Paris Saint-Germain head coach Thomas Tuchel lauded Kylian Mbappe following his 100th goal for the Ligue 1 champions.
Mbappe celebrated a milestone goal as PSG claimed a 3-1 win over Montpellier at Stade de la Mosson on Saturday.
PSG star Mbappe had been stuck on 99 goals across all competitions since November 20, but he finally joined the illustrious century club – which only includes Pauleta (109), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (156) and Edinson Cavani (200) – away to Montpellier.
Tuchel hailed the rumoured Real Madrid and Liverpool target post-match, telling reporter: As I said after Manchester, he did a great game [in 3-1 Champions League victory over United].
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Harry Novillo has left A-League side Melbourne City after signing a two-year deal with Turkish outfit Manisaspor.
Novillo signed with City as an injury replacement for Damien Duff in March 2015 and quickly established himself as a fan favourite at AAMI Park.
The 24-year-old scored 10 goals in 2015-16 as City made the semi-finals, bowing out to eventual champions Adelaide United.
However, his season was hit by off-field drama, with the Lyon-born winger stood down from training for two weeks in February following an investigation into an alleged altercation.
While no charges were officially laid against Novillo, City were keen to offload the forward, selling him for upwards of half a million AUD.
I believe at Manisaspor I can direct m…
The 25-year-old Spanish international Samu Garcia is edging towards a summer move to Russian side Rubin Kazan, according to .
Garcia does not feature in Villarreal’s plans for the next season and according to reports from the Spanish daily he is on verge of reuniting with Javi Garcia, who he worked under while playing at Malaga.
Negotiations between Villarreal and Rubin Kazan are believed to be well under way as Manu Garcia is getting ready to change clubs during summer transfer window.
Samu Garcia has spent five years at Malaga before his 2015 transfer to Villarreal.
However, the 25-year-old forward played only 16 La Liga matches for El Madrigal outfit, scoring just two goals in the process.
Villarreal have had a fairly successful campaign beh…
Arsenal star Samir Nasri will do anything to banish memories of France s disastrous European Championships even if it means missing the Muslim celebration of ramadan.
The young midfielder has earmarked this weekend s World Cup qualifier against Austria as the perfect time to show that France is still a top force in international football.
People often say to me that the Euro was a bad experience, but I don t see it like that, Nasri told reporters at the team s training camp on Tuesday.
When you experience failure as a young person you try not to reproduce the same errors, he said.
We re in the mood for revenge and want to do well to show another side (to our game), one with more quality than you saw at the Euros.
Nasri said he will not part…
Fabio Capello owes his position as the world s best paid coach to Croatia, but England s Italian manager would be unwise to anticipate any further favours from Slaven Bilic and his squad here on Wednesday.
Having masterminded home and away victories over England in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2008, Bilic played a central role in ensuring Wayne Rooney and co. were missing from the finals, thus creating the vacancy that Capello filled at the start of this year.
The reputation of his predecessor, Steve McClaren, never recovered from the 2-0 defeat England suffered here two years ago.
That match will always be associated with the comical air kick by goalkeeper Paul Robinson which ensured that Gary Neville s passback trundled into the net to gift Croatia thei…
It has become almost inevitable that Chelsea forward Eden Hazard will leave the Blues for Spanish giants Real Madrid this summer. has even claimed that the Belgian international will be unveiled as a Los Blancos player on June 03rd.
Hazard has carried Chelsea at times recent seasons
Eden Hazard has carried Chelsea at times in recent campaigns. When the Blues have thrived, the Belgian has usually been at the heart of the success. He has either been scored or created the goals that have taken Chelsea to their last two Premier League titles.
This season Hazard has scored 16 top-flight goals, while also supplying a league-high of 15 assists in the Premier League. No player was involved in more of their team’s Premier League goals than the 28-year-old in season 2018/19.<…
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Red-hot Bayern Munich play host to Turkish giants Besiktas on the back of an impressive 13-match wins in a row with their eyes set on making an important step towards reaching the Champions League quarterfinals for the seventh consecutive season.
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The Bavarians are back to their absolute best under the veteran manager Jupp Heynckes who came back from retirement to help his club in need. A couple of eyebrows had been raised when Bayern Munich decided to turn towards the experienced boss but their decision proved to be spot on given the results Heynckes is recording this season.
Bayern Munich sit top of the league with gapping 19 points in front of Borussia Dortmund, whe…
There will be no room for sentiment from Phil Parkinson when he sends his Bradford City side out to face ex-employers Reading in Saturday s FA Cup quarter-final at Valley Parade.
City have been this year s giant-killers in the competition, knocking out Premier League sides Chelsea and Sunderland on their way to the last eight.
With a semi-final tie at Wembley awaiting the 2013 League Cup finalists, Parkinson is excited to take on the club he represented as a player for more than a decade.
We wanted a home draw and we got it and to be playing one of my old clubs is obviously very special, he said.
It s going to be a special day because it s a game of such importance, but once the dressing room door closes, there ll be no sentiment at all.
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Crystal Palace full-back Jack Hunt is close to securing a loan move to Championship side Nottingham Forest, .
The East Midlands outfit have already brought in five new players this summer, three of which are defenders though manager Stuart Pearce remains keen on bringing in cover ahead of the forthcoming campaign.
Hunt signed for Palace from Huddersfield Town last summer though he is yet to feature for the club.
He spent three months on loan at Barnsley last season where he made eleven appearances but was unable to help them avoid relegation to League One.
Prior to his move to Selhurst Park, the 23 year old mad over a hundred league appearances for Huddersfield, and was part of the squad that won promotion to the second-tier in 2012, winning the cl…
While there might only be a couple of weeks until the transfer window slams shut, it appears there is still plenty more business that is set to be completed.
In what has been a blockbuster summer from across Europe, the Premier League has once again seen a huge amount of money change hands over the past few months.
With the likes of , Nick Pope and Kalvin Phillips all completing permanent switches, Gareth Southgate s England stars have been a focal point of this summer s market.
Although it might appear that West Ham s Declan Rice will be staying put in east London, there are a host of England internationals who have been linked with a potential move.
So, we have taken a look at a handful of Three Lions stars who could be arriving at a new club before th…