Radamel Falcao believes his former coach Andre Villas-Boas will be a big success at Tottenham.
Falcao shone under Villas-Boas at Porto as the Portuguese side claimed a league, cup and Europa League treble in 2010/11 before both went their separate ways.
The Colombian signed for Atletico Madrid, while Villas-Boas joined Chelsea, and although that move failed to work out for the Portuguese coach, the Atletico target man is sure his former boss will be hit at new club Tottenham.
Villas-Boas is a great coach, he told Goal.com. He is very young, very obsessive with detail, he feels and breathes football.
I don t know what went wrong at Chelsea, and it s difficult for me to assess the situation as I don t know the details, but I know him and I know he will d…
David Beckham is keen to make a splash when Inter Miami FC enter MLS in 2020.
And he has reportedly identified former Inter captain Mauro Icardi as a player to lead the club s attack in the United States.
Icardi is out of favour in Milan and could be set for a switch to the sunny beaches of south Florida.
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Inter outcast Mauro Icardi has received an offer from David Beckham s Inter Miami, according to Argentine news agency Telam.
Icardi was stripped of the Inter captaincy in 2018-19 and new head coach Antonio Conte is reportedly determined to sell the striker.
With Icardi s future in Milan uncertain amid apparent interest from Serie A champions Juventus, a move to Miami for the 2020 season could…
Atletico Madrid defender Mario Hermoso had to be restrained after a confrontation with supporters of his team following Sunday s 2-0 home defeat to Villarreal.
After the final whistle, footage from inside the Civitas Metropolitano showed Hermoso exchanging angry words with fans while club coaching staff attempted to hold him back.
Hermoso was taunted from the stands in the wake of the 2-0 loss in LaLiga, and he frantically broke away from the clutches of the Atletico officials to climb over pitchside hoardings to attempt a confrontation with those targeting him.
He was pulled away by security as he and Atletico ultras went face to face.
Mario Hermoso trying to confront the fans.
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England boss Sam Allardyce has left out Ross Barkley and Jack Wilshere of his first squad
Football is a game of opinions and the role of England boss raises more opinions than most jobs in football.
New Three Lions boss Sam Allardyce has named his first squad and there were few surprises.
The group of players he has chosen for Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Slovakia shows that the experienced boss is looking to make the team solid again.
No Barkley, Wilshere or Rashford
The most striking thing about the squad selection was the fact that midfield ball players Ross Barkley and Jack Wilshere were omitted. The latter’s absence is no surprise considering he has spent much of his career in the treatment room.
The much-vaunted midfield…
Franck Ribery has labelled Carlo Ancelotti as a champion in all respects and hailed the positive atmosphere the Italian has created at Bayern Munich.
Ancelotti replaced Pep Guardiola as head coach at the Allianz Arena in the close-season and led Bayern to DFL-Superup glory against Borussia Dortmund, before starting their DFB-Pokal and Bundesliga campaigns with 5-0 and 6-0 thrashings of Carl Zeiss Jena and Werder Bremen respectively.
France winger Ribery criticised Guardiola s approach when speaking about the Manchester United boss in July, telling Bild: He lacks experience. Sometimes he talks too much. Football is very simple.
However, Ribery believes Ancelotti, who as a coach has won league titles in England, Spain, France and Italy as well as claiming three…
Chelsea winger Eden Hazard is close to signing a new lucrative five year deal with the club, .
The Belgium international, who moved to Stamford Bridge from Lille in the summer of 2012, has already made one hundred and fourteen appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring thirty-one goals, and was named the Blues’ Player of the Year for the 2013/14 campaign.
He has also won 50 caps for Belgium, with five of those appearances coming at this summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil.
Should he put pen to paper, he will follow Cesar Azpilicueta and international teammate Thibaut Courtois in doing so, with both having committed their future to the club in recent weeks.
Jose Mourinho’s men kick off their Champions League campaign with a home match…
Argentina have made an approach for Sao Paulo coach Edgardo Bauza to be their next boss, the Brazilian club confirmed.
Bauza, 58, featured three times for the Argentina national team during his playing career, while he coached mostly in his homeland before joining Sao Paulo in December 2015.
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) is searching for a new head coach following the resignation of Gerardo Martino in July.
Sao Paulo confirmed the approach on Thursday, saying in a statement: The coach of Sao Paulo, Edgardo Bauza, received on the afternoon of Thursday an invitation to meet with leaders of the Argentine Football Association [AFA].
Paton [Bauza] is one of the candidates to coach the selection of their country.
Sao Paulo said they expecte…
The winger was part of the Bayern side that won an unprecedented treble last season, as they added the UEFA Champions League and DFB-Pokal titles to their Bundesliga success.
During the close-season, Mario Goetze and Thiago Alcantara have joined from Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona respectively to add to the wealth of midfield talent already at the Allianz Arena that includes Thomas Mueller, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Franck Ribery.
But Netherlands international Robben believes that the additions can only be good for the team.
I think I will play. Obviously we have many good players and signed new ones, in general I like it because we made our team stronger, he said in a telephone interview with fans broadcast by Kicker.
We have more quality now. I don t think my …
Hellas Verona have signed midfielder Jacopo Sala from Bundesliga side Hamburg.
The 21-year-old joins the newly promoted Serie A outfit following a two-year spell at the Imtech Arena.
The Italy under-21 international failed to establish himself as a regular with Hamburg after moving from Chelsea in July 2011.
Sala will now link up with his new team-mates, who are tasked with keeping Verona in the top flight following their return after an 11-year absence.
Andrea Mandorlini has recruited heavily in the close-season, with veteran striker Luca Toni and experienced midfielder Massimo Donati among those to switch to the Stadio Marc Antonio Bentegodi.
Sala made eight appearances for Hamburg last term.
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Varane on his way out of United
Crashing out of the Champions League last month and breaking a string of unwanted records, it is no secret that Manchester United have come under a huge amount of scrutiny this season.
With growing speculation over Eric ten Hag’s long-term future at Old Trafford, the Red Devils appear set for what will be a hectic January transfer window.
Although the ex-Ajax boss might be desperate to add to his squad during the January transfer window, it looks like several United’s first-team stars will be heading for the exit.
While United might have continued to show a string of defensive issues this season, Raphael Varane has struggled to find any kind of stability and there has been continued speculation over his relationship with ten …