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Hoping to extend their buffer at the top of the La Liga table this weekend, Real Madrid will welcome Rayo Vallecano to the Bernabeu on Sunday night.

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Starting with the hosts, mounting what was a stunning El Classico comeback away at defending champions Barcelona last weekend, Real Madrid have only continued to shine since opening up the 2023/24 campaign. Finding a route back to the top of the La Liga table and with many tipping Carlo Ancelotti’s side to recapture their domestic crown this season, the former AC Milan boss finds his superstar squad firing on all cylinders. Likewise, enjoying what has been a major Champions League romp and winning each of their first three European showdowns, Los Blancos will certainly be sme…

Norwich City striker Teemu Pukki has said that Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara is good enough to play in the Premier League.

Pukki plays with Kamara for the Finland national football team, and the Norwich star rates the former Arsenal prospect highly.

The 30-year-old former Celtic starred for the Canaries in the Premier League last season, as he scored 11 goals and provided three assists, according to .

Kamara joined Rangers from Dundee in January 2019 and has established himself as an important player in manager Steven Gerrard’s team, who rated rated at 17/10 by to win the Old Firm derby against Celtic in the Scottish Premiership this weekend.

Pukki told about Kamara: Glen is a top player and I think he would definitely do well in the English Premier…

Wesley Sneijder has retired from Netherlands duty, the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has announced.

The 33-year-old agreed to walk away from international football following a meeting with head coach Ronald Koeman.

Wesley is one of the best Dutch footballers of recent years, Koeman said via the KNVB s official website.

But I want to build a new Oranje and I have to make some decisions.

Sneijder, who joined Al Gharafa in January, admits the move to Qatar was always likely to bring his international career to an end.

Wesley Sneijder stopt als international: . , bedankt voor alle onvergetelijke momenten in Oranje!  

— OnsOranje (@OnsOranje)

When I left for Qatar, I knew of course that this could have an impact on my…

Ralf Rangnick has urged Jadon Sancho to start replicating his training performance on the pitch for Manchester United after a hugely disappointing start to life at Old Trafford.

United spent a reported £72million on Sancho in pre-season, his move from Borussia Dortmund being long in the making after the club spent well over a year courting him.

Having left Manchester City as a teenager, Sancho blossomed into one of Europe s most promising young players in the Bundesliga – his haul of 51 non-penalty goal involvements over 2019-20 and 2020-21 was bettered by just five players across the top five European leagues.

Of those 51, 27 were assists, with Thomas Muller (39), Kevin De Bruyne (32) and Lionel Messi (27) the only three to boast a higher tally.

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Jurgen Klopp is not thinking about a historic quadruple this season as he says Liverpool are close to nothing after winning the EFL Cup.

Liverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties at Wembley on Sunday after a gripping goalless draw –  the standard of which Klopp described as insane .

The Reds attention quickly turns to the FA Cup and a fifth-round tie against Norwich City on Wednesday.

And Klopp will not look further ahead than that match, despite his side now being candidates for an unprecedented English quadruple.

With one trophy secured and the other domestic cup entering its final stages, Liverpool are also six points behind Manchester City in the Premier League with a game in hand and a trip to the Etihad Stadium to come, as well as leading Inter 2…

Edin Dzeko revealed he was offered Roma s captaincy by team-mate Alessandro Florenzi in an effort to convince him to stay amid interest from Inter.

Dzeko was heavily tipped to join Inter, however, the Roma striker signed a three-year contract to remain with the Italian capital club until 2022.

The 33-year-old Bosnia-Herzegovina captain arrived from Manchester City in 2015 and he has since scored more than 80 goals for Roma in all competitions.

Discussing his contract extension, Dzeko told Roma TV: They went to great lengths to keep me here. I want to thank them and now I need to give my all on the pitch, as always.

It s really nice to see that other people are happy that I ve stayed here. My team-mates aren t just team-mates: we re friends, brothers…

Diego Simeone described Antoine Griezmann as one of the most important players  in Atletico Madrid s history after his dramatic winner against Porto on Wednesday.

After 100 minutes and 21 seconds, Griezmann nodded home the latest Champions League goal on record (excluding extra-time) to guide Los Colchoneros to a stunning 2-1 victory.

Mario Hermoso had broken the deadlock in the 91st minute before conceding a penalty that was scored by Matheus Uribe, meaning Atleti s win over Porto is just the second Champions League match to ever feature three goals scored after the 90th minute (excluding extra-time).

Remarkably, the previous instance was when these two sides met last December, when Diego Simeone s men ran out 3-1 winners in Portugal.

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Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri warned that a moment can change everything heading into a decisive stage of the season.

Allegri s side started the season in mixed fashion, but a 14-game unbeaten streak in Serie A has them back on track and they are one of only five teams still unbeaten in Europe s top-five leagues in 2022.

Juve sit fourth in the league, six points clear of fifth-placed Atalanta and just seven adrift of leaders Milan, and are still in the Champions League with the return leg of their last-16 clash against Villarreal to come on Wednesday.

The Bianconeri next head to Sampdoria, who Juve have won their last six against in all competitions and scored at least two goals in each of those games, but Allegri is expecting a tough test on Saturday…

Memphis Depay and Martin Terrier both scored to give struggling Lyon a morale-boosting 2-0 win over RB Leipzig in Champions League Group G on Wednesday.

Lyon had not won a game since a 6-0 thrashing of Angers in Ligue 1 on August 16 which had increased the scrutiny on head coach Sylvinho.

However, Depay and Terrier struck either side of the break as Lyon ruthlessly exploited defensive sloppiness from the Bundesliga side.

The away win put Lyon level on four points with Group G leaders Zenit, while Leipzig are a further point behind in third place.

In-form Timo Werner spurned a great early chance to score for Leipzig when he arrived to meet Lukas Klostermann s low cross only for his finishing to let him down as he guided the ball wide. 

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Barcelona are interested in signing Riyad Mahrez from Manchester City in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that AC Milan, Real Madrid and Chelsea all are also interested in securing the services of the former Leicester City winger.

Mahrez has been on the books of City since 2018 when he moved from Premier League rivals Leicester and has been superb for Pep Guardiola’s side over the years. The 31-year-old has won the Premier League title thrice and the EFL Cup on three occasions with the Citizens.

The Algeria international winger has made 13 starts and 12 substitute appearances in the Premier League for City so far this season, scoring 11 goals and providing five assists in the process. Mahrez has also scored six goals and given two assi…