The French government has launched an inquiry to analyse the effect UEFA s Financial Fair Play rules will have on French football.

The parliamentary task was opened by the Cultural Affairs, Education and Sport Commission to examine how the new rules will impact clubs when they are enforced in 2014.

The rules, first agreed in principle in 2009 by UEFA s Financial Control Panel, were introduced to prevent football clubs spending more than they earn in the pursuit of success.

The aim of this inquiry is to talk to people at UEFA about Financial Fair Play, bearing in mind that, for the 2012/13 season, the cumulative deficit of professional clubs in France was 250 million Euros, French politician Thierry Braillard said.

The commission will focus in particula…

Arturo Vidal has demanded that 11 warriors take to the field when Bayern Munich host Arsenal in the Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday.

Bayern have much cause for optimism having opened up a seven-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga, while they defeated Arsenal at the same stage of the competition in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.

However, the Bavarians have faced criticism over their performances under Carlo Ancelotti at times this season and Bayern failed to top their group in the pool stages.

Chile midfielder Vidal has earned the nickname The Warrior for his full-blooded performances during a distinguished career, but says every player must be willing to make sacrifices to progress to the quarter-finals.

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Premier Leaders Chelsea play host to Manchester United in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Monday, as both teams take a detour from the domestic front to clash in hopes of making another step closer to one of the trophies in the running.

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Antonio Conte deserves full praise for his excellent work at this season, as the Italian has managed to transform the Blues and make them into a high-efficiency machine that looks set to receive the Premier League crown in May. The Blues are such a contrast to their last season’s selves when they were guided by Jose Mourinho in their title defence last term, which ultimately cost the Portuguese his job. Things could not be more different this time around as Ch…

Aaron Wan-Bissaka could be key to Manchester United s chances in the New Year s Day clash with Aston Villa, as he will likely be at least partly responsible for keeping Jack Grealish shackled.

Grealish has been a standout player in the Premier League this season, with their exceptional start to the 2020-21 campaign in no small part down to the attacking midfielder s influence.

Only five teams have scored more than Villa s 28 goals this term, though four have played two more matches than them. The other, United, have played one game extra.

Grealish has scored five and set up six, excelling in his free-roaming role from the left as he has also created 51 chances in the Premier League – Hakan Calhanoglu (53) of Milan is the only player to have played more key pas…

Paul Pogba s future at Manchester United seems to be getting messy and Juventus have no interest in being involved.

Linked with Real Madrid, Pogba, 26, wants to leave Old Trafford in the close season, according to his agent.

But United will demand plenty for the France international and his former club Juve are no longer in the race.

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Manchester United are now asking for €200.5million (£180m) for Pogba, according to the Mirror and The Sun.

The reports say the Premier League giants were angered by Pogba s agent Mino Raiola expressing his client s desire to leave.

Pogba arrived at United for £89m in 2016 and the club s latest asking price is more than double that.

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Leeds United are interested in signing Michail Antonio from West Ham United in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Antonio could leave Premier League club West Ham this week, and that Championship outfit Leeds are keen on securing his services.

Football Transfers, though, has said that Leeds are not the only club who are keen on Antonio. Premier League outfit Fulham want to sign the striker, and there are also clubs in Saudi Arabia who want to secure the services of the Jamacai international striker.

Antonio is the number one striker at West Ham at the moment. However, the Hammers, who won the UEFA Europa Conference League last season and will play in the UEFA Europa League this campaign, are interested in signing Youssef En-Nesyri fro…

Thibaut Courtois has confirmed he is asymptomatic after returning a positive test result for COVID-19.

The Real Madrid goalkeeper, along with team-mates Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde and Vinicius Junior, was confirmed by Los Blancos to have tested positive in the latest round of testing.

LaLiga leaders Madrid have had to deal with several positive cases within their squad over recent weeks, and are likely to be without the four players for at least their opening matches of 2022, against Getafe and Alcoyano respectively.

While Valverde and Camavinga have made 15 LaLiga starts between them this season, goalkeeper Courtois has started every top-flight match and winger Vinicius has played in all 19 league fixtures, scoring 10 goals and providing four assist…

West Brom defender Jonas Olsson is prepared to fight new signing Diego Lugano for a first-team spot.

The 30-year-old centre-half has been a regular fixture at the Hawthorns since joining from NEC Nijmegen in 2008, and he does not intend for that change.

However, competition for a starting berth will be intensified after manager Steve Clarke brought in Lugano from Paris-Saint Germain on Friday, a signing that Olsson is excited by.

I welcome more additions to the team and the competition, of course, he told the club s official website.

Before every season, it’s good to have a few new faces. Competition for places is what develops you as a team and an individual.

Lugano is a player I know about. His CV is brilliant.

I think he can be a good addition to…

Luke Moore has ended his stay at Swansea City after both parties agreed to cancel his contract.

The 27-year-old joined the Welsh outfit from fellow Premier League club West Brom for an undisclosed fee in January 2010.

He still had 10 months remaining on his current deal, but has terminated his contract by mutual consent as he does not feature in manager Michael Laudrup s first-team plans.

Moore made 20 appearances and scored five goals in all competitions for the Liberty Stadium outfit last season.

But his opportunities were set to be limited further in 2013-14 following the arrival of Ivory Coast international striker Wilfried Bony from Vitesse for a club-record fee in the close-season.

The former England Under-21 international began his career at Aston Vi…

Barcelona left it late to set a new club record unbeaten run with a 1-1 draw at Valencia, which saw them into the Copa del Rey final with an 8-1 aggregate victory.

Defending champions Barca subjected Gary Neville s men to a humiliating drubbing last week, with Luis Suarez scoring four and Lionel Messi netting a hat-trick.

Only five players remained from the 22 who took to the field at Camp Nou and the match had the feel of a dead rubber – not even the most committed Valencia fan could argue with any great conviction that their side would turn this tie around.

And the hosts efforts amounted to a single Alvaro Negredo strike before half-time, although their attacking endeavour arguably merited more.

There were plenty of positives for Neville, who is yet t…