Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe believes new coach Thomas Tuchel shares the club s attacking mentality.
Tuchel was appointed to replace the outgoing Unai Emery on Monday, having been out of work since leaving Borussia Dortmund in May 2017.
Emery led PSG to a domestic treble this season but did not have his two-year contract extended at Parc des Princes.
And Mbappe believes Tuchel is well-suited to his new job and is looking forward to getting started under the German.
I faced him with Monaco [in the Champions League in 2016-17], he told Le Parisien. His teams are used to playing [with offensive style] and at PSG, we also have players who like to play, so it s a good basis to start.
This is a new chapter in the book of Paris Saint-…
Hull City s owners – Assem and Ehab Allam have failed in his latest attempt to change the club s name to Hull Tigers after the Football Association rejected their request.
Chairman Assem Allam has been trying to change the club s name for the past two years to incorporate Tigers the club s nickname into their official moniker, a move that has caused ructions within the club s support.
A first application in December 2013 was rejected five months later, but a second bid for the coming season was submitted after an independent tribunal found fault in that initial process.
However, the FA has once again rejected the Allams application, confirming their decision in a statement released on Saturday.
It read: The FA Council has rejected Hull City’s applicat…
Stefan de Vrij insisted Inter are not thinking about ongoing speculation over Mauro Icardi s future with the Serie A club.
Icardi is set to leave after being told he can depart Inter, with the former captain not wanted by new head coach Antonio Conte.
The 26-year-old star endured a turbulent 2018-19 campaign after he was stripped of the captaincy amid conflicting views of an apparent knee injury and internal disagreements with the club s hierarchy.
Icardi continues to dominate headlines, with the Argentina international reportedly prepared to see out the final two years of his contract but Inter defender De Vrij told Sportitalia: The Icardi issue doesn t concern us. We re only thinking about what we have to do.
De Vrij was speaking after Inter opened th…
Mikel Arteta wants Arsenal to play with arrogance as he believes his club is the biggest in the Premier League.
Former Arsenal captain Arteta is preparing to lead the Gunners out for the first time as head coach at Emirates Stadium against Chelsea on Sunday, having started his tenure with a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth in midweek.
The Spaniard is quickly seeking for a solution to arrest the side s dismal run of form, which has left them 12th in the Premier League following Saturday s matches.
Arteta acknowledges there has been a lack of belief in the team of late a crisis he does not expect Arsenal to suffer from with 13 top-flight titles and a record 13 FA Cup triumphs to their name.
There are some non-negotiables. The demands we put on the team, the comm…
Manchester United’s key midfielder Paul Scholes is likely to make his return to the centre of United’s defence after having had to sit out for two months with a knee injury.
The thirty four year old Scholes jarred his knee badly in his side s Champions League clash against Aalborg BK in late September.
He has been back on the training ground for two weeks and could be in the line-up come kick off time against Blackburn Rovers in tonight’s Carling Cup quarter-final at ld Trafford.
It was initially forecast that Scholes would only be ready for action at the beginning of 2009.
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Arsene Wenger may still talk up his Arsenal side s title prospects but the manager knows the FA Cup third round tie with Plymouth Argyle is almost as important for the Gunners as the Premier League.
Wenger brought the curtain down on a miserable year by confidently declaring his current side to be on the verge of greatness.
That may look wildly optimistic after a year that began badly with the horrific leg-break suffered by Eduardo da Silva and was later marred by the extraordinary in-fighting that led to William Gallas being stripped of the captaincy and further long-term injuries to Theo Walcott and Cesc Fabregas.
With Matthieu Flamini, Alexander Hleb and Gilberto Silva all having left in the pre-season without being adequately replaced, it seems as if Arse…
At first, Immortals of Aveum pleasantly surprised me, putting a lot more stock into its narrative themes of environmentalism than I expected its wartime story to cover. The focus for this first-person shooter, however, is still on blasting baddies, albeit with a variety of bullet-inspired spells instead of traditional firearms. And although all the shooting is exciting for the first half of the game, it becomes increasingly annoying in the latter half when firefights get longer and more frequent. These shoot-outs interrupt the story’s momentum by dragging it out, curating an irritating sense of repetitive tedium.
Though you’re slinging spells in Immortals, the magic you’re casting is more cosmetic flavoring to what is otherwise a fairly traditional military shooter. Red …
Luis Fernandez has backed fellow former France international Zinedine Zidane to take over at Real Madrid after Rafael Benitez s tenure as coach comes to an end.
Benitez was appointed as the replacement for Carlo Ancelotti in June following two seasons at Serie A side Napoli.
Ancelotti s dismissal in May came a year after he guided Real to an historic 10th UEFA Champions League title.
Spanish-born Fernandez, who enjoyed managerial stints at Athletic Bilbao, Espanyol and Real Betis and is currently in charge Guinea s national side, was disappointed by the decision to part company with Ancelotti but feels Real are preparing to eventually hand the reins to Zidane.
Zidane spent five seasons at Real as a player – winning La Liga and famously scoring the dec…
Jonas Hofmann has committed his future to Borussia Dortmund after signing a new five-year contract with Jurgen Klopp s side.
The 21-year-old winger made the switch to the Signal Iduna Park from Hoffenheim in 2011, and made his first-team bow in Dortmund s 3-1 league victory against his former side in December 2012.
Hofmann has started the new campaign in impressive fashion, scoring his first goal for the club in the team s 2-1 win over Eintracht Braunschweig, as well as contributing two assists.
And he has been rewarded for that start with a contract that will see him stay at the Bundesliga runners-up until June 2018.
Speaking to the club s official website, Hofmann said: I ve always been nurtured by BVB, I made the step from the reserves to the first team and I …
David Beckham s Inter Miami selected striker Robbie Robinson with the first overall pick of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.
Inter co-owned by former England captain Beckham are one of two expansion franchises preparing for their first MLS season, with Nashville SC the other.
The Florida club had the first selection in the draft and went for 18-goal Robinson from Clemson, who won the 2019 MAC Hermann Trophy for the best college player.
Robinson follows the likes of former United States international Freddy Adu, Besiktas attacker Cyle Larin and Manchester City winger Jack Harrison as a number one pick.
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