Новости за 04.01.2019

Celtic have reacted with surprise to the Scottish FA's (SFA) decision not to take action against Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos for his conduct in the Old Firm derby on Saturday. Morelos was involved in three flare-ups, with Scott Brown, Ryan Christie and Anthony Ralston, during a 1-0 win for Steven Gerrard's men at Ibrox. Referee John Beaton said he saw the incidents but decided not to act - ruling out the possibility of retrospective action. In a strongly worded statement, the Scottish Premiership... Читать дальше...

Turkey forward Burak Yilmaz has re-joined Besiktas from Trabzonspor more than a decade on from leaving the club. The 33-year-old is one of a small number of players to have represented Turkey's "big four" of Besiktas, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Trabzonspor. Yilmaz - who has 23 goals in 52 appearances for the national side - has moved for a fee of €1.36m, concluding a transfer that is unlikely to be popular with sections of the Black Eagles fanbase. The switch was due to take place during the previous transfer window... Читать дальше...

UAE coach Alberto Zaccheroni believes the 2019 Asian Cup will be decided on small margins. The tournament gets under way on Saturday when Zaccheroni's men take on Bahrain at Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi in the opening game of Group A. Zaccheroni has enjoyed success in the event, having led Japan to the 2011 title in Qatar, but he believes much has changed in the intervening period. He told a news conference: "The performance of the teams has changed a lot since the last time I managed a team in the Asian Cup. Читать дальше...

AC Milan have announced the signing of Lucas Paqueta from Flamengo for a reported fee of €35million. The Brazil international has agreed to a five-year contract with the Rossoneri and will join up with his new team-mates when they resume training on Monday following Serie A's mid-season break. Milan sporting director Leonardo confirmed last October that a deal had been agreed in principle with Flamengo, although they needed to wait until the January transfer window opened to finalise the move.... Читать дальше...

Everton boss Marco Silva says there is no truth to the rumours he wants to sign Barcelona winger Malcom this month. The Premier League side brought in Andre Gomes on loan and Lucas Digne in a £19.5million deal from the Catalans in the previous transfer window, with both players proving sound additions to Silva's side. Reports have suggested Malcom is the latest Barca fringe player to be targeted by the Toffees, the Brazilian having started only one game in LaLiga since a €42million move from Bordeaux last July. Читать дальше...

Dominic Solanke has joined Bournemouth from Liverpool for an undisclosed fee, reported to be worth in the region of £19million. The 21-year-old, who was strongly linked with a loan move to Crystal Palace earlier this week, has signed a long-term contract at the Vitality Stadium.  Solanke won the Golden Ball as player of the tournament when England won the Under-20 World Cup in 2017, exploits that preceded his move from Chelsea to Liverpool.  But the striker struggled for first-team opportunities at Anfield... Читать дальше...

Sources at Rangers have revealed that the club’s hierarchy is labouring under the misconception that Jermain Defoe is two decades younger and a foot taller than he actually is.Rangers are closing in on a loan swoop for Defoe which many at the club feel would be a massive coup, albeit largely based on the false assumption that the diminutive 36-year-old journeyman is in fact a towering 16-year-old prodigy.The Scottish Premiership side's decision to make the move was taken after studying a single-page... Читать дальше...

Liverpool have no reason to panic after being beaten 2-1 by Premier League title rivals Manchester City, Virgil van Dijk has stressed. Jurgen Klopp's side saw their unbeaten start to the top-flight season ended at the Etihad Stadium thanks to goals from Sergio Aguero and Leroy Sane. Liverpool, who had cancelled out Aguero's opener through Roberto Firmino, would have been 10 points clear at the top of the table with a victory but now hold a comparatively small advantage of four points. However... Читать дальше...

January is here! Which can mean only one thing: wild rumours and unrealistic expectations soon followed by a predictable lack of actual transfers.But it sure is fun while it lasts, isn't it? Chelsea have already leapt into action by wrapping up a deal for Borussia Dortmund star Christian Pulisic, who will remain at Signal Iduna Park on loan until the end of the season before joining the Blues permanently next summer.Here, we bring you as many deals, rumours and reaction as we can squeeze in from... Читать дальше...

Gianfranco Zola says Chelsea are "not the perfect team" and don't create enough chances given the possession they have. Zola is assistant to head coach Maurizio Sarri, who admitted following Wednesday's 0-0 draw with Southampton that Chelsea have not been good enough recently in the "last 20 metres". While many Blues fans are happy to attribute those problems to the form of struggling striker Alvaro Morata, Zola feels it is due to wider-ranging issues. Speaking ahead of Saturday's FA Cup third-round tie at home to Nottingham Forest... Читать дальше...

In recent years, Liverpool have made major structural changes to ensure a smooth pathway from academy to first team, and the appointment of Jurgen Klopp in 2015 provided the Reds with a perfect figurehead.They cut the numbers at Kirkby by 15% in 2015 to ensure quality over quantity, and aimed to instil a measure of realism within their top-level prospects with a salary cap of £40,000-a-year for first-year scholars in 2016.Their patience will be rewarded, in theory, by a £50 million redevelopment... Читать дальше...

Bayern Munich are interested in signing Callum Hudson-Odoi, Gianfranco Zola has confirmed, but the Chelsea coach hopes the youngster commits to a new contract at Stamford Bridge. The Bundesliga champions have been linked with the 18-year-old for some weeks and are reported to have made offers in excess of £30million. Despite being one of the club's most highly rated prospects, the England youth international's future in London has been further clouded by Chelsea's £58m deal for Christian Pulisic. Читать дальше...

