Liverpool are interested in signing Inter Milan central defender Milan Skriniar in the summer of 2023, according to . Skriniar is out of contract at former Serie A champions Inter at the end of the season, and ex-Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Liverpool are among the clubs keen on securing the services of the 27-year-old Slovakia international centre-back on a free transfer.
Skriniar has been on the books of Inter since 2017 and is one of the best central defenders in Serie A. The 27-year-old has played almost 200 Serie A matches for the Nerazzurri, and won the Serie A title, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana once each with the Milanese giants.
The Slovakia international centre-back has made 14 starts and one substitute appearance in Serie A…
Demba Ba sprinting clear of Steven Gerrard to score in front of the Kop remains one of the Premier League s defining images – and now Jose Mourinho s pre-match rallying message has been revealed.
The 2013-14 season looked set to give Gerrard the crowning moment of his Liverpool career, but his slip in the 36th game of the Reds campaign allowed Ba in to score and put Chelsea on the way to a famous 2-0 win at Anfield.
Liverpool had 73 per cent of possession that day and led the shot count 26 to 11, but two errors leading to goals were immensely costly and proved a huge turning point in the title race. Willian scored the second late on.
The result blew open the title race, ending Liverpool s 11-game winning run in the league, and when Brendan Rodgers side squan…
Stefano Pioli is open to fielding Olivier Giroud alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic this season after the Frenchman opened his Milan account with two goals against Cagliari.
Giroud curled in a delightful first-time shot to get off the mark on his San Siro bow and doubled his tally from the penalty spot in Sunday s Serie A clash as Milan ran out 4-1 winners.
With that first-half double, Giroud became the first player to score multiple times in his first home league match for the Rossoneri since Mario Balotelli in February 2013.
Ibrahimovic has been Milan s go-to man up top when fit since returning to the Italian club in January 2020, but the veteran striker is currently sidelined with a knee injury sustained in May.
Pioli hopes to have Ibrahimovic back after the…
The United Kingdom s leading police council has apologised to survivors and families of those who died in the Hillsborough disaster for their failings 34 years ago.
Ninety-seven Liverpool supporters died in the 1989 stadium crush during an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest at the home of Sheffield Wednesday.
In 2012, an initial inquest verdict of accidental death was quashed two decades after it was handed down following campaigning by the bereaved families, and a 2016 inquest found victims were unlawfully killed due to gross negligence manslaughter.
Now, five years on from the release of a 2017 report into the disaster by the former Bishop of Liverpool James Jones, the UK s National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and College of Policing have become the f…
Vicente del Bosque has confirmed he will step down from his role as Spain head coach after the Euro 2016 finals in France.
Del Bosque took over from Luis Aragones shortly after Spain had clinched glory in the Euro 2008 final against Germany, and he continued the trend of success set in motion by his predecessor.
Over the next four years, Spain staked a claim for being arguably the greatest ever national team, winning the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 before defending their Euro crown with a 4-0 demolition of Italy in the final two years later.
However, any dreams of retaining their status as world champions were swiftly ended in Brazil in June, as defeats to Netherlands and Chile saw them eliminated at the group stage, with some suggesting their exit signalle…
Spotlight on Xabi Alonso: Spaniard makes control key as Leverkusen coach faces Bayern Munich reunion
Xabi Alonso and Bayern Munich were once a perfect match, and few would be surprised should they couple up again somewhere down the line.
Yet Alonso could put a dent in Bayern s Bundesliga title prospects on Sunday, when his Bayer Leverkusen side host the 10-in-a-row champions at BayArena.
Six years have passed since Alonso announced he would be retiring as a player at the end of the 2016-17 season, sparking an outpouring of tributes to one of the great midfield artists of his era.
That news, revealed in March 2017, raised the question of what next? for a man who as a player won a World Cup and two European Championships with Spain, Champions League titles with Liverpool and Real Madrid, and would end up with a hat-trick of Bundesliga medals at Bayern.
Sua…
Ronald Koeman does not believe Barcelona are stronger than LaLiga title rivals Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Sevilla this season.
Barca – who have a game in hand – moved within five points of leaders Atletico following Thursday s 5-2 victory over Getafe.
Lionel Messi scored twice in an action-packed first half at Camp Nou, where Clement Lenglet s own goal cancelled out the superstar captain s eighth-minute opener within four minutes.
Getafe s Sofian Chakla turned the ball into his own net in the 28th minute before Messi extended Barca s lead five minutes later.
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Enes Unal s penalty after a VAR review gave Getafe hope, but Ronald Araujo headed in from Messi s sup…
Bochum and Greuther Furth sealed promotion to the Bundesliga on Sunday, with Holstein Kiel slipping to third and facing a play-off against Cologne.
A 3-1 victory over Sandhausen saw Bochum clinch the 2. Bundesliga title and a return to the top flight for the first time since their relegation in 2009-10.
Greuther twice came from behind to claim a 3-2 victory over Fortuna Dusseldorf, moving them above Kiel and back into the Bundesliga after an eight-year spell in the second tier.
Kiel, who reached the DFB-Pokal semi-finals this season, missed out on automatic promotion after surrendering a first-half lead in a 3-2 defeat at home to Darmstadt.
However, they can still earn a place in the top flight for 2021-22 by overcoming Cologne, who escaped au…
Senegal reached a second consecutive Africa Cup of Nations final as goals from Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gueye and Sadio Mane secured a 3-1 win over Burkina Faso on Wednesday.
Aliou Cisse s side were denied a first AFCON title by Algeria back in 2019, but they will have another chance to get their hands on the trophy against either Cameroon or Egypt in Sunday s decider after edging their semi-final.
Senegal thought they had been awarded a penalty deep into first-half stoppage, but the VAR came to Burkina Faso s rescue with referee Bamlak Tessema Weyesa overturning his initial decision after replays showed Gueye s shot had hit Edmond Tapsoba s stomach and not his hand.
The Lions of Teranga deservedly broke the deadlock in the 70th minute, however, when Par…
The Republic of Ireland boss Martin O Neill will be looking for his side to produce a big display against Bosnia and Herzegovina in tonight s crunch Euro 2016 play-off
Republic of Ireland heads into the second leg of their Euro 2016 play-off with Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday night having secured a 1-1 in the first leg of the tie.
It looked like Martin O’Neill’s side would be claiming a win in Zenica, after Norwich midfielder Robbie Brady opened the scoring on 82 minutes, but three minutes later on-loan Roma striker Edin Dzeko scored a vital equaliser.
Despite Dzeko’s goal, a score draw was a decent result for the Irish, as they now have an away goal to defend, although boss O’Neill has stated that his side will not just sit back on that slight advant…