Benteke leaves Liverpool for Crystal Palace

After making his return to the Newcastle United first-team, Jonas Gutierrez revealed how he was told to move on by former manager Alan Pardew.

Gutierrez made his comeback on Wednesday against Manchester United, after recovering from testicular cancer.

The Argentinian was given a rousing reception by the St James Park faithful upon his return, but has explained how former boss Pardew was happy to see him move on during his period of rehabilitation.

He told me to look for a team a moment after the second operation at the end of 2013, he told Marca.

This hurt me a lot.

You have to be more human and not look only at the football side and business.

I only look to the future and each of us has to look at themselves and their conscience.

Minnesota United lived up to their terrific away record with a 2-1 win against Nashville SC at Geodis Park on Sunday.

At home, Nashville were the betting favourites in the contest, but perhaps that should not have been the case as they entered the match with the worst home record in the Western Conference, collecting just 14 points from 12 matches.

On the other hand, Minnesota are the West s third-best team away from home, with 19 points in 13 matches, and while they have been strong recently – with only one loss from their past 10 games – Nashville have only one win from their past 10.

The road team took the life out of the crowd when Franco Fragapane put Minnesota ahead 1-0 in the 27th minute, getting on the end of a terrific ball from Emanuel Reynoso after…

Wolves have confirmed the acquisition of Matheus Nunes for a club-record transfer fee.

Nunes, a Brazilian-born Portugal international, has signed a five-year deal at Molineux after arriving from Sporting CP.

It has been reported that Wolves are paying an initial £38million (€45m), with add-ons potentially taking the fee to £42.2m (€50m).

The 23-year-old has been linked with a Premier League move over the last year, and follows Nathan Collins and Goncalo Guedes as Wolves third signing of the transfer window.

Bruno Lage will have the midfielder, who scored in his final match for Sporting, at his disposal for Saturday s trip to Tottenham.

Capable of playing in any central role in midfield, Nunes is relishing the chance to play in the Premier Le…

Spain defender Sergio Ramos believes the 1-1 friendly draw with Germany on Friday demonstrated the team s considerable potential ahead of the World Cup.

La Roja arrived at the previous edition of the tournament in Brazil four years ago as holders, but crashed out in the group stage after losing 5-1 to Netherlands.

Head coach Vicente del Bosque could only guide them to the round of 16 at Euro 2016 and stepped down after the tournament, making way for Julen Lopetegui.

A convincing qualifying campaign has Spain back among the favourites ahead of this year s finals.

And Real Madrid defender Ramos, who earned his 150th senior international cap in Dusseldorf, feels his side made something of a statement with their performance against Joachim Low s men. 

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that Fiorentina are the latest side to have joined the chase for AC Milan defender Ignazio Abate.

Seeing as how Juan Cuadrado could leave the club before the transfer window closes, Viola plan to have a replacement ready.

According to Il Corriere dello Sport, AC Milan full-back Ignazio Abate is the number one name on their hit-list that also includes Glen Johnson, Jon Flanagan and Atsuto Uchida.

The Rossoneri are ready to offload their long-serving player this summer, with the Italy international reportedly on the radar of quite a few top European clubs.

Ignazio Abate, 27, has spent his entire career at San Siro, while enjoying loan spells with Torino, Empoli, Modena, Piacenza and Napoli.

He has made a total of 136 Serie A appearances for the Ro…

FC Porto are set to complete the signing of Brazilian midfielder Otavio Edmilson da Silva Monteiro from Internacional, reports O Globo.

The Dragons have already recruited a host of quality footballers this summer and they are likely to make the 19-year-old their final signing of the summer transfer window.

O Globo understands that the two clubs have agreed on a €7 million transfer fee, with the youngster expected to sign a five-year deal at Estadio do Dragao later today.

Otavio is the product of Internacional youth school and he was handed his first team debut in July 2012.

The highly rated midfielder has so far made 55 appearances for the club and scored 6 goals in the process, while featuring in another 7 Copa do Brasil matches.

Otavio hasn …

While Scotland might have been looking to sign off their EURO 24 qualifying adventure with a statement on Sunday night, the Tartan Army eventually had to settle for a thrilling 3-3 stalemate against Norway.

The Scots came from behind twice in the first-half as goals conceded goals by Aron Donnum and Jorgen Larsen cancelled out John McGinn s spot-kick and Leo Ostigard s own goal.

Putting in an eye-catching display after returning from the half-time break, Southampton midfielder Stuart Armstrong looked like he had wrapped up another Group A victory for Steve Clarke’s side just before the hour mark.

However, although Scotland might have been moments away from laying down another Group A marker, Clarke’s side suffered late frustration in Glasgow as former Celtic…

LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan has admitted that he could quit United States national team in the near future.

The 30-year-old helped his side make it to the Conference semi-finals by scoring from a penalty spot in the 2-1 win over Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday.

However, while remaining focus on his club career, the highly rated forward admits he is not sure how much longer he can continue playing for the national team.

If I m not enjoying playing anymore, the World Cup is the last thing on my mind, Donovan said in an interview with ESPN.

I need to make sure that I m enjoying playing every day. If I m not enjoying it, none of that stuff really matters.

And your body s going to tell you it s time to take a break, and that s what my body has d…

India chased 147 to beat Pakistan in the Asia Cup by five wickets, aided by strong innings from Hardik Pandya and the returning Virat Kohli.

After India won the toss and opted to bowl first, Pakistan captain and dangerman Babar Azam was dismissed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar within three overs, before fellow opener Mohammad Rizwan top-scored with 43 as Pakistan were bowled out for 147 with one ball of the innings remaining.

Bhuvneshwar was the pick of the Indian bowlers, taking 4-26, while Pandya and Arshdeep Singh took three and two wickets respectively. 

India s chase got off to a woeful start as KL Rahul, making his return from injury, was removed for a golden duck, dragging on from the bowling of Pakistan T20I debutant Naseem Shah. Rahul s dismissal brought in…

England midfielder Joe Cole will not take part in Chelsea s pre-season tour of the United States after undergoing minor surgery, the Premier League club confirmed on Thursday.

Cole required the operation to correct a small tear to his meniscus in his knee and is expected back in full training in one month.

The midfielder had recently recovered from cruciate ligament damage sustained in January, which ruled him out of the rest of the 2008-09 season.

Chelsea travel to the US on Thursday and will play the opening match of their tour against Seattle Sounders on Saturday.

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