Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Kevin Trapp wants to leave in the transfer window in search of regular football, according to his agent.
The Germany international, who was signed from Eintracht Frankfurt for around €10million in July 2015, has failed to displace Alphonse Areola from the first team this season.
Crystal Palace have recently been linked with an ambitious attempt to bring the 27-year-old to the Premier League, while he has also been linked with Liverpool due to concerns about the form of Simon Mignolet.
His representative, Jorg Neubauer, has admitted Trapp will look to move on from the Ligue 1 leaders if they are willing to sell next month.
If there s a chance in the winter, Kevin wants to leave Paris, Neubauer told Sport 1.
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Manchester City will offer Roberto Mancini a new three-year deal worth 18.5 million euros, according to a report.
Mancini s current deal expires in June 2013 and City s Abu Dhabi owners intend to tie up a fresh agreement irrespective of whether the title favourites win the Premier League on Sunday.
Sources have told Goal.com that Mancini will hold face-to-face talks with owner Sheikh Mansour and chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak when the season finishes.
Both parties are expecting a swift resolution to negotiations and a new contract could even be signed within the next fortnight.
The contract is coming to Mancini, an insider said.
Everyone is concentrating on Sunday but as soon as the season finishes Mancini will sit down with Sheikh Mansour and Al…
Iker Casillas has revealed he and his Spain team-mates do not see themselves as favourites ahead of their Euro 2012 final against Italy.
The Real Madrid and Spain captain, 31, lavished praise on their opponents as they warm up to face a team they have yet to beat in normal play in competitive internationals.
We do not think we re the favourites, quite the contrary. Both teams have an equal chance, Casillas said.
Italy have a great team. For us it was no surprise that they joined us here in the final, they showed their quality and reached the final with a great performance (against Germany).
Spain met Italy in the quarter-final phase of Euro 2008, winning in a penalty shoot-out on their way to their second European Championship title.
The two …
Patrick Herrmann has extended his contract with Borussia Monchengladbach until 2019.
The midfielder is a popular figure at Borussia Park having risen through the youth ranks with the Bundesliga club.
Herrmann made his debut as an 18-year-old in January 2010 and has gone on to make 185 appearances, scoring 35 goals.
I love it here it s great fun to play at Borussia and I feel the confidence of the association, he told the club s official website.
I feel at home here.
Sporting director Max Eberl added: We are very pleased that we were able to bind Patrick to a new contract and that he wants to continue the successful path we have taken together.
Patrick has developed from a young player and we are happy that he wants to make the next st…
Pedro Leon will be wearing the Getafe jersey again in the 2012-13 La Liga campaign.
Real Madrid have agreed to ship the 25-year-old winger out on loan for another season.
Leon joined Madrid after an impressive 2009-10 campaign, but has never nailed down a place in Jose Mourinho s plans.
He fell out favour with Mourinho after a disappointing first season at the Santiago Bernabeu, and was consequently loaned back to Getafe for 2011-12.
Getafe lack the financial resources to re-sign Pedro Leon on a permanent basis, but will now have the attacking midfielder at their disposal once more following Madrid s decision to allow him to renew his loan.
Both sides have yet to confirm the transfer, but the move is expected to be made official in the upcoming d…
Paris Saint-Germain winger Lucas Moura says he hopes to one day return to former club Sao Paulo in his native Brazil.
The 24-year-old joined PSG in a big-money move from Sao Paulo in 2013, having broken into the Brazil team two years earlier, and has since established himself as a key player for the Ligue 1 champions.
However, while Lucas intends to stay in Europe for a long time , he is already plotting a second spell at his first club.
I have always said that one day I want to return to wear the Sao Paulo shirt, to represent that club, to enter the crowded Morumbi and see the fans jumping, he told Globo Esporte.
I do not think there s any way I can get away from Sao Paulo it s in my heart. It s a team that designed me for football, to which I owe a lo…
Sepp Blatter has been relieved of his duties as FIFA president after he was banned from all footballing activity for 90 days and replaced by CAF head Issa Hayatou.
FIFA announced on Thursday that Blatter, alongside presidential candidate Michel Platini and general secretary Jerome Valcke, had been suspended for 90 days, following approval by the governing body s adjudicatory chamber of a recommendation made the organisation s ethics committee.
Those sanctions can be extended by up to 45 days, which would effectively end Blatter s reign over world football with the FIFA congress where a replacement will be chosen scheduled for February 26 next year.
The investigation into Blatter s conduct relates to allegations that he signed an unfavourable contract with the Car…
Former Porto and Atletico Madrid star Jackson Martinez has been released by Guangzhou Evergrande after the Chinese Super League club omitted him from a 31-man squad for the new season.
Martinez joined Guangzhou for €42million – briefly a league record – in February 2016, having only moved to Atleti from Porto as one of European football s most sought-after strikers in June 2015.
But the 31-year-old Colombia international has been plagued by injuries, making a mere 16 appearances across all competitions, scoring four goals.
Guangzhou only signed one foreign player during the recent transfer window, with Serbian midfielder Nemanja Gudelj arriving as a replacement for Paulinho, who has successfully adapted to life with Barcelona.
Ricardo Goulart, Alan …
Napoli may have fallen back in the Scudetto race in recent weeks, but captain Marek Hamsik insists Maurizio Sarri s men are not giving up on the title.
The Partenopei have been the dominant force in Serie A this season, having led the way for much of the campaign, but one point from their last two games has seen them slip to second.
Having been beaten by Roma, Napoli drew 0-0 with Inter last weekend allowing Juventus to move above them with victory over Udinese.
Juve s 2-0 win over Atalanta on Wednesday – their game in hand – moved Massimiliano Allegri s side four points clear at the summit, and favourite to lift a seventh successive Scudetto.
Hamsik has not given up catching the Bianconeri, though, particularly with the two sides coming face-to-face …
John Terry has signed an extended contract to remain as Aston Villa assistant coach until 2021.
The former Chelsea and England captain spent his final season as player at Villa in 2017-18, losing in the Championship play-off final to Fulham.
But Terry returned to Villa Park when Dean Smith was appointed as Steve Bruce s successor last October and this time helped the club back to the Premier League, winning at Wembley in May.
And the 38-year-old has committed his future to Villa ahead of their return to top-flight action.
Smith said: I am really pleased that JT has extended his current deal as he is a pleasure to work with.
We have had a successful start to our Villa coaching careers and JT has been instrumental in joining myself, Richard O Kelly…