Act in haste, repent at leisure tends to be the way with the January transfer window. Under pressure to push deals through in a seller’s market, plenty of expensive mistakes are made at this time of year.We’re all familiar with the difficulties faced by Andy Carroll and Fernando Torres among others, but what about those often-forgotten signings and surprise hits who bucked the trend?SEE ALSOThe 10 worst January transfers EVERJohn Stones (Barnsley to Everton, 2013)Over recent years, Barnsley have... Читать дальше...

January is here! Which can mean only one thing: wild rumours and unrealistic expectations soon followed by a predictable lack of actual transfers.But it sure is fun while it lasts, isn't it? Chelsea have already leapt into action by wrapping up a deal for Borussia Dortmund star Christian Pulisic, who will remain at Signal Iduna Park on loan until the end of the season before joining the Blues permanently next summer.Here, we bring you as many deals, rumours and reaction as we can squeeze in from... Читать дальше...

Sydney FC went top of the A-League after Alex Brosque's hat-trick inspired a 5-2 thrashing of 10-man Central Coast Mariners on Friday. The visitors to Jubilee Stadium went 1-0 up inside 17 minutes but collapsed after Kalifa Cisse's red card midway through the first half. Brosque's first A-League treble, combined with an Adam Le Fondre penalty and a fine strike from Aaron Calver, saw Sydney complete the turnaround and move above Perth Glory on goals scored, having played a game more. Sydney's three-game... Читать дальше...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer expects to hold talks with Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward over the club's plans for the January transfer window. United have been tipped to sign a new centre-back during the coming weeks due to injury problems and a lack of form among their defenders, with Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly and Roma's Kostas Manolas among the names linked with Old Trafford. Although he is only a caretaker boss, having been appointed to replace Jose Mourinho last month, Solskjaer... Читать дальше...

Tottenham have taken up their option to extend Toby Alderweireld's contract until 2020. The centre-back's deal was due to expire at the end of the season, but Spurs have tied down the Belgium international for a further 12 months to avoid losing him on a free transfer. Reports in England say Alderweireld's extension includes a clause meaning he can leave the club for £25million before the end of the Premier League's next transfer window. Speaking last month, manager Mauricio Pochettino confirmed... Читать дальше...

It took 66 days to complete the third round of the FA Cup in 1962/63. The chaos, hardship and forlorn hopes that afflicted British football in the coldest winter since 1740 are captured in the stamp on the cover of Sheffield United’s third-round tie against Bolton Wanderers, due to take place on January 5 1963, which read: “After many postponements due to unprecedented winter conditions, match finally played 20th February 1963, kick-off 7.15pm (or so we thought until one hour beforehand!) AT LAST! Читать дальше...

Paul Pogba is a doubt for Manchester United's FA Cup clash with Reading but Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez will start, caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed. The France international picked up what Solskjaer described as a knock in the 2-0 Premier League win over Newcastle United on Wednesday, in which he was caught by a high challenge from Jonjo Shelvey. Pogba could sit out Reading's visit to Old Trafford on Saturday, while Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo are definitely sidelined,... Читать дальше...

A total of 43 clubs have lifted the FA Cup. However, as the world’s oldest football competition began in the 1870s, many of the early winners simply don’t exist any more.So instead of making you try to guess wildly at Clapham Rovers, the original Wanderers, Jurassic Park Rangers or any of the other long-dissolved winners, we’ve kept this to the last 30 victors.As you’d expect, there areplenty of multiple winners along the way, so this quiz still stretches back until 1925. But at least all of the clubs here are still in existence... Читать дальше...

Lucas Vazquez says Real Madrid are angry after failing to beat Villarreal on Thursday but insists their season can end with success. Madrid looked to be heading for three points in their first LaLiga match of 2019, with Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema putting them ahead at Estadio de la Ceramica after Santi Cazorla's fourth-minute opener. However, Cazorla struck again with eight minutes of normal time remaining to ensure the game finished 2-2, meaning Santiago Solari's side could only close to within seven points of league leaders Barcelona.

Fernandinho lauded Bernardo Silva as one of Manchester City's best players following his man-of-the-match performance against Premier League leaders Liverpool. Silva ran 13.7kilometres – the most of any player in the league this season – to help reigning champions City beat Liverpool 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday. The Portugal international also claimed an assist as City closed within four points of Liverpool, who were condemned to their first defeat of the Premier League campaign. After... Читать дальше...

Cristiano Ronaldo claimed the Best Player as the Juventus superstar scooped two honours at the 2019 Globe Soccer Awards. Ronaldo reigned supreme in Dubai, where he beat Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann and Paris Saint-Germain sensation Kylian Mbappe to the award on Thursday. It marked the third consecutive year Ronaldo was crowned the award's best player, and fifth in total since 2011. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner also received the Fans' Award at the ceremony in the United Arab Emirates. Читать дальше...

Georginio Wijnaldum insisted Liverpool must remain confident following their first loss of the Premier League season against reigning champions Manchester City. Liverpool's lead atop the table was cut to four points by City, who ended the Reds' unbeaten start to the league season via Thursday's 2-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium. Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool could have moved further clear in their quest for a first league crown since 1990, but the leaders succumbed to Leroy Sane's 72nd-minute winner in Manchester. Читать дальше...

Thibaut Courtois said Real Madrid had "chances to kill off the game" as the star goalkeeper lamented his side's 2-2 draw away to Villarreal in LaLiga. Madrid – fourth in the league – were forced to share the points on Thursday after conceding an 82nd-minute equaliser to Villarreal's Santi Cazorla. Karim Benzema and Raphael Varane had cancelled out Cazorla's fourth-minute opener in the first half before the former Arsenal playmaker headed past Courtois with eight minutes remaining. The result ended... Читать дальше...