Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a deal to sign defender Eric Dier from Sporting Lisbon, .
The 20 year old was born in England, but moved to Portugal at the age of ten, joining the Sporting academy before turning professional with the club.
He made thirty senior appearances over the past two seasons, scoring once, while he broke into the England U21 side last August in a 6-0 win over Scotland.
He had a loan spell with Everton back in 2011, but failed to make an appearance for the club.
He is set to become Maurico Pochettino’s third signing since taking charge of the North London side having already brought in Ben Davies and Michel Vorm from Swansea City.
Spurs begin the new season with a trip to West Ham United, and they can be backed to . …
Callum Wilson scored his eighth Premier League goal of the season, as well as assisting another, as Bournemouth ended a run of four straight defeats with a 2-1 victory over Huddersfield Town.
England striker Wilson headed Bournemouth into the lead when he connected with a free-kick from Ryan Fraser, who has provided more assists than any other Premier League player this season with seven.
Wilson then returned the favour, providing a pass that allowed the Scottish midfielder to drive home Bournemouth s second of a game that they did not have all their own way.
Terence Kongolo pulled a goal back for the visitors before half-time but for all their running and hopeful balls into the penalty area, Huddersfield lacked the sort of clinical finish that W…
Ligue 1 champions Monaco have been showing interest in Rennes starlet Adama Diakhaby, according to France Football.
The Principality club are in the market for attacking reinforcements having seen Bernardo Silva, Nabil Dirar and Valere Germain leave this summer.
France Football claims that Monaco are hot on the trail of Rennes winger Adama Diakhaby, who showed a great deal of promise in his maiden Ligue 1 campaign.
The Principality club have already opened talks with their league rivals as they hope to agree a fee for the player who has another two years left on his contract.
Diakhaby joined Rennes from Caen as a free agent in November 2015 and he went on to sign a three-year deal with les Bretons on 4th July 2016.
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Knowing that they could punch their Champions League knockout stage ticket on Wednesday night, Inter Milan will welcome Viktoria Plzen to the San Siro.
Starting with the hosts, eventually managing to snatch a remarkable last-gasp winner away at Fiorentina over the weekend, Inter Milan have continued to shine since returning from September s international break. Last seen a few days ago grabbing a 4-3 victory away from the San Siro, the former Italian champions are now enjoying a five-match unbeaten run across all formats. Knowing that they could punch their Champions League knockout stage ticket on Wednesday night, Simone Inzaghi will be calling on the red-hot Lautaro Martínez to spearhead their charge here…
Pep Guardiola has been heartened to see Aymeric Laporte s return to full training but urged patience over the defender s first-team comeback.
Manchester City have been without Laporte since August, when he suffered a knee injury against Brighton and Hove Albion.
The France centre-back, who joined from Athletic Bilbao in January 2018, required surgery but is coming to the end of his recovery.
He s training every day, he feels good after training and the day after he feels good, that is good news, Guardiola said ahead of City s trip to Aston Villa on Sunday.
I don t know when he ll be ready to play some games. He needs a little bit more time but he moves really well.
The operation was good. We wait for the doctors to say he can start to p…
Developing women-specific football boots might be the way forward when it comes to reducing the number of ACL injuries suffered by female players.
That is the hope of the European Club Association (ECA), which has backed research into the development of boots made specifically for women.
Several star players have suffered serious knee injuries in recent years, with Beth Mead and fellow Arsenal stars Leah Williamson and Vivianne Miedema among the big names set to miss this year s Women s World Cup due to ACL problems.
Two-time Ballon d Or winner Alexia Putellas, meanwhile, missed last year s Women s Euros after sustaining an ACL tear in her left leg.
Claire Bloomfield, the head of women s football at the ECA, is hopeful new research can help mitigate the i…
Jamal Musiala scored his 10th goal of the season as ruthless Bayern Munich thrashed Mainz 6-2 in a pulsating Bundesliga contest to go top of the table.
It had been 57 days since Julian Nagelsmann s side were last at the summit, but they moved above Union Berlin with a sixth consecutive win on Saturday.
First-half goals from Serge Gnabry, the hugely impressive Musiala and Sadio Mane put them in command at the Allianz Arena, the Senegal forward finishing from the rebound after Robin Zentner saved his penalty.
Silvan Widmer pulled one back on the stroke of half-time just after Sven Ulreich kept out a Jonathan Burkardt spot-kick, but goals from Leon Goretzka and Mathys Tel put Bayern out of sight.
Marcus Ingvartsen capitalised on a terrible mistake from Ulrei…
Swansea winger Nathan Dyer has signed a new three-year contract with the English Premier League newcomers.
Dyer, 23, joined Swansea from Southampton in 2009 and has impressed at the club, winning the fans player of the year in their promotion campaign last season.
Dyer s contract was set to expire at the end of the season, but he wasted no time in signing a deal that sees him join the likes of captain Garry Monk, defenders Ashley Williams and Angel Rangel and midfielder Joe Allen as long-term players.
I m really pleased, Dyer said.
We ve just won promotion to the Premier League and I want to be part of things. It s a great club so I m happy to be here. Talks went well and it was nice and easy to sign a contract. I can learn my trade here and keep impro…
Kaka has credited Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho with playing a leading role in his return to form and fitness.
Brazil international Kaka is starting to show signs of his prior form after being plagued by injuries during his first two seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu.
He was linked with a move away from the Spanish capital in the close season, but opted to stay in Madrid and continue to try and justify the reported 68.5 million-euro fee Real paid to prise him away from AC Milan in June 2009.
And the 29-year-old attacking midfielder, who has made eight appearances and scored two goals in all competitions this season, has thanked Mourinho for the faith he showed.
I can only say good things about Mourinho, Kaka told Real Madrid TV.
He had everyth…
Louis van Gaal has told Manchester United to be prepared for the challenge of a Norwich City side fighting for their Premier League lives.
Alex Neil s men were surprise 2-1 winners at Old Trafford in December but have won only four and lost 12 of their 18 subsequent matches to leave them second bottom – two points adrift of fourth-bottom Newcastle United but with a game in hand.
United have a battle on their own hands to finish in the top four and will aim to increase the pressure on Manchester City ahead of their fourth-placed rivals crunch clash with Arsenal, who are third, on Sunday.
It is always difficult to fight against a team that fights for maintaining their position in the Premier League, Van Gaal told a news conference ahead of Saturday s encounter a…