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Everton and Burnley will face each other in the Premier League this coming weekend. The match between the Toffees and the Clarets at Goodison Park is slated to kick off at 5:30pm UK time on Saturday and promises to be an entertaining game of football.

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Everton are having a good season overall and are very much in the running for the Champions League places in the Premier League table. Carlo Ancelotti’s side are sixth in the standings at the moment with 46 points from 27 matches, four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.

The Merseyside club will head into the match against Burnley at Goodison Park on the back of a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea away from home at Stamford Bridge in London. Th…

Four-hundred-and-seventeen days – that s how long it was between the two most recent goals of one of the Premier League s all-time great strikers.

Sergio Aguero finally ended the most difficult spell of his Manchester City career on Saturday as he found the net against Fulham with his 181st in the Premier League.

It put the icing on a comfortable win at Craven Cottage that takes Pep Guardiola s men a step closer to Premier League glory.

Another man hoping to have a Guardiola-like impact eventually elsewhere in the Premier League is Thomas Tuchel, who equalled a couple of records earlier in the day – though his Chelsea still clearly have significant room for improvement.

Burnley claimed a historic win on Merseyside to continue their battle to avoid rel…

Gary Hooper is set to have a medial with Norwich City after the club agreed a fee with Celtic, .

The 25 year-old looked set for a move to Queens Park Rangers after they had themselves settled on a £5.5m fee with the Scottish Premier League champions on Wednesday.

However, the Canaries, who have been chasing the former Scunthorpe United man for some time appear to have stolen a march on their rivals after agreeing personal terms on a four year contract.

Hooper moved to Celtic Park back in 2010, and has scored sixty-three goals in ninety-five league appearances.

He also scored four goals in last season’s Champions League campaign; including two in the qualifying rounds, as well as hitting a brace in the Scottish Cup final victory over Hibernian b…

Napoli are considering a move for Porto star Nicolas Otamendi as they continue the search for a high-profile defender, .

The Azzurri have quickly reinvested the money earned from the sale of Edinson Cavani, with Gonzalo Higuain, Jose Callejon, Pepe Reina and Raul Albiol arriving at Stadio San Paolo among others.

However, new manager Rafa Benitez is still determined to sign another forward and central defender and has in turn expressed his interest in Nicolas Otamendi.

Porto defender has two years left on his deal at Estadio do Dragao and a €30 million release clause, and it would appear as though the Dragons will only let him leave if a club meet the buy-out clause.

Atletico Madrid are also believed to be keen on the defender who arrived at FC Porto fo…

AC Milan s Manuel Locatelli has completed a loan move to Sassuolo, who have an obligation to purchase the midfielder.

Locatelli burst on to the scene as a teenager with a wondergoal in a 1-0 Serie A defeat of Juventus in October 2016.

But the 20-year-old started only five league games in the 2017-18 season and has been allowed to leave by coach Gennaro Gattuso.

Sassuolo are reported to have paid €2million to loan Locatelli, while the permanent deal to be completed next year is said to be worth €12m.

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Looking to extend on their stellar purple patch, Manchester City will welcome Chelsea to the Etihad on Saturday evening.

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Starting with the hosts, while Manchester City might have a real battle on their hands in their bid to make more Premier League history in 2024, Pep Guardiola’s men have hit top gear at a crucial time. In the midst of what has been a stellar purple patch and firing on all cylinders, the former Barcelona boss finds the mood in his camp at a red-hot high. Picking up a Champions League first-leg advantage on foreign soil in midweek as they secured a 3-1 victory against Copenhagen, the Sky Blues have won all of their previous 11 straight appearances across all competitions. With that extended flurry s…

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has hit out at the club s recruitment in recent transfer windows, describing it as a complete mess .

United missed out on Champions League qualification last season despite spending big to attract the likes of Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo to Old Trafford, and left it late to do their business this year.

Although Casemiro and Antony arrived shortly before the closure of the transfer window, United frustrated fans with a drawn-out, fruitless pursuit of Frenkie de Jong, while they failed to sign a striker amid uncertainty over Ronaldo s future.

While a run of four consecutive wins has got Erik ten Hag s men back on track after they lost their first two games of the Premier League campaign, Schole…

Shay Given is looking to move away from Aston Villa, claiming the club want him out of the door .

Goalkeeper Given arrived at Villa Park from Manchester City in 2011, but subsequently lost his spot as the club s number one to American Brad Guzan.

The 37-year-old spent 16 games on loan at Championship outfit Middlesbrough this season, keeping 10 clean sheets, but Villa opted against sanctioning a longer deal because doing so would have made them unable to recall the Irishman on an emergency basis if the need arose.

However, Given harbours hopes of leaving on loan again between now and the end of the season, and will be looking for a permanent transfer come the end of the campaign.

It looks like I will be going back and I won t be playing much football, he told the…

Montreal Impact sporting director Nick De Santis declared Didier Drogba the perfect fit for his club after signing the former Chelsea striker.

Under MLS s unique transfer rules, Drogba first joined Chicago Fire on Monday but was immediately traded to the Impact for general and targeted allocation money .

Having only qualified for the MLS play-offs in one of their three previous seasons, De Santis made it clear that Drogba s history of success four Premier League titles and the 2012 UEFA Champions League with Chelsea, plus the Turkish Super Lig with Galatasaray would be key for Montreal.

But the 47-year-old former Canada international also spoke glowingly of how Drogba will adapt in Canada s second-largest city.

When we started thinking about our city, he…

October s international break offers the ideal chance to assess the state of play in each of Europe s top five leagues.

With giants such as Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich lacking form in their respective leagues, the door has been opened for some surprise names to start 2018-19 well.

Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla fans will spend the international fortnight gazing at the Bundesliga and LaLiga tables, with their teams topping the tree against the odds.

With a couple of months of the season played, but plenty of action still to come, we take a look at how Europe s major leagues are shaping up

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After Barca won their first four games including an 8-2 hammering of Huesca Ernesto Valverde s men looked on track to defen…