Virgil van Dijk believes striker Darwin Nunez is starting to realise the potential which persuaded Liverpool to spend a possible club-record transfer fee on him.
The Uruguay international endured a testing start to life at Anfield and although he scored 16 goals, the feeling remained he had underperformed.
He has already played a significant part this season, scoring two late goals as a substitute to beat Newcastle, and with Mohamed Salah on the bench he took responsibility for equalising through a penalty in their eventual 3-1 Europa League victory over LASK in Austria.
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Nunez has three goals and two assists this season but his all-round influence has been felt more than just from that contribution.
The Uruguayan…
Lisandro Lopez has joined Inter on loan from Benfica until the end of the season, the Serie A club have announced.
The defender, who has four Argentina caps to his name, has been with the Portuguese champions since 2013 and the deal includes an option to make the switch permanent at the conclusion of the campaign.
During his time with the Eagles, the 28-year-old won three league crowns, as well as lifting the Taca de Liga twice and the Taca de Portugal once.
With Serie A coming towards the end of its mid-season break, Lopez – who will wear the number two shirt – could make his Inter debut at home to Roma on Sunday.
Luciano Spalletti s side went five league games without a win prior to the rest period, a run which saw them drop from the table s summ…
Portuguese giants Sporting CP are readying January bid for Stuttgart defender Emiliano Insua, .
The Lions boss Jorge Jesus plans to recruit a new left-sided defender and he has made the Argentine full-back his number one target.
Even though he was at Benfica at the time, the experienced tactician was impressed with Insua’s showings at Estadio Jose Alvalade during the 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 seasons, and he is now determined to bring him back to the club.
The Lions were close to agreeing a loan deal for the Argentine in the summer, but the deal ultimately failed to materialise.
Emiliano Insua has done pretty well since joining Stuttgart from Atletico Madrid, going on to make 41 league appearances for the Swabians.
But with the club having been r…
British news outlet has spread the word on a sensational rumour linking Arsenal star performer Mesut Ozil with a sensational swoop to Manchester United.
The 28-year-old Germany international has another 18 months in his deal with the Gunners, but appears to be stalling on signing the new deal that would see a substantial rise to his wages predicted to go from current £140,000 a week to whopping £200,000.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho however appears to be keen to scrap Ozil’s deal with the Gunners and reunite with the player he managed back at Real Madrid.
The Portuguese manager was the one who persuaded Ozil to choose Real Madrid in front of Arsenal back in 2010 and is hoping that good relationship with the playmaker could be a decisive factor in…
Ryan Fraser scored twice as Bournemouth continued their fine start to the new Premier League season with an impressive 4-2 home victory over Leicester City.
Three of the goals were scored in the first half as Eddie Howe s men surged up to fifth in the early season table, with a double from Fraser followed up by Joshua King s penalty.
Leicester never looked like getting back into the match after the break and any chance of a comeback was seemingly ended when captain Wes Morgan was sent off with 21 minutes remaining.
Adam Smith struck nine minutes from time as Bournemouth made the most of their numerical advantage and, although the Foxes pulled goals back through James Maddison and Marc Albrighton, Claude Puel s side have now lost three of their five top-fli…
Didier Drogba does not believe Jose Mourinho has lost faith in Paul Pogba and insists the Manchester United boss is only critical of players he likes.
Pogba s future has come under scrutiny in the last few weeks, with the France international starting just four of United s last 11 matches due to a combination of illness, injury and poor form.
France boss Didier Deschamps has admitted the midfielder cannot be happy with his situation at Old Trafford, with youngster Scott McTominay having been preferred by Mourinho in recent matches.
But Drogba, who won three Premier League titles under the Portuguese manager during his glittering Chelsea career, does not think the relationship with Pogba is beyond repair.
It was heated between us more than once, but Jose …
Wayne Rooney has at last become Manchester United s all-time top goalscorer thanks to his strike against Stoke City.
The 31-year-old, captain of United and England, now sits on 250 goals in 546 appearances in all competitions across a remarkable 12-and-a-half-year career at Old Trafford.
Rooney signed from Everton in 2004 after catching the attention of the country when he scored the winner against Arsenal as a 16-year-old, and he has gone on to light up the Premier League, Champions League and domestic cups with some scintillating strikes in the famous red shirt.
From an unforgettable debut against Fenerbahce to a miraculous lob at Upton Park via a moment of Manchester derby magic, we take a look at Rooney s top 10 goals for United.
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It is a new era under Ange Postecoglou at Parkhead.
Tasked with leading an embattled Celtic back to the Scottish summit, having been dethroned by bitter rivals Rangers last season, Postecoglou is slowly putting his stamp on the club.
Prised from Yokohama F.Marinos after ending the club s 15-year J1 League title drought in 2019, Postecoglou has returned to Japan to raid Andres Iniesta s Vissel Kobe for Kyogo Furuhashi.
Postecoglou knows Furuhashi well from their time together in Japan, where the 26-year-old forward has starred since arriving from second-tier outfit FC Gifu in 2018.
Regarded as one of the country s most exciting talents, the Japan international brings plenty of goals, pace, creativity and dribbling ability to Glasgow, with Celtic fans hopin…
Substitute Sofiane Boufal made Southampton s late pressure count as they earned a 1-1 draw with Tottenham to force a replay in the FA Cup fourth round.
Boufal fired Danny Ings pass into the roof of the net in 87th minute as Spurs failed to keep a clean sheet and were unable to hold on and win back-to-back games for the first time since November.
After his late header gave Spurs a 2-1 triumph against Norwich City on Wednesday, Son Heung-min s low drive found the bottom-right corner in the 58th minute.
Ings was unable to hit the target as Saints upped the pressure in the closing stages, but Boufal did not err when the striker teed him up for his first goal for the club since a 2017 Boxing Day strike against the same opponents.
760 Sofiane Boufal has scored …
Premier League side Newcastle are said to be edging closer to completing a £52 million transfer for Hoffenheim striker Joelinton.
The Brazilian forward has scored 10 goals in all competitions this season for the Bundesliga side. His performances have not been left unnoticed and it is the Magpies who have emerged as frontrunners for his signature.
Newcastle have only broken their long-standing transfer record in January after signing Atlanta United Miguel Almiron for a fee standing around £21 million and it now appears they are prepared to invest more than double to bring an RB Leipzig target.
Ralf Ragnick conceded that RB Leipzig would not be able to match such a pricey bid but doubts the Magpies would make such a big-money move for the in-form forward, the Ge…