16 appearances this term due to a chronic heel problem, completed 90 minutes as Liverpool romped to a 6-0 Premier League win at lowly Aston Villa on Sunday.
The result left Liverpool eighth in the table nine points behind fourth-place Manchester City, who they face in the League Cup final on February 28 before City visit in Anfield in the league three days later.
The most realistic route to Champions League football for Jurgen Klopp and his players is going all the way in Europe s second-tier competition, and …
Jose Mourinho defended Manchester United s players following the Red Devils 3-1 loss at Liverpool, reiterating that he has the full backing of his squad.
Two goals from substitute Xherdan Shaqiri condemned United to defeat on Sunday, and Mourinho s side now sit 19 points adrift of Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Mourinho left several star players, including Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba, on the bench, with the latter not brought on despite United attempting to haul themselves back into the contest late on.
However, when asked whether he had the full support of the United players, a frustrated Mourinho claimed the question suggested that his squad were dishonest.
Are you calling the players dishonest? Mourinho told Sky Sports.
I believe they …
Alexis Sanchez has been passed fit for Chile s second Confederations Cup Group B game against Germany on Thursday.
An ankle problem meant the Arsenal star could only manage a second-half appearance in their 2-0 opening win over Cameroon but head coach Juan Antonio Pizzi says he has been given the all-clear by the medical staff.
Manchester City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo remains short of fitness following a calf issue, however, and will not return to the side.
Alexis is available, Pizzi told a news conference. He showed he could play without problems and he recovered after a couple of days. He trained and didn t have any pain.
The doctors and physios are the ones who decide whether the players can play or not and they ve said he can play.
Claud…
UEFA has rejected a request for Germany to light up the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours for Wednesday s Euro 2020 clash with Hungary because of political reasons.
Mayor of Munich Dieter Reiter said on Sunday that he has asked UEFA for permission to illuminate the stadium in support of the LGBTQ+ community.
Reiter made the request after Hungary passed a law that prohibits the sharing of content in schools that could be deemed to promote homosexuality and gender change.
However, while UEFA understands the gesture, European football s governing body has proposed alternative dates for the stadium to be lit up, rather than on the day of the Hungary game.
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Borussia Dortmund are set to sign Emre Can from Juventus with the two clubs in talks at the moment, according to Sky Sports who quote their sources in Germany on the matter.
Since his arrival from Liverpool on a free transfer in the summer of 2018, the midfielder has utterly failed to impose himself for a place in the team at the Old Lady, and this season, under the command of Maurizio Sarri, he has been a member of the starting XI in only two Serie A games. On top of that, he wasn t even named on the 25-man list of players registered to play in the Champions League in the first half of the season.
Apparently, the 26-year-old is now extremely worried about his place in the Germany squad for the upcoming European Championship this year, and he is willing to do whatever i…
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Mexico and Qatar will lock horns in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup next week. The Group B match between Jaime Lozano’s side and Carlos Queiroz’s team will be held at Levi s Stadium in Santa Clara, California and is scheduled to kick off at 2am UK time on Monday.
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Hoping to clinch back-to-back NPL Victoria victories this weekend, Port Melbourne will travel to a struggling St. Albans on Friday morning.
Starting with the hosts, at the heart of a relegation scrap last season and only just about clinging to their NPL Victoria status, St. Albans are once again looking over their shoulder at a looming bottom-two scrap. While the Dinamos might have claimed a much-needed 3-0 victory against Hume City last month, Kruni Razov’s men have come crashing back down to earth in a worrying fashion. Last seen putting in another downbeat performance as they slumped to a 2-0 loss at home against Bentleigh, the Victoria-based outfit have lost each of their last three straight NPL Victoria showdowns…