Lyon are set to wrap up the deal for Paris Saint-Germain full-back Christophe Jallet, .
Les Gones seem to have agreed a transfer fee with their league rivals, thought to be just under €3 million.
Subject to passing a medical, the experienced defender will sign a three-year contract at Stade Gerland, arriving as a replacement for Miguel Lopes, who ended his loan spell from Sporting Lisbon.
Jallet had just one year left on his contract at Parc des Princes and he has jumped at the opportunity to leave the Saints having struggled for regular playing time of late.
The 30-year-old joined PSG from Lorient back in 2009 and has since featured in 143 Ligue 1 matches, scoring 7 goals in total.
Jallet is still regarded as one of league s top right-sided de…
Chelsea winger Marko Marin has completed a season-long loan switch to Serie A side Fiorentina.
Marin spent last season away from Stamford Bridge, on loan at UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla, and racked up seven assists in 30 games for the Spanish club.
That was not enough to convince Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho of Marin s talents, though, and he will join Vincenzo Montella s UEFA Champions League-chasing outfit.
The 16-cap Germany international is the second player to move to Serie A from Stamford Bridge following Ashley Cole s move to Roma.
Marin could even end up making his Fiorentina bow against his former colleague when Montella takes his side to the Stadio Olimpico on Serie A s opening day.
After coming through Borussia Monchengladbach s ran…
Mircea Lucescu has urged Douglas Costa to join Juventus during the close season should he decide to leave Bayern Munich.
Lucescu brought the 26-year-old to Europe in 2010 when he was in charge at Shakhtar Donetsk, Costa playing over 200 games for the club before moving to Bayern in 2015.
He has continued to impress at the Allianz Arena but has struggled to hold down a regular starting spot under Pep Guardiola and latterly Carlo Ancelotti.
Costa only started 19 games in all competitions in 2016-17 and has previously looked for assurances that more minutes will come his way going forward.
With Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery both signing new deals that looks unlikely and the Brazil international has been linked with a move away, and Lucescu says Serie A shou…
Manchester United have completed the signing of Argentina international goalkeeper Sergio Romero, .
The 28 year old was a free agent after leaving Serie A side Sampdoria at the end of last season, and has signed a three year deal at Old Trafford.
The move sees Romero reunited with manager Louis van Gaal, with the pair having worked together for two years at AZ Alkmaar.
The shot-stopper played over forty times for AZ under Van Gaal, with more than half of those appearances coming in the club’s championship winning 2008/09 campaign.
Romero left Alkmaar for Sampdoria in the summer of 2011, while he spent the 2013/14 campaign on loan at Monaco in France’s Ligue 1.
He has 62 caps for his country, and was part of their squads for the 2010 Worl…
Cesc Fabregas has been handed his 100th cap for Spain after being named captain of the team to face Ukraine in Euro 2016 qualifying.
The Chelsea midfielder, 28, made his 99th appearance in the 4-0 win over Luxembourg on Friday and now reaches his century for Spain s final qualifier of the campaign in Kiev.
Fabregas made his senior international debut as an 18-year-old, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3-2 friendly victory over Ivory Coast on March 1 2006 in Valladolid, and went on to play in that year s World Cup in Germany as Spain were knocked out at the last-16 stage.
He had to wait until Euro 2008, when he was at Arsenal, to score his first Spain goal in a 4-1 group-stage victory over Russia. He converted the winning penalty in a dramatic shoot-out again…
Chelsea have confirmed the signing of teenage striker Marc Guiu from Barcelona, having met his €6million (£5.1m) release clause.
Guiu had one year remaining on his contract with the Blaugrana but opted to reject the offer of an extension after breaking into their senior squad last season.
The 18-year-old appeared three times in LaLiga last term, netting on his senior debut against Athletic Bilbao at the age of 17 years and 291 days last October.
Guiu, who has been capped by Spain at under-17 and under-19 level, is expected to fight for a place in Chelsea s first team under new boss Enzo Maresca.
He has signed a five-year contract with an option for the club to extend his stay for a further 12 months.
It s an immense joy to sign for Chelsea an…
Liverpool set a record for the biggest away win by an English side in Europe s top club competition with their 7-0 thrashing of Maribor.
Jurgen Klopp s men have endured an indifferent start to the campaign, but they came to life at the Ljudski vrt in Slovenia.
Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino scored braces and Philippe Coutinho struck in the first half before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain netted his first Liverpool goal and Trent Alexander-Arnold complete the scoring with a deflected effort.
The win was the biggest margin of victory by an English club in an away game in the European Cup or Champions League, overtaking Leeds United s 6-0 victory over Lyn in 1969 and Manchester United s 6-0 thrashing of Shamrock Rovers in 1957.
7 Maribor 0-7 Liverpool is the bi…
England international Stewart Downing is set for a remarkable return to Middlesbrough, .
The 30 year old has spent the last two seasons with West Ham United, where he has racked up seventy-four appearances in all competitions, scoring seven goals.
However, the East London club have given the midfielder permissions to talk to his former club, who were beaten by Norwich City in last season’s Championship Play-Off final at Wembley.
Downing originally left Teeside in the summer of 2009, when he secured a move to Aston Villa, while two years later he was transferred to Liverpool before eventually joining the Hammers in July 2013.
He has thirty-five caps for his country, with his last appearance for Roy Hodgson’s side coming in a 3-1 friendly victory o…
La Liga club Barcelona have given their backing to forward Lionel Messi as he faces the prospect of standing trial alongside his father over tax fraud allegations.
It was widely reported in the Spanish media on Thursday that the 28-year-old, under investigation along with father Jorge over alleged fraud dating back to a period of time between 2007 and 2009, is set to stand trial after the state attorney overruled the advice of prosecutors.
Previously, it seemed as though the Argentina international would avoid a trial on the basis that father Jorge had full control of his affairs.
Messi s management company hit out at the decision initially and argued that his defence would, over the coming weeks, prove that the prosecutor s position in not accusing Lione…
Milan defender Fikayo Tomori has dismissed suggestions Inter and Juventus are favourites to take the Rossoneri s Serie A crown next season, declaring: They also said it last year.
However, the England international acknowledged Inter s loan signing of Romelu Lukaku – who he described as special – represents a major coup for Milan s cross-city rivals.
Tomori enjoyed a stellar campaign as Stefano Pioli s men ended an 11-year wait to win the Scudetto last season, contributing to 13 clean sheets in 31 Serie A appearances.
Meanwhile, the former Chelsea defender topped the Rossoneri charts for blocks (23), interceptions (45), clearances (77) and tackles (73) in his first campaign since making a permanent move to San Siro last June.
No team conceded f…