Hiddink hints at England return

Stoke City are in talks with Jack Butland over a new £50,000 per week contract, .

The England international has three years remaining on his current deal, though the Potters are keen to retain his services amid interest from Manchester United.

The twenty-two year old has been one of the stand-out keepers in the Premier League so far this season and is set to be offered a double-your-money deal.

He moved to the Britannia Stadium in January 2013 but spent much of the following eighteen months out on loan.

He became Stoke’s first choice shot-stopper after Asmir Begovic was sold to Chelsea last summer and has played every minute of the Premier League campaign so far, keeping ten clean sheets.

The former Birmingham City man has been capped thr…

Croatia attacker Ivica Olic said he believes Niko Kovac s men should reach the round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup.

Olic and his side face tournament hosts and favourites Brazil in the opener at the Arena de Sao Paulo on Thursday.

Since finishing third at the 1998 World Cup, Croatia have made group-stage exits in South Korea/Japan and Germany before failing to qualify for South Africa 2010.

Olic said their 2014 squad, which includes Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric and Sevilla star Ivan Rakitic, was good enough to at least progress from Group A which includes Brazil, Mexico and Cameroon.

After two tournaments without notable success, I m confident we have the squad and individuals who can and should reach the second round, he said.

Now we have the players f…

Mexico head coach Juan Carlos Osorio found a novel way of explaining the potential gulf between his players and Germany s in Thursday s Confederations Cup semi-final.

CONCACAF champions Mexico take on Joachim Low s 2014 World Cup winners at Sochi s Fisht Stadium, with the make-up of their opponents squad having proved one of the talking points of the tournament.

Low left a host of star names including Mesut Ozil, Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller out of his squad, giving them a close-season off before next year s World Cup and bringing younger and fringe members of his playing group to the fore.

This re-imagined Germany have excelled in Russia, topping their group as the likes of stand-in captain Julian Draxler and Bayern Munich utility man Joshua Kimmich have earned …

Tottenham have completed the signing of midfielder Victor Wanyama from Southampton on a five-year contract.

The 24-year-old only had 12 months left on his deal at St Mary s Stadium and has joined Spurs in a move reportedly worth just over £11million.

Wanyama is the club s first arrival ahead of the 2016-17 campaign.

The move sees Wanyama link up again with former Saints manager Mauricio Pochettino, who brought him to England him from Celtic in a £12.5m deal in July 2013.

We are delighted to announce that we have completed the transfer of from Southampton.

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial)

The Kenya international, who was sent off three times in the Premier League last season, made 97 appearances in his three years at Southamp…

David Wagner hailed the incredible togetherness at Huddersfield Town after leaving the Premier League strugglers by mutual consent.

Huddersfield are bottom of the Premier League with just 11 points from 22 games and eight points adrift of safety.

On Monday the Terriers announced Wagner s departure after he asked to leave the club citing the need for a break from the rigours of football management . 

Though Huddersfield have endured a difficult 2018-19 campaign so far, Wagner will go down as one of the best manager s in their history, having led them to promotion through the Championship play-offs in 2017 and then improbably steering them to Premier League survival in the next campaign.

And in a farewell message to the club and the fans, Wagner wrote on t…

Wesley Hoedt has joined Celta Vigo from Southampton on loan for the rest of the season.

The LaLiga club have the option to sign the centre-back on a permanent deal in the post-season transfer window.

Hoedt, 24, joins Sofiane Boufal in leaving the Premier League for Balaidos this term.

Hoedt s move will allow him to gain additional playing time between now and the end of the season, while also further helping [Ralph] Hasenhuttl to achieve his aim of trimming the first-team squad this month, Southampton said in a statement.

The club would like to wish Wesley good luck for the rest of the season.

Hoedt joined Saints in August 2017 from AZ for a reported fee of £15million, signing a five-year deal.

The Netherlands international made 28 lea…

Jamie Vardy missed a second-half penalty as Leicester City could only draw 1-1 with Spartak Moscow on Thursday to leave Europa League Group C wide open.

Victor Moses put Spartak ahead early in the second half when he escaped the attentions of Leicester s defence and planted a firm header low into the corner of the net.

The Foxes equalised shortly afterwards when Daniel Amartey headed in from a corner, before Moses gave away a penalty when he hauled down Ademola Lookman.

Substitute Vardy stepped up to take the spot-kick, but Spartak goalkeeper Alexander Selikhov guessed correctly to ultimately secure the visitors a point.

0 Leicester have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last nine games in all competitions, and have only managed one in their l…

Wasteful Premier League leaders Chelsea were inexplicably held to a 1-1 draw at home to Burnley in a game they dominated on Saturday.

The Blues were looking to win five successive league games for the first time under Thomas Tuchel and looked to be on course to do so and at least temporarily move five points clear at the summit when Kai Havertz scored 12 minutes before half-time.

But Chelsea remain without Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner in attack and conspired to miss a host of chances to extend their lead, opening the door for Burnley to respond.

Matej Vydra finished from close range nine minutes after arriving from the bench as Sean Dyche was rewarded for a late show of ambition, having previously looked content to keep the score down.

The points are sh…

“In a competition that is so competitive and the teams are so close in terms of levels with each other then also you need the players to be available.”

United have dealt with more than 50 separate injury issues during the campaign, with Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof returning to that list of absentees this week.

Ten Hag says the club “have an idea” why there have been so many issues and that “internally we will deal with it”, but refused to say exactly what that entailed.

The Dutchman did, though, reject suggestions that training intensity was an issue and that he should have brought in a fitness coach, pointing to the need for “very robust players” and the impact of a fixture-packed 18 months.

and will be out of action for at l…

AC Milan have identified Fabio Borini as a potential replacement for Mario Balotelli, .

The Serie A side had made Chelsea’s Fernando Torres their top transfer target, though there are doubts over whether a deal for the Spain international will get over the line before Monday’s transfer deadline.

Borini spent last season on loan at Sunderland, where his seven goals in thirty-two league appearances helped steer them away from any fears of relegation.

He returned to Liverpool in the summer, but is set to fall further down the pecking order with fellow Italy international Balotelli arriving at Anfield this week.

In total, Borini has made just twenty appearances for Liverpool since signing from Roma in the summer of 2012, scoring twice.

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