Chelsea star Eden Hazard insists he is happy at the Premier League club, but again admitted he admires Real Madrid.
Hazard, 26, is often linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge, where he arrived from Lille in 2012.
The Belgium international has previously spoken about his admiration for Madrid and their coach Zinedine Zidane.
Hazard, who has recaptured some of his best form with six goals and five assists in 15 games in all competitions this season, said he was still happy at Chelsea.
I am always very fine at this club. I still have two years of contract [left]. When I feel the desire to leave, I ll leave. But, for now, I m a Blue, he told Canal+.
We know the admiration that I have for Real, but I m at Chelsea. Every year, things were said …
Arsenal will embrace the opportunity of their title charge under Mikel Arteta, but the Spaniard has warned them to be prepared for an unprecedented Premier League challenge.
The Gunners sit five points clear at the top of the table, having won all but two of their top-flight games this season, to emerge as unlikely contenders.
But with the campaign having been split into two halves to accommodate a mid-season World Cup, Arsenal will return to action against West Ham on Boxing Day with the pressure on to pick up where they left off.
Arteta feels his side can thrive as they look to keep their title tilt on track, but acknowledges they are taking a step into the unknown after the Premier League break.
We have all the red lights and alarms, he told Sky Sport…
RB Leipzig signed star forward Andre Silva from Bundesliga rivals Eintracht Frankfurt, it was announced on Friday.
Silva enjoyed a stellar 2020-21 campaign and the Portugal international joins Bundesliga runners-up Leipzig on a five-year contract until 2026.
The 25-year-old, who sealed a permanent move to Eintracht from Serie A side Milan in September having initially joined on loan in 2019, scored 28 Bundesliga goals last season – only Bayern Munich s Robert Lewandowski (41) managed more.
I m really excited for the new challenge at RB Leipzig, Silva said. The club have big goals and ambitions and I want to help them achieve those, ideally by scoring as many goals as possible. I want to play at the highest level and that is Champions League football – I have…
Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown believes Unai Emery should consider standing down as head coach after an absolute shambles of a performance in the 2-1 Europa League loss to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Daichi Kamada s fine second-half brace overturned Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang s opener and stretched the Gunners winless streak to seven matches in all competitions.
A sparsely populated Emirates Stadium, where the officially announced figure of 49,419 tickets sold was hardly represented by the attendance, booed Emery and his players at full time.
Keown, who played in the decorated Arsenal sides managed by George Graham and Arsene Wenger, feels the ex-Sevilla and Paris Saint-Germain boss has run out of road – as evidenced by their relegation form .
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In what could prove to be an action-packed MLS affair in the early hours of Saturday, New York will welcome Columbus to Yankee Stadium.
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Starting with the hosts, while New York might have endured a major MLS struggle last season, the Pigeons have come roaring back in a sensational fashion this time around. Last seen putting in another rampant performance as they cruised their way to a 5-1 victory against San Jose on home soil, Nick Cushing’s men are riding what has been a major wave of momentum. Signing off May with a 1-0 win away at New England, the Sky Blues are battling it out at the top of the Eastern Conference and will be looking to make up some ground this weekend. In fact, New York have won all of their previous…
Gareth Southgate described the reaction of some England supporters towards Harry Maguire as an absolute joke after the defender was booed before kick-off on Tuesday.
Manchester United captain Maguire started the Three Lions victory against the Ivory Coast, as goals for Ollie Watkins, Raheem Sterling and Tyrone Mings secured a 3-0 success at Wembley.
The centre-back has been a key performer for Southgate since breaking through into the senior set-up, and he was named to the UEFA Team of the Tournament for his performances at Euro 2020.
Yet since scoring in England s penalty shoot-out loss to Italy in last year s final, Maguire has struggled for form at club level, and has often found himself a scapegoat for United s on-field issues.
Those frustrations …
AC Milan are interested in signing Timo Werner from Chelsea in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Werner s advisor Volker Struth travelled to Italy this week to meet with Milan officials over a potential transfer at the end of the season.
Werner moved to Chelsea from RB Leipzig in the summer of 2020 and has failed to make a huge impact at Stamford Bridge. The Germany international forward has scored seven goals in 50 Premier League appearances for the Blues so far in his career.
Milan are at the top of the Serie A table at the moment with 67 points from 31 matches, a point clear of second-placed Napoli. Meanwhile, Chelsea currently find themselves third in the Premier League table with 59 points from 29 matches.
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Schalke have bolstered their forward line with the signing of Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, on a free transfer from Mainz.
The 25-year-old, who was part of Cameroon s FIFA World Cup squad, has signed a three-year deal at the Veltins Arena.
Choupo-Moting scored 20 goals in 74 Bundesliga appearances for Mainz and joins a side that will compete in the UEFA Champions League.
I am delighted that Eric Maxim has decided to join us, Schalke chief executive Horst Heldt told the club s official website.
He is versatile, but we plan to use him first and foremost in a central offensive position.
Choupo-Moting has plenty of experience in the Bundesliga, having come through the youth ranks at Hamburg.
He spent the 2009-10 campaign on loan at Nurnberg, be…
America coach Antonio Mohamed says it is premature to talk about anything beyond Saturday s trip to Tigres UANL.
Mohamed s America have made a dream start to the Liga MX Apertura campaign, winning their opening three games to sit two points clear of Atlas and Monterrey atop the table.
America preserved their 100 per cent record with a 4-0 demolition of Puebla a result that was sparked by a hat-trick from the competition s leading scorer Raul Jimenez, who has netted four goals in three games.
But Mohamed is taking nothing for granted against fifth-placed Tigres UANL at the Estadio Universitario de Nuevo Leon an unhappy stomping ground for the 2013 Apertura champions having not won in San Nicolas de los Garza since 2009.
It s too soon, we had a good start,…
Italy boss Luciano Spalletti conceded the Azzurri were never in their Euro 2024 game against Spain and felt the defending champions were fortunate not to lose by more than a one-goal margin.
Riccardo Calafiori s second-half own goal made the difference as Spain defeated Italy 1-0 in Gelsenkirchen on Thursday.
The defender became the first Italy player to ever put through his own net in a European Championship match and a poor loss left the Azzurri with work still to do to secure progression from Group B.
Spain fired off 20 shots to Italy s four, also creating 1.9 expected goals (xG) to the Azzurri s 0.18 and enjoying 57.2 per cent of the possession, with La Roja clinching their place in the knockout rounds.
Spalletti was honest in his post-match assessmen…