Philippe Clement aims to “rebuild” Rangers striker Kemar Roofe with a longer-term look at the player’s fitness issues.
The 30-year-old has been bedevilled with various injury problems since signing for the Light Blues from Anderlecht in 2020.
Roofe stayed on the bench for the 4-0 cinch Premiership win over Hibernian at the weekend and missed the goalless Europa League draw against Sparta Prague on Thursday night, and will not be in the squad for the visit of Hearts on Sunday.
Clement did not reveal the specifics of the former Leeds forward’s problem, although he was reportedly sent for a scan on a groin complaint in September under previous manager Michael Beale.
“Kemar will not be available for the weekend for sure,” said the Belgian boss. �…
The contract binding Reiss Nelson to Arsenal expires at the and of the season, and according to Fabrizio Romano, the Premier League leaders are yet to present an offer of a new one, despite the player wanting to remain in North London for the foreseeable future.
The winger, who prefers the right flank but can also play on the left or centrally behind a striker, is a product of the academy at Arsenal, and apart from 2018/19 and 2021/22, which he spent on loan with Hoffenheim and Feyenoord, respectively, he s been a Gunner from his first football steps to this day. However, the 23-year-old currently finds himself staring at the backs of Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard in the pecking order, for all of his positions in the team. Further more, Arsenal have added …
Cristiano Ronaldo was at the centre of transfer rumours after failing to make the Juventus starting XI at Udinese – but Massimiliano Allegri insisted there was an innocent explanation.
Ronaldo and drama go hand in hand and the superstar forward came off the bench to snatch what looked to be a stoppage-time winner in his team s opening game of the Serie A season.
A VAR ruling meant the clinical header was ruled out, however, and Juventus had to settle for a 2-2 draw, with two glaring errors from goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny costing them.
Szczesny might have been grateful for the spotlight to be shone on Ronaldo, because it took some of the attention away from his regrettable performance.
The team announcement from Allegri, embarking on his second spell …
Rangers have announced the loan signing of Portuguese forward Fabio Silva from Wolves until the end of the season.
Silva is set to join Rangers from January 1, subject to international clearance, and will become the first new arrival under manager Philippe Clement.
After joining Wolves from Porto in the summer of 2020 for what was then a club-record fee in the region of £35.6million, Silva had loan spells at both Anderlecht and PSV Eindhoven last season.
are today delighted to announce the loan signing of from to the end of the season, subject to international clearance.
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— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC)
Silva, 21, has made more than 60 Premier League appearances, the last coming as a late substitute in the defeat …
Coventry boss Mark Robins believes the Sky Blues’ unity has been crucial to their Premier League ambitions.
They host Middlesbrough in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final on Sunday aiming to end a 22-year exile from the top flight.
It is the first time Coventry have made the Championship play-offs since relegation in 2001, having tumbled to League Two six years ago.
Robins has guided them back to within touching distance of the top flight – despite having to play two seasons in Birmingham due to a rent dispute between 2019 and 2021.
Coventry also played seven of their opening nine league games away from the CBS Arena this season after the Commonwealth Games’ Rugby Sevens wrecked the pitch, while they were given an eviction notice…
Barcelona won two Champions Leagues under Pep Guardiola only because of Lionel Messi s brilliance, according to former Bayern Munich boss Felix Magath.
The Catalans won their first treble of LaLiga, Copa del Rey and Champions League trophies in 2008-09, which was Guardiola s first season in charge.
They conquered Europe again two years later, again beating Manchester United in the final, to mark one of the finest periods in the club s modern history.
Guardiola, who left in 2012 after winning 14 major trophies, has been unable to win Europe s top trophy since.
He won three Bundesliga titles with Bayern but suffered three consecutive semi-final defeats in the Champions League, to Real Madrid, Barca and Atletico Madrid.
Similarly, he has enjoyed huge…
Stefano Pioli was pleased to see Milan come through a potentially tricky test at Shamrock Rovers in Europa League qualifying.
The Rossoneri were clear favourites in Ireland and progressed 2-0 following goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Hakan Calhanoglu.
But head coach Pioli felt Rovers represented tough opponents, particularly with Milan s season just starting.
I m satisfied because it was not easy, Pioli told Milan TV. The first official match always involves many difficulties.
I knew we had prepared well, but they are a good team and they were better prepared than us. It was a positive game to improve our condition. There were more good things than bad things tonight.
We knew it could be the match of their lives for them, but it could also be…
Bayern Munich s search for a new head coach to replace Thomas Tuchel at the end of the season doesn t seem to be going too well.
It was said that they were strong favourites to land Xabi Alonso their initial primary target, but the former midfielder has declared his intention to stay with Bayer Leverkusen after leading them to their first-ever Bundesliga title. While the name of Roberto De Zerbi of Brighton and Hove Albion continues to appear in reports, media in Spain said the Bavarians had made contact with Zinedine Zidane, only to be played down by their German counterparts straight away.
Most recently, it s been said Bayern were very close to reaching an agreement to re-hire Julian Nagelsmann, whom they sacked in March 2023 and replaced with Tuchel, but now, Italian…
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Already getting their hands on this season’s Serie A crown, Inter Milan will simply be looking to keep up their part atmosphere when they travel to Sassuolo on Saturday night.
Starting with the hosts, while some in Sassuolo’s camp might have opened up the 2023/24 campaign dreaming of the chance to mount a genuine top-half charge, the Nerovedri have endured a real Serie A nightmare this season. Opening this weekend’s fixtures sat firmly in the drop zone and four points adrift of safety, Davide Ballardini’s men have a major uphill battle on their hands. Last seen putting on another woeful performance as they slumped to a routine 5-1 drumming away at Fiorentina, the former Genoa boss has not seen his squad collect a sing…
Copa America: Mineiro on Selecao success, weight of Brazilian expectations and the need for Neymar a
As Brazil eye back-to-back Copa America trophies, Mineiro has been to the summit before.
Mineiro was part of the Selecao side that won the 2007 Copa America, defeating Argentina 3-0 to retain their CONMEBOL crown.
Brazil – led by Dunga – were far from favourites 14 years ago in Venezuela, where Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka and Adriano were among the absentees.
But a team featuring Robinho, Julio Baptista and Dani Alves upstaged great rivals Argentina, who were boasting Lionel Messi, Javier Zanetti, Carlos Tevez, Juan Roman Riquelme, Juan Sebastian Veron and Javier Mascherano in Maracaibo.
On that occasion we basically went to the competition with our reserve team, Mineiro – who started every match and went on to earn a move to Hertha Berlin following …