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Paulo Dybala has found being compared to Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar damaging , according to Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri.
A strong start to the Serie A season, which featured hat-tricks against Sassuolo and Genoa, intensified suggestions Dybala could become the player to break Messi and Ronaldo s decade-long stranglehold on the Ballon d Or.
Dybala has since gone off the boil, scoring only once in Serie A since October, leading Allegri to regularly leave the Argentina international on the bench.
Allegri again denied he has fallen out with Dybala reportedly the subject of an offer worth £70million plus Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Manchester United but hinted the 24-year-old has been distracted by speculation.
The relationship with him …
Ryan Fraser s dramatic late second goal secured Bournemouth a 2-1 win over Everton at the Vitality Stadium, ending their eight-match winless run in the Premier League and lifting them out of the bottom three.
Everton looked set to leave with a point after Idrissa Gueye cancelled out Fraser s first goal, but Bournemouth kept battling and the midfielder sealed all three points with a minute of normal time remaining, courtesy of a shot that took a huge deflection to beat Jordan Pickford.
The hosts appeared the more purposeful in attack during the first half and were good value for the lead when Fraser rounded off an incisive counter-attack in style with 33 minutes played.
However, Sam Allardyce introduced Wayne Rooney – who had been suffering from illness –…
Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has talked up a move for out-of-contract striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, believing the Sweden captain would be a great addition at Old Trafford.
United have emerged as a possible destination for 34-year-old free agent Ibrahimovic, who opted against signing a new contract with French champions Paris Saint-Germain.
Ibrahimovic ended the 2015-16 season with 50 goals in all competitions as PSG snapped up all four trophies on offer in France, taking his career tally with the capital club to 156 in 180 appearances.
And France international Martial has welcomed the potential arrival of Ibrahimovic, who is preparing for the upcoming Euro 2016.
If Zlatan was to come, it would be really good, Martial said.
He s a grea…
Sean Dyche preferred to focus on Burnley s overall progress across the past year after the Clarets began 2018 with a dramatic 2-1 defeat at home to Liverpool.
It looked as though Dyche s men had secured a point when Johann Gudmundsson struck in the 87th minute to cancel out Sadio Mane s superb opener.
But in the fourth minute of stoppage time, Ragnar Klavan nodded home at the far post to secure maximum points for the visitors and extend Burnley s winless run to five games.
The Clarets sit seventh in the Premier League on 34 points, only six fewer than their tally for 2016-17, when they finished 16th.
FULL-TIME Burnley 1-2 Liverpool
The Reds steal three points late on with Mane Klavan getting on the scoresheet
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Stoke City chief executive Tony Scholes has revealed the club have not received any offers for captain Ryan Shawcross.
The 26-year-old defender, who earned a solitary England cap in 2012, played all but one of Stoke s Premier League matches this season, only missing the penultimate game against Fulham through suspension following a red card in the 1-0 defeat to Tottenham.
Shawcross impressive displays at centre-back helped propel Stoke to ninth their highest Premier League finish and speculation has mounted regarding a possible move away from the Britannia Stadium for the former Manchester United trainee.
However, Scholes stated on Thursday that Stoke had received no offers from other clubs.
It comes as no surprise to me what I have read about Ryan, Scholes told …
Tottenham Hotspur have joined the race to sign Southampton striker Jay Rodriguez, .
Arsenal and Liverpool have also been linked with a move for the 24 year old, who scored fifteen Premier goals for the Saints last season, though Spurs may hold the advantage with Mauricio Pochettino’s switch to White Hart Lane expected imminently.
Daniel Sturridge and Wayne Rooney were the only Englishmen to score more top flight goals than Rodrgiuez during the 2013/14 campaign, and he was in the running for selection for Roy Hodgson’s squad for this summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil until he suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury during his side’s 4-1 lost to Manchester City last month.
Rodriguez, who has a year to run on his current deal, moved to St Mary’s fro…
Graham Potter acknowledges any new Chelsea contract for Mason Mount must be right for the player, who has been linked with a move away after falling out of favour at Stamford Bridge.
Mount s current Blues deal expires at the end of next season and, with fresh terms yet to be agreed, the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and Newcastle United have been credited with an interest in the midfielder.
The 24-year-old has missed Chelsea s last two games – wins over Leeds United and Borussia Dortmund – through injury, though he started just one of their previous four matches across all competitions.
Potter outlined his desire for a swift resolution to Mount s talks with the club last month, but with no visible progress being made, he accepts the England internati…
Edin Terzic bemoaned the way Borussia Dortmund were drawn into a wild Revierderby after Schalke twice came from behind to damage their rivals title hopes in a dramatic 2-2 draw.
Dortmund were chasing a club record ninth consecutive Bundesliga win when they faced their fierce rivals on Saturday, having played their way into contention with Bayern Munich at the summit.
While Nico Schlotterbeck s 38th-minute drive put them in the ascendency, Marius Buelter restored parity before Kenan Karaman did likewise after Raphael Guerreiro struck on the hour mark.
The result ended a run of four consecutive Revierderby wins for Dortmund, who sit two points adrift at the top of the table after Bayern s thrilling 5-3 win over Augsburg earlier on Saturday.
Speaking after …
Kevin Strootman is in line to make his first international appearance in over two years after earning a recall to the Netherlands squad.
Roma midfielder Strootman has endured an injury nightmare over the last two seasons, undergoing three serious knee operations after rupturing his cruciate ligament in March 2014.
The 26-year-old is easing his way back to full fitness and played 90 minutes for the first time since January last year in Roma s 3-2 win over Genoa at the start of the month, and completed an hour in their season-ending victory over Milan on Saturday.
And Netherlands coach Danny Blind has opted to call Strootman up for their upcoming friendlies against Republic of Ireland, Poland and Austria.
Welkom terug in de selectie !
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Portuguese daily newspaper that Atletico Madrid are keeping close tabs on Sporting Braga midfielder Rafa Silva.
Los Colchoneros have been alerted of the player s potential and will have their scouts present when Sporting Braga host Moreirense tomorrow evening.
Atletico Madrid will probably not be making their interest concrete in the January window, but they could come forward with an official proposal at the end of the season.
Bayer Leverkusen were the first high profile side to make a move on the 21-year-old footballer, before Southampton and Sevilla expressed their interest as well.
Rafa Silva, who represented Portugal at the 2014 World Cup, joined Braga from Feirense in the summer of 2013 and has since managed 12 goals and 3 assists in 55 competitiv…