Real Madrid striker Borja Mayoral has joined Levante on loan for the rest of the season.

Fabio Coentrao has also left the Santiago Bernabeu, the full-back returning to Portugal to join Rio Ave after Madrid cancelled his contract.

Real Madrid would like to express their thanks to the player for these years in which he has been part of the club and wish him all the best in this new chapter, they said in a statement.

Mayoral, 21, was expected to leave the European champions in pursuit of first-team football after Mariano Diaz was signed back from Lyon in a €33million deal.

Sevilla had been linked with the Spain youth international, who spent 2016-17 on loan at Wolfsburg, but he has instead sealed a move to Ciutat de Valencia.

Neither club have sta…

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Italian club AC Milan are very interested in the possibility of signing Samu Castillejo. The 23-year-old winger has been turning heads for Villarreal over the course of his last few years with the Spanish side, and in order to bring the overall value of the deal down, Milan could include Carlos Bacca as part of some kind of trade deal.

Bacca was on loan at Villarreal last year where he found some success up front as one of their main attacking outlets, and now, it seems as if that switch could be made permanent. Milan are aiming to return to Champions League football next season after finishing 6th in 2017/18, whereas Villarreal enjoyed a 5th place finish in La Liga with 61 points as they attempt to rediscover the kind of success that they…

(GSM) Barcelona defender Dani Alves has revealed he came close to joining arch rivals Real Madrid in the past.

The Brazil fullback eventually moved to Barca in 2008 and became one of the best right-backs in the world.

I had many chances to sign for Real Madrid but in the end fate did not want that to happen and prepared something better for me, Alves told Soccer Is Life magazine.

I am very happy here and that belongs in the past.

I accepted [staying at Sevilla] because of Antonio s (Puerta) death. We lived an unforgettable moment for the pain and that always leaves its mark on you. It will forever remain in your memory.

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Kylian Mbappe has been left out of Paris St Germain’s starting line-up for Saturday night’s Ligue 1 fixture at Nantes.

Mbappe told the French club on Friday of his intention to leave them at the end of the season when his contract expires.

There has been mounting speculation that the 25-year-old will join Real Madrid in the summer.

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Mbappe, who started and scored in PSG’s 2-0 win against Real Sociedad in Wednesday night’s Champions League last-16 tie, was in dispute with his club over his contract last summer.

The France forward refused to sign a one-year extension clause and was subsequently exiled from the first-team squad, and left out of their…

Manchester City are considering making a British record move for Wolfsburg midfielder Kevin De Bruyne,.

The Belgium international spent the last eighteen months with the Bundesliga side, having moved from Chelsea in last January.

During his time at Stamford Bridge, the twenty-four year old made just nine appearances in all competitions, after spending a the 2012/13 campaign on loan at Werder Bremen.

He has been capped thirty times for his country, with four of those games coming at last summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil.

City boss Manuel Pellegrini has been busy in the transfer market, having signed England international duo Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph while they have also agreed deals for youngsters Patrick Roberts and Enes Onal.

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Re-signed Borussia Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wants to help his club back into the UEFA Champions League and to continental success in Europe s top club competition.

Aubameyang, 26, signed a contract extension that runs until 2020 with the Bundesliga outfit, who battled to seventh spot in the league last season.

The 2012-13 Champions League runners-up will have to wait to make their return to Europe s premier club competition, but Aubameyang wants to see them win it when they are back.

I hope to go why not again in the final of the Champions League… why not? the Gabon international said.

This time I hope to win the Champions League, it s a goal for next year.

Aubameyang, who joined Dortmund in 2013, scored 16 league goals for …

A video filmed in 2016 is back doing viral rounds on the Internet these days.

Once you see it, it will be clear right away why that’s the case as – we promise – it’s unlike anything you’ve seen so far.

What looks like an amateur match without a particular competitive context was seemingly turning into a dull affair when the referee decided to change things around and hit the limelight with a sublime top-bin shot.

The official latched on a backheel pass on the edge of the box and smashed a proper stunner into the top corner.

The players did not seem to protest much with some of them even congratulating him on this cracking effort.



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Local rivalries are always fun but they aren t often explored all too much in the realms of international football but it feels like that s about to change. In the wake of the Netherlands big win over Germany they ll be turning their attention towards a major friendly against Belgium, in the first game between the two nations in almost two years. The UEFA Nations League is obviously what s grabbing the attention of most fans during the current break, but it s worth remembering that the occasional friendly can also throw up some interesting stakes.

Belgium

The Red Devils were always criticised for not fulfilling their potential prior to this year s World Cup, but it feels like a 3rd place finish in Russia was abo…

Leeds boss Sam Allardyce apologised to the club’s fans after a 4-1 home defeat to Tottenham confirmed their Premier League relegation.

Allardyce, who Leeds had turned to in desperation with four games remaining, also urged the club to quickly resolve their ownership issue to aid their bid to bounce straight back from the Sky Bet Championship.

The former England manager said he had no regrets about taking on the job and will sit down with the board next week to discuss whether he will stay in the role.

Allardyce said: “I can’t say I’ve enjoyed it. I’m glad I came back. I tried my best to get Leeds out of trouble, but I can’t enjoy anything when I don’t win.

“We didn’t leave a stone unturned and it’s really sad that Leeds is in this posi…

Harry Kane insisted now is the time for Tottenham to rally behind Nuno Espirito Santo and get their Premier League season back on track. 

The England striker came off the bench to score a hat-trick and lead his side to a 5-1 win over Mura in the Europa Conference League on Thursday. 

Kane became the first Spurs player to score a hat-trick as a substitute since Ronny Rosenthal in the FA Cup back in 1995, while he is only the third man to hit three goals in a game in three separate major UEFA club competitions. 

Spurs fans will hope he can continue that form against Aston Villa on Sunday, Kane having failed to find the net in any of his first five Premier League appearances in 2021-22. 

With pressure mounting on head coach Nuno after three consecutive l…