Wigan Athletic F.C. manager Owen Coyle has revealed the Latics have yet to receive any offers for highly-rated midfielder James McCarthy, understands.
Former Latics boss Roberto Martinez, who has already signed three former Wigan players Antolín Alcaraz, Arouna Koné and Joel Robles this summer, is reportedly keen on bringing McCarthy to Goodison Park.
In turn, McCarthy, who joined Wigan from Hamilton Academical F.C. for a fee believed to be in the region of £1.2 million in July 2009, has been linked with a £15 million move to Everton in recent weeks (Liverpool Echo).
I ve not had any inquiries, let alone offers, for any of my players, said Coyle.
But ultimately good players attract attention and there s no getting away from …
Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis will be out to pile more misery on former club Stoke City when the two sides meet on Saturday.
Pulis parted company with Stoke in May, bringing to an end a second stint at the Britannia Stadium that lasted seven years and saw the 56-year-old lead the Staffordshire club to promotion in 2008 before firmly establishing them as a stable Premier League club.
The Welshman, who was replaced at Stoke by Mark Hughes, took over at Selhurst Park in November following Ian Holloway s exit and has quickly enhanced Palace s survival hopes.
Palace sit bottom of the Premier League as Stoke prepare to head to the capital, but know that a win over Hughes men could see them move out of the bottom three.
It is a prospect that looked unthinkable back …
Real Madrid defender Alvaro Arbeloa says former coach Jose Mourinho taught him to be braver.
The 33-year-old is preparing for his final game at the Santiago Bernabeu as Madrid host Valencia in La Liga on Sunday.
Arbeloa, a 56-time Spain international, has regularly been involved in wars of words with Barcelona defender Gerard Pique.
The full-back said it was Mourinho, who coached Madrid from 2010-13, who helped him speak his mind.
Surely the treatment of the press towards me has been very different, but Mou has helped me not only in football, but personally, Arbeloa told Marca.
He helped me not be afraid to say what you think, not to be afraid to defend your club. That is a legacy that Jose left on me and for what I will always be grateful.
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West Ham United are set to offer Carlton Cole a short-term contract,.
The striker was originally released by the Hammers after seven years with the club at the end of last season.
However, with Sam Allardyce short in numbers up-front, the 29 year old is to return to Upton Park for the remainder of the season – once he has proven his fitness.
The former Chelsea man, who has also had spells on loan with Charlton Athletic, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanders, is then likely to play in a couple of behind-closed-doors games before being considered for the first team.
Cole has scored 59 goals in 237 appearances for the London club, while internationally he won seven full England caps between 2009 and 2010.
West Ham, who travel to Hull City t…
Tite has been appointed as the new coach of Brazil, the Confederation of Brazilian Football (CBF) has announced.
Tite replaces Dunga at the Brazil helm after the former Internacional boss was dismissed for failing to guide the five-time World Cup winners into the quarter-finals of the Copa America Centenario in the United States.
The 55-year-old arrives following a third spell in charge of Corinthians, returning from a sabbatical to guide them to the Campeonato Brasileiro title in 2015.
It was his second stint in charge of the Sao Paulo giants that saw his stock rise, however, with the domestic championship in 2011 followed by Copa Libertadores and Club World Cup glory in 2012.
Tite was not in the dugout for Corinthians 1-0 defeat at home to Fluminense…
Fluminense have confirmed the return of midfielder Dario Conca from Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande.
Conca went on loan to the Brazilian side from River Plate in 2008 before moving permanently in 2009 and spending two more years in Rio.
After switching to the Chinese Super League champions, he helped Evergrande to three back-to-back titles and an AFC Champions League trophy.
The 30-year-old has signed a pre-contract agreement with Fluminense and will be tasked with improving the club s fortunes once he becomes eligible to play in 2014, with Dorival Junior s men currently 16th in Serie A.
Thank you, president; thank you to everyone who took part in this negotiation, Conca told the club s official website.
Also I must thank the fans for all this affection…
Besiktas have announced they are in talks with Barcelona over the signing of Adriano Correia.
The Turkish champions are keen to sign a new left-back following the departure of Ismail Koybasi to Fenerbahce and they have earmarked Adriano as the perfect replacement.
The 31-year-old has been deemed surplus to requirements at Barcelona after the signing of Lucas Digne and Besiktas are keen to lure him to Istanbul.
Adriano Correia’nın Transferi İçin Görüşmelere Başlandı
— Beşiktaş JK (@Besiktas)
Besiktas have started negotiations with Barcelona and Adriano Correia over the transfer of the player, a brief statement to the Turkish stock market reads.
Adriano joined Barcelona from Sevilla in July 2010 and has since made close to 2…
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari insisted Portugal have the team to advance from Group G despite losing 4-0 to Germany.
Portugal s FIFA World Cup campaign took a battering on Monday with a Thomas Muller hat-trick and Mats Hummels header handing Germany victory in Salvador.
At the past four World Cups ,only 8.6 per cent of teams that lost their opening game qualified for the round of 16 but Scolari, who coached Portugal from 2003 to 2008, believes his former team could manage it.
Portugal must put this defeat behind them and get a win in their next game and then win again in the third game to go through, Scolari said.
Portugal have the team to come through.
Scolari, who is leading Brazil at this year s World Cup finals, reminded Portugal that he had led the…
According to Tuttosport, Alex Sandro has yet to sign a contract renewal with Juventus. The Italian champions are eager to lock him down to a new deal as we look ahead to his immediate future, with the 27 year old being a regular feature with the club over the course of the last few years. Alas, now that there’s this uncertainty floating around, it seems like the possibility of him jumping ship is getting greater and greater.
Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain are both said to be interested although both could also face sanctions regarding their own personal transfer dealings, which could ruin any plans they have to buy him.
The Brazilian made the jump to Juve from Porto back in 2015, and also has over a dozen caps for the national team. At this moment in time, he’s sti…
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino labelled Harry Kane one of the greatest strikers as he offered a comparison to the likes of Lionel Messi and Pele.
Kane, 24, has continued to star this season, scoring 22 Premier League goals to take his tally to 100 overall in the competition.
The England international has won back-to-back Premier League Golden Boots and is on track to better his tallies of previous campaigns.
While Pochettino was unwilling to say whether Kane could dominate elsewhere, he believes the same could be said about some of the greatest players ever.
It is too difficult to know. Only I know that a striker like him in England, in Germany, in Spain, he is top, he said.
People say if Messi moved to England would he be the same? It’…