Marquinhos has signed a new contract with Paris Saint-Germain, committing his future to the Ligue 1 club to 2022.
The Brazilian defender had been linked with Manchester United, Barcelona and Serie A champions Juventus, but has instead agreed a new long-term deal with Unai Emery s men.
Reports suggested Jose Mourinho was willing to spend £60million to bring Marquinhos to Old Trafford, but his future lies in Paris after penning fresh terms.
Marquinhos started 27 Ligue 1 matches for PSG last season as the club s four-year dominance of Ligue 1 was ended in stunning fashion by Leonardo Jardim s free-scoring Monaco.
Le est heureux d annoncer la prolongation du contrat de Marquinhos. Il est donc lié au Club jusqu en 2022
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Serie A giants AC Milan are going forward in attempt to land the Croatian midfielder Alen Halilovic who is already in Italy.
The 22-year-old Hamburg starlet is said to have secretly arrived in Italy on Thursday morning to undergo medical checks and sign a deal with Rossoneri.
Sky Italia claim Halilovic has been presented with a three-year contract offer.
Once one of the highly talented attacking midfielders, Alen Halilovic has yet to live up to expectations. Former Dinamo Zagreb prodigee moved to Barcelona in 2015 but never got a chance to play for the first team at Camp Nou.
Three years after his highly touted Barcelona transfer, Alen Halilovic will be looking to relaunch his career in Italy, at a club struggling with financial insecurity.
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Bayern Munich have completed the signing of midfielder Mickael Cuisance on a five-year contract.
The France Under-20 international moves to Allianz Arena from Borussia Monchengladbach and will begin training with his new team-mates next week.
Bayern reportedly paid €10million to prise him from Bundesliga rivals Gladbach.
The club s sporting director, Hasan Salihamidzic, tipped the former Nancy player to enjoy a bright future in Bavaria.
He has a lot of technical skills and great potential, Salihamidzic said.
Mickael should develop with us. We are convinced that we will have a lot of fun with him.
We ve signed French U-20 international Michaël from Borussia Mönchengladbach.
— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN)
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Donny van de Beek was handed only his third start for Manchester United this season in Tuesday s clash with Villarreal as Michael Carrick took charge for the first time.
United were in action for the first time since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s dismissal on Sunday, and Carrick – named caretaker manager ahead of an expected interim appointment – made his presence known.
Van de Beek came straight into the starting XI after a positive cameo off the bench in Solskjaer s final game, the 4-1 defeat at Watford.
The Dutchman scored United s only goal in that game, which was just his third top-flight appearance of the season.
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Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Tottenham with their Champions League qualification hopes hanging by a thread.
Mourinho was appointed by Spurs in November 2019 as the replacement for Mauricio Pochettino on a contract until the end of the 2022-23 campaign.
But he has not managed to preside over a full season, with chairman Daniel Levy ending the Portuguese head coach s tenure prematurely on Monday.
Mourinho s backroom team of Joao Sacramento, Nuno Santos, Carlos Lalin and Giovanni Cerra have also been relieved of their duties, with Ryan Mason taking first-team training on Monday.
Levy, said: Jose and his coaching staff have been with us through some of our most challenging times as a club. Jose is a true professional who showed enormous resilience during…
Former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has claimed the Premier League is not as strong as it once was.
Lehmann enjoyed a five-year stint at the club between 2003 and 2008 before coming out of retirement to return briefly in 2011 via a spell at Stuttgart.
Following last year s UEFA Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, the former Germany international feels the Bundesliga duo have closed the gap at the top of European football, in stark contrast to the leading English sides.
I think the duel at the top is pretty balanced, because Bayern and Dortmund have caught up a lot over the last years, he said.
And I think the English League isn t as good anymore at the top or as strong as it used to be.
Dortmund and Bayern meet in the B…
Jonathan Woodgate has backed Kylian Mbappe to flourish at Real Madrid and be even bigger than he is in Paris Saint-Germain if he makes the move, but the regeneration of Los Blancos midfield is of greater concern to the former defender.
Mbappe is widely expected to leave PSG for Madrid on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of the season.
The World Cup winner, who has 10 goals and nine assists in Ligue 1 this term, would boost Madrid in attack, but Carlo Ancelotti is not exactly short of firepower – his side s 47 goals the most in LaLiga and eighth-most in Europe s top five leagues.
And in striker Karim Benzema and winger Vinicius Junior, arguably Madrid s best two players occupy the positions Mbappe likes to operate in.
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that Genoa are on the verge of signing Uruguayan striker Abel Hernandez from Palermo.
Even with Alberto Gilardino returning from Bologna, the Rossoblu are determined to sign another forward and they appear to be closing in on Abel Hernandez.
The player himself has confirmed that he already had a chat with Genoa boss Fabio Liverani, which is enough to suggest the deal is close to fruition.
“I want to play in Serie A again to get back into the national team,” he said. “Genoa would be perfect. I ve already spoken with Liverani.”
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini is holding out for €10 million, so it remains to be seen if the two clubs can reach an agreement before the transfer window closes.
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Napoli missed out on their slim chance to participate in Europe next season after being held to a 0-0 home draw by Lecce in their final Serie A game of the campaign on Sunday.
After a lacklustre first half, Napoli had chances to win the game in the second, with Cyril Ngonge coming closest when he rattled the crossbar.
Patrick Dorgu had already given the Azzurri a scare just nine minutes in, firing Lecce s first shot off Alex Meret s post.
Napoli had to win to climb to ninth place, but instead, finished below Torino, who lost 3-0 to recently crowned Europa League champions Atalanta, due to their head-to-head record.
Torino could now earn a Europa Conference League play-off spot if Fiorentina beat Olympiacos in that final on Wednesday.
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Galatasaray boss Roberto Mancini has remained tight lipped on the possibility of managing the Italian national team in future.
The former Manchester City manager has been touted as a potential successor to Cesare Prandelli, with reports suggesting the current national boss could step down after next year s FIFA World Cup.
However, Mancini, who took charge of the Super Lig champions in September following the departure of Fatih Terim, refused to comment on the speculation.
Right now I don t want to talk about a potential future with the Italian national team, he said.
Mancini did however suggest he would be interested in returning to Sampdoria a club where he spent 15 years as a player.
Sampdoria has always had a special place in my heart and I believe this…