Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones has detailed how Jurgen Klopp informed the squad he would be leaving the club at the end of the season.Klopp confirmed a fortnight ago he would stand down from his position as Reds manager in the summer, bringing the curtain down on a nine-season stay at Anfield.The German has admitted he told the board of his decision back in November, but only recently decided to tell his players and go public.Klopp is standing down / Justin Setterfield/GettyImagesSpeaking on BBC Sport’s Football Focus, Jones revealed how he and his Liverpool teammates discovered Klopp would be leaving.”We were…
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Chelsea and Manchester United are interested in signing the Brazilian forward Thalys from Palmeiras, according to Calciomercato.It. The report claims that the Brazilian club will have to deal with interest from the two Premier League clubs in the summer. However, they are not the only European giants keen on signing the 18-year-old. Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain are very much in the race. As per the report, Thalys is valued at up to £35 million and the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United certainly have the financial resources to afford him. They have shown a tendency to bring in talented young…
A light heavyweight matchup is headed to Miami. Light heavyweight contenders Philipe Lins and Ion Cutelaba will face off at UFC 299 on March 9 in the Kaseya Center in Miami, multiple sources confirmed with MMA Fighting, Marcel Dorff was first to report the news. Former PFL heavyweight champion Lins joined UFC in 2020, losing his first two bouts in the promotion. He then dropped down to 205 pounds where he’s won three straight, most recently a unanimous decision win over Maxim Grishin at UFC Vegas 74. A staple of the UFC’s light heavyweight division since joining the promotion in…
Chip Kelly and UCLA should have been a happy marriage, at least if you consider the surface-level results. The Bruins were a combined 25-13 over the last three seasons, which is the best extended stretch for the program since the 1980s outside of a run by Jim Mora from 2012 to 2015. Kelly inherited a losing product. He turned that around, which is why last March he earned a contract extension through 2027.This leads to a puzzling question, at least if you’re only considering the public results: Why did Kelly so actively pursue other jobs this offseason, including interviewing to…
James Plowright @British_Buzz Full Details of the draft compensation from the OKC-Gordon Hayward trade. The Oklahoma City sent the Charlotte Hornets Houston’s 2024 and Philadelphia’s 2025 2nd round picks, along with Mann, Micic and Bertans. – 11:13 AM
LAS VEGAS — The NFL is headed to Spain in 2025 for the first regular-season game ever in that country.The league announced Friday at the site of the Super Bowl that its international slate of games for the 2025 season will feature a game at Real Madrid’s iconic Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.”We could not be more excited to bring the best of the NFL, the best of our teams and star players to the more than 13 million passionate fans in Spain and partner with one of the greatest global soccer clubs in Real Madrid in a truly world-class and innovative…
Caelan Doris will skipper Ireland for the first time against Italy from open-side flankerVenue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin Date: Sunday, 11 February Kick-off: 15:00 GMTCoverage: Listen on BBC Sounds, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra & BBC Radio Ulster; live text updates, report, reaction & highlights on BBC Sport website & appIreland head coach Andy Farrell has praised the “astonishing” progress made by back row Caelan Doris “as a leader and a professional” in recent years.Doris will captain the side for the first time in Sunday’s Six Nations game against Italy after regular skipper Peter O’Mahony was ruled out by injury.”We’re…
By Ben Sully @SullyBen Two sides struggling for wins will face off when Union Berlin welcome Wolfsburg to the Stadion An der Alten Försterei on Saturday. Photo: 1. FC Union Berlin Union Berlin Having won five, drawn three and lost 12 of their 20 league matches, Union are currently languishing in 15th position with three points separating them from the bottom three. After finishing last month with a narrow win over Darmstadt, die Eisernen have gone on to take just one point from their opening two games of February. They fell to a 2-0 away defeat against RB Leipzig last weekend,…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed Thiago Alcantara has sustained a fresh injury but denied it is one that will rule him out for the rest of the season.Thiago made his return from a long-standing hip problem late on in the Reds’ 3-1 loss at Premier League title rivals Arsenal on Sunday.However, despite only playing a handful of minutes in his first appearance of the season, the midfielder managed to pick up a new injury and is set for another spell on the sidelines.At a press conference ahead of Saturday’s visit of Burnley, Klopp confirmed Thiago is heading back to…
Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly in a battle with Chelsea over a deal to sign Barcelona star Raphinha, as per the Spanish outlet Sport. Having displayed impressive performances during his time at Leeds United, the Brazilian attracted a lot of attention from several big English clubs. The Blues wanted to sign him and even agreed on a deal in principle with the Yorkshire club. However, the winger chose to move to Camp Nou and the Blaugrana eventually managed to secure his signature for a fee of around £50m. But, the move hasn’t panned out for Raphinha as he has struggled to…