(GSM) Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle has insisted that he has not been contacted by Liverpool regarding star defender Gary Cahill.
Rafa Benitez is reportedly set to offer £15million for the centre-back if he is given money to spend by his debt-ridden club following a turbulent season.
If new buyers are found for Liverpool, after they were put up for sale by co-owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks last week then, the probability of a bid for Cahill will increase, while Lee Chung-Yong has also been mentioned as a target.
But Coyle is adamant that there has yet to be an approach from officials at Anfield, who could be looking towards the future amid concerns over the longevity of 32-year-old Jamie Carragher.
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Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has admitted that breaking into the Premier League top four for his side was something he did not think was possible at the start of the season.
The London side beat Manchester City on Wednesday to clinch fourth spot in the league and qualify for the lucrative Champions League along with Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal.
That victory completed a remarkable turn-around for Spurs, who were bottom of the league when Redknapp took over in October 2008.
I d be a liar if I said I expected us to finish in the top four this year, genuinely, I couldn t see anybody but Manchester City, maybe, breaking into the top four this season, Redknapp told BBC Radio 5 Live s Sportsweek show
I certainly felt we would finish in the top sev…
Luis Enrique says he is ready to follow the example of predecessor Pep Guardiola and take a sabbatical when his time as Barcelona coach comes to an end.
Last season, Luis Enrique emulated his former Camp Nou team-mate Guardiola by winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League in his first campaign in charge.
Guardiola went on to collect a total of 14 major honours in four seasons as Barca boss but spent 12 months away from football before taking the reins at Bayern Munich from the 2013-14 season onwards – a policy Luis Enrique seems to see merit in.
When I leave Barca I m sure I ll take at least a year off, he said in an interview with Barca TV, where he outlined his ambitions to steer another golden period for the club.
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Brendan Rodgers has the FA Cup in his sights this season, but has reiterated that Liverpool are not Premier League title contenders.
Liverpool face Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Sunday and Rodgers intends to field a full-strength side in an attempt to keep the club s hopes of silverware alive.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has this week talked up Liverpool s chances of winning the Premier League this season due to their absence from the UEFA Champions League, but Rodgers is more cautious.
We re not thinking about being title contenders, the Liverpool boss said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.
There are 12 games to go and we re just making sure we re focused on continuing with our improvement in performance.
We want to win the FA C…
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Inter Milan will play host to Torino at the San Siro on Monday evening in what will the the last match of the 32nd round of the 2019/20 Serie A season.
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Having invested heavily into their team last summer, the Nerazzurri have been close to the top of the table throughout the campaign. However, their failure to win either of their last two games has seen them overtaken by both Lazio and Atalanta, and defending champions Juventus have now moved 11 points ahead of them, with a total of 76. Lazio in second have 68, Atalanta are next with 67, and then come Inter with 65, albeit with a game in hand on all of them. There doesn t appear to be any need for concern when it comes to Champions League qualification, as AS Roma in fifth h…
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AS Roma and Atalanta will face each other in Serie A this week. The match at Stadio Olimpico in Roma is slated to kick off at 5:30pm UK time on Thursday and promises to be an exciting game of football.
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AS Roma are seventh in the Serie A table at the moment with 54 points from 31 matches. Paulo Fonseca’s side are as many as eight points behind fourth-placed Juventus and are unlikely to finish in the Champions League places this season.
Roma will head into the match against Atalanta on the back of a 3-1 defeat to Torino away from home in Turin in Serie A. It followed a 3-2 aggregate victory over Ajax in the quarter-finals of the Europa League and saw them progress to the semi-fin…
England s players were on the receiving end of a furious blast from head coach Fabio Capello as they completed their World Cup build-up with another unconvincing performance.
Goals from Jermain Defoe, Joe Cole and Wayne Rooney ensured Capello s men emerged from their meeting with South African Premier League side Platinum Stars with a 3-0 victory.
Capello will have been relieved that his players emerged unscathed from the encounter, five days ahead of their World Cup opener against the United States.
But he made no effort to disguise his displeasure over a disjointed first-half in which England secured an early lead through Defoe only to, almost immediately, concede a penalty as a result of Glen Johnson s needless shove on Mzikayise Mashaba.
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(GSM) Massimo Oddo has inked a new deal at Milan.
The 34-year-old right-back has penned a new contract which ties him to the San Siro until 2012.
The new agreement is worth €1.5 million-a-year.
Oddo arrived at Milan from Lazio midway trough the 2006/07 season. He spent the 2008/09 season on loan at Bayern München.
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that Sporting Lisbon are hot on the trail of former Inter Milan full-back Ezequiel Schelotto.
The Italian footballer was released from his contract by Nerazzurri after he failed to find a new club during the summer transfer window.
And it has now been revealed that Sporting Lisbon have emerged as favourites for his signature, with the player s agent Paulo Emanuel Mendes set to try and negotiate a deal with the Lions.
Ezequiel Schelotto was born in Argentina, but began his professional career in Italy, and went on to represent Cesena, Atalanta, Inter Milan, Sassuolo, Parma and Chievo, making a total of 152 Serie A appearances and scoring 9 goals.
The highly rated winger, who can operate on either side of the pitch, even made one appearance for the Italia…
Lionel Messi lasted just 10 minutes of Barcelona s home game with Las Palmas on Saturday before being substituted with a knee problem.
The Argentina international sustained the injury when visiting defender Pedro Bigas put in a last-ditch challenge to block a shot.
Messi left the pitch to undergo treatment and initially seemed to be ready to continue after rejoining the action but he sat down once more minutes later and was unable to carry on.
Youngster Munir replaced Messi and joined Luis Suarez and Neymar in Barca s three-pronged attack.
The four-time Ballon d’Or winner’s injury could see him miss the upcoming Champions League match versus Bayer Leverkusen, against whom Messi scored five times the last time they met in March 2012.
Messi ha…