Joao Felix is increasingly frustrated with life at Atletico Madrid after dropping out of the starting XI in recent games.
The 22-year-old Portuguese is yet to score for the side in LaLiga or the Champions League this season and was an unused substitute in the midweek 0-0 draw with Club Brugge.
Atleti boss Diego Simeone has preferred Antoine Griezmann, Alvaro Morata, Matheus Cunha and Angel Correa in attack recently.
TOP STORY – JOAO FELIX WANTS ATLETICO EXIT
Joao Felix has requested to leave Atletico Madrid in January, reports Fichajes.
The forward is frustrated that he has been used sparingly, largely outside the starting XI this term.
Joao Felix s contract runs until 2026 and it will likely require a hefty fee to sign him from Atleti, …
Harry Kane believes Tottenham are well placed to end their wait for a trophy but acknowledges that the next stage of the campaign will prove decisive.
Spurs have become regular challengers in recent seasons, yet they have fallen short of silverware since winning the 2008 League Cup, finishing as runners-up in that competition twice and the Premier League once.
Now, with Mauricio Pochettino s men still in the running for four titles this term, star striker Kane is determined to ensure that Tottenham do not fall away this time.
Ahead of Sunday s clash with Manchester United in the league, which follows a 1-0 EFL Cup semi-final first-leg win over Chelsea, the England captain has called on Spurs to step it up .
I ve said all along that the aim of a professio…
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Looking to make up some ground in the top-six chase on Wednesday night, Aberdeen will welcome Motherwell to Pittodrie.
Starting with the hosts, while Aberdeen might have found themselves at the heart of a real struggle when opening up the 2023/24 campaign, Barry Robson’s men have claimed a recent boost. Last seen over the weekend making an immediate return to winning ways as they clinched a 2-1 victory against Livingston, the Dons now have their sights set on mounting a top-half charge in the New Year. Despite suffering League Cup heartbreak at Hampden on December 17th as they fell to a 1-0 loss against Rangers, Aberdeen have won all of their other previous three appearances across all competitions. Signing off their Europa Co…
Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney say they will not get bored at Wrexham as they build a “sustainable business” at the newly-promoted club.
Wrexham ended a 15-year absence from the English Football League last month as the two actors’ investment in the Welsh club paid handsome dividends.
The pair took over the club from the Wrexham Supporters Trust in February 2021 and have invested heavily on infrastructure and strengthening manager Phil Parkinson’s squad since, with some reports suggesting an outlay of over £10million.
“I find it fascinating there are people who assume this could ever be boring in any stretch of the imagination,” said McElhenney, speaking on the Fearless in Devotion podcast.
“The things we have done and fe…
Neymar v Nelson Semedo
Neymar s world-record move to Paris Saint-Germain dominated Barcelona s preparation for the 2017-18 season, and all was not well on the training ground in the weeks leading up to the €222million switch.
Recent arrival Nelson Semedo became involved in a skirmish with the wantaway star in what proved to be an unseemly coda to his time at Camp Nou.
I just arrived and one of the most important players in the team got in a fight with me, Semedo told Sport five months on from the July 2017 fracas. It annoyed me at the time, but I also understood he was in a difficult moment, he wanted to leave.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic v Oguchi Onyewu
Never a shrinking violet, Zlatan Ibrahimovic boasts a career of confrontation in football. The ta…
AC Milan captain Alessio Romagnoli is motivated to deliver a derby victory for heavily scrutinised head coach Gennaro Gattuso in Sunday s crunch clash with rivals Inter.
Italy international Romagnoli has started six of seven Serie A matches since inheriting the armband from Leonardo Bonucci, who rejoined Juventus following an ill-fated season at San Siro.
Though yet to keep a domestic clean sheet this term, the Rossoneri have found winning form after a run of three successive league draws that prompted speculation over Gattuso s future.
Romagnoli was notably at fault for a costly late error at Empoli amid that sequence and the 23-year-old is now determined to repay his boss support.
We are very close to him, the centre-back told Milan TV as his side t…
According to David Ornstein of , Nottingham Forest have made a verbal offer to sign AS Monaco midfielder Youssouf Fofana. The Ligue 1 side are believed to be leaning towards accepting the €35 million proposal, with easily achievable add-ons to make the sum larger.
Forest are also in discussions with Fofana s representatives over the prospect, as well as the personal terms of a potential contract, but there are apparently other interested clubs monitoring the situation closely.
The 24-year-old France international has emerged as the top name in a list of candidates for strengthening Steve Cooper s midfield ranks, which also included Ibrahim Sangare of PSV Eindhoven, Leicester City s Wilfred Ndidi, Leeds United s Tyler Adams, as well as Florentino Luis of Benfica.
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Having to watch Liverpool lift their first Premier League title earlier in the week, there is no doubt that Pep Guardiola will already be making his plans for a title reclaim next season.
Although England s top-flight might have only just returned from the enforced break, speculation has continued to surround the areas that the former Barcelona boss could be looking to strengthen this summer.
Announcing last week that German international wants to end his tenure at the Etihad come to the end of the season, it appears that fans around the blue half of Manchester could have a long list of new faces coming through the door this summer.
Already securing the services of high-touted Brazilian youngster Yan Couto from Coritiba back in January, we have taken a look at …
Aston Villa will make a third bid for Middlesbrough forward Morgan Rogers in the final days of the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Villa have already have had two bids for Rogers and will make a third and final offer for the 21-year-old forward in the coming days.
Villa are preparing for their FA Cup tie against Chelsea and are unlikely to make a new bid for Rogers until that particular match is over. It is likely that the Villans will make a new offer for Rogers before next Tuesday when hey are back in action, this time taking on Newcastle United in the Premier League.
Rogers has been on the books of Middlesbrough since the summer of 2023 when he joined from Manchester City for £1 million. He has made 14 starts and 12 substitute app…
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England will be hoping to get their UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers off to the best possible start as they take on the Czech Republic at Wembley Stadium on Friday evening.
Gareth Southgate s men come into the match off of the back of an excellent World Cup campaign in Russia, whilst they have also managed to reach the finals of the UEFA Nations League so they will confident of getting a positive result.
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The Three Lions will be in an extremely confident mood as they take on the Czech Republic having reach the Nations League finals, albeit back in November. It took a dramatic turnaround for Southgate s men to reach the finals in Portugal after they fell behind to Andrej Kramaric s strike in th…