Manchester City will have to pay Lucas Paqueta's £85 million ($105m) release clause if they want to sign the West Ham playmaker this summer.City eyeing deal to sign PaquetaPersonal terms reportedly agreedMidfielder has huge release clauseWHAT HAPPENED?City are eyeing a deal to sign Paqueta this summer as they plan a shake-up ahead of next season. Reports have suggested that the Brazil interna

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER snubbed the Ireland managerial job - allowing former team-mate John O'Shea to take it.The Manchester United legend has been out of work since being sacked by his former club in 2021.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer snubbed the Ireland managerial job Credit: ReutersSolskjaer has been linked with a host of jobs since leaving United and the Ireland international job was one linked with the N

Juventus' Adrien Rabiot looks likely to leave the club this summer with Manchester United ready to pounce on the midfielder on a free transfer.Rabiot will leave Juventus this summerContract expires at the end of the seasonWanted by Man Utd and NewcastleWHAT HAPPENED?The French international's Juventus contract is scheduled to expire in June, and talks to extend it are presently at a stalemate. As

Arsenal's Charlie Patino is set to leave the Emirates this summer with a Serie A trio interested in the midfielder alongside multiple Spanish clubs.Patino set to leave Arsenal this summer Multiple Spanish clubs have shown interest AC Milan, Inter & Juventus also eyeing himWHAT HAPPENED?It had been reported earlier that Arsenal had given the green-light to the permanent sale of Patino this summ

Revealed: The insane fees Chelsea paid to agentsChelsea spent a staggering £75m ($93m) on agent fees in the last two transfer windows, amid speculation they could be punished for breaching PSR.Per Martyn Ziegler of The Times, Chelsea paid an astonishing £75m to agents across the last two transfer windows. In those windows - January of 2024 and the summer of 2023 - the Blues spent just un

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery knows his side have plenty of work to do in next week’s Europa Conference League quarter-final second leg in Lille.Villa will travel to France with a 2-1 advantage thanks to first-leg goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn gave the on-looking Prince of Wales something to cheer about.But Lille showed they are no pushovers and Bafode Diakite’s late header ke

David Moyes insists West Ham still have “half a chance” to reach the Europa League semi-finals despite an agonising 2-0 first-leg defeat at Bayer Leverkusen.The Hammers defended heroically for 83 minutes of a one-sided encounter against the Bundesliga leaders in Germany.But late goals from substitutes Jonas Hoffman and Victor Boniface left West Ham with it all to do in next week’

Lacklustre Liverpool were stunned 3-0 by Atalanta in a Europa League quarter-final collapse that could prove to be Jurgen Klopp’s last European night at Anfield.This competition offers the chance to bring the curtain down on the German’s reign with a European trophy on May 22, but their hopes of making the Dublin showpiece are in jeopardy.Liverpool lacked creativity and coherence in th

West Ham were breached by two late goals as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final at Bayer Leverkusen.The Hammers had defended heroically for 83 minutes before goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski was finally beaten by substitute Jonas Hoffman.A one-goal deficit might have given David Moyes’ side hope going into next week’s second leg at the London S

Aston Villa earned royal approval as the Prince of Wales watched his beloved club beat Lille 2-1 in the first leg of their Europa Conference League quarter-final at Villa Park.Goals in either half from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn saw Villa lead their first European last-eight tie since 1998 and give boss Unai Emery victory in his 1,000th match as a manager.Prince William and his son Prince Georg