Former Liverpool flop Suso is enjoying a fine time in Italy.
The Spanish international left Liverpool in 2015 after failing to establish himself as a first-team regular under Brendan Rodgers. During the past three years, however, he emerged as a key player for Rossoneri helping his side to successive Europa League qualifications.
Suso amassed 48 competitive appearances for AC Milan this season, adding 6 goals and registering 7 assists in the process.
Having once impressed at the Serie A outfit, the Spaniard has emerged as a potential transfer target for a number of Europe’s top sides.
A return to Liverpool has been mulled in the media and speaking to the 24-year-old midfielder revealed he would love to return to Anfield – one day.
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For all his remarkable personal records, Cristiano Ronaldo s Real Madrid career has been far from a stellar success. It s maybe fitting that the jury is out on his Clasico legacy, too.
Since moving from Manchester United in 2009, Madrid s all-time leading goalscorer has faced Barcelona 24 times. He has won just six of those games, and lost half of them.
His individual stats, perhaps unsurprisingly, make for better reading. He has scored 15 goals and set up one other. As Madrid were eager to point out this week, he has netted nine times in his last eight visits to Camp Nou.
So much of Ronaldo s time in Spain has been weighed against the exploits of Lionel Messi, but when it comes to their head-to-head record in world football s biggest fixture, there is little t…
Scotland manager Steve Clarke praised his side for keeping their cool and using Georgia’s time-wasting “shenanigans” to their advantage after Lawrence Shankland headed a stoppage-time equaliser in Tbilisi.
Georgia twice took the lead through the impressive Napoli attacker Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, but late call-up Shankland earned Scotland a 2-2 draw when he headed home fellow substitute Stuart Armstrong’s cross two minutes into added time.
Despite Scotland having already sealed their Euro 2024 place and Georgia knowing they face a play-off in March, there was a real competitive edge to the game, with three yellow cards for each team and a melee in each half.
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It takes something quite special to take the spotlight away from Lionel Messi at Barcelona.
Of course, Messi has always been and always will be Barcelona s main man. Messi has always been and always will be Barcelona s best player.
But this season, for the first time in a decade, Messi has not been Barcelona s most important player. Luis Suarez has.
Suarez s influence is stamped all over Barca s latest title triumph in La Liga. It can be seen in black and white; in cold, hard statistics.
A haul of 40 league goals in 35 appearances makes him the first footballer not named Lionel or Cristiano to win the Pichichi Trophy since Diego Forlan for Atletico Madrid in 2009.
Only Messi – with 17 – was able to beat Suarez s total of 16 La Liga assis…
Barcelona and Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas took home a second straight Ballon d Or Feminin award on Monday to become the first two-time winner.
Putellas was recognised in 2021 after winning the Champions League with Barca, before returning to the final this year.
The Blaugrana this time came up short, losing to Lyon, but Putellas finished as the competition s top scorer and Player of the Season.
She was then denied the opportunity to feature at the Women s Euro 2022 after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament on the eve of the finals.
Despite missing the tournament, while three of her four fellow Ballon d Or finalists featured, Putellas was named the world s best player by France Football again in Paris.
Beth Mead, who inspired England s Euro…
Ronald Araujo has signed a new long-term deal with Barcelona, the Spanish giants have confirmed.
The 23-year-old has been a regular for Barca over the past two seasons and has now committed to the club until the end of the 2025-26 campaign.
Barca announced the new deal on their official website on Tuesday, with the centre-back s release clause set at €1billion.
Since making his debut for Barca in October 2019, Araujo – signed from Uruguayan side Boston River – has featured 78 times in all competitions.
He has helped keep 13 clean sheets over that period and also chipped in with six goals, most recently netting in the 4-0 thumping of LaLiga leaders Real Madrid last month.
Araujo s 39 appearances this term is bettered only by Jordi Alba (40)…
Chelsea celebrate winning the Premier League
Chelsea were crowned Premier League champions last night when they beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 at the Hawthorns.
It has been a great first year for manager Antonio Conte, whose 4-3-3 formation was pivotal in bringing the title back to Stamford Bridge.
Furthermore, if the Blues manage victory in their last two games against Watford and Sunderland, they will end the campaign on 93 points, which is a pretty hefty total.
But, is this the greatest points tally to ever grace the Premier League? We take a look at how Chelsea’s season compares to others in the competition’s history.
Chelsea 2004/05 – 95 points
Unfortunately, Chelsea won’t be able to break their own record set when they amass…
Mike Phelan has warned Manchester United not to get distracted by Galatasaray’s fierce atmosphere or any pre-match hostility 30 years on from his ‘Welcome to Hell’ experience.
Three losses in four Group A matches means defeat in Istanbul on Wednesday night will end the Red Devils’ hopes of making the Champions League knockout phase with a game to spare.
Galatasaray won last month’s reverse fixture 3-2 at Old Trafford and are sure to make life tough for Erik ten Hag’s visitors at what is set to be a rocking Rams Park.
The encounter brings back memories of United’s famous visit to the Turkish giants’ hostile old ground in November 1993, when Phelan started a wild second round second-leg clash.
Big week ahead. Let s get it, Reds ||
Leicester City moved into second in the Premier League as goals from Jamie Vardy and James Maddison downed Arsenal 2-0 to cap a dominant display at the King Power Stadium.
Heading into Saturday s encounter in search of a fourth successive league win, Leicester failed to capitalise on some basic errors from Arsenal prior to Vardy s well-worked 68th-minute strike his 11th of the season.
Wilfred Ndidi had previously gone the closest to breaking the deadlock, hitting the crossbar early in the second half, while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a goal rightly ruled out for offside at the other end.
Maddison settled the game with a fantastic second, making sure Brendan Rodgers side continued their sparkling form and, temporarily at least, slot in behind former employer…
Jadon Sancho has returned to training with a ball at his feet as he continues his comeback from a muscle injury, a timely boost for Borussia Dortmund as they prepare to face Manchester City.
Sancho has not featured since March 2 due to a thigh issue, but BVB posted social media footage of him carrying out an individual on-pitch session on Sunday.
The England international s recovery comes ahead of Dortmund hosting City in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday.
Sancho was unable to feature against his former club in the initial meeting, a game the Premier League club won 2-1 thanks to a late goal from Phil Foden at the Etihad Stadium.
Prior to the first leg, Dortmund coach Edin Terzic had said of Sancho: He started with a b…