Tottenham head coach Jose Mourinho believes VAR is killing the best league in the world as Spurs appeal Son Heung-min s red card in the Premier League defeat to rivals Chelsea.
Son was sent off for kicking out at Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger during Tottenham s 2-0 London derby loss to Frank Lampard s Blues on Sunday.
The 62nd-minute dismissal followed a VAR intervention due to Son s reaction in retaliation to a challenge by Rudiger – referee Anthony Taylor initially seeing no offence before he was overruled by video assistant referee Paul Tierney.
The situation with Son, I think Mr Tierney got it wrong. It s the wrong call, Mourinho said. This is England, the Premier League, the best competition in the world, with characteristics that if we change them we …
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has cast an envious eye towards Liverpool after admitting his Manchester United side are not yet at the level he had hoped.
Solskjaer has been in the job for just over a year – initially in a caretaker capacity – with his inconsistent team heading into Christmas eighth in the Premier League.
They are seven points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and a whopping 24 adrift of table-toppers and arch-rivals Liverpool.
The Merseysiders appear well set to end their 29-year wait for domestic supremacy after also being crowned European and world champions over the past seven months.
It might not sit easy with the Old Trafford faithful but Jurgen Klopp s men are now the standard-bearers in English football with Solskjaer conceding his first 12 …
Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar was named the Ligue 1 Player of the Year at the UNFP awards on Sunday.
Neymar, who signed from Barcelona in August for a world-record fee of €222million, may have been sidelined with a broken metatarsal since February, but 19 goals and 13 assists in 20 appearances earned him the honour.
The 26-year-old Brazil international succeeded team-mate Edinson Cavani and was presented with the prize by compatriot Ronaldo.
PSG completed a clean sweep of the domestic trophies for the third time in four years and Neymar will be desperate to make his comeback when the club draw their season to a close at Caen on Saturday.
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Arsenal scouting Talisca
Premier League giants Arsenal are keeping close tabs on Benfica attacker Talisca, .
The Brazilian forward only joined the Eagles this summer, but has already managed to catch the eye of Europe s top sides, with Jose Mourinho confirming interest in the player.
According to O Jogo, Arsenal are in the mix as well, having sent their scouts to make a check on the 20-year-old footballer.
The Gunners are being linked with a January bid for the forward s services, but they will have to delve deep into their pockets if they want to sign the Brazilian.
Talisca has been in stunning form this season playing in a second striker role, notching 6 goals in 7 league appearances.
His suitors Arsenal play host to Hull City after the…
Sydney FC have officially unveiled new signing Joel Griffiths while Newcastle Jets confirmed they failed to secure his services.
Griffiths spent four seasons at the Jets before moving to Beijing Guoan in 2010 with the 33-year-old last playing for Shanghai Shenhua alongside former Chelsea stars Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.
The former Socceroo, who won the Johnny Warren Medal in 2007/08, will make his A-League return after the transfer window opens on January 14 and Griffiths is excited to be returning to his home city after feeling the time was right to come back to Australia.
I m really happy to be joining Sydney FC and can t wait to get into training with the team and then start playing games, he said at a press conference on Friday.
Sydney is …
Inter Milan defender Juan Jesus said the Serie A powerhouse is setting its sights on dethroning Scudetto holders Juventus.
The Nerazzurri find themselves four points behind the Bianconeri in the standings and the Brazilian stressed the players will do their best to claim their first league title since 2010.
We will always believe that we can win Scudetto and I want to do everything to lift the trophy, Jesus said.
Inter are a great team and we should do everything possible to win the title.
The Brazilian then talked about his adaptation to life in Italy, and voiced his desire to stay at San Siro for the long term.
I m happy because nobody had heard of me in Italy, but now things have changed. I hope to have five or six good years to show what …
German footballer Tim Borowski returns to Werder Bremen after just one year at Bayern Munich.
Borowski joined Bayern as a free agent in 2008 and played 27 games for the Bavarians, scoring five times. He rarely formed part of the starting line-up however, and this was not going to change under new manager Louis van Gaal.
With Tim, we are getting a very experienced player who really fits into our young team, Werder manager Klaus Allofs said on the club s official website.
We found a solution satisfactory for both sides. We are really happy that this transfer worked. We have already celebrated success with Boro . he knows the structures in Bremen and I think that he is also happy about joining us.
The 29-year-old midfielder first joined Werder in 2000, a…
Gianluigi Buffon has completed a return to Juventus, a year after leaving the club for Paris Saint-Germain.
Buffon departed Juve for PSG, ending a 17-year stay, but was unable to dislodge Alphonse Areola as the club s regular first-choice goalkeeper.
And after turning down a second season in the French capital, the former Italy goalkeeper is heading back to Juve.
Buffon has agreed a one-year deal with the Serie A champions, which will take him past his 42nd birthday.
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A return to the Bianconeri had been mooted for several weeks, with second-choice goalkeeper Mattia Perin reportedly set for a move, and club great Buffon has joined up wi…
Luis Suarez has disrespected Liverpool by wanting to leave the club, according to former Anfield favourite John Aldridge.
Suarez, 26, is keen to exit Liverpool with Arsenal and Real Madrid linked with a move for the Uruguayan over the close-season.
Arsenal are reported to have made multiple bids in their pursuit to sign Suarez, but Liverpool insist they will stand firm – unless they receive a suitable offer from their Premier League rivals.
Suarez has courted controversy at regular intervals since joining Liverpool from Ajax in 2011, earning himself lengthy suspensions for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, and biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic respectively.
And although he has been a regular scorer of goals – he netted 30 in 4…
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has refused to comment directly on UEFA s decision to fine the Serbian FA 65,000 pounds.
The fine was handed out following the violence and racist abuse that marred the country s Under-21 match against England in October.
In addition to the fine, four Serbia and two England players received bans from UEFA, two Serbia coaches were handed two-year suspensions and the hosts were also ordered to play their next game behind closed doors.
Despite those sanctions, UEFA have come under intense criticism because of the severity of the fine, with many drawing comparisons with the 80,000 pounds that Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner was charged for displaying prohibited sponsored underwear after scoring a goal at Euro 2012.
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