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ANTONIO CONTE is not happy at Chelsea and did not want Nemanja Matic to join Manchester United. That is the view of former striker Chris Sutton, who spent one season at Stamford Bridge during his playing days. Conte’s Chelsea lost the Community Shield on penalties yesterday after a 1-1 draw at Wembley. Despite winning the league in May, Conte has ...

LIVERPOOL have accepted a £90m offer from Barcelona for Philippe Coutinho, according to huge claims from Brazil. Barcelona have spent the last few weeks aiming to prise Coutinho away from Liverpool. Having lost Neymar to Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain, the Catalan giants have £200million in the bank account – which they plan to use on a marquee name. Borussia ...

Brazilian superstar Neymar, who cost Paris Saint-Germain a staggering world record transfer fee of 222 million euros ($264m), will more than double his value inside two years, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said Friday. The 25-year-old’s price tag has stunned the football world, more than doubling the previous record Manchester United paid for Paul Pogba. But Al-Khelaifi, accompanied by Neymar at ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are targeting one more summer signing with the transfer window shutting in less than a month. Express Sport brings you all the latest updates from Old Trafford as they come through. MANCHESTER UNITED TRANSFER NEWS LIVE UPDATES: NEYMAR MIGHT JOIN AFTER PSG SPELL, MARTIAL TO INTER MILAN RULED OUT Friday August 4 Mata nice guy 15:43: Juan Mata ...

ANTONIO CONTE has admitted he could deviate from his tried-and-tested 3-4-3 formation for the Community Shield clash with Arsenal this weekend. Chelsea take on Arsenal in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday (2pm) in a repeat of the 2015 clash which the Gunners won 1-0. Antonio Conte is keen to kick-start the season by winning some silverware and has ...

Liverpool have been drawn to face German side Hoffenheim in the Champions League play-off, with Celtic taking on Astana. Celtic have a reunion with Kazakh side FC Astana, who they beat at the third qualifying round last season, with a narrow 3-2 win on aggregate. Liverpool were denied a meeting with Mario Balotelli’s Nice, who had the toughest draw in ...

BARCELONA have agreed in principle a deal to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Ousmane Dembele to replace Neymar. Neymar was unveiled as a Paris Saint-Germain player today after completing his world-record shattering £200million move. Barcelona are desperate to sign a replacement ahead of the new season and are trying to land Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool. But according to Italian journalist Tancredi ...

MANCHESTER UNITED must win the Premier League this season, says Quinton Fortune. Manchester United have not won the title since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club in 2013. The Red Devils finished fifth last season under Jose Mourinho and qualified for the Champions League by virtue of winning the Europa League. Mourinho has spent £130million on three new signings this ...

Arsene Wenger has characterised Neymar’s €222 million move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain as “beyond rationality” and has blasted the deal as being a result of when “a country owns a football club.” Qatar Sports Investments became the majority shareholder of the Ligue 1 club in 2011 and has proceeded to make headlines for the exorbitant sums they’ve spent on ...

Fans of Kumasi Asante Kotoko are calling for a reduction in ticket prices ahead of Sunday’s Super Clash between the Porcupine Warriors and Hearts of Oak. The chairman of the Ashanti Regional Circles Obeng Sekyere made this known to the Ghana News Agency. “They are charging GH¢100.00, GH¢50.00, GH¢20.00 and GH¢10.00 for the VVIP, VIP, Center line and the popular ...