Marseille are interested in signing Mason Greenwood from Manchester United in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Ligue 1 club Marseille have already reached an agreement with Premier League outfit United over Greenwood.

TalkSPORT has reported that Marseille will pay United a transfer fee of £26.7 million for Greenwood. That includes a fixed fee of £23.3 million with a further £3.4 m in add-ons. United will also receive 50 per cent of any future sale of Greenwood, who came through the English club s youth academy.

Greenwood spent the 2023-24 season on loan at Getafe from United. The 22-year-old English forward scored eight goals and gave six assists in 30 starts and three substitute appearances in La Liga last season. Marseille fini…

Portugal manager Roberto Martinez was in a defensive mood following his team s goalless draw away to Scotland in the Nations League on Tuesday night.

After scoring in each of the Spaniard s first 12 competitive matches in charge of Portugal, the Selecao have since drawn a blank in four of their last seven matches.

Despite Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Jota among other big hitters starting, they were unable to find a way past 41-year-old goalkeeper Craig Gordon, who made some impressive saves when they did get in on goal.

Portugal registered 14 shots during the encounter, though only three were on target, ending the contest with an expected goals (xG) total of 1.52.

When asked what was missing from the performance, Martinez alluded to a la…

Adam Lallana is learning from the England Under-21s backroom staff this month as the Brighton attacking midfielder considers moving into coaching one day.

Lee Carsley’s Young Lions were crowned continental champions over the summer and kick off qualification for the next edition at Luxembourg on Monday.

Under-21s boss Carsley is assisted by former England star Ashley Cole and goalkeeping coach Tim Dittmer, with Lallana joining the coaching staff for this month’s camp.

The 35-year-old is still plying his trade for high-flying Brighton, with the 2016 England Player of the Year coming off the bench in three of their opening four league games.

Lallana has now temporarily turned attentions to the Under-21s, heading to St George’s Park in a bid to learn f…

Fulham have confirmed Tosin Adarabioyo is leaving the club on a free transfer, with Chelsea reportedly close to agreeing a deal with the centre-back.

Tosin was linked with a number of clubs – including Manchester United and Newcastle United – as he approached the end of his contract with Fulham.

He first joined the club from Manchester City in 2020 and has made 132 appearances for the Cottagers across all competitions, helping them win the Championship title in 2021-22.

Boss Marco Silva had expressed hope the 26-year-old might pen a new deal last month, but reports suggest he is now set to sign for West London rivals Chelsea.

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France defender Jeremy Mathieu has been ruled out of Euro 2016 with a calf injury, with Samuel Umtiti called up to replace him.

The Barcelona man missed much of the last two months of the domestic season with a torn meniscus, but was expected to be fit for the hosts  tournament opener against Romania at Stade de France on June 10.

However, following further tests to a muscle injury sustained in the past week, head coach Didier Deschamps has opted to remove him from the squad, with Lyon defender Umtiti summoned as his replacement.

Jeremy Mathieu appeared at the assembly of the France team at Clairefontaine on Tuesday, May 24, suffering from a muscle injury in his right calf, a statement from the French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed.

The developme…

Sin bins are the answer to tackling dissent among players, the boss of a referees’ welfare charity has said.

Sin bins have been deemed a success in the grassroots game and details of a trial to test them at higher levels of football for dissent as well as tactical fouls were set to be published by the International Football Association Board, which sets football’s laws, last Friday.

Publication was indefinitely delayed at the last minute however, with sources citing the need for further discussion to take place at next month’s IFAB annual general meeting. The delay followed reports last Thursday evening which highlighted that blue cards would be used to send players to the sin bin.

The idea of trialling sin bins was heavily criticised by Tottenham and Liver…

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France welcome Romania to the Stade de France tonight for their opening Euro 2016 clash, and are big favourites to pick up all three points to boost their hopes of progressing from Group A.

Les Blues come into this summer’s tournament off the back of four consecutive wins, having beaten the Netherlands, Russia, Cameroon and Scotland. Didier Deschamps’ side are in fantastic shape to get off the mark with aplomb, and will further fancy their chances of victory with how inconsistent Romania have been.

The visitors have failed to win four of their last six games, most notably being held by DR Congo and suffering a defeat to the Ukraine. They have picked up just one win from four ahead of their clash with France, and migh…

Julen Lopetegui insisted that he will not put limits on West Ham s dreams ahead of their opening game of the Premier League season against Aston Villa.

Lopetegui, who is taking charge of his second team in England s top flight, has overseen several new arrivals at the London Stadium in the past few weeks.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Crysencio Summerville and Niclas Fullkrug have all put pen to paper on deals with the Hammers, but the Spaniard knows that it will take more than just new faces to achieve their end goal.

I don t put limits on our dreams. The only way you can achieve dreams is by working, Lopetegui said.

We can talk about ambitions, but the most important thing is to work hard every day, especially on the bad days.

We need to work with g…

FIFA have confirmed that the timing of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be discussed at the next Executive Committee meeting in October.

The governing body published the agenda for the meetings set to take place on October 3 and 4 on Monday, with FIFA World Cup Qatar, period of the competition included under the sports-political matters section.

There has been general consensus among European football federations that staging the tournament in July is not possible due to excessive heat in the Middle Eastern state, despite assurances from organisers that they would build air-conditioned stadia.

The 2022 host nation has regularly insisted that the event can be held in July, with the use of environmentally friendly cooling systems.

But those promises have not allevi…

With the vast majority of English Premier League clubs having played 33 or 34 league games thus far, the 2011-12 Premier League campaign is slowly but surely coming to a close.

That being said, the race for the title, UEFA Champions League qualification, UEFA Europa League qualification and to avoid relegation to the English Championship are far from etched in stone.

At the moment, Manchester United are top of the table, while Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur round out the top four.

Meanwhile, Newcastle United are level on points with Spurs, but are fifth in the table because there goal difference, +8, is inferior to Spurs +19 goal difference.

Roberto Di Matteo s Chelsea are currently in sixth place, two points behind Tottenham Hot…