England boss Gareth Southgate says initial discussions have taken place over a new contract, but he is fully focused on Tuesday s friendly with Switzerland.

The 48-year-old has two years remaining on his deal, which will keep him in charge of the team until after the finals of Euro 2020.

Southgate has confirmed there have been talks over an extension but insists his future is of no concern for now.

At the moment, we have had initial discussions, he told a news conference.  That has been it. For me, I have got to focus on the job in hand. I am contracted for next 22 months.

I don t want to go into detail because I don t want to distract from the game. My focus most importantly is on tomorrow [Tuesday] night, then building this team to be as competitive…

Inter Milan owner Steven Zhang says striker Romelu Lukaku, currently on loan from Chelsea, sensed the team would reach the Champions League final upon returning from London last summer.

On June 10th, the Nerazzurri will battle Manchester City for the greatest trophy in club football.

Lukaku told me we re going to the final at the beginning of the season!

Inter Milan owner Steven Zhang reacts as his club reach the Champions League Final for the first time in 13 years

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With Madrid bragging rights up for grabs on Wednesday evening, Los Blancos will welcome Rayo Vallecano to the Bernabeu.

Real Madrid

Starting with the hosts, coming off the back of a 1-0 loss away at Valencia over the weekend, it is fair to say that Real Madrid are really limping their way over the finish line. Coming under a huge amount of scrutiny on May 17th as they watched their Champions League adventure come to an abrupt end thanks to a 5-1 aggregate defeat at the hands of Manchester City, Los Blancos are expected to embark on a major overhaul this summer. With growing speculation that Carlo Ancelotti could once again be heading for the Bernabeu exit, the Spanish icons have now claimed just a pair of wins from any of their last si…

Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta is adamant that the club will resolve coach Antonio Conte s future at the end of the season.

Conte s contract with the Turin club is due to expire in June 2015, but the former Lecce and Juve midfielder has reportedly been attracting interest from foreign clubs.

However, Juve are keen to retain the 44-year-old, who joined from Siena in 2011, but the Serie A leaders are willing to wait until the 2013-14 campaign is out of the way before discussing a new de
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There are no problems or a distance between us, Marotta told Gazzetta dello Sport.

The relationship between Conte, the club, president (Andrea) Agnelli and the board is optimum.

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Pep Guardiola has revealed he left Barcelona because the weight of expectation was too much and he was struggling to motivate the side.

Guardiola enjoyed great success during a four-year reign at Camp Nou, with his haul of honours including three La Liga titles and two UEFA Champions League crowns.

However, Guardiola called time on his stay with the Catalan club at the end of the 2011-2012 season and subsequently took a year s sabbatical before joining Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich ahead of the present campaign.

The Spaniard pointed to Barca s semi-final defeat to Chelsea in the 2012 Champions League as a key point, when he knew it was right to depart, and says the club s immense success also played a part in his exit.

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Jesse Lingard has penned a new bumper deal at Manchester United, .

The twenty-four year old winger has firmly established himself as a first team regular over the past two season and has been rewarded with a new four year contract worth a basic £75,000 per week.

That wage could rise to a whopping £100,000 should the Red Devils qualify for next season’s Champions League.

Following loan spells with Leicester City, Birmingham City, Brighton and Hove Albion and Derby County, Lingard broke into his parent club’s first team in 2015 and has since racked up seventy appearances in all competitions, scoring eleven goals – a tally which includes the winning strike in last season’s FA Cup final victory over Crystal Palace.

Internationally, he has been…

Jose Mourinho has demanded David de Gea puts speculation over his future to one side and focuses on Manchester United s season run-in.

The Spain goalkeeper was on the verge of a deadline day move to Real Madrid at the start of the 2015-16 season but a failure to process paperwork in time kept him in Manchester.

Keylor Navas poor form this season means a new keeper reportedly remains high on the agenda at the Santiago Bernabeu but Mourinho does not want De Gea to become side-tracked as his EFL Cup winners chase Europa League glory and a top-four spot in the Premier League.

I m not interested in the speculation. If the player is, he shouldn t [be], Mourinho told a news conference ahead of Thursday s Europa League quarter-final first leg at Anderlecht.

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Substitutes Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial fired Manchester United to a 3-2 Europa League victory against Omonia Nicosia.

The hosts took the lead after 34 minutes in Cyprus on Thursday when a quick counter-attack ended with Karim Ansarifard rifling into the roof of the net.

But Erik ten Hag rang the changes for the second half and Rashford helped himself to a double either side of a Martial strike to give the Red Devils all three points, with Nikolas Panagiotou scoring a late consolation.

United have now won six of their last seven Europa League away games and remain second in Group E, three points behind leaders Real Sociedad.

Cristiano Ronaldo came close to scoring his 700th club goal with a fierce drive in the first half and Bruno Fernandes hit th…

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Domestic football may be in short supply during the month of August but in its place, we ll see the return of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The two blockbuster competitions will be transformed into a straight knockout tournament, filling the void that has been left by the absence of UEFA Euro 2020 this summer. Today, we re going to be taking a look at what should be an intriguing quarter-final meeting in the UCL between RB Leipzig and Atletico Madrid.

RB Leipzig

Leipzig started the month of July in impressive fashion as they ran out 4-2 winners over Cologne. They then drew 1-1 with Paderborn before returning to winning ways against Hoffenheim, but another draw was right ar…

Espanyol have completed the signing of striker Sergio García de la Fuente from Real Betis. Garcia, a Barcelona youth product, has been signed for €1.8m and has penned a five year deal with Espanyol.

After failing to progress to the senior team, Garcia was loaned out to Levante by Barca. He was transferred to Zaragoza in 2005 and spent three seasons with them before signing for Betis in the dying seconds of the 2008 summer transfer window.

Garcia has been capped at all levels by Spain and also has two international caps to his name. He was also part of the Spanish Euro 2008 winning squad.

[Source:- Espanyol]

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