Chelsea have announced the signing of Caleb Wiley from Atlanta United for a reported fee of £8.5million.
The 19-year-old has signed a six-year contract, with the option to extend that for a further year, which would keep him at the club until 2031.
Wiley joined Atlanta s academy aged 11, progressing through the youth set-up before making his first-team debut in 2022.
He made 85 appearances for the Five Stripes in all competitions, scoring on his debut in a win over Sporting Kansas City.
Chelsea is pleased to announce the signing of United States international Caleb Wiley.
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC)
Wiley has made two appearances for the USA senior side and is currently with the United States Olympic squad preparing for the Games in Pari…
Brazil great Cafu has backed Darwin Nunez to succeed should he join Liverpool, given the Reds recent purchasing history and coaching ability of Jurgen Klopp.
Sadio Mane has been subject of repeated interest from Bayern Munich, with the Bundesliga champions attempting to secure the services of the Senegal international.
Julian Nagelsmann s side are reported to have had a second bid for the Liverpool forward rejected earlier this week, but Bayern are expected to persist with their advances.
Mane s exit would open the door for Liverpool to sign Nunez, who has been heavily linked with a big-money move to Anfield that could be worth up to €100million (£85m).
Nunez has scored 48 goals in 85 games for Benfica in all competitions and averaged 1.2 goals eve…
Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City showed who we are after they clawed back a two-goal deficit in a pulsating 3-3 draw with Newcastle United.
The Premier League champions looked set for a first loss of the new top-flight campaign after Ilkay Gundogan s opener had been cancelled out by goals for Miguel Almiron, Callum Wilson and Kieran Trippier at St James Park.
But a rapid-fire one-two punch from Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva saw the visitors fight back to earn a share of the spoils in one of the most gripping encounters of the season so far.
Fragments of City s remarkable title-winning final day rise from the canvas against Aston Villa last term were readily apparent on Tyneside as Guardiola s side fought their way to a draw.
That delighted the…
England will take on Spain in their first Women’s World Cup final on Sunday.
The European champions will have to navigate their way past a Spanish side rife with talent, including nine players from last season’s Champions League winners Barcelona.
Here, the PA news agency looks at five players to watch when the monumental meeting kicks off in front of over 75,000 fans at 11am BST.
Lauren James
The 21-year-old forward missed England’s last-eight and last-four clashes while she served a two-match ban for a red card she was shown after stepping on the back of defender Michelle Alozie in the Lionesses’ last-16 battle with Nigeria.
Before the incident World Cup debutant James had netted three times in the group stage and is still joint top of the comp…
Kylian Mbappe revelled in a dream come true after completing his long-awaited blockbuster move to Real Madrid.
The France captain signed a five-year deal with the newly crowned Champions League winners, who he will join as a free agent in July when his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires.
Mbappe, who was heavily linked with a move away, officially announced his departure from the Ligue 1 champions in early May, bowing out after Luis Enrique s side completed the double with victory in the Coupe de France.
The forward was expected to join Madrid in the 2021-22 season, but rejected the opportunity in favour of signing a two-year contract extension with PSG.
However, two years later, Los Blancos have finally got their man, who took to Instagram to share…
Atalanta have signed Italy forward Mateo Retegui on a four-year contract from fellow Serie A club Genoa, the Europa League champions announced on Thursday.
No details of the deal were disclosed, though reports suggest it was worth around €28million.
In his one season at Genoa, he made 31 appearances in all competitions, netting nine goals and registering three assists.
The Argentinian-born 25-year-old has played 12 international matches since his debut in 2023, including all four of Italy s matches during the recent European Championship.
The signing of Retegui will be a welcome addition for coach Gian Piero Gasperini, who conceded earlier on Thursday that his side are less competitive now than they were just a few months ago.
Retegui will likel…
Italy head coach Antonio Conte already has a clear idea of which players will make his final 23-man party for the upcoming European Championship in France.
Euro 2016 will be Conte s last act as Italy coach, as he prepares to take over at Chelsea following the tournament.
On Monday, Conte announced a provisional 30-man squad for the finals, with seven of those to be cut before the deadline at the end of May.
And Conte says he is fairly certain which players will be travelling with him to France, where they face Belgium, Republic of Ireland and Sweden in Group E.
In my head I know who to take to the European Championship, he said at Tuesday s media conference.
My ideas are very clear, and I m very clear from this point of view. Doubts? I honestl…
AC Milan have announced the signing of Filippo Terracciano on a four-and-a-half-year deal.
The 20-year-old defender arrives at the club from Hellas Verona until June 30, 2028.
He began his career with Verona and made his senior debut for the club in December 2021 against Empoli in the Coppa Italia.
Bright-eyed and eager to begin
— AC Milan (@acmilan)
Terracciano then made his Serie A debut against the same opposition in March 2022.
He has since made 39 appearances in total for Verona in the league and has been a key cog for the Serie A strugglers this season, playing 18 of their 19 league matches.
Terracciano represents Italy on the international stage and earned a call-up to their under-21 squad in November 2022, making his…
Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey are ready to start for Wales in Tuesday s crucial Euro 2020 qualifier against Hungary, manager Ryan Giggs has confirmed.
Real Madrid forward Bale made his first appearance in a month in the 2-0 win over Azerbaijan on Saturday, a result that kept alive Wales hopes of qualifying automatically for next year s tournament.
Bale, who has been struggling with a calf injury, was replaced in the second half by Juventus midfielder Ramsey, who has been hampered by recent thigh trouble.
Giggs expects to be able to have both players in the starting line-up for the first time in their qualifying campaign when they face Hungary in Cardiff, a match in which the winners will secure a place at the Euro 2020 finals.
We ve got a few players who …
Graeme Shinnie is desperate to lift the Viaplay Cup trophy as Aberdeen captain after being on the losing side the last time the Dons won it almost a decade ago.
The 32-year-old was playing for Inverness when they lost on penalties to the Pittodrie side in the League Cup final following a goalless draw at Celtic Park in March 2014.
Shinnie and his Caley Thistle colleagues bounced back to win the Scottish Cup by beating Falkirk just over a year later in what was his last game as captain of the Highland outfit before joining Aberdeen for his first spell.
Now back at Pittodrie for a second stint after a couple of years in England, the skipper would love to win his first trophy in Aberdeen colours by defeating Rangers at Hampden on Sunday.
“In football lifti…