Stefan Ortega has signed a new contract with Manchester City ahead of the 2024-25 Premier League campaign.
The German goalkeeper has put pen to paper on a one-year extension that will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until 2026.
His previous deal was due to expire next year, and the news comes as a timely boost for Pep Guardiola as speculation continues to surround Ederson s long-term future at the club.
It is believed that the Brazilian is wanted by a number of clubs in the Saudi Pro League ahead of this transfer window, having lifted his 17th major honour with the Citizens this season.
Ortega played a key role for City last season, making 20 appearances in all competitions and keeping seven clean sheets, with his most notable contribution coming in th…
Reece James was forced out of his comeback match for Chelsea as injury again got the better of the defender who missed England s World Cup campaign.
The right-back sat out the Qatar 2022 finals because of a knee blow sustained on Champions League duty against Milan on October 11.
Tuesday s Premier League game against Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge was James first game back, having returned to training at the start of December.
However, he lasted only 51 minutes before injury struck again, with Chelsea 2-0 ahead at the time.
James appeared to feel a twinge after beating Bournemouth s Jaidon Anthony to the ball, and he immediately signalled to the bench he needed to be replaced.
James went down to the ground, covering his face and looking to be in t…
Forget about the Scudetto, former AC Milan midfielder Dejan Savicevic says the Serie A giants must focus their attention on just qualifying for next season s Champions League.
After years of underachieving, 18-time Italian champions Milan are flying high this season as talk of winning the title intensifies following Sunday s hard-fought victory at home to Crotone.
Gianluca Lapadula scored a late winner to lift Milan to a 2-1 win and keep the club within four points of Serie A leaders and five-time defending champions Juventus.
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But Milan Hall of Fame star Savicevic, who won three Scudetti and the Champions League during his six years at San Siro, insists it is paramou…
Burton Albion and Fleetwood Town have the carrot of a debut appearance in third-tier football to compete for at Wembley on Monday.
The two clubs, who only recently came up the Conference, meet in the League Two play-off final with the victors earning a promotion that would catapult them to the highest level on their history.
Burton, who atoned for last season s play-off semi-final failure by beating Southend United over two legs this time around, secured League football in 2009, while Fleetwood followed in 2012.
Gary Rowett s side finished sixth, four points behind Fleetwood, but did beat their opponents in the league and the FA Cup, though Graham Alexander s men exacted some revenge with a 4-2 win at the Pirelli Stadium in January.
A 2-2 draw away against Southe…
Notts County today confirmed that Harry Kewell has left his position as manager following a poor start to the campaign. The Australian was considered to be a surprise appointment by many and in the wake of his sacking , or departure depending on your viewpoint, many fans have opened up the door to the discussion regarding former players turning towards management.
While the majority of managers did indeed play professionally prior to reaching the point they re at today, there s something to be said for purely hiring someone based on name value. The 40 year old had only previously spent time with Crawley Town and the Watford U23s, after retiring from the game back in 2014. Many Notts County fans will forever look back on this period of time with a degree of confusion, and it ll …
Burnley s Scott Arfield is close to agreeing a deal with Glasgow Rangers, according to .
The midfielder s contract expires this summer and he still hasn t signed a new one to keep him at Turf Moor beyond it.
Arfield was born in Scotland and he represented the Scottish national team in the U18 and U21 categories before opting to play for Canada, making 12 appearances for them and scored one goal so far.
He moved to Burnley in 2013 from Huddersfield Town, and to this day he played for the Clarets 194 times and netted 22 goals. Now, it seems he s ready to go back to Scotland where he started his professional career, playing 124 games and scoring 16 goals for Falkirk.
Arfield has been a very important part of Sean Dyche s team throughout his time there, fil…
Wilfried Zaha has been named the Premier League Player of the Month after dragging Crystal Palace clear of the relegation dogfight in April.
The in-form attacker netted four goals in as many games as Palace collected eight points in the penultimate month of the season.
Palace were in peril after losing each of their first seven league matches, but secured top-flight football for another season with a 2-1 win at Stoke City last weekend.
Zaha has been integral to the recovery netting eight times in total and has now become his club s first Player of the Month recipient since Andy Johnson in October 2004.
I m just happy that the performances are coming together and people are actually seeing for themselves that I ve put in the hard work, the 25-year-old sai…
It had been a long time coming but Javier Mascherano finally opened his account for Barcelona.
In his 319th appearance, Mascherano scored his first goal for the LaLiga titleholders in Wednesday s 7-1 rout of Osasuna.
Under pressure from his team-mates, the 32-year-old utility who swapped Liverpool for Barca in 2010 stepped up and converted a 67th-minute penalty at Camp Nou.
At first I tried to get out of it but under pressure from my team-mates and the crowd I decided to take it on, Mascherano said.
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It would have been a fun moment to remember in year to come had I missed it. I wasn t sure about it at all but it was difficult to say no to my team-mates.
Henning Berg is not concerned by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s failed stint at Cardiff City, believing the new interim Manchester United manager faces a very different challenge at Old Trafford.
Solskjaer was appointed as United s caretaker boss on Wednesday, replacing Jose Mourinho until the end of the season, but his previous experience in the Premier League was not successful, overseeing Cardiff s relegation in 2014.
However, the former Norway forward twice guided Molde to the Tippeligaen title, which compatriot and former team-mate Berg believes will prove more relevant at a giant like United.
I look at [Cardiff] as an experience for him, where he has tested himself in this league, but with a team that is fighting relegation and not a team that is looking to compet…
Leandro Castan posted an emotional farewell to Roma fans after calling time on his stint with the Serie A club, telling the Giallorossi faithful to never give up .
Castan joined Roma in 2012, impressing in defence during his first two seasons at the Stadio Olimpico, but his career stalled in 2014 when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
After missing the majority of the 2014-15 season as he underwent extensive treatment, Castan returned to action in 2015-16, before spending much of the following two campaigns out on loan at Torino and Cagliari respectively.
The 31-year-old has now brought the curtain down on his Roma spell, issuing a message of thanks to the club s fans, who he believes should follow the example he set during his recovery.
The da…