Dani Carvajal has described his season as a fail and says all his Real Madrid team-mates have fallen well short of their high standards.
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nting fashion after exiting the Champions League in the last 16 to Ajax and failing to keep up with the pace set by LaLiga leaders Barcelona, who also dumped them out of the Copa del Rey.
Their season has been characterised by chaos in the dugout with the club burning through two head coaches – Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari – before Zinedine Zidane returned in March after resigning in the wake of leading the club to a third consecutive Champions League title in 2018.
Carvajal has featured 28 times in all competitions for Madrid this season but ad…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has met with Borussia Dortmund s hierarchy to discuss the club s future after the high-profile departures of Mats Hummels and Ilkay Gundogan.
Gabon coach Jorge Costa sparked a flurry of rumours when he was quoted saying Aubameyang missed a recent friendly with Mauritania to discuss a transfer, with Real Madrid, Arsenal and Manchester United reportedly leading the queue for the striker s signature.
Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke labelled Costa s claims b******t , and now Aubameyang himself has moved to ease Dortmund fans fears that he is set to follow Hummels and Gundogan out of Signal Iduna Park.
I missed Gabon s last two games because I sat down with the Dortmund hierarchy to talk about the club s future, Aubameyang told Fussball Tra…
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Looking to reclaim their spot at the top of the table, Manchester City will travel to a revitalized Burnley on Sunday afternoon.
Burnley
Starting with the hosts, coming off the back of another impressive display in their 2-2 draw away at Stamford Bridge last time out, Burnley are enjoying quite the stellar end to the year. With Sean Dyche s side now climbing up to 15th and securing another season of Premier League football, the Clarets are unbeaten in their last four top-flight outings, winning three of those contests. A huge part of Burnley s late resurge has come down to their continued performances at Turf Moor. Picking up back-to-back victories over Cardiff and Wolves in the…
Romelu Lukaku says he is unconcerned at how parent club Chelsea are faring and has hinted at extending his loan spell with West Brom.
The young Belgian has impressed at the Hawthorns, with his two goals against Reading taking his tally to nine for the season from 20 appearances already 12 more than he managed in the entire 2011/12 season at Chelsea.
Speaking to reporters after his side s late collapse at the Madejski Stadium, Lukaku confirmed he was looking to stay at West Brom beyond the end of the campaign.
Hopefully after the January window we will be able to start talking about that (staying at West Brom next season), he said.
At this time I m just looking at my own career and West Brom, I don t really care about what Chelsea are doing at the momen…