that Stoke City have slapped a £12.5m price tag on wantaway forward Marko Arnautovic.
The twenty-seven year old has refused the Potters’ offer of a new deal and with his current contract set to expire in twelve months time, he is keen to secure a move to another Premier League side.
Stoke paid just £2.6m to Werder Bremen in order to secure the Austria international’s services in 2013 and are set to make a profit of £10m should he be transferred this summer.
Since arriving at the Britannia Stadium, Arnautovic has racked up one hundred and ten appearances in all competitions, scoring nineteen goals.
He has been capped fifty-two times for his country, scoring eleven times and will hope to add to that tally as Marcelo Koller’s side take on Hun…
Atletico Madrid moved to within two points of LaLiga leaders Barcelona after a comfortable 3-0 win over bottom club Huesca on Saturday.
Full-backs Lucas Hernandez and Santiago Arias put Atletico in control before Koke ensured Atletico extended their unbeaten run in the league to 17 games.
Huesca threatened early on at El Alcoraz through the lively Cucho Hernandez, but finding a way through proved a step too far, Jan Oblak impressing once again in the Atletico goal.
Lucas first goal of the season put Atleti ahead and Arias doubled their lead before Koke sealed the points on a foggy night in northern Spain, keeping Diego Simeone s men firmly in title contention.
Atleti started the better, but were lucky not to be behind in the 12th minute as Jorge Pulido s …
Fan representatives will meet with the Football Association over the next two weeks amid concerns over the FA Cup’s future.
The FA is in talks with the Premier League over a long-term partnership to sell overseas Premier League and FA Cup rights collectively in the future, the PA news agency understands.
It has been reported the partnership would effectively lead to the FA handing control over its most prestigious competition to the Premier League.
FA Cup media rights?
Supporters are fundamental to the FA Cup’s future – consultation is vital. Fans have shown time and again that we make the right call when it comes to protecting the game’s traditions. We should be involved in such discussions.
— The FSA (@WeAreTheFSA)
The Footbal…
Ulsan Hyundai coach Kim Ho-Gon knows the challenge that lies ahead of his side in the K-League Championship final against Jeonbuk Motors.
Ulsan meet Motors in the first leg on Wednesday, with the second match to be played in Jeonju on Saturday.
Kim s men finished the regular season in sixth place, and eliminated giants Suwon Bluewings, FC Seoul and Pohang Steelers on their way to the final.
The former South Korea manager told reporters that beating Choi Kang-Hee s side would be a huge task.
Choi Kang-Hee is different. The managers of Seoul, Suwon and Pohang are all young and inexperienced, Kim said of his 52-year-old opponent.
Choi has a lot of know-how. So it will be a difficult match.
We are the underdogs. We have qualified for the …
that Hatem Ben Arfa has completed his season-long loan from Newcastle United to Premier League rivals Hull City.
The 27 year old moved to St James Park, initially on loan in the summer of 2010 and since went on to make eighty-six appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring fourteen goals and making eighteen assists.
His last appearance for the club came in the 1-0 defeat to Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium back in April, leading him to be linked with a move away from the North East club.
Turkish giants Besiktas and Championship side Birmingham City had been linked with a move to secure his services, but it is the Tigers who have got a deal over the line.
He is now set make his debut for Steve Bruce’s side when they take on West Ham Un…
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After its most recent overview video and behind-the-scenes trailer, Saber Interactive’s Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has received even more new details. In a new Steam Community post, the developer confirmed that the campaign would last approximately 12 hours, as players control Lieutenant Titus in the ongoing fight against the forces of the Tyranids and Chaos.
Though you can tackle the campaign in co-op, there’s also Operations Mode, which supports up to three players (though you can also tackle it solo). It offers six unique maps to fight the Tyranids, promising “endlessly replayable Sports BettingPvE action.” Eternal War is the PvP component and provides three modes – …
Excitement surrounding S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl was high – understandably so, not just because of the stature of the release, but also how long the wait for the series’ comeback has been. Though the open world shooter has proven divisive among critics, with criticism being directed at the rough technical state it has launched in in particular, unsurprisingly, players are flocking to GSC Game World’s newly released game in droves.
As per SteamDB, today, the day of its launch, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl hit a peak of 113,587 concurrent players on Steam, an impressive start by any metric, but even more so when you consider that the game is also available via Game Pass. It’s also worth considering that we’…
Barcelona have announced the club will continue to support the will of the majority of the Catalan people amid growing tensions related to a banned independence vote in the region.
Spain s Guardia Civil police detained 12 senior officials and raided three Catalan regional government offices on Wednesday.
The national government and Spain s constitutional court have both said a referendum on Catalan independence due to take place on October 1 is illegal and should not go ahead.
There was no such action taken by the Spanish government before the last referendum in November 2014, however, this time Catalan leaders have revealed that they will declare independence within 48 hours of the final result if there is a majority Yes vote.
Wednesday s raids came a da…
Noel Whelan has backed Leeds United’s reported plan to sign Divock Origi from Liverpool in the summer transfer window.
According to , Leeds are interested in signing Origi from Liverpool this summer.
The report has claimed that the West Yorkshire club who will play in the Premier League next season after winning automatic promotion from the Championship have already made an enquiry about the Belgium international.
Origi himself is reportedly open to leaving Liverpool this summer for regular first-team football and wants to stay in the Premier League.
Former Leeds striker Whelan has been impressed with the Whites’ desire to sign the 25-year-old striker this summer.
We’ve already got somebody who scored 17 goals in the Championship in Patric…