Rumour Has It: Chelsea the latest Premier League club eyeing Inter´s Martinez

Saturday sees Liverpool and Real Madrid go head-to-head in the final of the Champions League.

After the trophy has been lifted, the medals handed out and the confetti all cleaned up, there will be talk of more individual matters.

Discussions have already begun about which player will take home the coveted Ballon d Or trophy this year, with the goalposts slightly moved for 2022.

As the World Cup takes place in November and December, it has been decided that this year s award will be handed out in October, with the tournament in Qatar being included in consideration for the 2023 gong.

It will also take into account the entirety of the 2021-22 season, rather than just the calendar year period.

Therefore, it is probably safe to say that any players…

Cardiff City claimed their first Premier League win of the season as they saw off Fulham 4-2 to pile the pressure on Slavisa Jokanovic.

In an entertaining encounter at Cardiff City Stadium, Callum Paterson s scuffed finish in the 65th minute to make it 3-2 was key before Kadeem Harris added gloss late on.

Neil Warnock s side had to overturn an early deficit – Fulham taking the lead through Andre Schurrle s 11th-minute stunner, but the Cottagers defensive deficiencies enabled Josh Murphy and Bobby Reid to score in quick succession.

Ryan Sessegnon s first Premier League goal drew Fulham level in the 34th minute, but Paterson deservedly restored Cardiff s advantage, with Neil Etheridge s fine save setting the stage for Harris to wrap up the points.

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Ante Rebic has completed his switch to AC Milan, with Andre Silva moving in the opposite direction to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Rebic joins Milan on Monday s transfer deadline, the Croatia international swapping the Bundesliga for Serie A on a two-year loan deal.

Rebic had been linked to Serie A rivals Inter throughout the transfer window but the former Fiorentina forward – who arrived at Eintracht from La Viola on an initial loan deal in 2016 – returns to Italy via Milan.

He moved to Fiorentina from RNK Split in 2013 but struggled to make an impact before being loaned out to RB Leipzig and Hellas Verona.

Comunicato Ufficiale: Ante Rebić

— AC Milan (@acmilan)

Rebic eventually made his way to Eintracht, where he completed two successive…

Jose Mourinho taunted Juventus fans by cupping his ear at full-time of Manchester United s 2-1 Champions League win because the home support had insulted me for 90 minutes .

United were not up to scratch against Massimiliano Allegri s men at Old Trafford two weeks ago, but they were significantly better in Turin on Wednesday.

Juve were generally in the ascendancy and deserved to be ahead when Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning volley against his former club in the 65th minute, but substitute Juan Mata equalised with a fine free-kick shortly after coming on, and a late Alex Sandro own goal gave United an unlikely win.

Mourinho entered the pitch at full-time and goaded the Juve fans, sparking a reaction from a few players, though the Portuguese coach insists he …

Leeds United winger Wilfried Gnonto wants to join Everton in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Premier League club Everton want to sign Gnonto from Championship side Leeds, and that the Italy international winger himself is pushing for a move to Goodison Park.

Daniel Farke’s Leeds want £25 million in transfer fees for Gnonto, but Everton believe that the Whites could eventually sell the Italy international for less than that. Gnonto moved to Leeds in the summer of 2022 and played well for the West Yorkshire club in the Premier League, but he could not prevent the Whites from getting relegated to the Championship.`

Gnonto made 14 starts and 10 substitute appearances in the Premier League for Leeds last season. The 19-year-old Italy…

Turkmenistan coach Yazguly Hojageldyev has called on his side to cut out the mistakes as they look to prevent neighbours Uzbekistan from securing a place in the Asian Cup last 16.

Making only their second appearance at the tournament, Turkmenistan led 1-0 against Japan in their opening Group F game, which they emerged from with plenty of credit after eventually losing 3-2 to one of the favourites for the title.

It gave us confidence, said Hojageldyev. The result wasn t good for us but it gives us good confidence for the team.

Nevertheless, we made small mistakes in the game, so we will try to erase these mistakes from the game.

Of course we still have a chance. Any positive result will give us a boost and our first points. We still have two games. �…

Jamie Vardy says a little half-time chat inspired Leicester City to earn a draw against Tottenham after he felt they showed the visitors too much respect in the first half.

The veteran striker, 37, netted a second-half equaliser as Premier League new boys Leicester earned a 1-1 draw at the King Power Stadium on Monday.

Leicester were completely outclassed in a first half in which Spurs were unlucky to only have Pedro Porro s header to show for their efforts.

But Vardy s goal changed the momentum and earned last season s Championship victors a point in Steve Cooper s first game in charge.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the game, Vardy said: We just had a little chat between ourselves at half-time.

Tottenham are a really good team but we have them t…

Jamie Vardy has agreed a new contract with Leicester City, according to Sky Sports.

Having gone through the youth ranks at Sheffield Wednesday and Stocksbridge Park Steels, Vardy passed through Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town before arriving at Leicester in the summer of 2012. Since then, he has played a total of 310 games for the Foxes in all competitions, scoring 130 goals and laying on 69 assists along the way. He was without a doubt one of the greatest contributors of the team that shook the football world to its foundations by winning the Premier League in 2015/16, along with the likes of Riyad Mahrez and N Golo Kante. His fine performances also earned him 26 caps for England, who got seven goals from him in return.

Leicester have now decided to reward the 33-year-…

Jordon Ibe turned in a star performance from the bench, setting up both goals as Bournemouth got off the mark in the Premier League this season with a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Brighton and Hove Albion.

Bournemouth s spluttering, pointless start to the campaign had been masked by higher-profile malaises at the likes of Crystal Palace and Arsenal, whose 3-0 thrashing of Eddie Howe s men last week had laid bare the Cherries flaws.

But they avoided matching the relegated 2005-06 Sunderland and 2009-10 Portsmouth, who both lost their first five games of the season, thanks to goals from Andrew Surman and Jermain Defoe at the Vitality Stadium.

Solly March had put Brighton ahead, with the Seagulls sharp counter-attacking initially looking like paying dividends.

Lewis Hamilton wants to head to Russia to support England in the World Cup final.

England take on Sweden in Samara on Saturday for a place in the semi-finals, where either Croatia or hosts Russia await.

Hamilton is busy preparing for Sunday s British Grand Prix at Silverstone but he is already planning ahead should the Three Lions progress.

The world champion who was at school with England international Ashley Young is seeking a record sixth victory in his home race but has one eye on events in Russia.

We always come into this grand prix with some kind of epic sport around it like Wimbledon or whatever, Hamilton told a news conference.  I want to be watching the game [on Saturday], I had to watch on my phone the other day.

I can only imagine th…