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Nice president Jean-Pierre Rivere harbours no ill-will towards Christophe Galtier, who he hopes the best for at Paris Saint-Germain.

Galtier left Nice on June 27 and is expected to replace Mauricio Pochettino at PSG.

The former Lille coach enjoyed a fine start to his single season in the south of France, with Nice flying high in Ligue 1 and embarking on a run to the Coupe de France final, beating PSG en route.

However, Nice were unable to keep up their push for Champions League qualification and ultimately had to settle for fifth place, while they were defeated 1-0 by Nantes in the Coupe de France final in May. 

Nevertheless, Rivere is happy that Galtier has the chance to coach a star-studded PSG team, and believes the impending move suits all partie…

There was a predictable champion at the end of the 2019-20 Serie A campaign as Juventus clinched a ninth successive Scudetto, and their success is reflected in Opta s Team of the Season. 

Although Juve finished 2019-20 just a point ahead of second-placed Inter, they had wrapped up the title with two games to go – beating Sampdoria 2-0 on July 26.

Cristiano Ronaldo was unsurprisingly key, finishing as his team s top scorer, but for much of the season there were a few sides that looked like they might push Juve all the way.

Inter, Atalanta and Lazio all had their moments where they were able to dream and they each had individuals who impressed.

Following the conclusion on the campaign on Sunday, we teamed up with Opta to outline the Serie A Team of th…

Atletico Madrid have reportedly offered Juanfran a new deal. That s according to , who add that the proposal on the defender s table is actually one of a 12-month contract extension.

With Diego Godin likely to join Inter and Lucas Hernandez to move to Bayern Munich, manager Diego Simeone is very reluctant to allow another one of his defenders to leave Wanda Metropolitano as the 34-year-old approaches the end of his current contract.

Juanfran spent two years with Real Madrid, one year with Espanyol, four and a half years with Osasuna, and he arrived to Atletico in January 2011. He has so far made 344 competitive appearances for the club, scoring six times. Despite the presence of the likes of Šime Vrsaljko and Sanitago Arias who are both fighting to make the right-back …

Ovie Ejaria has left Liverpool to join Championship club Reading on a permanent deal.

Ejaria, 22, first joined Reading on loan in January 2019, before spending a full season at the club in 2019-20.

The clubs had an agreement to make the move permanent and that was confirmed on Friday.

Reading are reportedly paying £3million, potentially rising to £3.5m, for Ejaria.

Naturally, everybody at the club is delighted to have got this transfer over the line and it is a deal our owner, Mr Dai [Yongge], was very keen to see completed as soon as was possible, Reading manager Mark Bowen said.

Ovie has shown everyone his exceptional quality in the time he has spent here on loan and I m sure all our supporters are excited to see him continue to impress as a…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued his remarkable scoring streak with an acrobatic late strike to secure Milan a 2-1 win over Udinese, stretching the Rossoneri s unbeaten run in all competitions to 24 games.

Stefano Pioli s men appeared to be heading for an underwhelming draw with a side that had lost all but one of their first five Serie A games this term, but Ibrahimovic was decisive in the latter stages as he became the first Milan player to score in six successive league appearances since he accomplished the feat in 2012.

The 39-year-old Swede – who scored braces in each of his previous three league outings – had already made a telling contribution in setting up Franck Kessie s empathic opener.

Hosts Udinese levelled through a Rodrigo de Paul penalty just two…

The Premier League will be entitled to disqualify club owners and directors for human rights abuses, under new rules revealed on Thursday.

That was one of the outcomes of a shareholders meeting as the league tightened up restrictions on who should be allowed to own and govern its clubs.

It was announced there would be increased clarity and transparency regarding due diligence carried out in the case of takeovers, as well as annual checks to determine directors remained compliant.

The owners and directors test (OADT) has faced plenty of scrutiny, mainly but not exclusively relating to the influx of money pouring into the league from overseas, with huge investments in Premier League clubs coming largely from the United States and the Middle East.

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Real Madrid are interested in signing Joao Cancelo from Manchester City, according to . The report has claimed that last season’s La Liga and UEFA Champions League winners are keeping an eye on Cancelo, as well as his City teammate Erling Haaland, who moved to last season’s Premier League champions only in the summer of 2022.

Cancelo has been on the books of City since 2019 when he joined from Italian giants Juventus. The 28-year-old Portugal international, who can play as a full-back or as a wing-back, has been superb for Pep Guardiola’s side over the years and is now one of the first names on the teamsheet.

The full-back has made seven appearances in the Premier League for City so far this season, scoring one goal in the process. Cancelo has also given three ass…

A dramatic late penalty denied Paris Saint-Germain victory against RB Leipzig as they drew 2-2 at the Red Bull Arena and lost top spot in Champions League Group A.

Following a lengthy VAR check in stoppage time, referee Andreas Ekberg pointed to the spot after Presnel Kimpembe was judged to have fouled Christopher Nkunku in the box and Dominik Szoboszlai fired past Gianluigi Donnarumma from 12 yards.

PSG were without Lionel Messi after he picked up a knee injury at the weekend but thought they had done enough to claim an away win thanks to a first-half brace from Georginio Wijnaldum, although Mauricio Pochettino s men had trailed to Nkunku s header and seen Donnarumma save a first spot-kick from Andre Silva.

A draw saw PSG fall behind Manchester City, wh…

Arsenal and Newcastle United are favourites for Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips, according to . The Italian news outlet has noted that Juventus and West Ham United are also keen on Phillips, adding that the England international midfielder would prefer to stay in the Premier League.

Phillips has failed to make an impact at City after joining from Leeds United in the summer of 2022. The midfielder is a peripheral figure in Pep Guardiola’s squad and could be offloaded on a loan deal. Things are looking bleak for the midfielder at the Etihad Stadium.

Arsenal are third in the Premier League table at the moment with 27 points from 12 matches, level on points with Arsenal in third and a point behind leaders and defending champions Manchester City.

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Atletico Madrid were eliminated from Europe in midweek after a 2-1 loss at Porto and are looking to bolster their squad.

One player who could be sold is Joao Felix, who Atleti signed for €126million from Benfica on a seven-year deal in 2019.

The Portuguese forward has underwhelmed this season, with only two goals, and has been unsettled at times.

TOP STORY – ATLETICO WILLING TO LISTEN TO JOAO FELIX OFFERS

Cadena SER claims Atletico Madrid have put Joao Felix on the market and are open to offers for him.

Bayern Munich were rumoured to have made a €100m off-season move for Felix, while Manchester United reportedly had a €130m bid turned down in August.

Fichajes reported last month that the 22-year-old had handed in a transfer reques…