Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhaylo Mudryk is valued at more than Antony of Manchester United, who cost €100million according to assistant sporting director Carlo Nicolini, with Arsenal and Manchester City said to be interested.
Mudryk, 21, has been with the Ukrainian club since he was 15 years old, and after a pair of loan moves he returned to the club this past season and forced his way into the first team.
After the league season was halted due to the war between Ukraine and Russia, Mudryk returned in style this campaign, collecting three goals and five assists in six league fixtures, as well as three goals and two assists in five Champions League contests.
His exploits included two assists and a goal in a surprise 4-1 win over RB Leipzig, as well as goals in b…
Spain profited from Martin Dubravka s goalkeeping howler and then turned on the style to thrash Slovakia 5-0 and book their place in the last 16 of Euro 2020.
Luis Enrique s men required a win in Wednesday s clash to guarantee a last-16 spot after drawing their first two games and were given a huge helping hand by Dubravka.
The Slovakia keeper saved an Alvaro Morata penalty early on – the fifth in a row Spain have missed – before comically flapping the ball into his own net with half an hour played.
That put Spain on their way to an emphatic win, the first time they have ever scored five times in a European Championship match, after Aymeric Laporte s first international goal and strikes from Pablo Sarabia and Ferran Torres before Juraj Kucka s own goal.
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Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has promised the club will do their utmost to retain the services of coach Pep Guardiola.
Since taking over at the Camp Nou in June 2008, Guardiola has consistently rejected the opportunity to tie his long-term future to the La Liga club, signing only one-year contract extensions.
The 40-year-old sparked further speculation about his future with comments made during an interview with Sport on Friday.
Listen, every day I think that tomorrow I am leaving, Guardiola said.
When you manage something, you have to always think that tomorrow you could go.
I work better if I think I have the freedom to decide my future. Being tied to a contract for a long time makes me anxious and that can make you lose your passion. …
Oliver Bierhoff hopes Germany s players can benefit from previewing a major Euro 2012 venue when they meet the Ukraine in Kiev.
After topping qualifying Group A with a 100 percent record, Germany are among the favourites for next year s European Championships in Poland and the Ukraine.
Head coach Joachim Loew is expected to field several inexperienced players in Friday s international friendly at the redeveloped Olympic Stadium.
And team manager Bierhoff thinks the trip could give Germany an advantage as they look to go one better than their defeat to Spain in the final of Euro 2008.
We re very happy to be here in Ukraine, one of the co-hosts of Euro 2012, he said.
We ve been looking forward to this match simply because it s a great opportunit…
Costa Rica captain Bryan Ruiz said his team were yet to realise the enormity of their achievements at the FIFA World Cup.
The Central American nation have been the surprise packets in Brazil, coming through a difficult group on their way to the quarter-finals.
A last-eight clash against the Netherlands on Saturday is Costa Rica s first ever quarter-final outing at a World Cup, having only surpassed the group stages once before (1990).
We know we re doing something so big for the people back home, but maybe we don t realise the extent of how big just yet, Ruiz told FIFA.com.
Ruiz added: Maybe in a few months this will all sink in, but for right now we re just trying to enjoy what we re living.
The Dutch, World Cup runners-up in 2010, are heavy fa…
Barcelona will need to meet Valencia s €20million valuation of Jeremy Mathieu if they want to prise the defender away from Mestalla.
The Catalan giants have been linked with a move for Mathieu during the close-season with Marc Bartra and Gerard Pique the only recognised central defenders in Luis Enrique s squad.
Club captain Carles Puyol has retired, and new coach Luis Enrique has hinted that he plans to use Javier Mascherano who has filled in at centre-back since arriving from Liverpool in 2010 in his favoured midfield role.
However, Valencia president Amadeo Salvo has warned Barca they will need to up their offer before he even considers selling Mathieu.
We will not sell Mathieu if the club does not come with €20million in cash, Silva is quoted a…
Agent Mino Raiola has spoken out against AC Milan s CEO Marco Fassone and director of sport Massimiliano Mirabelli, saying I do not believe in their project .
Fassone named Raiola as a reason for the delay in goalkeeper and teenage sensation Gianluigi Donnarumma, 18, signing a new contract with the club in July.
Italy international Donnarumma eventually signed a new contract at San Siro, but Raiola took the opportunity to make his feelings clear about Milan s new chiefs, who endured a difficult Sunday after the 4-1 loss to Lazio in Serie A.
I have nothing personal against them, but the problem is I do not believe in their project, Raiola told RaiSport.
Raiola also risked upsetting Juventus supporters by suggesting that Argentine forward Paulo Dybala shou…
Paris Saint-Germain full-back Gregory van der Wiel is on the radar of quite a few top clubs, according to the latest reports.
The Dutch defender has announced that he will be leaving when his contract expires in June, but he has yet to make a decision on the next destination.
that negotiations with Monaco have not progressed as planned, as the two parties are still unable to agree on financial terms of the deal.
Meanwhile, AS Roma and Barcelona are both interested in the 28-year-old footballer, who never quite managed to establish himself as a first team regular during his time at Parc des Princes.
Van der Wiel joined the Saints from Ajax in the summer of 2012 and has since featured in 89 Ligue 1 matches.
The full-back had started seven Euro 201…
Mohamed Salah has credited Jurgen Klopp for making life easier for the forwards at Liverpool.
Egypt winger Salah has sparkled since returning to the Premier League with the Reds in 2017, forming an effective three-man front-line with Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.
Liverpool reached the Champions League final last season and are this term bidding to win the Premier League title.
And while Salah, Mane and Firmino have drawn criticism in some quarters in recent months as Liverpool have developed into a more functional side, their star turn is loving life under Klopp.
[Klopp] built the team, he made the team that is now fighting for the Premier League, Salah told ESPN. Last season we fought for the Champions League, so I give him more credit.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang s hat-trick sent Arsenal to the Europa League final and the striker was relieved his team avoided their European errors of the past.
Arsenal reached the semi-finals of the Europa League last term only to be edged out by Atletico Madrid, but they have gone one step further in 2019.
Aubameyang s treble secured a 4-2 victory away to Valencia, with Unai Emery s side knocking his old team out in emphatic fashion thanks to a 7-3 aggregate success.
Gabon international Aubameyang was key to Arsenal s triumph with four goals across the two legs and he hailed their performance.
It means a lot, we ve learned from last season and this year we didn t make the same mistakes, [and we are] into the final. So happy, Aubameyang said to BT Sport.<…