Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel insists Harry Kane will be an “absolute success story” for the Bundesliga champions.
The England captain has scored three goals and registered one assist in his first four matches since an initial £86million move from Tottenham and Tuchel believes he is the “perfect” striker for them.
“We have exactly the player we need, with the personality of the way he plays, in Harry Kane,” Tuchel told a press conference ahead of Friday’s visit of Bayer Leverkusen.
“We try to get him more involved in our game and this is going to be an absolute success story.
“We have the perfect striker for us and we are more than happy with him.”
After a tumultuous week with the national team – Germany sacked Hansi Fli…
Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was released on bail at Chester Crown Court on Friday.
The France international, who has been charged with seven counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, had been in custody since last August.
Mendy was charged following allegations of attacks on five women that took place between October 2020 and August 2021.
The 27-year-old was granted bail at a hearing on Friday.
He had been due to stand trial this month, but that was put back until June at the earliest.
Mendy had reportedly been moved from HMP Altcourse prison in Liverpool to Strangeways jail in Manchester last month.
Co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie also appeared at the hearing in Chester.
Premier League champions City susp…
Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva is targeting a positive response in Saturday s Coupe de la Ligue final against Lyon.
PSG go-to-head with Ligue 1 rivals Lyon in the showpiece event at Stade de France but defeat would only increase pressure on coach Laurent Blanc.
The three-time champions, who remain on track to defend their Ligue 1 crown, suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time this season after falling to Chelsea and Lyon in the space of a week.
Blanc s position as coach of the French giants has been the subject of speculation following the club s elimination from the UEFA Champions League.
But Silva has urged his team-mates, who will be without star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, not to dwell on previous results, including their narrow league defe…
Ivan Toney has apologised to Brentford after a video was published on social media appearing to show the forward swearing at his club.
In the short video, Toney repeated to the camera f*** Brentford after a woman filming the clip had said the same.
The former Newcastle United striker, who is on holiday in Dubai during the international break, explained on social media the video was cut short and edited but also apologised to Brentford fans, having already spoken to manager Thomas Frank.
I am aware of a video of me that was published on social media today, taken in Dubai where I have been on holiday during the winter break, the striker posted. In it, I use language that was unacceptable.
— Ivan Toney (@ivantoney24)
The video was c…
Three men have been charged by Victoria Police following the violent pitch invasion that forced Saturday s Melbourne derby to be abandoned.
The A-League clash between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City saw flares thrown by both sets of fans during the opening quarter of the contest at AAMI Park.
Trouble escalated when a flare appeared to hit a pitchside cameraman before exploding, with City goalkeeper Tom Glover throwing another flare back into the crowd.
Fans behind the goal stormed the pitch and Glover was hit in the face with a metal bucket, while referee Alex King was also struck, leading to the game being brought to an end.
Football Australia chief James Johnson hit out at the horrific scenes and vowed to hand out the harshest of punishments to tho…
Arjen Robben could miss Bayern Munich s DFB-Pokal clash with rivals Borussia Dortmund after head coach Jupp Heynckes was unable to nail down a return day for the winger.
Robben last featured in the 2-1 Champions League win at Anderlecht, where he was substituted due to what was described at the time as a minor calf strain .
He sat out the Bundesliga matches at Borussia Monchengladbach and against Hannover, along with Tuesday s concluding Group B win against Paris Saint-Germain and Heynckes does not expect the 33-year-old to return for Saturday s trip to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Arjen has problems with the sciatic nerve which is a bit inflamed, he told reporters.
Normally it s not a severe injury but a thing of one or two weeks, but we are not able to make a…
Atletico Madrid forward Fernando Torres has responded to speculation that Diego Simeone has had his contract at the club shortened, dismissing them as an unnecessary distraction.
Reports in Spain suggest the Atleti boss has negotiated with the club over reducing the length of his current deal, meaning it will expire in 2018 rather than 2020.
However, Torres stressed the issue was not something he wanted to hinder the team s pursuit of silverware, insisting that his side s focus should be on having a successful season.
It s a hypothesis that is not real, he said at a promotional event. Let s be real. We are one month into the season and this is a very important year for us.
We want to grow after a very good season with a very complicated [Champions Leag…
Roberto Mancini claims he and Jose Mourinho are not friends and suggests that is the way the Chelsea manager likes it.
The Italian stoked the flames ahead of Galatasaray s UEFA Champions League first-leg tie with Chelsea last month by suggesting that he built the Inter team that won the treble under Mourinho in 2009-10.
But the former Manchester City boss insisted that they were fair comments and that Mourinho took them to heart as Chelsea and Mancini s Galatasaray prepare to clash again in the return game at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday with the last-16 tie finely balanced at 1-1.
I said some perfectly normal things, he told La Repubblica newspaper.
But someone stirred it up into controversy and he really did get offended.
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According to Florian Plettenberg of Sky Germany, Bayern Munich are in talks over a potential transfer of Levi Colwill from Chelsea this summer.
At the age of 21, Colwill is considered a highly talented defender. Though primarily a centre-back, he has played quite successfully on the left defensive flank too, and that versatility certainly adds to his overall quality. Last October, he made his debut as an England international in a friendly triumph over Australia.
A product of the Chelsea academy, Colwill has had loan spells with Huddersfield Town and Brighton and Hove Albion. He particularly caught the eye at the Amex, where he made 22 appearances for the Seagulls, and his fine performances attracted the interests of several top clubs last summer. Chelsea held firm at t…
Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has signed a long-term contract extension to end speculation over his future.
The Spain international, 21, had been heavily linked with a return to former side Barcelona, while Pep Guardiola was reportedly interested in taking him to Manchester City.
The agreement for Bellerin comes as a major boost to Arsenal, who are also locked in renewal negotiations with star players Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, both of whom are out of contract in 2018.
I m really, really happy and this club is my home right now, Bellerin told Arsenal Player. I ve been here for more than five years now so I was really, really excited when the club told me that they wanted to extend my contract.
I wasn t thinking about anything else other than stay…