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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers believes they have been their own worst enemies this season.

But he is optimistic his side can find the consistency of performance they will need during the title run-in.

The cinch Premiership champions delivered their biggest victory of the season on Wednesday when they thrashed Dundee 7-1 with the help of six first-half goals.

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Previous league games since the winter break had all been tight and two draws saw Celtic lose top spot in the table to Rangers, who could go five points clear when they host Motherwell on Saturday.

Celtic travel to face Hearts on Sunday, pos…

Sky Sports report that they ve been told Manchester United is the likeliest destination for Borussia Dortmund s Jadon Sancho this summer.

The 20-time English champions were very keen to sign the 21-year-old winger last year, but their effort came too late for the Bundesliga side to give proper consideration and reportedly fell rather short of Dortmund s valuation of €120 million.

United s interest, however, remained firm throughout the 2020-21 season, and though other clubs have been mentioned as potential suitors too, they apparently lead the race for Sancho s signature.

As for Dortmund, they are now believed to be willing to lower the price quoted a year ago and accept an offer of around €90 million. What s more, they have already started sounding out pote…

Cardiff City have completed the signing of Kagisho Dikgacoi from Crystal Palace.

The South Africa international moves to south Wales as a free agent, and will officially become a Cardiff player when his contract at Selhurst Park expires on June 30.

Dikgacoi made 114 appearances for Palace after joining from Fulham in 2011, and the midfielder says Ole Gunnar Solksjaer played a major role in his decision to finalise the switch.

The manager was persistent in wanting to bring me here, which always means a lot to a player, he told the club s official Twitter account.

Growing up I was a big fan of the way he played and I can t wait to get started with my new team-mates in training.

I m really looking forward to my first game in front of the Cardiff City fans.

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Italian newspaper that Inter Milan are considering a summer bid for Hoffenheim defender Andreas Beck.

The Nerazzurri are on the lookout for a right-sided defender, but their attempts to sign Bacary Sagna and Martin Montoya have been in vain.

It is for that reason that they have turned their attention to Hoffenheim stalwart Andreas Beck.

Sporting director Piero Ausilio watched the player in action at the weekend as Hoffenheim faced Mainz, while also making a check on club s other target Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.

Andreas Beck has been a loyal servant to the club for almost six years now, having made 175 Bundesliga appearances for the Rhein-Neckar Arena outfit, scoring 3 goals.

The 27-year-old also has nine Germany caps to his name but last ap…

Leonardo Bonucci believes Juventus are now a certainty, not a surprise in the Champions League final after booking their spot in the Cardiff showpiece.

Mario Mandzukic and Dani Alves were on target as Juventus defeated Monaco 2-1 in Tuesday s semi-final second leg in Turin for a 4-1 aggregate triumph.

Mandzukic and Alves scored in the first half to help the five-time reigning Serie A champions reach the competition s final at Principality Stadium on June 3.

Italy international Bonucci said a more mature Juventus – an immovable force in Serie A as they seek European glory – have shown they belong on the big stage, having lost to Barcelona in the 2014-15 Champions League decider.

It s a great result and what a big club have to do, challenge for three t…

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Marking their return from the international break on Monday night, Arsenal will welcome Crystal Palace to the Emirates for a London derby.

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Starting with the hosts, while Arsenal were last seen heading into the international break with a flat display away at Brighton, the Gunners did find themselves enjoying a September boost. Despite enduring what was a dreadful start to the 2021/22 campaign, the north London outfit have managed to bounce back from that 5-0 drumming at the hands of Manchester City at the end of August. Despite having to settle for that flattering 0-0 stalemate on the south coast last time out, Mikel Arteta s side are in the midst of a five-match unbeaten run across all formats. With that run highlighted by a s…

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Looking to extend on their recent boost this weekend, Inter Milan will make the trip to the Stadio Artemio Franchi when they meet Fiorentina on Saturday night.

Starting with the hosts, while Fiorentina might have enjoyed a real European romp this season, the Purples have rather drastically struggled to match a similar level while on domestic duties. Despite smelling a real chance away at Lecce earlier in the week, Vincenzo Italiano s men had to settle for a sluggish 1-1 draw against the relegation scrappers. Battling it out in the bottom-half of the Serie A standings, the Viola have recorded just a single victory from any of their previous eight top-flight outings. With that worrying domestic run stemming all the way back to…

Brazilian forward Adriano will join Corinthians after having his contract terminated by Serie A side AS Roma.

Adriano, 29, joined Roma in June 2010 on a three-year deal, but has struggled to make an impact at the Stadio Olimpico.The former Inter Milan striker struggled to settle in the Italian capital and his contract was terminated on March 8 due to persistent problems with injuries. Corinthians won t regret it, I m a fighting player, Adriano told newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. I m not going there to create trouble, but to score goals. I simply saw no reason to stay on (at Roma), I got injured three times, I had no continuity of matches, I thought it was a sign to return to Brazil. I know what I m capable of. Now I must wait, work, train to recover my form. Adriano earned the m…

Molineux will be no place for the faint hearted on Sunday with the threat of relegation in the air as Wolves host West Bromwich Albion.

In-form West Brom have climbed to 11th after a late-season revival masterminded by new manager Roy Hodgson.

But Mick McCarthy s Wolves have picked up just two points from their last five matches and are second from bottom.

And no one appreciates the importance of this Black Country derby more than Wolves defender Stephen Ward.

At this stage of the season, with three games to go, we have to look at every game as a must-win, Ward said.

People are saying that Sunday (1-1 at Birmingham) was a must-win, but we have to take a point and move on.

Because it is so tight a point might keep you in there, but th…

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…