Stoke City could lose Marko Arnauotovic £12.5m this summer,.
The forward has a buy-out clause in his contract with would leave the Potters powerless should a team attempt to secure his services.
The Austria international has been in superb form for Mark Hughes’ side this season, scoring seven league goals to help fire them in to the top ten.
He moved to the Britannia Stadium from Werder Bremen in the summer of 2013 and has so far racked up ninety-eight appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring fifteen times.
Internationally, he has been capped forty-eight times for his country, netting for them on ten occasions and is set to feature for them at this summer’s European Championships in France.
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Rotherham United have taken former Watford defender on trial, .
The thirty-three year old has been without a club since leaving Vicarage Road in the summer, and will attempt to earn a deal with the Millers, having played ninety minutes for them in a reserve game against Scunthorpe United on Wednesday.
Doyley has only ever played for the Hornets, racking up four-hundred and forty-three appearances in all competitions, scoring just two goals.
Internationally, he has won nine caps for Jamaica, having made his debut for them in a 2-0 defeat to Costa Rica in March 2013.
Rotherham, who recently appointed Neil Warnock as manager, sit in twenty-second place in the second tier having taken just twenty-six points from their thirty-one games so far this season.…
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Two sides still looking to pick up their first win in this years UEFA Nations League, Italy will travel to the Stadion Śląski on Sunday night to face a Poland side who are also struggling with their post-World Cup form.
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Starting with the hosts, much like their visitors on Sunday, Poland are a nation drastically short of form. Finishing bottom of the group out in Russia this summer, new boss Jerzy Brzęczek finds a squad in desperate need of a morale boost. Coming off the back of a 3-2 loss at home to Poland in their second UEFA Nations League opener, the Reds could also only play out a 1-1 draw with Italy last month. While they may have impressed during their qualification run to the World…
Alexis Sanchez says Arsenal have the talent to win the Premier League, but lack the self-belief to claim a first title since 2004.
Arsenal slumped to a second straight defeat on Wednesday, losing 2-1 at home to relegation-threatened Swansea City on the back of a 3-2 loss at Manchester United last weekend.
Those setbacks mean Arsenal are six points adrift of league leaders Leicester City in third going into Saturday s crucial north London derby with second-placed Tottenham.
And Sanchez, who won La Liga with Barcelona in 2013 before moving to Arsenal in July 2014, feels the Gunners are missing the confidence needed to end their 12-year wait for a league title.
I think we can win the Premier League with the players we have, Sanchez told DirecTV Sports…
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Aston Villa resume their Europa Conference League campaign on Thursday evening as they face Ajax at the Johan Cruijff Arena in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
Villa advanced to this stage of the competition by winning Group E before Christmas. On the other hand, Ajax secured their place in the last 16 through a dramatic play-off tie against Bodo/Glimt last month.
Despite AZ Alkmaar sitting four points above Ajax in the Eredivisie table, it may not necessarily serve as a definitive measuring stick, as Ajax have demonstrated their unpredictability, which can be both a strength and a weakness.
Ajax endured a challenging period, going 16 matches without a clean sheet and registering only one win in their last six outin…
Gareth Southgate believes England can benefit from Manchester City’s Champions League success after they beat Inter Milan in Saturday’s final.
Southgate has included five members of Pep Guardiola’s side in his squad for this month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia, with John Stones, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips all due to join up with the squad after enjoying their celebrations.
With City’s success coming after Declan Rice lifted the Europa Conference League with West Ham earlier in the week, Southgate said it can be good for the national team.
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Ghana World Cup hero-cum-villain Asamoah Gyan was crowned BBC African Footballer of the Year Friday after receiving more than half the public poll votes.
Compatriot Andre Dede Ayew, Ivorians Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure and Cameroonian Samuel Eto o were the other finalists with listeners voting online and by text.
It was really hard to win this award especially because of all the other players I was up against the striker who joined Sunderland from Rennes in a 20-million-dollar mid-year deal told the Fast Track radio show.
Gyan scored three of the four goals that took Ghana to the African Nations Cup final last January and grabbed another three in South Africa as the Black Stars became only the third African country to make the World Cup last eight.
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Juventus bid to end their European drought takes them to Lisbon for Thursday s UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg at Benfica.
The Italian giants last won continental silverware in the 1999 Intertoto Cup and know this year s final will be held at their home stadium in Turin.
That gives Juve extra motivation ahead of this two-legged clash and Antonio Conte s men will hope Benfica are still affected by their title celebrations.
Jorge Jesus side claimed their 33rd Portuguese title with a 2-0 win against Olhanense on Sunday.
Juventus are also set to win Serie A, which would give them a third successive league success, but midfielder Claudio Marchisio is not worried about fatigue with so much at stake.
Many players in this team have never won a European comp…
Assassin’s Creed Mirage could be releasing on October 12, according to Japanese retailers. The retailers have begun to add the release date on their website listings.
As noted by Gematsu, Japanese retailers don’t usually put a release date on products unless it’s official and placeholder dates aren’t utilized in the country. Ubisoft hasn’t announced a launch date for Assassin’s Creed Mirage yet. Come from Sports betting site VPbet
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are bracing for what is likely to be a lively summer at Vicente Calderon.
After missing out on major trophies this season and failing to mount a more serious La Liga title challenge, Atletico Madrid are likely to see a number of first-star players depart in the summer.
And while Los Rojiblancos striker keeps grabbing the headlines with his reported Manchester United move, highly-rated Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak is another in-demand star.
France Football has learned that the 24-year-old Slovenia international has emerged as a target for who consider Oblak to be a significant upgrade to PSG’s current No. 1 Kevin Trapp.
Les Parisiens are under pressure to bolster their ranks after a disappointing season which saw them lose out on Ligue 1 title…