Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo expects Antoine Griezmann to stay at the club for a long time despite speculation over a move to Manchester United.
The France international has long been linked with a possible transfer to Old Trafford and a report in England this week claimed talks with the player have reached an advanced stage.
United are said to be willing to meet Griezmann s €100million release clause and head coach Diego Simeone has stated he will not force any player into staying with Atletico.
But Cerezo claims he is unsure of any prospective offer from Jose Mourinho s side and is adamant Griezmann will not be sold.
I don t know what the interest from Manchester [United] will be, he told television show Minuto #0.
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Bojan Krkic has joined Mainz on loan from Stoke City until the end of the season.
The capture of the former Barcelona forward was considered to be a major coup when he arrived at the Potters in 2014 and he scored four goals in 16 Premier League appearances in his debut campaign before a serious knee injury curtailed his season.
Bojan returned to action and played 27 times in the top flight last term, but the 26-year-old has found his game time limited this season, making just nine Premier League appearances, four of them as a substitute.
He moves to the Opel Arena to find Mainz, who face Borussia Dortmund at home on Sunday, 11th in the Bundesliga table.
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Gaining a long list of admirers from across Italy after their return from football s enforced break, Fiorentina have managed to sneak themselves back into the top-half of the Serie A standings. Putting on what was a rampant display in midweek and helped by a Federico Chiesa hat-trick on Wednesday night, the Purples marched to a rampant 4-0 win against Bologna on home soil. While they might have once again missed out on a chance to secure a European return this season, Head Coach Giuseppe Iachini has certainly turned around Fiorentina s issues after a woeful campaign last year. Really bouncing back from their 2-1 defeat away at a high-flying Roma last weekend, Sunday s guests have lost just one of their last eight Serie A appearances and have collected …
Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich came from behind to claim a 3-2 win over Olympiacos in Champions League Group B on Tuesday.
Bayern have taken one point from their past two Bundesliga matches but made it three wins from three in Europe thanks to Lewandowski s predatory instincts after Youssef El-Arabi put Olympiacos in front.
The Poland international equalised before the break and poached another just after the hour-mark taking his tally for the season to 18 before Corentin Tolisso grabbed the pick of the goals with a spectacular curling effort.
Guilherme s deflected strike reduced the deficit 11 minutes from time, setting up a tense finale, but Manuel Neuer and Bayern held on to take another stride towards the last 16.
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Inter Milan have signed young centre-back Andrea Ranocchia from Genoa for an undisclosed fee, the club said Wednesday.
Ranocchia, who signed a five-year contract with Inter, joins the reigning European champions in a co-ownership deal that will see him stay at Genoa on loan for the coming season.
The 22-year-old, who has represented Italy at under-21 level, spent the last two seasons on loan at Bari having began his career in Serie B with Arezzo.
He has yet to play for Genoa since signing for them in 2008.
As part of the deal, Inter have also sent promising young forward Mattia Destro on loan to Genoa for next season.
Destro was top scorer for Inter s under-19 team last season, finding the net 18 times.
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Former Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson has been appointed as the new manager of Sweden.
The Dane succeeds Janne Andersson, who stepped down following the team’s failure to qualify for Euro 2024, and becomes Sweden’s first foreign manager.
Tomasson has signed a contract which covers the qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup and will be automatically extended if Sweden advance.
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Borussia Dortmund s Robert Lewandowski will join Bayern Munich when his contract expires at the end of this season, it has been confirmed.
The 25-year-old Poland international striker has long been linked with a move to the reigning German and European champions and is now set to follow former team-mate Mario Gotze to the Allianz Arena after agreeing a five-year deal.
Lewandowski joined Dortmund from Lech Poznan in 2010 and has made 115 Bundesliga appearances, scoring 65 goals.
He was part of the side that won the Bundesliga in 2010-11 and 2011-12 and featured in Dortmund s run to last season s UEFA Champions League final at Wembley, where they lost 2-1 to Bayern.
Jurgen Klopp s men have been well off the pace in the title race this season, sitting 12 points beh…
Scottish Premiership side St Johnstone have announced the signing of experienced striker Chris Iwelumo on a free transfer.
The Scotland international played the first half of the season atScunthorpe United, but was released from his contract at Glanford Park earlier this month.
Iwelumo has made 14 appearances this season, scoring two goals, and his new manager Tommy Wright hopes the 35-year-old can help keep St Johnstone in the top six before the league splits in April.
I m delighted to get someone with his experience, he said.
He ll bring a lot on and off the park, he has played at a good level and has the knack of scoring goals.
Also, importantly, he has a good physical presence about him which we are looking for. I m delighted to get him.
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Bastian Schweinsteiger s presentation at Chicago Fire saw the former Manchester United midfielder have to deal with a baffling line of questioning.
The ex-Germany international was bizarrely asked by an American journalist whether he could win the World Cup with the MLS club.
A journalist asked the 2014 World Cup winner: With your addition to this team is it a fair expectation to see a clear pathway towards a World Cup competition coming out of Chicago?
Schweinsteiger understandably appeared a little confused and asked for clarification from head coach Veljko Paunovic, who suggested the reporter had meant the Club World Cup.
The reporter tried again, saying: Let me rephrase. Do you expect that now you are here, Bastian, that the World Cup goal for Chi…
Sheffield Wednesday have completed a 28-day loan signing for Chelsea s Sam Hutchinson,.
The 24 year old spent the first half of the season at Dutch Eredivise side Vitesse Arnhem with a number of his Blues teammates, while he played nine games for Nottingham Forest during the 2012/13 campaign.
Hutchinson came through the youth system at Chelsea, beginning his time with the club at the age of seven, making just six first team appearances in that time though he was forced to retire through injury aged 21 in 2010.
However, following a remarkable recovery he made his comeback as a substitute in a 6-1 win over Queens Park Rangers at Stamford Bridge in April 2012.
The defender becomes the second new arrival at Hillsborough this week, after Gary Gardner sec…