Frenkie de Jong is reportedly set to join Manchester United from Barcelona this summer for around €80million according to reliable Barcelona insider, Gerard Romero.  The journalist broke the news on his show, JijantesFC, in which he stated that the deal is 95% likely to be completed by the end of the month. The player is being sold purely from an economic standpoint as …

Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola described Kevin De Bruyne’s form as “beyond perfect” after the Belgian scored four goals in a 5-1 thrashing of Wolves that took Manchester City another step closer to retaining the Premier League. Pep Guardiola’s men move three points clear of Liverpool with two games to play and boosted their goal difference to seven …

Pep Guardiola reeled off the superlatives after watching Kevin De Bruyne score four times in Manchester City’s 5-1 rout of Wolves that moved them three points clear at the top of the Premier League table. The brilliant Belgian claimed a hat-trick inside 24 minutes at Molineux – his first treble since 2011 – and added a fourth after the break …

Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Erling Haaland’s arrival at Manchester City will make the English champions an even more ruthless attacking force, said Pep Guardiola after seeing his side thrash Wolves 5-1 on Wednesday. Haaland’s £51 million ($63 million, 60 million euro) signing ends City’s search for a recognised striker to replace the departed Sergio Aguero. However, there was little …

Rome (AFP) – Inter Milan claimed their eighth Italian Cup on Wednesday after overcoming old foes Juventus 4-2 in an extra-time victory full of incident and controversy. Ivan Perisic secured a thrilling win with a double in the first half of extra time but the match hung on the awarding of a soft-seeming penalty which Hakan Calhanoglu smashed in to …

Thomas Tuchel has revealed that Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic has been left ‘very unlikely’ to be able to play in Saturday’s FA Cup final against Liverpool after being taken off injured against Leeds United. The Blues won the game comfortably by a scoreline of 3-0 that could, and should, have been more. But the occasion was soured from a west …

Aston Villa have agreed a deal with Eddie Nketiah to join the club in the summer on a free transfer beating West Ham to the Arsenal striker.  This is according to Todofichajes, who report that should nothing go wrong with the deal, it could be made official at the end of the season. Writing in his exclusive CaughtOffside column this week, Fabrizio Romano revealed …

Amsterdam (AFP) – Ajax secured a second straight Dutch Eredivisie title on Wednesday with a 5-0 thrashing of Heerenveen at the Amsterdam Arena. The club’s 36th league crown is the third in charge for outgoing coach Erik ten Hag, who will end his five-year stint at the helm at the end of the season to become Manchester United manager. Ajax …

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid secured qualification for the Champions League on Wednesday as a 2-0 victory away at Elche guaranteed their place in La Liga’s top four. Matheus Cunha and Rodrigo De Paul were both on target as Atletico pulled six points clear of Real Betis in fifth, with two games left to play. Atletico also have the superior …

Inter Milan have beaten Juventus in a highly entertaining Coppa Italia final, which ended 4-2 after extra time, but Max Allegri has every right to be disgusted by the decisions which went against us. It was a dire start to the match for the Old Lady, with the Nerazzurri taking an extremely early lead when Nicolo Barella’s fine strike from …