Speculation remains over the future of Ernesto Valverde, who signed a contract for the 2019-20 season prior to Barca s Champions League semi-final capitulation against Liverpool and Copa del Rey final defeat to Valencia.
While Mourinho has been touted for a return to Real Madrid as a successor to Zinedine Zidane, the suggestion the Portuguese could make a Camp Nou comeback, having initially worked as a translator under Bobby Robson, is not something Iniesta anticipates coming to fruition.
He said: I m not in the know on whether Mourinho could go to Madrid or not. To Barca, I see it as complicated.
Lionel Messi played a starring role in Barca s 5-0 victory over Real Valladolid on Tuesday.
The Argentina superstar has stated he does not want to sign a life…
Wigan Athletic needed a replay to beat MK Dons in the FA Cup third round, so will need to up their game against top-flight Crystal Palace.
The holders were held to a 3-3 home draw against their League One opponents, before scoring two extra-time goals in Milton Keynes to keep the defence of their title alive.
On paper, Saturday s visit of Palace, who won 2-0 at West Brom in the last round, should provide an even sterner test.
However, with Tony Pulis men struggling against relegation in the Premier League, the Welshman may be tempted to make wholesale changes with Hull City set to visit Selhurst Park on Tuesday.
Despite both having played in the top two tiers of English football for the last decade, Wigan and Palace have only met on three previous occasions, garn…
Queens Park Rangers are set to make a last ditch attempt to keep both Loic Remy and Adel Taarabt at the club,.
Both players spent last season out on loan, with Remy enjoying a spell with Newcastle United and Taarabt turning out first for Fulham and then for AC Milan.
Remy has made just fourteen appearances so far for the Hoops since signing for them in January 2013, scoring six times but he was unable to help them avoid relegation to the Championship.
Taarabt moved to Loftus Road, initially on loan towards the end of the 2008/09 campaign before making the switch permanent in 2010.
He was named the Championship’s Player of the Year in QPR’s title winning 2010/11 campaign after scoring nineteen times in forty-four league appearances.
Both …
Everton are interested in signing Aaron Ramsdale from Premier League rivals Arsenal in the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Everton could have to sell Jordan Pickford due to financial reasons, and that the Toffees could try to bring on Ramsdale on a loan deal.
Ramsdale has been the number one goalkeeper for Arsenal for a while, but the England international has now lost his place in the starting lineup. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has started David Raya against Everton, PSV and Tottenham Hotspur. Raya joined Arsenal in the summer transfer window.
Everton are 15th in the Premier League table at the moment with four points from six matches, just three points above the relegation zone. Meanwhile, Arsenal currently find fifth in the stand…
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri wants his side evoke of the spirit of the Chicago Bulls and claim a sixth consecutive Serie A title.
Michael Jordan s Bulls won six NBA titles over the course of eight years in the 1990s and Allegri believes his players are producing the football equivalent.
The Turin giants have won five Serie A titles in a row since 2011-12 and have made a promising start to the season.
This is a year where the enthusiasm and desire to win have to stay with us right until the end. We have to think about winning the legendary sixth consecutive title each time we enter the pitch, Allegri told Tuttosport.
It is not a small matter to go for your sixth Scudetto in a row and neither was winning 25 out of 26 games last season [after an…
Borussia Dortmund s Bundesliga woes continued with a 1-0 defeat at home to 10-man Hannover on Saturday.
A 61st-minute free-kick from Hiroshi Kiyotake was enough to seal Hannover s first win at Signal Iduna Park since April 2008, increasing the pressure on Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp in the process.
The hosts created plenty of chances during a dominant first-half performance, with Mats Hummels seeing his towering header tipped onto the woodwork by Ron-Robert Zieler.
The pressure from Dortmund continued just after the break with Marco Reus wasting several good opportunities before Kiyotake curled home to claim all three points against the run of play.
Ceyhun Gulselam was sent off late on for Hannover, but the visitors held on.
The result ends Hann…
Zdravko Kuzmanovic believes the tension at Inter has been lifted since Roberto Mancini returned as head coach.
Inter opted to dismiss former boss Walter Mazzarri last month after Inter won just four of their opening 11 league matches.
The Milan side acted swiftly to draft in Mancini, who won three straight Serie A titles in his first stint at San Siro before being sacked in 2008.
Since resuming the role Mancini has overseen a 1-1 derby draw with Milan and a spirited 4-2 defeat at Roma, either side of a 2-1 UEFA Europa League victory over Dnipro a game in which Kuzmanovic was on the scoresheet.
And the midfielder believes Inter are playing with less pressure since Mancini was re-appointed.
The atmosphere has improved, no doubt, he told Gazzetta d…
Glenn Murray s 100th goal for Brighton and Hove Albion delivered their third straight 1-0 success in the Premier League as they beat Wolves.
The striker, who came off last weekend against Newcastle United with a head injury, turned home from seven yards out early in the second period after Bruno had shot back across goal.
It proved to be the winner as Chris Hughton s side won three top-flight games in a row for the first time in 37 years.
Wolves, meanwhile, fell to their second straight defeat after being beaten by Watford last time out. They had been the only club in Europe s top five leagues yet to make a change to their starting XI, but Nuno Espirito Santo introduced Adama Traore for his first start.
It was on the other flank where they were finding…
Liverpool s Fab Four have seamlessly transitioned into a more than capable three since the departure of Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona in January.
And the tremendous trio of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane claimed a slice of Champions League history in the second leg of their semi-final against Roma on Wednesday.
Mane s opener in the 4-2 defeat at the Stadio Olimpico, which sent the Reds into the final 7-6 on aggregate, saw the threesome become the most potent attacking trident in a season in the competition s history.
That goal moved Salah (10), Firmino (10) and Mane (9) on to 29 for the tournament, surpassing the previous record held by Real Madrid trio Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale, who netted 28 in 2013-14.
29 Mo Sala…
Michel Platini has lashed out at Sepp Blatter, claiming that the former FIFA president always said I would be his last scalp .
Former France captain Platini, who was UEFA president and worked alongside Blatter, described the former FIFA boss as selfish in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde, and said the 81-year-old held a grudge against him.
Platini called for Blatter to step down in May 2015, saying enough is enough , but in the end FIFA s ethics committee found both men guilty of breaches involving a £1.3 million disloyal payment made to the Frenchman in 2011 and the duo were banned from football in December 2015.
In the end, he tried to save his own skin, Platini told Le Monde.
Blatter does not defend anyone else, he never defended me. H…