Benfica president Rui Costa has said that a bid has been tabled for the services of 19-year-old midfielder Joao Neves.
Neves, who featured in Portugal s quarter-final run at Euro 2024, has been of interest to Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and Arsenal.
The midfielder made 55 appearances in all competitions for the Eagles last season, scoring three times and helping the club lift a ninth Portuguese Super Cup.
Neves played just 77 minutes at the European Championships in Germany, but has attracted interest for his assured midfield displays at club level.
The 19-year-old ranked second for most successful passes in the Primeira Liga (1794), only bettered by Sporting CP defender, Goncalo Inacio (2154).
Neves has a €120million (£101 mill…
Bayern Munich defender Bouna Sarr has confirmed he will miss Senegal s World Cup campaign after undergoing surgery on his left knee.
The 30-year-old has struggled with the problem for the past couple of years, restricting him to just 12 appearances for Bayern last season and none in the 2022-23 campaign.
Sarr started all seven of Senegal s games in their Africa Cup of Nations triumph earlier this year, but the versatile right-sided player will play no part for his country in Qatar.
I don t know how to express my disappointment to be away from the pitch for the coming months and especially to miss a World Cup, Sarr, capped 13 times, posted on Instagram.
It was not an easy decision to make, but after many months of thinking, I understood it would be the …
Neymar hailed fellow hat-trick hero Kylian Mbappe and Paris Saint-Germain assists king Lionel Messi as geniuses after the 6-1 win over Clermont.
The Brazilian also echoed Mbappe s verdict that it was a shame the superstar trio had not been able to link up more often this season.
Messi claimed three assists in the Ligue 1 leaders rampant away victory on Saturday night, becoming the first player to claim three assists on two separate occasions in the French top flight since Opta data for the competition began in 2006-07, having previously assisted three goals against Saint-Etienne in November.
The former Barcelona captain has averaged an impressive 0.73 assists per 90 minutes on the pitch during his first season in Ligue 1, a team-high.
Meanwhile, the t…
The Premier League is a week away from its winter break, but a feast of football awaits us before then, along with fantasy point-scoring opportunities.
Leaders Manchester City head to Southampton and will look to extend their 12-game winning run in the competition, at the expense of opponents who are unbeaten in their last seven league games at St Mary s.
Manchester United have a tricky assignment against David Moyes West Ham, and you might consider a Hammers forward to break down Ralf Rangnick s defence at Old Trafford.
If the time is right to back your strong start to the season, there are proven fantasy league performers to choose from here among this week s picks, and a strong case to be made for others you may not have considered.
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Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag is expecting a difficult test against Aston Villa following the appointment of Unai Emery, who has his first game in charge on Sunday.
The Spaniard makes his return to the Premier League after a previous stint with Arsenal, having rebuilt his reputation with Villarreal, where he won the Europa League against United in 2020-21.
A swift impact is needed at Villa, who enter the match on the back of a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Newcastle United last time out and having won just one of their past six Premier League matches.
United, meanwhile, have enjoyed back-to-back 1-0 victories against West Ham and Real Sociedad but will need to make changes amid their packed schedule, with Ten Hag mulling over his defensive options.
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Starting with the hosts, while Everton may have broken the £100million barrier on bringing in a string of new faces to Goodison Park during the transfer window, Marco Silva s side have struggled to make much of an impact over the summer. Playing out a lackluster 0-0 draw away at Crystal Palace last weekend and largely outplayed in the final third of the match, the former Watford boss will have some growing concerns over his sides performances in front of goal. Now on a run of three consecutive 0-0 draws against the likes of Championship outfit Wigan Athletic and Werder Bremen, the Blues have now remarkably managed to record just a single strike over 500 minutes of action. With their sights firmly set on securing a European return for Goodison Park this year, fans on Merseyside will be …
Newcastle Jets got their A-League season back on track with a gritty 1-0 victory over Western United at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday.
Dimitri Petratos sliced open the home side s defence and Angus Thurgate applied the finish in the 36th minute to end Newcastle s winless start to the season.
The result was not secured without a particularly nervy final 20 minutes, during which Josh Risdon looked to have headed United level.
However, a VAR review found Besart Berisha to be offside in the build-up and the Jets hung on with help from goalkeeper Glen Moss to inflict a second defeat on the competition s newcomers.
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Adelaide United earlier outclassed Central Coast Mariners in a come-from-be…
Roma boss Eusebio Di Francesco took delight in upsetting the doubters after his side progressed to the Champions League knockout stages as Group C winners.
Diego Perotti s lone goal in a 1-0 win over Qarabag proved enough for the Serie A side to finish above Chelsea courtesy of a superior head-to-head record.
Roma took four points off the Premier League champions and were only beaten once, away to Atletico Madrid, in qualifying for the last-16 for the second time in three seasons.
They will now be seeded for Monday s draw as they attempt to reach the quarter-finals a decade after their last appearance.
It was a great victory, a difficult one, especially as I have no Champions League experience, Di Francesco told Mediaset Premium.
It is satisf…
Leicester City have rejected a loan approach from Aston Villa for defender Christian Fuchs, according to Sky Sports.
The Championship outfit were keen on signing the Austria international until the end of the season, with a view to a permanent deal in the summer though the Foxes were not willing to do business.
Since signing from Schalke in the summer of 2015 the thirty-two-year-old has played one hundred and seventeen times in all competitions, however just one of those appearances have come in the league so far this season.
Fuchs played in all but six games as Leicester memorably clinched the Premier League title in the 2015/16 campaign while the last of his three goals for the club so far came in the 4-0 EFL Cup second round win over Fleetwood Town back in…
Sven Bender will join twin brother Lars at Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund have confirmed.
Bender – whose switch is subject to a medical – joined Dortmund from 1860 Munich in 2009 and made 224 appearances for the club, winning the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal twice.
The 28-year-old has been capped seven times by Germany and will move to Leverkusen in a deal worth a reported €15million.
Fitness problems including torn ankle ligaments hindered Bender last season, restricting him to three Bundesliga starts, and he told Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke and sporting director Michael Zorc he felt the time was right for a fresh challenge.
A few days ago, I approached Aki Watzke and Michael Zorc with a personal request to take a new challenge …