Danny Graham has admitted that he is yet to hold talks with Sunderland regarding his future,.
The striker moved to the Black Cats’ north east rivals Middlesbrough on loan back in January having spent the first half of the season at Hull City, where he became surplus to requirements following Shane Long and Nikica Jelavic’s transfers to the KC Stadium.
Having scored just once during his time with both Sunderland and Hull, the 28 year old has got five goals in seventeen Championship appearances for Aitor Karanka’s side, and he is keen to remain at the Riverside next season.
Graham began his career with Boro, but made just a handful of appearances for the club; spending most of his time out on loan before eventually securing a permanent move to Carlisle U…
Besiktas forward Hugo Almeida has expressed a desire to test himself in the Premier League after the FIFA World Cup.
Comments from Almeida, who was named in Portugal s provisional squad for the upcoming showpiece in Brazil, has been linked with a move to West Ham.
The experienced forward moved to Besiktas from Werder Bremen in 2010 and has become an important player for the Super Lig outfit, notching 12 goals in 30 appearances this season.
But he could seek pastures new ahead of the 2014/15 campaign after stating his ambition to play in England.
Almeida told the English press: I would be very interested in moving to the Premier League if the right offer came up.
I have always wanted to play in England. It is the best league in the world and the fans are com…
It was a small mercy for Lars Stindl that his opening goal in the 1-0 Confederations Cup final victory over Chile came so invitingly gift-wrapped.
After the brutal, relentless torment La Roja had wrought upon their opponents over the first 20 minutes of a breathless affair in St Petersburg, a more complicated task than slotting into an empty net from five yards might have resulted in any player in white simply collapsing in a heap.
The second clash in this tournament of a closely knit, passionate side with an unshakable belief that this is their time and a youthful, gifted collective knowing their best days are still to come was again a captivating spectacle.
Make no mistake this mattered.
Before the match, Germany captain Julian Draxler and coach Joachi…
Jan Kirchhoff has likened Sunderland securing Premier League survival to winning a title after they beat Everton 3-0 to ensure another season in the top flight.
Kirchhoff won the Bundesliga title and DFB Pokal with Bayern Munich in 2013-14, but left the Bavarians for the Stadium of Light in the January transfer window in order to get regular first-team football, having previously been sent on a long-term loan to Schalke.
He quickly became an important member of the first team after a difficult start to life at Sunderland and was understandably delighted with their successful battle against relegation.
It is really nice, almost like winning a title, it s unbelievable, Kirchhoff told Sky Sports on Wednesday.
We went through dangerous and difficult situati…
Tanguy Ndombele s Tottenham career appears to be back on track after Jose Mourinho expressed delight at the Frenchman s improvement.
Ndombele, 23, joined from Lyon in a club-record deal reportedly worth up to £64million last year, but he endured a difficult first season in north London.
A technically talented midfielder, Ndombele made just 12 Premier League starts in 2019-20, with injuries contributing to a stop-start season and poor form.
Speculation regarding a transfer away from Tottenham subsequently began earlier this year, and as recently as this month he was linked with joining Juventus.
But after coming on to score the dramatic winning goal in an unimpressive 2-1 Europa League qualifying win at Lokomotiv Plovdiv on Thursday, head coach Mourinho …
Monaco have announced the departure of Vadim Vasilyev as vice-president and general manager after six years at the club.
President Dimitry Rybolovlev praised the 53-year-old for his work in the Principality, but said a change was needed to end the crisis at Stade Louis II.
Under Vasilyev s guidance, Monaco became Ligue 1 champions and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2016-17, but the loss of first-team stars such as Kylian Mbappe led to a decline that sees them lying 18th in the table after 24 games this season.
The club reappointed Leonardo Jardim as head coach last month, having sacked him in October and appointed Thierry Henry, who won just four of his 20 games in charge.
Vasilyev accepted full responsibility for a very complicate…