Former-Holland international Ronald Koeman looks set to be the next Southampton boss
According to, Dutch brothers Erwin and Ronald Koeman are set to become the new managerial team at Southampton.
Ronald looks set to become Saints boss, while Erwin is set to take up the role as assistant boss.
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The deal is reportedly close to being completed and Sky claim that it could be done in the next couple of days.
The brother’s agents have confirmed that a deal is close for the pair.
Ronald Koeman’s agent Guido Albers told Voetbal International: “He wants to make a next step in his career at an ambitious club with possibilities. Southampton fits in that profile.
Pochettino made a solid base and Ronald is the ideal candidate to bu…
Ronald Koeman vowed he would not let Barcelona s club elections distract him from the challenge of winning trophies at Camp Nou.
The Dutchman walked into a club in crisis in August when he left the Netherlands job to return to Barcelona, with whom he had already enjoyed a highly successful six-year playing spell.
It means the head coach can hardly raise any protest amid the turmoil that continues to encircle the Catalan giants, whose president Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned this week.
Bartomeu s leadership was facing heavy criticism, with star man Lionel Messi so disenchanted that he attempted to leave the club during the close season.
Now several months of electioneering are firmly under way, and Koeman will be doing well if he can keep his mind away from…
Manchester City are the favourites to land Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Fred, according to Mircea Lucescu.
The 24-year-old joined the Pitmen back in 2013 as a replacement for Fernandinho and he could now follow his compatriot to Etihad Stadium.
According to former Shakhtar Donestk boss Mircea Lucescu, Fred is almost certain to join Manchester City at the end of the season.
“Shakhtar Donetsk s best player is Fred in the centre of midfield,” said Lucescu. “He was a bit anarchic on the left. I moved him in front of the defence. He will go to City like Fernandinho before him.”
It is believed that the cost of the transfer would be close to £50 million as Fred has a deal until June 2023 at Shakhtar Donetsk.
The highly rated midfielder, who has …
Patrice Evra has seemingly moved to bury the hatchet with Luis Suarez after congratulating the Barcelona striker on winning the Golden Shoe award.
Suarez was given an eight-match ban by the Football Association after he was found guilty of racially abusing Evra during Manchester United s 1-1 draw with Liverpool in October 2011.
The Uruguay international, who had always maintained that the language he used towards Evra was misinterpreted, caused further controversy when he refused to shake the full-back s hand in a later match.
But Evra appears to have put the dispute behind them after hailing Suarez as the best number nine in a post on his official Instagram page.
Alongside a photograph of Suarez holding the Golden Shoe trophy, Evra wrote: In my Instagra…
As for the visitors, bouncing back from their shock defeat against London rivals West Ham last weekend to clinch a 2-1 win over Aston Villa in West London on Wednesday night, Frank Lampard will be desperate for his side to fully find their early season momentum. Still in a battle to secure a spot in the knockout stage of this year s Champions League, the former England midfielder finds his side open the weekend with a five-point buffer from losing their top-four status. Despite picking up three points at Stamford Bridge in midweek, there is no doubt that the former Premier League champions have continued to shine while outside of the capital. Aside from a close-fought 2-1 defeat away at the Etihad last month, Chelsea are unbeaten in their other eight matches on the road. If the Royal Bl…
Barcelona legend Xavi believes Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich would fit perfectly at Camp Nou.
The versatile 23-year-old has established himself as first-choice right-back at Bayern since moving from RB Leipzig in 2015, helping ease the impact of Phillip Lahm s retirement in 2017.
Like Lahm, Kimmich can operate at full-back and in midfield, roles he grew into under the guidance of Pep Guardiola.
Kimmich has started all 17 of Bayern s Bundesliga matches this season and has been an ever-present in their progression to the Champions League knockout stages.
His importance to Bayern means they would be unlikely to sell, but Xavi says Kimmich would be a great acquisition for his former club Barca.
I spoke to Pep Guardiola, my ex-coach from Barcelon…
Jurgen Klopp insisted his Liverpool side overcame the best team in the world after second-half goals from Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino sealed an authoritative Champions League quarter-final win against Manchester City.
Needing a considerable feat of escapology following last week s 3-0 first-leg defeat at Anfield, City led inside two minutes through Gabriel Jesus as the thunderstorm Klopp foresaw in his pre-match news conference came to pass.
Bernardo Silva hit the post and Leroy Sane had a goal incorrectly ruled out for offside but Liverpool held out, leaving Salah and Firmino to clinically punish a flagging City after the break.
That did not mean Klopp was about to waver in his admiration of old adversary Pep Guardiola and his side, who have now suffered t…
Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Maxwel Cornet from Burnley in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte personally wants to sign Cornet, who can play as a winger, a full-back or forward.
Cornet joined Burnley from Lyon in the summer of 2021. The Ivory Coast international made 21 starts and five substitute appearances in the Premier League for the Clarets this season, scoring nine goals and giving one assist in the process.
Burnley paid Lyon an initial £10.2 million for Cornet. Now that the Clarets have been relegated to the Championship, a release clause of £15 million in his contract has now been activated.
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Bruno Guimaraes gambled on a move to Newcastle United despite interest from Juventus as he couldn t wait in a World Cup year, his agent says.
Midfielder Guimaraes is set to play for Brazil at Qatar 2022, having scored one goal and assisted three more in just 173 minutes across six qualifying matches.
The 24-year-old maintained that form despite requiring time to settle in England following a £35million (€42.1m) January move from Lyon.
Guimaraes was linked with Juventus and Arsenal among other top sides but instead joined Premier League strugglers Newcastle and had to wait until his sixth appearance for the club to be named in the starting XI.
It is a transfer that looks to have worked out for both Guimaraes and Newcastle, though, as he has subsequentl…
Lionel Messi has every right in the world to be angry with Eric Abidal, according to former Barcelona star Rivaldo.
Tensions are running high at Camp Nou following a disappointing week of results on the pitch and an apparent dispute between the club captain and the first-team technical secretary.
Messi used a social media post to criticise Abidal after he accused some Barca players of downing tools during Ernesto Valverde s final weeks as head coach.
Messi felt Abidal, a former team-mate at Barca, was dirtying the squad by making generalised comments about their efforts without naming any specific players.
The issue has led to suggestions Messi could exercise an option to have his Barca contract cancelled at the end of the season in order to leave on a f…