Hull City manager Steve Bruce has declared his interest in signing Toronto FC striker Jermain Defoe, .
The England international moved to the MLS outfit from Tottenham Hotspur for £6m twelve months ago, and so far has twelve goals in seventeen appearances for the club.
Queens Park Rangers have also been linked with a move for the former Portsmouth and West Ham United man, with Hoops manager Harry Redknapp having worked with the 32 year old at both aforementioned clubs.
Defoe, who won the last of his England caps in a 2-0 friendly defeat to Chile in November 2013, was placed on the stand-by list for last summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil but did not make Roy Hodgson’s final squad of 23.
Hull won two of their last three games to lift themselve…
Swansea City have reportedly agreed to sell star striker Wilfried Bony to Manchester City for a fee of £28 million.
The Côte d Ivoire international, who joined the Swans from Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem for a club record fee of £12 million in the summer of 2013, scored an English Premier League best 20 goals in 2014.
Bony is currently on international duty with Côte d Ivoire in Abu Dhabi in preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations, and is expected to undergo a medical within the next few days.
After Saturday s 1-1 draw against West Ham United, Swansea manager Garry Monk said: The situation is that I d prepared for this period without Wilfried as he was going away anyway.
Obviously I m focused on what we re doing and hopefu…
Milan missed the chance to gain ground on their rivals for a top-four Serie A finish as Boulaye Dia cancelled out Olivier Giroud s opener in a 1-1 draw with Salernitana at San Siro.
Slip-ups from Inter, Lazio and Roma gave Milan the chance to strike an important blow in the Champions League race on Monday, and they looked set to do so when Giroud headed the opener on the stroke of half-time.
However, Salernitana hit back through Dia just after the hour mark, before a VAR review denied Milan a penalty when Ismael Bennacer went down easily under Domagoj Bradaric s challenge.
The result means Milan remain fourth, just a point clear of fifth-placed Roma in a tense battle for Champions League qualification.
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Edinson Cavani is eyeing a move to Spain following his departure from Manchester United, according to Nice president Jean-Pierre Rivere, who has ruled out a deal to sign the Uruguay international.
Cavani left United as a free agent at the end of last season, having scored 12 goals in 41 Premier League appearances during a two-year spell at Old Trafford.
The 35-year-old s 200 goals for Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, make him the Ligue 1 club s all-time top goalscorer, and he had been touted to make a return to France with Nice.
But Rivere has shut down such speculation, revealing the striker sees his future in LaLiga.
Cavani, he wants to play in Spain, Rivere told reporters. We will close the subject of Cavani [coming to Nice]. What is important is the …
Claudio Bravo is set to start for Manchester City in the EFL Cup final against Arsenal after impressing boss Pep Guardiola with his displays in knockout competitions this season.
Chile goalkeeper Bravo endured a torrid debut campaign in England after joining from Barcelona in August 2016, prompting Guardiola to bring in Ederson from Benfica.
The Brazilian has taken Bravo s place for Premier League and Champions League games, winning rave reviews for his performances.
It has left the 34-year-old restricted to a diet of domestic cup action, although he starred in penalty shootout wins over Wolves and Leicester City in the EFL Cup and Guardiola will seemingly resist any temptation to give Ederson the nod at Wembley next weekend.
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Napoli have insisted that Gonzalo Higuain has not asked to leave and say Juventus have not put in a request to sign him.
The Argentina international has been heavily linked with both Serie A champions Juve and Arsenal, with a €94million release clause reportedly tempting those clubs.
Higuain s brother and agent Nicolas said last month that his client would not be renewing his contract with last season s Serie A runners-up Napoli, which has two years left to run.
Despite the frenzied links with domestic rivals Juve, Napoli have stressed that little has changed regarding the 28-year-old striker, who scored a stunning 36 league goals in 2015-16.
Gonzalo never said he wanted to leave, Napoli s head of communications Nicola Lombardo said at a Q A with suppo…
Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has urged David Beckham to extend his stay at the Parc des Princes in order to help the French Ligue 1 giants win the UEFA Champions League next term, .
Beckham, 37, signed a five-month deal with PSG in January, with recent reports suggesting the club including the owner, manager and players want the midfielder to stay in Paris next season.
According to Ibra, the former AC Milan and Real Madrid superstar has had an immeasurable impact on the club and its players.
The 37-year-old has made 11 appearances, including three starts, in all competitions for Paris Saint-Germain this season.
We are going to win the Champions League and David is going to be part of it, said Ibrahimovic.
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Championship top scorer Glenn Murray has signed a new contract at Crystal Palace to extend his stay for a further two years.
The 29-year-old s contract was due to expire in 2014 but after lengthy negotiations the striker, who has scored 30 goals this season, agreed an extension that will see him remain at the club until 2016.
I m delighted to get it all sorted, he told the club s website.
Obviously it s been mentioned a few months ago but now we ve got to the end of it and signed, so yes, it s good news.
The striker arrived at Selhurst Park in May 2011 but could only register seven goals throughout the season as Palace battled to stay in the division.
The arrival of manager Ian Holloway revitalised the club and has seen the striker flourish al…
Jan Vertonghen praised the turnaround Tottenham have made under Jose Mourinho after his late header earned a 2-1 Premier League win at Wolves.
Adama Traore, who gave Vertonghen a tough match at Molineux on Sunday, had struck to cancel out Lucas Moura s early effort in wet conditions.
But Vertonghen headed home a Christian Eriksen corner in the first minute of added time to give Mourinho s men their fourth win in five league games since the Portuguese replaced Mauricio Pochettino.
Spurs are now within three points of fourth-placed Chelsea, who they host next weekend, with Vertonghen hailing the improvement made by his side in recent weeks.
It was a very difficult game. We know how good Wolves are, said the defender.
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