Arsenal winger Henrikh Mkhitaryan has arrived in Rome ahead of his mooted loan move to Roma.
The Armenia international joined in January 2018 as part of the infamous swap deal that saw Alexis Sanchez move to Manchester United, but he has generally underwhelmed in London.
Mkhitaryan, 30, made only 19 starts in the Premier League last season and struggled to convince Unai Emery he was worthy of more regular appearances.
Although he made a substitute appearance in Sunday s north London derby draw with Tottenham, Arsenal have opted to let the midfielder depart.
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Much like Sanchez, who has left United on loan for Inter, Mkhitaryan s next challenge will also be in Serie A,…
Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta hopes Eden Hazard still wins trophies with Real Madrid as the star nears a switch to the LaLiga giants.
Hazard, 28, confirmed he had likely played his last game for Chelsea in a 4-1 Europa League final win over Arsenal on Wednesday.
The Belgium international is heavily linked with a switch to Madrid and Azpilicueta wished the star attacker well at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Honestly, the times that he had to cope with the rumours, always going, they put him in a lot of teams, he told a news conference.
He always showed his desire not to sign for an English team, even if he could have a better contract.
He has never been a selfish person, he always had this dream to play for Real Madrid and we will see what happens …
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini will not worry solely about Cristiano Ronaldo after Real Madrid s star forward was declared fit for Wednesday s Champions League semi-final at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Ronaldo missed last week s goalless draw at the Etihad Stadium with a hamstring strain but has recovered to take part in training with Madrid since Sunday and coach Zinedine Zidane declared the three-time Ballon d Or winner to be 100 per cent fit.
Striker Karim Benzema will miss the match due to a hamstring complaint of his own, while holding midfielder Casemiro has a hip problem, but Pellegrini believes Madrid have plenty of means to worry his team outside of Ronaldo – a player he coached during his debut season in the Spanish capital in 2009-10.
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Having won the Europa League, Fernando Torres is preparing to leave .
The former Liverpool and Chelsea striker has been linked with a move to the MLS as well as a reunion with his former manager Rafa Benitez at Newcastle, while a more recent report had him linked with Chinese side Beijing Renhe. However, according to , the Spaniard has received a new, interesting offer, one that would see him move to Japan. The J1 League club in question is Sagan Tosu.
The club are currently jammed in the relegation zone, and they hope that the 34-year-old Torres would help in their cause. For that, they are ready to pay the striker €4million per year.
Torres, who had scored 81 goals in 142 appearances for Liverpool before winning the FA Cup and the Champions League in 2011/12…
Barcelona attacker Neymar believes Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is sitting in pole position to win the FIFA Ballon d Or following his successful 2016.
Ronaldo guided Madrid to Champions League glory at the expense of Atletico Madrid in 2015-16, before winning Euro 2016 with Portugal following a 1-0 win after extra time against hosts France.
He had to settle for second place in the race for the Ballon d Or behind Lionel Messi last year, but Neymar believes the 31-year-old is favourite to lift the prestigious individual trophy this time around.
Winning titles plays a big role in the race for the Ballon d Or, Neymar told Lance!.
Ronaldo won the Champions League and now Euro 2016 as well. So I reckon he is in a good position.
Plus Ronaldo is …
New Liverpool head coach Arne Slot insisted he is still seeking improvements from his players despite winning all of their pre-season fixtures in the United States.
Slot has led Liverpool to three wins Stateside, the latest of which came on Saturday against Manchester United, beating their Premier League rivals 3-0 in South Carolina.
The Reds also emerged victorious in encounters against Real Betis and Arsenal, overcoming their behind-closed doors defeat to Preston North End last month.
Liverpool s win over United was a comfortable one, despite registering nine shots, five of which were on target, compared to their opponents 18 and eight.
Slot s side also missed four big chances at the Williams Brice Stadium, underperforming their expected goals (xG) b…
Thomas Tuchel has not decided his Paris Saint-Germain team to face Liverpool in the Champions League, with one place still up for grabs.
Neymar and Kylian Mbappe sat out PSG s 4-0 defeat of Saint-Etienne on Friday as Tuchel s men moved six points clear at Ligue 1 s summit on Friday.
Tuchel s six straight competitive wins since taking charge broke Carlo Ancelotti s club record from 2011, with Julian Draxler taking his chance to impress in the absence of rested Neymar and suspended Mbappe.
Edinson Cavani, Angel Di Maria and teenage substitute Moussa Diaby were also on target in a comfortable victory for the champions.
PSG were able to ease to victory in the second half, retaining energy for Tuesday s trip to Anfield in their Group C opener against last seas…
Thiago Alcantara insists he has no qualms over his decision to leave Barcelona, while he is tiring of the Cristiano Ronaldo-Lionel Messi debate.
The midfielder enjoyed three years within Barca s fabled La Masia youth system before making his debut as an 18-year-old in 2009.
Four years and several major trophies later, Thiago opted for a move away from Camp Nou to Bayern Munich in search of regular first-team action, linking up with Pep Guardiola, who had handed him his Barca bow.
Three straight Bundesliga crowns have vindicated that decision, and Thiago believes it was the right one to make.
I do not regret having gone from FC Barcelona. Football is global, it does not end at Barca, Thiago told Mundo Deportivo, while his feelings on representing Spain ov…
Ousmane Dembele s struggles for fitness and form at Barcelona are deservedly coming right at the perfect time, according to team-mate Clement Lenglet.
Barca looked set to be held to a frustrating 0-0 draw at home to Real Valladolid on Monday before Dembele volleyed a 90th-minute winner – victory closing Ronald Koeman s side to within a point of leaders Atletico Madrid with nine games of the LaLiga season remaining.
Since moving to Camp Nou from Borussia Dortmund for an initial €105million in 2017, the 23-year-old France winger has been beset by injury problems.
But Dembele has become an increasingly integral member of Koeman s team since the turn of the year, forming a fruitful attacking alliance with Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann.
Griezmann was …
Millions of fantasy football managers are tinkering with their teams ahead of next weekend’s opening round of Premier League fixtures.
Launched back in 2002-03, Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues to grow in popularity, with the number of managers increasing from fewer than 100,000 in its first year to 11.4 million at the end of last season.
Here, the PA news agency provides some tips for effective squad selection, using data from the game’s official website.
Follow the fixtures
FPL managers study players’ form and fixtures when choosing a squad, but – with only pre-season friendlies to go on – the latter takes precedence at the start of a new campaign.
Thanks to a metric that powers the website’s Fixture Difficulty Ratings, it is possible…