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Arsenal boss Unai Emery said Aaron Ramsey must only focus on training and playing football amid uncertainty over his future.

Ramsey is out of contract at the end of the season and the Wales star is yet to agree to a new deal at Arsenal, having been linked with Chelsea and Barcelona.

The 27-year-old, who arrived from Cardiff City in 2008, was left out of the starting XI in last week s 3-2 Premier League loss to Chelsea.

And Emery has called on Ramsey to forget about contract talks, saying: I spoke with him last week. I said: I want you focused only on training and only on the match, you show us the capacity to help the team .

The contract is another thing for his agent and the club but we want and I need his focus only on training, only on the match and o…

Nottingham Forest have appointed Nuno Espirito Santo as their new head coach.

The Portuguese has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract at the City Ground following Tuesday’s sacking of Steve Cooper.

Nuno, who will take charge of Saturday’s clash with Bournemouth, returns to English football following a two-year absence when he left Tottenham after an ill-fated four-month stay.

Welcome to Nottingham Forest, Nuno Espírito Santo

— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC)

He has been out of work since leaving Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad in November and takes over at Forest with the club five points above the relegation zone.

The 49-year-old replaces Cooper, who lost his job after a run of one win in 13 Premier League matches.

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Barcelona are interested in signing Fabian Ruiz from Paris Saint-Germain in the January transfer window, according to . However, PSG head coach Luis Enrique is ready to block a potential transfer and wants Ruiz to be part of his team for the time being.

Ruiz has been on the books of PSG since the summer of 2022. The 27-year-old midfielder has scored one goal and given one assist in 11 Ligue 1 matches this season. The Spain international scored three goals and provided two assists in 27 Ligue 1 appearances for PSG last season.

Barcelona are third in the La Liga table at the moment with 30 points from 13 matches, four points behind leaders Girona. Meanwhile, PSG currently find themselves at the top of Ligue 1 table with 27 points from 12 matches, a point clear of Nice in …

Atletico Madrid have confirmed striker Diego Costa suffered a hamstring injury in Thursday s Europa League clash with Sporting CP.

The Spain international was withdrawn in the second half of the 1-0 quarter-final second-leg loss to the Portuguese side in Lisbon and was sent for further tests.

After undergoing medical exams this Friday, April 13, he has been diagnosed with a hamstring injury to his left leg, Atleti confirmed in a statement via their official website.

The club were unwilling to put an estimated time frame on the former Chelsea forward s recovery.

It is expected Costa will at least miss Sunday s LaLiga clash with Levante, while he is also likely to be a doubt for the following two games against Real Sociedad and Real Betis.

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Valencia will face Barcelona in the final of the Copa del Rey after a 1-0 second-leg win over Real Betis on Thursday secured a 3-2 aggregate semi-final victory.

Rodrigo Moreno s goal early in the second half was enough to see off Betis at Mestalla and clinch a first final of any kind for Valencia in 11 years.

The result completed an impressive turnaround in the tie for Marcelino s side, who trailed 2-0 after less than an hour of the first leg three weeks ago only to snatch a 2-2 draw thanks to Kevin Gameiro s injury-time equaliser.

Their edge on away goals left them in a decent position and they managed the game superbly against a Betis side who sit three points and two places above them in LaLiga but now miss out on the chance to contest a final in their home st…

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Two sides who will open their respective EFL Trophy adventures on Tuesday night, Bolton will travel to Cumbria when they meet Barrow.

Barrow

Starting with the hosts, while Barrow might have suffered real frustration last season as they eventually missed out on a shock play-off ticket, the Bluebirds took plenty of positives away from what was a hugely impressive campaign. Springing an EFL Cup upset on August 27th as they edged past Derby thanks to a penalties victory in Cumbria, Stephen Clemence’s men should find the mood in their camp at a real high. Putting in another eye-catching performance over the weekend as they landed a 1-0 win away at Harrogate, the former Gillingham boss has his sights set on clinching a top-seven finish t…

David Moyes had come to see me and the contract had basically been done but then Moyes was fired and Louis van Gaal came in, which complicated matters,  Kroos told 

Louis wanted time to build his own project. I didn t hear anything from United for a while and started having doubts. Then the World Cup started and Carlo Ancelotti called. And that was it.  

Those are the words of Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos who made it clear during a recent interview that he was close to joining Manchester United back in 2014 prior to the World Cup. David Moyes had initially revealed that information back in 2018, and it turns out that it was true.

To this day Kroos is still one of the most highly thought of midfielders in world football but at this stage of his career,…

Rangers cut the gap to leaders Celtic down to two points in the Scottish Premiership thanks to a 2-1 victory at their Old Firm rivals on Sunday, despite another red card for Alfredo Morelos.

Nikola Katic s 56th-minute header secured Rangers their first league triumph at Celtic Park in 10 attempts, raising hopes for Steven Gerrard s squad they may finally be able to end Celtic s long run of dominance in the top flight.

While the reigning champions remain at the summit, their Glasgow neighbours have a game in hand as they bid to lift the title for the first time since 2010-11.

The only setback for Gerrard was the late dismissal of Morelos, who was sent off for the seventh time in his Rangers career after picking up a second booking for diving during added tim…

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Desperate to widen their buffer at the top of the Premier League table on Wednesday night, Liverpool will welcome Chelsea to Anfield.

Liverpool

Starting with the hosts, with fans around Anfield left heartbroken over the weekend as Jurgen Klopp announced that he will be ending his nine-year stint on Merseyside, Liverpool will be desperate to sign off the 56-year-old’s story with another Premier League crown. Extending on their FA Cup adventure over the weekend as they secured an action-packed 5-2 victory against Championship outfit Norwich, the one-time Borussia Dortmund boss is looking to make more history this year. Marking their return to top-flight action holding a five-point buffer at the top of the table, Liverpool have suffered…

Managing to extend on their Olympic Games adventure with a nail-biting penalties victory on Tuesday morning, Brazil know that they re now just a single win from making it back-to-back gold medals.

While many neutrals might have expected a thriller affair between this summer s top scorers and the defending champions, we instead witnessed what was an incredibly uninspiring showdown at an empty Kashima Soccer Stadium.

Just about managing to drag themselves over the finish line against what was a sluggish Mexico side, we have taken a look at what the major talking points were as the Seleção move one step closer to making Olympic history.

Brazil sneak their way to the final

Opening up this summer s delayed tournament with a thumping 4-2 win against 2016 silver med…