Juventus have agreed a fee for Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez, according to Sky Sports.
The Argentina striker is set to fly to Italy to undergo a medical after officials from the two clubs thrashed out a deal during a meeting in London on Tuesday.
The Serie A Champions are set to pay an initial £10m for the 29 year old, with a further £2m additional payments also agreed.
Tevez moved to the Etihad Stadium from local rivals Manchester United back in 2009, going to make 148 appearances, scoring 74 goals.
He captained the club to FA cup success in the 2010/11 season, though he made just thirteen league appearances in their Championship winning campaign a year later following an incident during a Champions League match against Bayern Munich.
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Steve Bruce has warned his Hull City players to retain their focus after a strong start in the club s return to the Premier League.
Hull sit eighth in the table after six games, having won three and drawn one of their fixtures so far, only slipping to defeats at title-chasing Chelsea and Manchester City.
Comparisons have been drawn between the current campaign and their first Premier League season under Phil Brown in 2008-09.
After a similarly promising start, Hull won just one of their last 22 games of the season, surviving with 35 points the second lowest total in Premier League history.
Bruce is keen to keep the momentum going in order to avoid a similar slump this season.
We have a made a wonderful start, but that s all it is, said Bruce.
If someo…
Lionel Messi reached the milestone of 500 career goals for Barcelona and Argentina against Valencia in La Liga on Sunday, but his side fell to a third consecutive top-flight loss.
The 28-year-old s strike in the 63rd minute at Camp Nou moved his tally for Barca to 450 goals, while he scored his 50th for his country with a penalty against Bolivia during last month s international break.
Messi had missed the chance to hit the landmark in Barcelona s Clasico defeat to Real Madrid, both legs of his side s Champions League defeat against Atletico Madrid and their La Liga loss to Real Sociedad as part of his longest goal drought for Barca in six years.
But he was on hand just after the hour as he guided home a low cross from Jordi Alba, but it proved merely a consolat…
Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu underlined the importance of Brazilian winger Taison to his side ahead of their Europa League quarter-final second leg against Braga.
Lucescu s men lead the tie after goals from Yaroslav Rakitskiy and Facundo Ferreyra helped them to a 2-1 first leg victory in Portugal, but the coach believes 28-year-old Taison is the man to watch as he seeks a strong end to the season.
Taison has been linked with a move away from Donbass Arena, with Chelsea said to be chasing his signature.
Lucescu admitted he could understand the speculation, but hopes Taison will continue to blossom in Donetsk, telling the club’s official website: I do not think he wants to leave Ukraine and Shakhtar.
Maybe he has just reached a certain level, …
Matthias Sammer has backed Jupp Heynckes to restore calm at Bayern Munich after impressing on his return to the Allianz Arena.
Bayern turned to Heynckes to replace Carlo Ancelotti after the Italian was sacked at the end of September following a 3-0 Champions League hammering at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.
The 72-year-old – who led Die Roten to a historic treble in 2013 – signed a deal until the end of the current campaign, and will take charge of his first match back in charge when Bayern host Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
And Sammer, who was Bayern s sporting director until July 2016, says Heynckes is the perfect choice to lead the club after a difficult start to the 2017-18 campaign.
Absolutely [it is] 100 per cent the right decisio…
Brazil put in a dominant performance on Sunday as they secured a 2-0 win over Panama in their pre-Copa America Centenario warm-up game.
Jonas, called up as an injury replacement for Ricardo Oliveira, gave Brazil the lead inside two minutes at Dick s Sporting Goods Park in Denver.
It was the Benfica striker s first international goal since November 2011, when he scored a double in Brazil s 2-0 friendly win over Egypt.
Debutant Gabriel doubled Brazil s lead in the second half to round out the win in their final friendly before facing Ecuador in their first Copa America group-stage match.
Brazil also face Haiti and Peru in Group B, while Panama must tackle Argentina, Chile and Bolivia in Group D of the special-edition tournament held in the United Sta…
As a country that’s been waiting on a World Cup glory since 1966, England has had little regard for international football during the most recent times.
Nation Team Criticism
Devalued and depreciated, the Three Lions would often be at a receiving end of criticism for lack of results at the brightest stage.
Some it well-deserved due to the fact England players usually lack grit and determination the players from other countries display when playing against the Premier League stars. Some of it, on the other end, occurring almost chronically due to the fact English players fail to produce same level of performances they would display while away on international duty.
The recently finished World Cup 2018 qualifying campaign brought a renewed sense of optimism as …
Juventus have paid tribute to Martin Caceres after confirming the Uruguay defender has left the club upon the expiry of his contract.
Caceres returned to Juve for a second spell in January 2012 initially on a loan deal before making the move permanent at the end of the 2011-12 campaign.
The 29-year-old is one of eight Juve players to have won a historic five consecutive Serie A titles, while he also picked up Coppa Italia winners medals in the past two seasons.
Juventus football club can today confirm the departure of Martin Caceres, whose contract expires today on 30 June 2016, a statement on the club s website read.
Now at the end of his second spell with the Bianconeri, the Uruguayan defender will be forever remembered as one of eight players to have…
Tottenham s Premier League title hopes rest squarely on star striker Harry Kane, according to former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand.
Spurs travel to face United on Saturday with the sides locked together on 20 points apiece after nine matches as the closest challengers to early pacesetters Manchester City in the title race.
Following Wednesday s surprise EFL Cup defeat to West Ham, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino told beIN Sports We ll see when asked whether Kane was a doubt for the Old Trafford showdown.
The England striker was substituted during the closing stages of Spurs 4-1 win over Liverpool last weekend, holding his hamstring after scoring twice.
Kane has already scored 17 times for club and country this term and, althou…
Celtic have completed the signing of Aston Villa winger Scott Sinclair on a four-year-deal.
Sinclair was part of a Villa side that was relegated from the Premier League last season, having joined the club permanently in 2015 following a loan spell from Manchester City.
The 27-year-old will now try to rejuvenate his career with the Scottish Premiership champions and he is reunited with new Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, who he played under at Swansea City.
It feels amazing to have joined Celtic, Sinclair, who cost a reported £3.5million, said in a statement on the club s official website.
I had to look at this move and I thought it would be great for me. And because I know the manager and I know what to expect, hopefully I can get off to a flying start…