The 31-year-old has revealed that he is near to committing to the French club for another year, while he doesn't expect to be called into the Brazil squad for this year's World Cup Paris Saint-Germain defender Alex has confirmed that he is close to signing a new one-year contract extension with the club. Alex joined the French side from Chelsea in 2012 and, since then, he has made over 63 ap...Full Story »

The Rossoneri great believes the key to long-term success is based upon spending money on nurturing young talent rather than large sums on big name stars Paolo Maldini has urged AC Milan to focus their investment on the club's youth system rather than the recruitment of high-profile players. The Rossoneri have been cut adrift from the leading pack in Serie A and only returned to the top half...Full Story »

The former Swansea boss tipped the Argentina international to return to top form for Wednesday's match and voiced his support fpr Gerardo Martino Former Barcelona midfielder Michael Laudrup has backed Lionel Messi to show his quality in Wednesday's Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid. Messi has fallen below his own exceptionally high standards over recent weeks, failing to score in three ...Full Story »

The German should be fit enough for Sunday's league trip to the KC Stadium to face Hull City, but the French midfielder will be eased in slowly after a long injury lay-off Arsene Wenger has confirmed Mesut Ozil is expected to be available for Arsenal's Premier League clash with Hull City on Sunday, while Abou Diaby is set to return to full training this week. Germany international Ozil has n...Full Story »

Manchester United are moving closer to making £30million England star Luke Shaw their first signing of the summer. United have been fighting with Barclays Premier League rivals Chelsea for the 18-year-old left back's signature as the soon-to-be-deposed champions look to bounce back quickly from their wretched first season under David Moyes. The United manager had feared Chelsea would win ...Full Story »

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed the 'perfect touch' of striker Olivier Giroud after his sublime finish and a double from Lukas Podolski gave the FA Cup finalists a 3-1 win over West Ham to move back up into the top four of the Barclays Premier League. After a slow start following their nerve-shredding penalty shoot-out win over Wigan at Wembley on Saturday, which saw Giroud fluff a great c...Full Story »

West Ham star Joe Cole appeared to mock the Arsenal faithful before the 3-1 defeat at the Emirates, gesturing the lifting of a trophy after being jeered by the home fans. The forgotten former England man came on as a substitute as the Hammers slumped to their seventh straight Premier League loss to their London rivals. Cole, who left West Ham for Chelsea in 2003, was taunted before kick-off by...Full Story »

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has dismissed suggestions that English players are crucial to Liverpool's emergence as Barclays Premier League title contenders. Liverpool's starting XI at Anfield on Sunday boasted six English players as they beat a City starting team featuring just one, goalkeeper Joe Hart. But Pellegrini insisted that a home-grown nucleus is not essential. Strong: ...Full Story »

Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro have said they will not sign sacked West Brom striker Nicolas Anelka because the player took too long to report to the club. Atletico director Eduardo Maluf was expecting Anelka to arrive on Monday, but has since been informed by the Frenchman's agents that he would not land in Brazil until the end of the week. Anelka is supposedly in Kuwait on a religious trip...Full Story »

Matt Jarvis silenced the Emirates Stadium by heading the visitors in front on 40 minutes, but goals from the German and Frenchman eased the pressure on Arsene Wenger Lukas Podolski struck twice to help Arsenal keep up the pressure on Everton in the race for the top four with a convincing win over West Ham at the Emirates Stadium. Matt Jarvis silenced the home crowd five minutes before half-t...Full Story »