Chelsea playmaker Oscar is being linked with a big money move to China in January

According to reports from the Brazilian media, Chelsea playmaker, Oscar is wanted by Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG.

The reports suggest that the deal is 90 per cent right it just depends on some bureaucratic details .

However, reports from suggest that Oscar favours staying with Chelsea over a move to the Far East, despite the prospect of a bumper payday in China.

Struggled for first team football at Chelsea

Oscar is currently struggling to break into the Blues starting line-up, as Blues boss Antonio Conte has had a settled starting line-up this season.

The 25-year-old has made nine Premier League appearances this season, but only five of those ha…

Jose Mourinho has tied Brian Clough and Alex Ferguson to become the joint-most successful manager in EFL Cup history.

Manchester United s enthralling 3-2 victory over Southampton at Wembley on Sunday gave Mourinho his fourth EFL Cup trophy as a manager.

The Portuguese also claimed the trophy in 2005, 2007 and 2015 during his two spells as Chelsea manager.

Clough and Ferguson also won the tournament, previously known as the League Cup, on four occasions during their legendary managerial careers, with Mourinho now level after Zlatan Ibrahimovic s late winner settled a pulsating encounter.

4 Jose Mourinho has now won the League Cup four times, a joint-record among managers along with Brian Clough and Sir Alex Ferguson. Glory.

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Manchester City are celebrating their third successive Premier League title and a fifth in six seasons.

Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the key games in their successful campaign.

October 2, Man City 6 Man Utd 3

City did not really hit their stride or find consistency until the spring but there were still some awesome demonstrations of their firepower – and particularly that of Erling Haaland – in the opening months. Their thrashing of arch-rivals United was especially sweet. Haaland helped himself to a hat-trick, his third treble in successive home games and one of six he notched in a record-breaking campaign, while Phil Foden also hit three in an emphatic display.

January 19, Man City 4 Tottenham 2

Pep Guardiola let his anger at his side be know…

Trent Alexander-Arnold was left out of the England squad that faced Germany on Monday, the last game Gareth Southgate s selected men played before the upcoming World Cup. Many now believe the Liverpool right-back will not be going to Qatar, and Gareth Southgate has come in for a fare share of criticism for leaving out one of the most creative players in the Premier League.

Meanwhile, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp feels the 23-year-old, who has won practically every trophy club football has to offer as a vital player for his team, has unjustly been branded as not a good defender .

“I see him differently, that’s clear. There are stories saying he [Trent Alexander-Arnold] is not a good defender. That’s not true.”

Jürgen Klopp on managing Trent Alexander-Arn…

Antonio Conte has declared Juventus 50 per cent champions of Italy following Sunday s 1-0 victory over Fiorentina.

Kwadwo Asamoah scored the only goal of the game three minutes before the break as Juve stretched their winning streak at home to a record-equalling 14 consecutive victories.

And coach Conte is confident his side, who sit 14 points clear of closest challengers Roma ahead of their trip to third-placed Napoli later on Sunday, are heading for a third straight top-flight title.

We did well to win the first Scudetto unbeaten (in 2011-12), while last season only Inter and Sampdoria got the better of us, he is quoted as telling Sky Sport Italia.

There are still 11 rounds to go, but we are 50 per cent champions of Italy. We re going at an extraordinary pace,…

Fiorentina striker Giuseppe Rossi is ignoring the prospect of representing Italy at the FIFA World Cup as he continues his recovery from injury.

The luckless 27-year-old, who has played for his country 29 times, went down with a knee injury on in a Serie A match against Livorno on January 5.

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said in February he hoped Rossi would be fit to at least travel as part of the squad for Brazil 2014.

Speaking to The New York Times, Rossi said he had turned his attentions to short-term goals rather than looking ahead.

That (the World Cup) has been my goal from the beginning of the season, but it s not my goal now, Rossi said.

What I m thinking about now are the short-term goals. I can t think long-term, even a couple of months. I ve got t…

Former Bayern Munich star Mehmet Scholl feels Philipp Lahm is on par with all-time German greats such as Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Muller.

Lahm announced on Tuesday that he will retire from professional football at the end of the 2016-17 campaign, stressing that he wants to quit while he can still play at the highest level.

The right-back made over 500 appearances in all competitions for Bayern throughout his career, winning numerous trophies in the process, and Scholl has nothing but praise for the 33-year-old.

It is very sad news for me as a football fan, Scholl told ARD.

Philipp has been an amazing player for 70 per cent of his career and he was world class for the remaining 30 per cent.

He is right up there with Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Mul…

Vincent Kompany celebrates at Southampton. Image via Getty

Manchester City ran out comfortable winners at St Mary’s as goals from Vincent Kompany, Leroy Sane and Sergio Aguero gave Pep Guardiola’s men a crucial three points in the race for the top four.

Kompany gives City huge boost

Vincent Kompany not only made a welcome return to the side but also got his name on the scoresheet, heading home David Silva’s cross for his first goal since August 2015. His emotional celebration was revealing after a nightmare season that has seen him make just five Premier League appearances. Alongside Nicolas Otamendi at the heart of the City defence he also brought solidity to a back line that has looked fragile all season. City will be heartened to have the Belgium international…

Everybody should be optimistic about the impact Darwin Nunez will make at Liverpool, according to Jurgen Klopp.

The Uruguayan striker has struggled in his first few months at Anfield following a big-money move from Benfica, having not scored since the opening day Premier League draw at Fulham.

Nunez made his first Champions League start for Liverpool in Tuesday s 2-0 home win against Rangers, but was unable to find the net after being denied several times by opposition goalkeeper Allan McGregor.

Klopp is pleased that his forward is carving out opportunities though, and speaking at a press conference ahead of Sunday s clash with Arsenal, expressed his confidence that the goals will follow.

It was down to his movement and the movement of the boys around [h…

It does not exactly take an Einstein-like genius to suggest any team, let alone RB Leipzig, would miss a striker the quality of Timo Werner.

But when coming up against a team with the defensive quality of Atletico Madrid it appears an even bigger loss.

Werner opted not play in the remainder of Leipzig s resumed Champions League campaign, however long that may last, after signing for Premier League side Chelsea.

So, just how big a loss will he be to Leipzig? Well, using Opta data for the Bundesliga and LaLiga in 2019-20, we have compared Werner s stats against Marcel Sabitzer, Patrik Schick and Yussuf Poulsen and analysed Atleti s defensive strength to highlight the size of the task in Lisbon on Thursday.

years ago, scored the club s first ever 2. Bunde…