Casemiro has described his nine-year stint at Real Madrid as the most wonderful story as he bid farewell to the club ahead of his switch to Manchester United.
The Red Devils confirmed on Friday that a deal had been struck for the 30-year-old, who has been crucial to Madrid s success in recent seasons, winning the Champions League five times.
It has been widely reported that United are paying £60million (€70.6m) for Casemiro.
Having joined Madrid from Sao Paulo in 2013, Casemiro has established himself as one of the best holding midfielders in world football, and formed a formidable trio alongside Toni Kroos and Luka Modric.
He helped Madrid to a Champions League and LaLiga double last season, and was named man of the match in the Super Cup victory ove…
Erling Haaland has been rewarded for a scintillating start to his Manchester City career by being named the Premier League s Player of the Month for August.
Since arriving in England from Borussia Dortmund, Haaland has scored nine goals in five outings during his first month in the Premier League.
That tally is the highest ever managed by a player in their first five appearances in the competition and included back-to-back hat-tricks in City s high-scoring wins over Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest.
In August, Haaland averaged a goal every 44 minutes of league action, or every 12 touches of the ball, as well as converting from 41 per cent of his shots.
9 Erling Haaland is the only Manchester City player to have won a Player of the Month award in 202…
In this article, I will explain the over 2.5 meaning and how to use it in football betting. What is over 2.5? When is the over 2.5 bet a winner? Find all the answers and many more in this tutorial.
Goals are the highlights of any football match. Cristiano Ronaldo vs Messi duel has set the bar at the highest peak in the last two decades. The UEFA Champions League is another testimony that reflects the meaning of over 2.5 as the most spectacular sides usually win the prestigious trophy. Furthermore, most of the Balon d Or winners were the best strikers in the world, scoring many times hat-tricks.
What is over 2.5 in football betting?
Over 2.5 goals is a bet placed by punters who predict a minimum of three goals to be scored during the 90 minutes of playing time. Which te…
Manchester City and Liverpool do battle in a potentially decisive showdown in the Premier League title race on Sunday and Everton are in desperate need of points in the fight to stay up.
Leaders City are a point ahead of Liverpool heading into the crunch clash at the Etihad Stadium, where the Reds have only one once in their past 12 top-flight encounters.
Everton are in big trouble at the other end of the table after losing to third-bottom Burnley in midweek and need a response when they face Manchester United at Goodison Park on Saturday.
Arsenal have also been licking their wounds after a loss to Crystal Palace as they prepare to entertain Brighton and Hove Albion, with fourth-placed Tottenham travelling to Aston Villa as the tussle for a Champions League spo…
Matteo Darmian and Hakan Calhanoglu scored either side of half-time to ensure Inter s Serie A title defence got back on track with a 2-0 victory over Lecce.
Inter, who started their campaign with a draw against Genoa on the opening day, marked their final season at the San Siro in style to move top of the early-season standings.
Darmian opened the scoring for Simone Inzaghi s side in the fifth minute, being the first to react to Mehdi Taremi s effort to head beyond Wladimiro Falcone.
Despite dominating proceedings, the hosts had to wait until the 69th minute to double their advantage on home soil.
Inter were awarded a penalty after Kialonda Gaspar fouled Marcus Thuram in the area, with Calhanoglu making no mistake to maintain his perfect record from 12 …
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Venezuela and Uruguay will lock horns with each other in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) this week. The match between Fernando Batista’s side and Marcelo Bielsa’s team will be held at Estadio Monumental de Maturín in Maturín, Venezuela. It is scheduled to kick off at 11 pm UK time on Tuesday.
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Venezuela are a modest footballing nation in South America who do not tend to qualify for major international competitions. As of 2022, they are the only CONMEBOL side to have never qualified for the World Cup finals and tend to do poorly in qualification campaigns.
Things do look decent for Venezuela at the moment. Fernando Batista’s side are fifth in the 2026 FIFA Wo…
Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City have earned a place among the greats after finally winning the Champions League.
City completed the treble on a glorious night in Istanbul on Saturday as they beat Inter Milan 1-0 in a hard-fought final with a 68th-minute Rodri strike.
City have dominated the domestic scene under Guardiola, winning five Premier League titles in six years as well as two FA Cups and four Carabao Cups, but European success had eluded them.
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“You have to win in Europe to be considered a great team and we did it,” said Guardiola in his post-match press conference at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium.
The challenge now for City will be to build on their triumph and establi…
Thomas Tuchel professed his support for out-of-form goalkeeper Edouard Mendy after he produced an erratic display in Chelsea s 2-1 win over West Ham, insisting the Senegal international has been unlucky recently.
Mendy was rooted to his goalline from a West Ham corner when Chelsea fell behind on Saturday, Michail Antonio capitalising on a goalmouth scramble to put the Hammers ahead.
Although substitutes Ben Chilwell and Kai Havertz scored a goal apiece to turn the game around, Mendy was again involved late on as Maxwel Cornet had a fierce right-footed finish chalked off.
Referee Andy Madley was advised by VAR to check the goal, and eventually ruled that Jarrod Bowen had fouled Mendy in the build-up.
Visiting manager David Moyes labelled that decision sc…
Didier Deschamps accepted France faced a huge test at Euro 2020 as Germany coach Joachim Low had no doubt Group F was the group of death .
World champions France were drawn alongside Euro 2016 winners Portugal and Germany, plus a play-off winner, in the group on Saturday.
Deschamps acknowledged his team would be challenged in Group F, which will be played in Budapest and Munich.
It s a difficult group, but I think that Joachim Low and Portugal head coach [Fernando Santos] think the same thing. It s the hardest group, but we have to accept it, he said.
We will need to be ready at the beginning of the competition because our first game will be against Germany in Munich. They will play at home.
On paper, it s a tough group. These two teams have ma…
Ange Postecoglou has talked up Tottenham’s chances of FA Cup success and insisted he is driven by adding another trophy picture to his collection.
Spurs exited the Carabao Cup at the first hurdle in August after a penalty shoot-out loss at Fulham and face more Premier League opposition in a domestic cup on Friday night.
Burnley are the visitors in the FA Cup third round and Postecoglou, who has won silverware with South Melbourne, Brisbane Roar, Australia, Yokohama and Celtic, is eager to create new memories in England’s historic cup competition.
“From my perspective it’s an opportunity for us to try to win a competition and for a club of our stature that has to be the ambition every year, that you go into every competition with the aim and the hope of wi…