UEFA Champions League

Super Eagles and Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been ranked as 13th best player in the world for the first quarter of 2021 by the highly respected CIES Football Observatory. Ndidi has an index of 85.5 having played 852 minutes in the first quarter of 2021. The top star …

Champions League holders Liverpool suffered defeat at Napoli this week, while Paris Saint-Germain laid down a marker by brushing aside Real Madrid and Juventus were held by Atletico Madrid. Here, AFP Sport takes a look at five things we learned from the opening round of group-stage matches: PSG can cope …

Tottenham have ended their interest in Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho. Spurs had been considering a loan move for the 27-year-old Brazilian, who joined Barca from Liverpool in a deal worth £142m in January 2018. Coutinho worked with Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino during a loan spell with Espanyol in 2012. He …

Red Devils hope to seal transfer before deadline Manchester United are looking to secure the signing of Christian Eriksen before Thursday’s transfer deadline, according to the Daily Mail. The Tottenham star will see his contract expire in 2020 with the likes of Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Juventus also said to be interested in the Dane. But Manchester United …

Liverpool are keen to tie Jurgen Klopp down to an extended contract after the club’s Champions League triumph. Up to 750,000 fans welcomed the Liverpool manager – whose deal ends in 2022 – and his players home on Sunday after the 2-0 win over Spurs in Madrid. Klopp, 51, also …

Former Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman says his old club should not play Petr Cech in the Europa League final. The 37-year-old is retiring at the end of the season, meaning the final against his former club Chelsea will be his last game. While he has been back-up to Bernd Leno …

Liverpool emerged victorious from a bruising battle against Newcastle to remain in the hunt for the Premier League title, but may have sustained too many wounds to summon a Champions League semi-final comeback against Barcelona on Tuesday. A late double from Lionel Messi in the Camp Nou on Wednesday has …

It was ten years ago Alex Ferguson dubbed them the best team he had ever faced but those left from Barcelona’s iconic generation still have work to do. Three remain and when Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Gerard Pique line up against Liverpool on Wednesday, they may wonder if this …

Pep Guardiola hopes former club Bayern Munich beat Liverpool and join Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals. Schalke were ruthlessly swept aside by City at the Etihad as an emphatic seven-goal haul saw them cruise into the last eight courtesy of a 10-2 aggregate victory. City’s progression means there …