Newcastle United are adamant Bruno Guimaraes will remain at the club , unless a club triggers the £100million release clause in his contract, according to reports.

Guimaraes joined from Lyon in January 2022, becoming one of the first statement signings in the club s era under their Saudi Arabian owners.

He impressed massively in his first half-season at St James Park before helping the club qualify for the Champions League with a fourth-place finish in 2022/23.

This season was disappointing for Newcastle but Guimaraes still impressed as Eddie Howe led them to seventh in the Premier League.

The Geordies thought they secured Europa Conference League qualification through their league finish but Manchester United surprisingly winning the FA Cup cost them …

Man City boss Pep Guardiola is now coming towards the end of his natural time at the club , according to a former Premier League CEO, as the Citizens await a verdict on their 115 alleged breaches of the Premier League s financial fair play rules.

The Citizens remain in pole position to retain their title , which would be their second since 115 charges were laid against them by the Premier League in February last year.

Asked whether a second Man City success while the charges remained outstanding would damage European league football, Premier League CEO Richard Masters said last week: “It’s not for the football authorities to start being selective about who they would like to win the league.

“The key point is that you’ve got that jeopardy until the final…

Arsenal defender William Saliba is reportedly attracting interest from Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain ahead of the summer transfer window.

Saliba has been outstanding for  since making his competitive debut for the club on the first night of the 2022/23 Premier League campaign.

He was influential in the Gunners unexpected title challenge last term. He picked up a season-ending injury in March, which is widely believed to be the reason why Mikel Arteta s side crumbled in the run-in.

They have been near-perfect since the turn of the year this time around, holding their nerve in the title race with Manchester City, but it looks like not being enough as Pep Guardiola s men close in on their fourth Premier League crown in a row.

Saliba ha…

Steven Gerrard says he takes full responsibility for failing at Aston Villa, but did also claim some of the players weren t giving it there all in his time at Villa Park.

joined Aston Villa in November 2021 but lasted less than a year with Villa languishing in 17th with nine points from 11 games when he was shown the door.

Unai Emery replaced them and has taken them into the Champions League in his first full season, leaving Gerrard open to criticism as the Spaniard has done so with many of the same players.

Gerrard has since taken charge of Al-Ettifaq – leading to further reproval from many – and led them to sixth in the Saudi Pro League in his first season at the helm.

Gerrard blames himself for work-shy Villans

The former England international a…

Man Utd are preparing a crazy offer to sign Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite in the summer transfer window, according to reports.

The Red Devils are looking to make a number of changes to Erik ten Hag s squad next season after a generally disappointing 2023/24 campaign.

may have unexpectedly won the FA Cup but a disastrous Premier League season saw them finish eighth, while they were knocked out of Europe before Christmas after coming bottom of their Champions League group.

and has not yet had a transfer window to enact change at Old Trafford.

One of the biggest changes he wants to make is to the recruitment department with Ratcliffe convinced that the days of big-money deals for overhyped stars are over.

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Lionel Messi has confirmed his retirement plans as he prepares to lead Argentina at Copa America.

played his first international game in six months last week, helping Argentina to a 1-0 over Ecuador in a warm up for their Copa America opener against Canada on Friday.

The 36-year-old – who won the World Cup as Argentina captain in Qatar in 2022 – moved to Inter Miami in the summer of 2023, and now believes the MLS side will be his last club.

My last club

It was previously thought that Messi would return to his homeland to end his career, likely with with Newell’s Old Boys, the club where he began his training as a child in his native city of Rosario.

“I think Inter Miami is going to be my last club. Today I think it is going to be my last clu…

Gareth Southgate s England XI for tonight s Group C finale against Slovenia has reportedly been revealed and Trent Alexander-Arnold has been dropped.

s contract is due to expire later this year and Euro 2024 is widely expected to be his final tournament as England boss.

Alexander-Arnold is dropped

The 53-year-old has been heavily criticised in recent weeks as have produced a couple of poor performances in their opening two group games against Serbia and Denmark.

The Three Lions were brilliant for half an hour against Serbia as Jude Bellingham headed them into the lead, but Serbia grew into the game and were unlucky to come away with nothing.

as England lacked cohesion and had no control of the game as they were held to a 1-1 draw.

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Two Dutch journalists Valentijn Driessen and Mike Verweij are baffled as to why Ruud van Nistelrooy would want to join Man Utd as assistant manager.

The Red Devils decided to stick with Erik ten Hag in an Ibiza summit earlier this month despite their poor eighth-placed finish in the Premier League.

A lack of outstanding candidates and saved Ten Hag s job.

And now are closing in on agreeing a new deal for the Dutchman and .

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has revealed that there is a very good possibility that former Man Utd striker Van Nistelrooy chooses to join Ten Hag s coaching staff ahead of the new season.

Romano said:  What I’m hearing is that Ruud van Nistelrooy is very tempted by this possibility to go back to Manchester United.

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Defiant France boss Didier Deschamps has insisted he does not care if people have been “bored” by his Euro 2024 semi-finalists.

Deschamps, who guided his country to World Cup glory in 2018, will send them into battle against in-form Spain in Munich on Tuesday evening with some onlookers less than impressed with the form they have shown in the competition so far.

Sorry if the Swedish are bored

Asked by a Swedish journalist at his pre-match press conference about accusations his team has played “boring” football, he said: “If you’re getting bored, you know what? Watch another game, that’s fine. You don’t have to watch, it’s fine. It’s a European Championship, it’s very difficult for everyone.

“Up until now, it has not been the same as in…

Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Chelsea have come to an agreement over the signing of Pedro Neto, after personal terms were earlier agreed with his agent.

Chelsea have signed a number of first-team wingers in the past few transfer windows. Since the summer of 2022, they have brought in Raheem Sterling, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Noni Madueke and Cole Palmer.

Yet Todd Boehly, who has spent £1billion in that time, becoming chairman in 2022, never seems satisfied with what he has got.

As such, Chelsea have raced out of nowhere to agree to sign Wolves winger Neto. , the Blues firstly reached an agreement with his agent, Jorge Mendes, over the signing, .

Earlier reports priced him at £60million, but Romano states that the entire fee will be closer to £54million.