Leicester City 3 Crystal Palace 1: Champions return to winning ways

Goals from Ahmed Musa, Shinji Okazaki and Christian Fuchs saw Leicester City record a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace at the King Power Stadium on Saturday as the reigning champions three-game winless streak in the Premier League came to an end.

Leicester were beaten 3-0 by Chelsea last week, having previously failed to beat Southampton (0-0) and Manchester United (4-1), but they returned to winning ways following a sublime strike from Musa in the closing stages of the first half and a clinical finish from Okazaki after the break.

Fuchs added gloss late on with a wonderful, long-range effort before Yohan Cabaye netted an 85th-minute consolation.

Claudio Ranieri opted to make two changes to the team that beat Copenhagen 1-0 in midweek in the Champions League, dro…

PSV pushing for Moise Kean

Eredivisie champions PSV Eindhoven are said to be interested in Juventus youngster Moise Kean.

The 18-year-old Italy Under-19 international spent the 2017/18 season on loan at Verona where he scored 4 goals in 19 appearances as the Butei got relegated to the Serie B.

Kean is regarded as one of the most talented forwards in Italy and Juventus are not willing to give up on him that easily despite the fact they could cash in up to €20 million which PSV are reportedly willing to splash out.

The Bianconeri are reluctant to sell but are contemplating a buy-back clause which would allow them to bring the 18-year-old back in the future.

Tuttosport notes that Kean’s agent Mino Raiola is half Italian, half Dutch which could be seen as the reason the teenage st…

Mauricio Pochettino pushes Armando Broja to fulfil his potential at Chelsea

Mauricio Pochettino praised Armando Broja as one of the most promising young strikers in Europe after his goal helped Chelsea to a 4-0 FA Cup third-round win over Preston.

The 22-year-old started in place of Nicolas Jackson, who is away at the Africa Cup of Nations, and netted his team’s opening goal early in the second half at Stamford Bridge.

Preston had done a fine job in the first period of containing Chelsea, who lacked cutting edge to go with their domination of the ball, but Broja’s strike was the first of three in an 11-minute spell in the second half.

Will Keane was hounded off the ball inside his own box by Mykhailo Mudryk, who laid it back for Malo Gusto to cross and Broja headed in.

Thiago Silva then nodded in a second before Raheem Sterli…

England star Rooney hopes Portugal misses the World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo`s Portugal is in danger of missing the World Cup but Wayne Rooney isn`t bothered at all by Portugal`s qualifying struggles.

In fact, the Manchester United striker revealed he hopes Portugal will fail to qualify for the WC 2010 in South Africa.

`It would be nice to see Portugal not there because in the last two tournaments they ve knocked us out,` Rooney told BBC Radio 5 live.

`When we didn t qualify for Euro 2008, we got a lot of stick from Ronaldo.`

Rooney made it clear he admires his former team mate, stating that he`s still the best player in the world.

` It s clear for everyone,` Rooney said. `He scores goals. I ve watched his first few games for Madrid and he seems to have improved again. `But he does add with a grin. `He …

Wolfsburg eyeing Mario Fernandes

Russian media outlet that Wolfsburg are keeping close tabs on CSKA Moscow full-back Mario Fernandes.

The Bundesliga high-flyers have had the defender watched on several occasions this season and they are expected to step up their interest in the coming weeks.

The only problem is that he has only recently signed a new deal until June 2019 with the Russian giants and is valued at €25 million.

Mario Fernandes, 24, has developed into one of league s top right-sided defenders and he has been linked with a big club move for quite a while now.

The highly rated full-back was handed his Brazil debut by Carlos Dunga in the 4-0 friendly win over Brazil, which has seen his stock rise even further.

Fernandes joined CSKA Moscow from Brazilian giants Gremio…

Premier League Preview: Manchester United v Crystal Palace

Manchester United manager David Moyes will be out to secure his first win at Old Trafford when they face newly promoted Crystal Palace.

The defending Premier League champions head into the game against Ian Holloway s men after suffering a 1-0 defeat to fierce rivals Liverpool before the international break.

United are just one point ahead of Palace, who earned their first win of the season with a 3-1 triumph over Sunderland at Selhurst Park, after the first three games, with their only success coming on the opening day against Swansea City.

The defeat at Anfield which followed a dour 0-0 home draw with Chelsea marked the first time that United have failed to score in consecutive league matches since 2007.

However, Moyes, who never won at the home of United while …

Thomas Meunier in high demand

Paris saint-Germain defender Thomas Meunier made a hint that a move out of the French champions could happen this summer.

The 26-year-old right-back is looking for a change of scenery and an improved playing role which put quite a few European sides on red alert.

The latest reports coming from the Italian media outlet Tuttosport claim that Sevilla, Valencia and Napoli have all expressed interest in former Club Brugge star who moved to Paris in 2016.

Meunier failed to establish himself as a constant presence in the team under Unai Emery and is not keen to prove himself all over again to the new boss, Thomas Tuchel.

The Belgium international only made 22 Ligue 1 appearances in two seasons playing under the new Arsenal boss.

Manchester United h…

Southgate ´hugely fortunate´ with second England opportunity

Gareth Southgate feels hugely fortunate to have the opportunity to manage England after initially turning down the job in 2016.

Southgate had been working as England Under-21s manager when Roy Hodgson departed after a dreadful European Championship campaign, but he opted not to take up the senior role, which instead went to Sam Allardyce.

Allardyce s subsequent sacking amid off-field controversy thrust Southgate into the spotlight as he impressed in an interim role, going on to secure the job full-time before guiding England to the World Cup and now the last 16.

Although his stock has never been higher, the former Middlesbrough boss acknowledges it was not a foregone conclusion that he would get another chance to lead his country.

I feel hugely fort…

Manchester City want Barcelona star Lionel Messi on free transfer

Manchester City are interested in signing Lionel Messi in the summer of 2021, according to . Messi is out of contract at Barcelona at the end of the season, and the likelihood is that the Argentina international forward will leave the Spanish and European giants.

Messi worked with City manager Pep Guardiola when the latter was in charge of Barcelona. The Argentine is now 33 years of age, but he still remains one of the best players in the world and is one of the greatest of all time. The Barcelona legend would make City a much better team and would be a blockbuster signing for the former Premier League champions.

According to , Messi has made 17 starts and two substitute appearances in La Liga for Barcelona so far this season, scoring 13 goals and providing two assists …

Pellegrini wanted to keep Liverpool hero Adrian at West Ham

Manuel Pellegrini is happy to see Adrian making an immediate impact at Liverpool but would have liked to have kept the goalkeeper at West Ham.

Adrian left London Stadium as a free agent at the end of last season and signed for European champions Liverpool, replacing Simon Mignolet as Alisson s back-up.

But an injury to Alisson in the Premier League opener against Norwich City saw Adrian quickly thrust into the action at Anfield.

And on just his first start for Liverpool, the Spaniard proved their UEFA Super Cup final hero with a decisive penalty shoot-out save from Chelsea s Tammy Abraham on Wednesday.

Adrian had been restricted to cup appearances last season, with Lukasz Fabianski the West Ham number one, but Pellegrini still sought to keep the 32-year-o…