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Benfica defender Antonio Silva has been linked with a move away from the Portuguese club and Manchester United are keen on signing him. According to journalist Florian Plettenberg, the 20-year-old central defender is a top target for Manchester United at the end of the season and the player is likely to cost around €100 million. It will be interesting to …

Willian has scored 7/7 of his Premier League penalties, only bettered by Yaya Toure, Dimitar Berbatov and Ruben Neves. This statistic taken from OptaJoe is based on other players with 100% penalty records in the Premier League’s history. Toure scoring 11/11, Berbatov scoring 9/9 and Neves scoring 8/8. Making Willian’s 7/7 the fourth best 100% penalty record in the history …

Man United defeated Everton 3-0 on Sunday and one of the talking points coming out of the match was the impressive performance of 18-year-old Kobbie Mainoo.  The youngster was magnificent in the centre of the pitch and if it wasn’t for an outrageous goal from Alejandro Garnacho, the midfielder would have likely received the Man of the Match award. Following …

Arsenal came very close to winning the Premier League last season and with hopes of challenging for it again during the current campaign, one Sky Sports pundit explains why that won’t happen. The Gunners currently sit top of the table after 13 games after scoring a late goal to beat Brentford at the weekend and when analysing the match on …

Man City and Liverpool played out a 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday and the Premier League champions would have felt unlucky to have had one of their goals ruled out. The hosts took the lead in the first half through an Erling Haaland goal and City believed they had made the scoreline 2-0 when Ruben Dias tapped home …

Pep Guardiola has a squad full of World-Class stars but the Man City boss is grateful the club’s hierarchy brought him one of his defenders.  The Premier League champions struck a bargain deal last summer with Borussia Dortmund as they brought Manuel Akanji to England for just £15m. The centre-back was sensational for the Manchester club during the previous campaign …

Cristiano Ronaldo won a penalty against Persepolis in the AFC Champions League, before shockingly telling the referee to overturn the decision. This game looks to have had everything but goals, with a red card for Al Nassr, and a penalty decision overturned by request. Whilst this result wont have any bearing on their position in their group, the sportsmanship from …

Former Newcastle United flop Luuk de Jong is being likened to Robert Lewandowski these days a decade on from failing to make an impact in the Premier League. The Dutch star had a loan spell at St James’ Park in 2014 but the move never worked out as he was often deployed in a midfield role in order to accommodate Papiss …

West Ham currently have a striker problem at their club but that may be eased a little in the near future as the Hammers are said to be confident of tying Divin Mubama down to a new contract.  David Moyes is in the market for a new number nine following the failed Gianluca Scamacca transfer last season and hopes to bring one …

PSG (2nd in Champions League Group F) take on Newcastle (4th in Champions League Group F) on Tuesday 28th of November, at the Parc des Princes Stadium, at 20:00 PM (GMT). The last time these two sides faced, Newcastle beat PSG 4-1 at St James’ Park. Goals coming from Miguel Almiron, Dan Burn, Sean Longstaff and Fabian Schar for Newcastle, …