Roy Hodgson lamented the loss of an “iconic figure” at Crystal Palace after Wilfried Zaha left the club to join Turkish giants Galatasaray.
Zaha was a free agent after the expiry of his Crystal Palace contract and had revealed he was in Istanbul for talks, having reportedly turned down a £200,000-a-week offer to remain at Selhurst Park.
Earlier this week, he took to Instagram to confirmed his exit from Palace, the club he joined when he was 12 and scored 90 goals in 458 appearances, describing their shirt as his “second skin”.
After Galatasaray announced Zaha had signed a three-year deal worth an annual £3.75million, Hodgson expressed his disappointment at the forward’s exit.
“I was really sad to hear that Wilf has decided to leave and start…
The 2018 World Cup campaign will be Chris Coleman s last as Wales manager, according to the boss himself.
One of the most popular figures in Wales, Coleman guided the country to a remarkable semi-final berth at Euro 2016.
The 46-year-old, who took the reins in 2012, has a contract through to 2018 but he has no intention of continuing beyond Russia in two years time.
I am sure this will be my last campaign whether we qualify or not, said Coleman.
That will be six or seven years in the job, which is a long time. So I think this will be my last hit, at it so I will give it my best shot, but I would not consider going anywhere else. I want to see this through.
There s success in this team, I think, because they re at a good age. But I ll certainly …
York reached the FA Cup second round for the first time since 2010 as captain Lenell John-Lewis bagged a brace to see off Chester 2-1.
Visiting skipper George Glendon reduced the deficit for the National League North side, but it is the Minstermen who now go on to entertain 2013 Cup winners Wigan in a televised Friday night clash on December 1.
York started with purpose as Dipo Akinyemi fired past the near post just six seconds into the contest before John-Lewis opened the scoring in the fifth minute.
Poor away defending saw John-Lewis afforded the space to collect Scott Burgess’ right-wing corner at the near post before turning and firing past an exposed Will Stanway from two yards.
Chester only managed one effort during the opening 45 minutes, with Da…
Burnley and England goalkeeper Nick Pope could be a doubt for Euro 2020 due to a knee injury.
Clarets boss Sean Dyche confirmed on Sunday that the 29-year-old, who last played in the 2-0 win at Fulham on May 10, requires surgery.
Pope, who has seven senior international caps, had been expected to be named in Gareth Southgate s 26-man Euro 2020 England squad on Tuesday.
According to reports in England, Pope will require around a month to recover, meaning he is likely to miss the tournament.
Burnley stated the player will be assessed following the operation to see whether he can be part of England s plans, with their opening game against Croatia taking place on June 13.
Unfortunately, Nick is going to need a minor operation on his knee this week,…
Craig Brown led Scotland to two major tournaments and was involved in another three but it was only later that his services were truly appreciated.
The former schoolteacher succeeded where bigger names would go on to fail by taking Scotland to both the World Cup and European Championship.
Brown also led Scotland to an Under-16 World Cup final and a European Under-21 semi-final.
With his Scotland side built on a solid 3-5-2 formation, Brown’s critics often called for more flamboyance but his approach proved even shrewder with hindsight.
Brown was born in Glasgow in July 1940 and, with his father in the RAF, spent his early years living along with his mother at his grandfather’s house in the city’s Corkerhill area, where air raids were common.
Real Madrid must accept any criticism that comes their way after their Champions League defeat to Lille, so says Carlo Ancelotti.
Jonathan David s penalty in first-half stoppage time proved decisive as the Ligue 1 side triumphed 1-0 at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
Madrid defeated Stuttgart in their opening match, but despite having six shots on target and mustering 2.09 expected goals (xG) to Lille s 1.29, Los Blancos were far from deserving a positive result in Ancelotti s eyes.
Everything was pretty bad. We did badly with the ball, although the team was quite compact in the first half, it was difficult for us to recover the ball, it was difficult for us to make transitions, Ancelotti told reporters, having seen his side suffer their first defeat in the Champions Leagu…
Andriy Shevchenko believes Ukraine have what it takes to reach the final of Euro 2012, providing they play to their potential.
While the former Chelsea and AC Milan ace acknowledges the path to the Olympic Stadium in Kiev will be challenging, he believes getting there is possible.
If we show our quality and have a bit of luck, we can reach the final, Shevchenko told reporters.
I understand that will be extremely difficult but you only get one chance to make history.
Shevchenko has been an excellent servant for Ukraine, scoring 46 goals in 107 appearances, but was widely expected to call time on his international career prior to the tournament.
However, he revealed seeing his country host a European Championship convinced him to prolong his dut…
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Looking to make it back-to-back Serie A victories on Saturday evening, Lazio will travel to the Bluenergy Stadium when they meet Udinese.
Starting with the hosts, spending large spells of last season looking over their shoulder at a looming relegation scrap, Udinese could be set for another struggle this time around. While the Little Zebras might have opened proceedings with a 1-1 stalemate away at Bologna last weekend, Kosta Runjaic’s men will be bracing themselves for a stern challenge when they return to the Bluenergy Stadium on Saturday evening. Hit with a 2-1 defeat when they last welcomed Lazio to town back on January 7th, Udinese gained an unwanted reputation for their issues on home soil last season. In fact, the …
An Italian bookmaker is offering odds of 50-1 for rising Roma star Cengiz Under to win the Ballon d Or in the next five years.
Sisal Matchpoint has launched the special in the wake of the 20-year-old s spectacular performances since the turn of the year.
The odds are the same for Harry Kane, Gonzalo Higuain, Luis Suarez, Mohamed Salah, Philippe Coutinho or David Silva to win the 2018 prize.
Under has been Roma s standout performer in recent weeks and scored his first Champions League goal on debut in the competition during Wednesday s 2-1 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk.
A bit-part player in the first half of the season, the Turkey international has four goals and one assist from his last three outings in Serie A.
Under, who joined from Istanbul Basakseh…
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