Jack Butland has penned a new contract with Stoke City, .
The 22 year old has extended his deal at the Britannia Stadium until the summer of 2019, having originally signed from Birmingham City in 2013, at a time when he was also gathering interest from both Liverpool and Arsenal.
Both sides have continued to monitor the shot-stoppers progress, though is ready to continue competing with Asmir Begovic for the Potters’ number one jersey.
Since signing for Stoke, Butland has made just thee league appearances for the club, making twice that amount in a brief loan spell with Championship promotion hopefuls Derby County before Christmas.
He has also had temporary spells with both Barnsley and Leeds United since leaving St Andrews, while he is yet to win a…
Mario Balotelli has urged Mamadou Sakho to follow his escape route out of Liverpool and join Nice.
Following a terrible season at Anfield in 2014-15 and a similarly unproductive year back at AC Milan on loan, Balotelli left Liverpool to sign for the Ligue 1 outfit on a free transfer.
The former Manchester City striker has cut a revitalised figure in the south of France, scoring seven times in eight appearances for Lucien Favre s league leaders.
Sakho is yet to feature for Liverpool this season having fallen out of favour with boss Jurgen Klopp on the back of disciplinary problems.
The France centre-back has been linked with a move to Leicester City and West Ham, but Balotelli is keen to share a dressing room with him once more.
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Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus continue to twist narratives and shout at the sky by pursuing the Super League, Nasser Al-Khelaifi has said.
The Paris Saint-Germain president was appointed as chairman of the European Club Association (ECA) in April amid the fall-out from the proposed plans by 12 of the continent s biggest clubs to form a breakaway competition.
Al-Khelaifi replaced Andrea Agnelli, the Juventus president who left the ECA after the Serie A club committed to the Super League, a project with which PSG were not involved.
Nine of the founder clubs withdrew from the plans following huge backlash from fans, but Barca, Madrid and Juve have continued to back the plans as a means to protect the future of European football.
Speaking at the ECA ge…
Bayern Munich are interested in signing Harry Kane from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 2023, according to . The report has claimed that defending Bundesliga champions Bayern are one of three clubs who are keen on securing the services of the 29-year-old England international striker, Chelsea and Manchester United being the other two.
Kane is one of the best strikers in the world and has been on the books of Tottenham his entire professional club career so far. The 29-year-old has established himself as a Premier League goal machine and could end up as the top scorer in English football of all time. Kane currently has 189 goals in the league to his name.
Bayern are one of the biggest clubs in the world and regularly win the Bundesliga and also compete in the UEFA Cha…
Spartak Moscow have announced on their official website that they have completed the signing of Armenian midfielder Aras Ozbiliz from Kuban Krasnodar.
The financial details of the transfer were not disclosed, but it was revealed the player had signed a five-year contract with the Russian giants.
Ozbiliz becomes club s third major signing of the summer transfer window, following in the footsteps of Alberto “Tino” Costa and Denis Glushakov.
The Armenia international began his career in Ajax youth academy, spending twelve years there before he was promoted to the first team set up in 2010.
Ozbiliz didn t quite manage to prove his worth at Amsterdam Arena, making just 26 Eredivisie appearances before leaving for Kuban Krasnodar last summer.
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Former Swansea City striker Lee Trundle believes Michael Laudrup s men have what it takes to pull away from trouble in the Premier League.
A run of eight league matches without a win has left Swansea just three points above just the relegation zone.
Yet Trundle, who scored 91 goals in 194 appearances during two spells with Swansea, is confident the team can emerge from their recent slump in upcoming matches against fellow strugglers Fulham, West Ham, Cardiff City and Stoke City.
Trundle, now a club ambassador at the Liberty Stadium, has highlighted injuries to key players and a tough run of fixtures as factors in his old side s dip in form.
It s been a shame because the performances haven t been as bad as the results suggest; it s just getting the rub of the gree…
Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has joined Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season.
The 20-year-old moves to the Championship despite having been linked with Ligue 1 side Bordeaux.
I m excited for this new chapter, the striker told Villa s official website.
Aston Villa are a big club that belongs in the Premier League and I m here to help them achieve that.
At this stage of my career, I need games and this is a great place for me to come and showcase my talent. I can t wait to get started.
We are delighted to confirm that has joined the club on a season-long loan from Chelsea
— Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial)
Abraham scored 23 goals in 41 Championship appearances on loan at Bristol City in 2016-17.
He spen…
Marseille are considering a move for Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny, according to the Mirror.
While English clubs can no longer buy players, they can sell to European clubs until the end of the month and Elneny is on the Ligue 1 outfit’s radar.
The Egypt international only signed a new deal back in March but has moved down the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium following the additions of Lucas Torreira and Mateo Guendouzi, who both played in Sunday’s defeat to Manchester City.
Since signing from Basel in January 2016 and has since racked up seventy-two appearances in all competitions, scoring twice and was part of the squad that won the FA Cup in 2017.
Internationally, he has been capped sixty-six times, scoring five goals and played at th…
Top referee and former movie star Howard Webb admits he will be happy to let the world s top players steal the limelight when he officiates the Spain versus Switzerland clash at the World Cup.
The 38-year-old from Rotherham, south Yorkshire, has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2005 and the former policeman regularly keeps law and order amongst the top stars of England s Premier League.
Webb will referee Euro 2008 winners Spain in the Group H match against the Swiss in Durban on June 16 and he admits there is some relief that there will be no cameras watching his every move, as there were two years ago.
For Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, Belgian documentary makers recorded the referees every move in the film The Referees , which highlighted the often than…
Juventus continued to lose ground in their pursuit of Serie A leaders Inter Milan after a 2-2 draw with struggling Verona registered a fourth match without a win.
They had to come from behind twice to take a point that leaves them nine points adrift of their rivals and they should have done better with several late chances.
Verona made the brighter start and they were rewarded with a stunning strike by Michael Folorunsho in the 12th minute.
FT | | It ends in a draw at the Bentegodi.
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen)
Tomas Suslov’s corner was headed clear by Adrien Rabiot but the ball only reached Folorunsho just outside the area and the Italian midfielder let rip with a screaming volley off his left foot.
The shot flew into the top left c…