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Germany and Belgium have become the latest countries to confirm their 23-man squads for the upcoming World Cup.

Christian Benteke has emerged as a surprise transfer target for champions Chelsea, according to reports in The Telegraph. With number one target Romelu Lukaku set to sign for Manchester United this weekend, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is now looking at alternative options. Multiple stories broke in the past few days claiming the Italian is frustrated with the failure to secure …

The famous St. Kevin’s football club sent out a gentle reminder of the talent that they nurture at schoolboy level after a fantastic 3-0 victory over their Genk counterparts in the under-13 Academy cup. The Shanowen Road side comfortably dispatched the Belgians 3-0 in the prestigious youth tournament that also contains youth sides from Barcelona, Depotivo La Coruna, West Bromwich Albion and …

Crystal Palace have increased their chances of Premier League survival and blown the title race back open after beating Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Coming into the game, Chelsea had a ten point lead at the top of the table and had won their last ten home league games. Palace had won their last three but are still in a …

John Giles fired a broadside at Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp last week, and now his longtime partner in crime Eamon Dunphy has followed suit. However, while Giles was critical of the German manager’s tactics, insofar as their attacking mentality led to a number of defensive mistakes, Dunphy has instead focused on Liverpool’s transfer policy as the target of his disapproval. Writing …

The Diego Costa rumour mill continues to churn this morning. The latest sentiments, as expressed in the Guardian, are that Conte has no intention of speaking face-to-face with the striker about his planned departure. Conte will simply judge him on his performances and attitude on the training pitch. Should he observe the required improvement, he’s back in Chelsea’s XI. Simple as that. Such …

Chelsea solidified their place at the top of the table on Saturday afternoon with a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. In the midst of the South London fog, the game struggled to get going in the first half – indeed, Diego Costa’s headed goal right before half time came after a large period of inactivity from both …

Bob Bradley secured his first win as Swansea manager as his side beat Crystal Palace – but he is unlikely to be part of a match like this ever again. The pendulum swung wildly in both directions as Swansea went behind, stormed ahead, threw it away and then picked it right back up again to win what will probably be the …

Liverpool take on Manchester United at Anfield on Monday, looking to end a run of four consecutive league defeats against their opponents. The Reds have made a storming start under Jurgen Klopp this season, and victory over José Mourinho’s Man United would put them level on points with Manchester City and Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table, …

Last week the CIES Football Observatory shocked many observers when they illustrated that Liverpool had raked in £379 million through player sales since 2010, making the Reds the biggest selling club in Europe. Although many of these sales were forced upon Liverpool by either financial circumstances or players demanding to leave Anfield, in that same time period the Reds have …

Crystal Palace are set to have two members of the Benteke family in their squad for this weekend’s Premier League trip to Middlesbrough. With Loic Rémy facing two months on the sidelines through injury, Palace manager Alan Pardew has become desperate in his need for reinforcements, and with the transfer window closed, he is looking at the club’s development squad. …

Sky Sports News have reported that Mathieu Flamini, long-time Arsenal midfielder and one of the more intriguing characters in football, is having a medical at Crystal Palace. The 32-year-old Frenchman has become more known for his impressive off-the-pitch moves being a partner in GFBiochemicals, a company that produces levulinic acid on a commercial scale. BREAKING: Former @Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini having medical …

As has become the case in recent years, transfer deadline day was a quiet affair for Liverpool. With no more players arriving, Wednesday was all about shifting some of the remaining fringe players in the form of Luis Alberto, Andre Wisdom, Mario Balotelli and Lazar Markovic. This summer has seen unprecedented levels of player sales at Anfield, with fourteen leaving on …

New Belgium manager Roberto Martínez has named his first squad as Red Devils boss this morning, and it’s one that Premier League fans will be very familiar with. Once he had dropped the bombshell of naming former Arsenal and Barcelona striker Thierry Henry as his assistant, Martínez got on with the matter at hand by naming a 25-man panel for …

Italian international Simone Zaza is on the verge of swapping Juventus for West Ham, with a fee of around €28m (£24m) to sign the striker agreed between the two clubs. English and Italian reports had last night claimed that the deal had been struck between the two parties, and West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has confirmed this to be the …

Few seem to have as much disdain for transfer season as Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp. The German has long preached the values of improving players rather than replacing them, adamant that diving into the market will not solve all of a team’s problems. It comes as the apparent need for reinforcements has flared up again – Liverpool’s lacklustre performance against …

By this evening, it seems almost certain that Christian Benteke will no longer be a Liverpool player. The £32.5m Belgian international, the then-second (now third) most expensive signing in the club’s history, leaves with a somewhat indifferent record of 9 goals in 29 Premier League appearances. By the end, he was the Plan B, the last resort by Jürgen Klopp thrown on …

Liverpool and Crystal Palace remain in talks to sign striker Christian Benteke, but their second formal offer has not gone down well at Anfield. Reports emerged yesterday that Palace had made a second bid for the Belgian international, having seen a £25m bid rejected earlier in the summer. The propsed £30.5m deal, which contained a guaranteed £23.5m plus a further …