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Norwich City begin their new Premier League spell at home on Saturday, when six-time European champions Liverpool come to Carrow Road in the opening round of the 2021-22 season.
Norwich City
It took Norwich just one season to claw their way back into the English top-flight, after suffering relegation in 2020; a fine achievement by manager Daniel Farke and his men. Their Championship campaign was rather convincing as they ended it topping the table with 97 points, six more than Watford who have also moved straight up. Brentford are the team that completes the promotion trio, having won the play-offs.
The Canaries have added to their ranks at several points this summer. They ve signed wingers Milot Rashica from Werder Bremen an…
Football legend Gheorghe Hagi has backed Jose Mourinho to return Manchester United to their former glories.
United have finished seventh, fourth and fifth since Alex Ferguson bowed out of the game as a Premier League winner in 2013.
Mourinho has guided United to sixth in the league so far this term, despite the high-profile signings of Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but the Red Devils have won their last three games to close in on the Champions League places.
And Romanian icon Hagi says the Special One remains capable of topping England s game, despite his woeful title defence with Chelsea last term.
Mourinho has his secrets. It s not easy at United, Hagi told Omnisport.
They have suffered for two or three years since [Alex] Ferguson left …
Bayern Munich have agreed a deal with Juventus to sign Chile international Arturo Vidal.
Vidal has consistently been linked with a move away from Turin in the last year, having impressed regularly in Serie A since signing from Bayer Leverkusen in 2011.
He is now set for a return to Germany, subject to a medical and the signing of a contract.
I can confirm in principle that we have achieved with both parties, Juventus and the player, explained Bayern s chief executive officer Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
All that is missing is the medical examination and the signing of the contract. Should everything run normally, he can start training next week.
The transfer has seen Bayern react swiftly to losing Bastian Schweinsteiger, who joined Manchester Unite…
According to the latest reports coming from Turkey, Turkish champions Besiktas have reached an agreement with the MLS side Orlando City over a January transfer of Cyle Larin.
The Canadian international forward looks set for a winter switch over to Europe with various Turkish media outlets suggesting he has agreed a deal in principle with 20-time Turkish champions.
The 22-year-old Canadian has never played in Europe before.
He started his career with Sigma FC in 2014 and moved to Orlando in 2015. During the past two years he amassed 87 league appearances for Orlando City and scored 43 goals in the process.
Besiktas have invested a great amount of money during the summer transfer window to try and win the third consecutive Turkish title.
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Liverpool star Philippe Coutinho wants to be remembered as one of the club s greats after signing a five-year deal.
The Brazil international, 24, was linked with a move away from Anfield before committing his future to the Premier League club.
Coutinho, who joined in 2013, said he had set his sights on becoming one of the all-time Liverpool greats.
I understand what Liverpool means. We can say [Kenny] Dalglish, [Ian] Rush, [Alan] Hansen, [Graeme] Souness, [Luis] Suarez, [Steven] Gerrard. I ve been here quite a few years already, it s not like I am new. I understand, he told The Daily Mail.
To have signed a new contract at this club, my goal is to be thought of one day in the same way as these players. They are legends. You define the success of a player…
Sevilla have announced Joaquin Caparros will be replaced as head coach and take up a position supporting sporting director Monchi next season.
Caparros returned to Sevilla in April 2018, 13 years after he ended a five-season spell at the helm, replacing the sacked Vincenzo Montella for the last four matches of the 2017-18 campaign.
He then moved into a director of football role the following month and hired Pablo Machin as coach, a decision that initially looked to be a masterstroke, with the club challenging at the top of the table until December.
But a massive drop-off in form and Europa League elimination in March brought about Machin s sacking and Caparros stepped in for his third spell in charge of the team, presiding over 11 matches as Sevilla finished sixt…
Premier League-winning boss Claudio Ranieri said he would ask to be released by Nantes if he was offered the Italy job.
Ranieri, 66, has been linked with the vacant Italy post after Gian Piero Ventura departed following the country s failure to qualify for the World Cup in Russia.
Former head coach Antonio Conte, Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto Mancini have also emerged as possible replacements for Ventura, who presided over Italy s shock 1-0 aggregate play-off defeat to Sweden last year as the Azzurri failed to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958.
And Ranieri has once again thrown his hand up to fill the void within the national team, despite only joining Ligue 1 outfit Nantes this season.
Any Italian coach would love to be in charge of the Na…
Damian Szymanski nodded a dramatic first Poland goal to end England s winning start to World Cup qualifying in a 1-1 draw, although the Three Lions remain firmly in pole position.
Gareth Southgate s side still hold top spot in Group I, yet they were moving eight points clear of Poland courtesy of Harry Kane s second-half blast until Szymanski s intervention.
The substitute headed past Jordan Pickford in the 92nd minute to secure a precious point in Warsaw.
It was a result England might have taken beforehand, but the late leveller will send the Euro 2020 finalists home frustrated after five straight victories.
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Veteran head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has left Cruzeiro after steering them to safety in Brazil s Serie B.
Cruzeiro were shockingly relegated from the top flight for the first time in their history in 2019, and in October appointed World Cup-winning coach Scolari on a contract until the end of 2022.
When the 72-year-old took over, the four-time Brazilian champions were second-bottom due to a poor start and a six-point deduction after being found guilty of an unpaid transfer debt by FIFA.
A seven-game unbeaten run at the start of Scolari s tenure got them out of the relegation zone but back-to-back defeats to Oeste and Juventude this month put them back in danger of dropping into Serie C.
A 2-1 victory over Operario-PR last week finally secured their safe…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy and will not be considered for selection to face West Ham following last week s disciplinary breach, the club has confirmed.
Mikel Arteta left Aubameyang out of the squad for the 3-0 weekend defeat of Southampton, confirming afterwards that the Gabon international was dropped for disciplinary reasons.
Aubameyang was reported to have returned to the club late after being granted a trip abroad, though Arteta did not elaborate on what the striker was being punished for.
Arteta did appear to suggest Aubameyang would be back in contention to face the Hammers on Wednesday, but Arsenal have since communicated he is to be left at home.
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