Raphael Varane has lauded history-maker Cristiano Ronaldo and would love to see Kylian Mbappe playing alongside him at Real Madrid.
Ronaldo has enjoyed yet another stellar campaign, scoring 25 top-flight goals to help Madrid to their first LaLiga title since 2012, while surpassing 100 Champions League strikes en route to the final against Juventus.
While Ronaldo s legend is well established, another player has emerged on the world stage this year in the shape of Monaco s Mbappe, who is attracting interest from Europe s biggest clubs – including Varane s Madrid.
Mbappe is a very good youngster with a huge potential, the France defender told Telefoot. It would be a pleasure to see him here. In addition to that he is French, so he would be welcome. We will s…
Sevilla have struck a deal with Barcelona to bring right-back Aleix Vidal back to the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan for an initial fee of €8.5million, potentially rising to €10.5m.
Vidal signed for Barca in 2015 after just a single albeit impressive season with Sevilla, who were reported to have collected €15m for him.
Barca brought Vidal in as competition at right-back for Dani Alves, but due to a registration ban he was unable to play until the second half of 2015-16.
A hamstring injury disrupted the end of his season, but there were general suggestions Barca were ready already to sell Vidal ahead of the 2016-17 campaign.
Agreement for the signing of Aleix Vidal
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It seems that whenever a transfer window rolls around Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is a hot topic of conversation. It is hard to ignore the transfer rumours linking the star with a switch away from the Red Devils.
Well, surprise surprise, according to , United have set a price of around £70million for the France international, who has struggled to make an impact this season due to injury. They are reportedly not looking to trigger a 12-month contract extension.
Can be a world-beater on his day
On sheer potential talent, Paul Pogba is arguably one of the best midfielders on the planet on his day. He has everything needed to be a world-beating midfielder, as he showed for France at the last World Cup. The problem is, for some reason he seems to blow hot and c…
Harry Maguire is feeling optimistic about his chances of being fit for the Europa League final, according to Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Maguire suffered ankle ligament damage in an awkward collision with Anwar El Ghazi during the 3-1 win over Aston Villa on May 9 and subsequently had to be withdrawn.
It was an unusual situation for United and Maguire to find themselves in, as the centre-back had played in every minute of 71 consecutive league games for the Red Devils – and in his final five for Leicester City before moving two years ago – until that injury.
In fact, Maguire has played for 9,615 minutes in all competitions since the start of 2019-20. Prior to the defeat to Liverpool on Thursday, that was almost 1,000 more than any other pl…
Robert Lewandowski declared he would not let it trouble him after Lionel Messi left the Bayern Munich striker off his picks for the FIFA Best Men s Player award.
Paris Saint-Germain superstar Messi lavished Lewandowski with praise after pipping him to the Ballon d Or award in November, saying the Poland captain would have deserved the previous year s award, which was scrapped because of the pandemic.
Yet when it came to selecting his picks for the FIFA prize, which is a right afforded to all national team captains and head coaches, Argentina skipper Messi chose PSG team-mates Neymar and Kylian Mbappe as his first and second picks respectively, putting Real Madrid s Karim Benzema in third place.
Lewandowski picked Champions League and Euro 2020 winner Jorginho …
Gianluigi Buffon remains undecided on his future after leaving Juventus, suggesting he will not make any decisions until June.
The 43-year-old, who won 176 caps for Italy between 1997 and 2018, recently announced his decision to leave the Bianconeri but has not yet settled on whether he will continue playing or retire.
Buffon re-joined Juve two years ago having spent 2018-19 at Paris Saint-Germain, but over the course of his second spell he was second choice to Wojciech Szczesny.
He made his last appearance for the club in this month s 2-1 Coppa Italia final victory over Atalanta, lifting one last piece of silverware.
Since joining Juventus from Parma in 2001, Buffon has won 10 Serie A titles and made more appearances in Italy s top-flight (657) than any …
Dani Alves insists that he is fully committed to Barcelona, despite reports linking him with a move away from Camp Nou.
The Brazil international s future appeared in doubt after the arrival of head coach Luis Enrique, with French champions Paris Saint-Germain thought to be waiting in the wings for his services.
As he enters the final year of his contract, Alves intends to continue working with Barcelona and help them challenge both domestically and in Europe next season.
The 31-year-old arrived back in Spain on Tuesday following Brazil s humiliating end to the FIFA World Cup and outlined his desire to stay with the club.
I want to fulfil the contract I signed, he is quoted as saying by Marca. I am very happy at the club.
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LaLiga leaders Barcelona twice had to battle from behind as Fermin Lopez’s first goal for the club earned a hard-fought draw at Real Mallorca.
Xavi’s side have been the early pacesetters as they look to defend their league title but the visitors had to settle for a 2-2 draw at the Iberostar Stadium.
Vedat Muriqi and Abdon Prats goals had twice had the hosts in front but Raphinha cancelled out the opener before substitute Lopez struck to earn Barca a share of the spoils.
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Mallorca were all but presented with the opening goal with just eight minutes gone as Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen gifted possession to Antonio Sanchez, who teed up Muriqi to break the deadlock.
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Stephan Lichtsteiner was disappointed by Juventus defensive display in Thursday s defeat to Benfica in the UEFA Europa League.
Juve must overturn a one-goal deficit if they are to reach the final after suffering a 2-1 loss at the hands of Benfica in the opening leg of their semi-final at the Estadio da Luz.
A priceless away goal from Carlos Tevez his first goal in Europe since 2009 was enough to leave the tie evenly poised heading to Juventus Stadium.
However, the Serie A champions were poor defensively by their own lofty standards, shipping two goals in a match for only the second time in 18 fixtures.
Coach Antonio Conte and midfielder Paul Pogba were critical of the side s defensive performance and Lichtsteiner followed suit, voicing his displeasure at the mann…
Jurgen Klopp has revealed he would welcome the chance to manage in England if he were ever to leave Borussia Dortmund.
Klopp has become something of a cult hero at Signal Iduna Park since arrving from Mainz in 2008, helping the club to two Bundesliga titles as well as one DFB-Pokal crown.
A prominent figure in helping the club return from the brink of bankruptcy to become Bundesliga heavyweights, Klopp has regularly been linked with moves to the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United in recent years.
With Dortmund currently struggling in the top flight sitting 15th with three wins from 11 games Klopp revealed he would would be open to discussions over jobs in England.
Asked by BT Sport s SportsHUB programme about working in England, he responded: I think …