According to , AS Roma wanted to sign Bernard from Everton on summer transfer deadline day. It has been reported that the Premier League club received interest from the Italian outfit on Monday.

The report has added that Everton made it clear to the winger that they did not want him to leave. The Toffees consider the 28-year-old Brazil international an important and valued member of the squad under manager Carlo Ancelotti.

Bernard joined Everton in the summer of 2018 when Marco Silva was in charge of the Toffees. According to , the winger made 25 starts and nine substitute appearances in the Premier League for the Merseyside club during the 2018-19 campaign, scoring one goal and providing three assists in the process.

During the 2019-20 campaign, the Brazil inte…

Harry Kane believes Tottenham can go all the way this season and win the Premier League after strengthening their squad during the transfer window.

Champions League runners-up Spurs opened their Premier League campaign with a 3-1 win over newly promoted Aston Villa at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.

Tottenham, who were fourth last season, have gone close to conquering the Premier League under Mauricio Pochettino – a runners-up finish in 2016-17 sandwiched between third in 2016 and 2018.

Spurs, however, have bolstered their squad after two consecutive windows without a signing – club-record recruit Tanguy Ndombele, who scored against Villa, Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon headlining the arrivals.

And Spurs star Kane is confident Tottenha…

This week sees the end of the group stages for this season s Champions League with honour, ambition and, yes, prize money on the line.

Two Spanish giants are being made to sweat on matchday six as Atletico Madrid need a win and a favour to stay in the competition, while Barcelona quite probably need to beat Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena to avoid dropping into the Europa League.

Atalanta and Villarreal will battle it out for second place in Group F, while Real Madrid and Inter face off at the Santiago Bernabeu to determine who will win Group D.

Group G will perhaps be the most dramatic, with all four participants in with a chance of finishing first or second, but what exactly does each team need from their final group game? Stats Perform has the answers f…

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Domestic football has been put on pause for a few weeks in favour of the return of the international break the first one of the new campaign. In the wake of the Euros and Copa America, as well as the Olympics, many would expect this to be a fairly inconsequential few weeks. Alas, the pandemic has ensured we have to speed up the process on the road to Qatar with Ukraine and France being two of the many European nations attempting to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Ukraine

Ukraine have a few star players within their ranks who are capable of producing moments of magic, but when you combine that with a squad that has an awful lot of heart and team spirit, it starts to get really interesting. They would…

Carlo Ancelotti defended his decision to substitute Toni Kroos during Real Madrid s 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich.

The two European heavyweights shared the spoils in a thrilling Champions League semi-final first leg at the Allianz Arena, where Vinicius Junior s late penalty levelled the tie.

Vinicius had opened the scoring in the 24th minute after latching onto Kroos delicious throughball, one of a game-high 15 line-breaking passes the Germany midfielder played during the first half.

The 34-year-old was replaced by Brahim Diaz for the final 14 minutes of the contest, which Bayern had turned around thanks to second-half strikes from Leroy Sane and Harry Kane.

But Ancelotti, who knows the support of Madrid s fans will be crucial when he welcomes his former cl…

Didier Deschamps recalled Raphael Varane to his starting XI for France s World Cup clash with Denmark.

Varane, who has not played since he was forced off with an injury in Manchester United s Premier League game with Chelsea on October 22, was one of three changes made to the France team for Saturday s game in Doha.

Deschamps confirmed on Friday that Varane had been fit to feature in the opening game, and had trained without any issues prior to France s second match of the tournament. The former Real Madrid centre-back replaced Ibrahima Konate in France s XI.

Les Bleus head into the match at Stadium 974 knowing that victory would ensure their progression to the last 16.

The holders thrashed Australia 4-1 in their opening Group D game, though suffered anot…

Joel Griffiths will reportedly link up with struggling Sydney FC in January after more than four years in Asia.

Since his last A-League appearance in 2008, the former Newcastle Jets forward has enjoyed stints with Japanese outfit Avispa Fukuoka and Chinese clubs Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua.

But the 33-year-old looks set to return to Australia s premier football competition via the January transfer window in a bid to assist the ailing Sky Blues, who find themselves rooted to the bottom of the table.

Media outlets in Australia indicate Griffiths will be officially unveiled by his new club at a media conference scheduled for Friday.

Griffiths told The World Game that he was excited by the impending transfer to Sydney but insisted he was not sure how …

Rangers came from behind to beat 10-man Kilmarnock 4-1 at Ibrox on Sunday to keep the pressure on Scottish Premiership title rivals Celtic.

After Celtic thumped Hearts 3-0 on Saturday, it looked like the Bhoys title charge could receive a further boost when James Tavernier put through his own net with 12 minutes gone at Ibrox after Liam Polworth s cross was nudged back across goal by Matty Kennedy.

However, Kilmarnock s Joe Wright was sent off for handling Dujon Sterling s goalbound effort shortly after, and though Tavernier s resulting spot-kick was brilliantly saved by Will Dennis, Rangers did get themselves back on level terms deep into first-half stoppage time as Fabio Silva turned home John Lundstram s cross.

Ben Davies then bundled the hosts into the lead w…

Ronaldinho s illustrious career could take him to Switzerland, with Sion looking to sign the Brazilian veteran.

A two-time FIFA World Player of the Year, Ronaldinho is a free agent following his Fluminense departure in September.

Ronaldinho, 36, had only spent three months at the Brazilian Serie A club before parting ways.

Now Sion are among the teams chasing Ronaldinho s signatures.

Ronaldinho is definitely an interesting option,  Sion general director Marco Degennaro told Blick.

We will look into the possibility of signing him at the start of the year.

Degennaro added: We will definitely do something in the transfer market in January because we are still playing in three competitions.

We want to keep all of our players and …

FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon has branded Sepp Blatter a hypocrite and a liar and vowed to sue the Swiss for embezzlement.

Former FIFA vice-president Chung underlined his disdain for the state of the organisation while speaking at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in London.

The South Korean billionaire claimed the corruption allegations made against a number of FIFA executives this year has left a stain on the governing body, and alleged that Blatter has accepted salary payments without the approval of FIFA s executive committee in the past.

FIFA has become a badge of shame. To call it a mafia is almost insulting to mafia, so blatant and arrogant is its corruption, he said.

At FIFA, money and power have blinded Blatter (to) the virtues of…