Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri said he wants to sign Real Madrid loanee Mateo Kovacic on a permanent deal.
Kovacic, 24, arrived from LaLiga giants Madrid on a season-long loan at the start of the 2018-19 campaign.
The Croatia international midfielder has made 28 Premier League appearances, tallying two assists for Chelsea, while he has managed 42 games in all competitions.
And Sarri – speaking ahead of Monday s clash with West Ham – hopes to have Kovacic at Stamford Bridge next season, telling reporters: I want to try with Kovacic.
He is only on loan, of course, but I d like very much that Kovacic will stay with us. You know very well that, in that position, we have some problems because we have only Jorginho.
In my opinion, Kovacic could…
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has insisted his organisation is not blind to the scourge of racism and will implement stronger sanctions on clubs and countries.
European football has been marred by a string of ugly episodes this season, from the monkey noises aimed at Inter striker Romelu Lukaku in a Serie A game against Cagliari to the racist abuse England players suffered during their Euro 2020 qualifier in Bulgaria.
Brescia striker Mario Balotelli and Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Taison both resorted to kicking balls into the stands in separate incidents in Italy and Ukraine last month.
Anti-discrimination body Kick It Out characterised the €75,000 fine handed out to the Bulgarian Football Union as symptomatic of UEFA s weak deterrents and Ceferin admitted…
Jiangsu Suning say they have reached an agreement with Villarreal for the transfer of Roger Martinez to the LaLiga club.
The 23-year-old Colombia international will move to Estadio de la Ceramica for a reported fee of €15million.
Jiangsu Suning s Roger Martinez will be leaving for Villarreal after a transfer agreement was reached between the two parties, a statement released by the Chinese Super League club said.
We would like to thank Martinez for every goal that he scored for us, and we wish him every success in a new environment and bigger stage to fulfil his potential.
Martinez joined Jiangsu from Racing Club in 2016 and had been tipped to move eventually to Inter, who are owned by Suning Holdings Group.
The forward scored 17 goals in 30 …
Christian Eriksen was man of the match in Tottenham s Tuesday night victory against Brighton! Spurs struggled to score and then the Danish playmaker put one past Matt Ryan late into the match to make his team very close to another Champions League qualification.
Mauricio Pochettino spoke after the match this special person , as he called Eriksen, and of his uncertain future.
The timing for him or for the club to be agreeing something are maybe different to another player. I hope and I wish Christian can be with us in the future, but I think Christian and us, we are so open to talking and we will see what happens , Pochettino said.
I think it is so close to the end of the season, [there is] a lot of time to talk after and I think the most important thi…
Nigeria striker Ikechukwu Uche has signed a two-year contract extension with Villarreal to keep him at the La Liga side until 2017.
Uche s deal at El Madrigal had been due to expire at the end of the current campaign, but the former Getafe and Real Zaragoza forward has now committed his future to the Castellon club.
The 30-year-old has scored 14 league goals for Villarreal in each of the last two seasons.
His goalscoring form helped the team to promotion in 2013 and an impressive seventh-placed finish last term.
Uche has managed five goals in all competitions in the current campaign, while Villarreal are unbeaten in nine matches and sit sixth.
Marcelino s men face Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday.
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