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REAL MADRID accepted a bid for Gareth Bale from Manchester United but the star rejected a move to Old Trafford, reports claim. Manchester United spent the summer attempting to land Gareth Bale, who has been a long-term target for previous managers Sir Alex Ferguson, David Moyes and Louis van Gaal. But Spanish outlet Don Balon claims the Red Devils were ...

ALVARO MORATA says he must repay the faith shown in him by Antonio Conte after Chelsea bought “a Real Madrid substitute”. Morata joined Chelsea for £70million this summer after spending much of last season on the Real Madrid bench. The Spain international has arrived to replace Diego Costa who, although he wasn’t sold in the transfer window, has been ostracised ...

ANDY COLE does not hesitate for a second when asked the question: Would he swap all his medals, goals and memories for good health? “In a heartbeat,” he said. “What I’ve been through, what I’ve seen my family go through, how distressed they have been, not sure if I was going to come through the other side, I’d swap it ...

Kwesi Appiah admits Ghana face uphill task to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after the 1-1 stalemate with Congo though says they will keep going until it becomes impossible. The Black Stars were expected to capitalise on Egypt’s slip to get back in contention for top spot in Group E, which guarantees qualification. But instead they produced a ...

BARCELONA director Albert Soler has revealed Liverpool wanted €200million (£185m) for Philippe Coutinho. Liverpool managed to keep hold of the talented Brazilian despite the player handing in a transfer request and asking to join Barca. Having managed to keep hold of Coutinho on deadline day in England on Thursday, Liverpool could have still cashed in on him the following day ...

ENGLAND fans were finally treated to five minutes of the sort of free-scoring football Gareth Southgate’s youthful revolution had promised them. Ryan Bertrand, Danny Welbeck and Harry Kane – the last two instinctive strikers’ finishes from international class deliveries – gave England their biggest competitive win for nearly two years. –– ADVERTISEMENT –– What a shame so many of their ...

Tennis star Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in Florida. Williams, 35, whose partner is Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, was admitted to the St Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach on Wednesday. The 23-time Grand Slam winner said last month she was planning to return to tennis for the Australian Open in January. ...

Uefa has opened a formal investigation into Paris St-Germain as part of its “ongoing monitoring” of clubs under Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. European football’s governing body introduced FFP ‘break-even’ rules in 2013, requiring clubs to balance their spending with their revenue. PSG more than doubled the world record transfer fee when they spent 222m euros (£200m) to sign Neymar ...

The dream for a fourth successive appearance at the biggest stage in world football may well have ended for Ghana after Congo put up a masterful performance to earn a 1-1 stalemate in Kumasi. After picking up only just a point in two games, Ghana were given a lifeline by Uganda yesterday to get their World Cup qualification campaign back ...

MANCHESTER UNITED’s transfer business has finished until January and Express Sport is on hand to bring you all the latest news and gossip coming out of Old Trafford. Man Utd News LIVE updates: Express Sport brings you all the latest from Old Trafford Saturday 2 September Perisic clause 10:54: Inter Milan are to insert an ‘anti-United’ clause into Ivan Perisic’s ...