Aston Villa have signed Tyrone Mings for a reported £20million.
The defender becomes Bournemouth s club-record sale, with the fee said to include clauses that could see it rise to £26.5m.
During a loan spell at Villa Park last season, Mings made 18 appearances to help Villa win promotion from the Championship.
And after the arrivals of Matt Targett and Wesley, Mings has further bolstered Dean Smith s squad for the 2019-20 season.
We re really pleased to have Tyrone back at Aston Villa on a permanent basis, he told Villa s official club website.
I think everybody could see the connection that he made with the club as a whole and it is excellent news that we can continue the relationship in the Premier League.
He will be an integral p…
Manchester United have completed the signing of Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna for £35million (€42.5m).
The Netherlands international, who was part of the side that reached the Euro 2024 semi-finals, has put pen to paper on a five-year deal at Old Trafford, with the option for a further year.
Zirkzee is United s first major signing of the transfer window, as Erik ten Hag looks to improve on the Red Devils disappointing eighth-place finish in the Premier League last season.
The 23-year-old scored 11 Serie A goals last term as Bologna secured Champions League qualification for the first time in their history.
Ready to make his mark
Joshua Zirkzee: welcome to Manchester United
— Manchester United (@ManUtd)
Zirkzee told United s of…
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Erik ten Hag hailed the progress Manchester United have made in their defensive work after recording three successive victories, as he weighs up whether to hand Antony his debut against Arsenal on Sunday.
United continued their recovery from a dismal start to Ten Hag s tenure on Thursday, with Jadon Sancho s goal seeing off Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.
The Red Devils last posted three successive league wins in December 2021, when they downed Arsenal, Crystal Palace and Norwich City.
Ten Hag s team have also kept back-to-back clean sheets after clinching a shutout win over Southampton last week, but while the Dutchman is pleased with their defensive improvements, he knows there is still work to be done.
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Harry Redknapp has played down reports linking him with Premier League strugglers Newcastle United.
Steve McClaren is under the pump as Newcastle head coach after a 3-1 loss to AFC Bournemouth saw them slump to second last in the league table.
The club have won just two of their past 12 league fixtures and face the serious threat of relegation to the Championship for a second time since 2009.
However, when asked if he had held talks with Newcastle over replacing McClaren, Redknapp told TV3: No, I ve never spoken to anybody at Newcastle.
Steve s still in a job. I like Steve McClaren. I ve worked with Steve, he s an excellent coach, manager, whatever, but he needs a result quickly. But I ve never spoken to them.
I was getting on the plane tod…
Former Newcastle Jets assistant Mark Jones has returned to the club as head coach on a two-season deal.
Jones, 50, takes over just weeks out from the start of the A-League season after the Jets sacked Scott Miller earlier this month.
He leaves his position as Adelaide United s W-League and youth coach.
Clayton Zane has been appointed as Jones assistant at the Jets.
It s a proud day for me to be appointed head coach of Newcastle Jets, my hometown club, Jones said.
It is no secret that this is a position that I have long coveted, and to realise my ambition of becoming a head coach in the city I love is a dream come true.
But now the hard work begins. The club has assembled a competitive and balanced squad brimming with local talent, A-Lea…
Real Madrid have joined the race to land Inter centre-back Milan Skriniar, with the 27-year-old s contract set to expire at the end of this season.
Skriniar has been one of the most in-demand defenders in the world this year, with numerous bids coming during the last transfer window from Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Tottenham.
While Inter are keen to fend off the outside interest and lock him into a new contract, the fact that he will be able to leave on a free transfer at the conclusion of the campaign could force their hand.
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Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall believes new Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca will surprise a lot of people when they watch the Blues this season.
The Italian led Leicester City straight back to the Premier League as Championship winners in his only season in charge and succeeds Mauricio Pochettino at Stamford Bridge.
The Foxes topped the second division table with 98 points, with Dewsbury-Hall a key figure in his squad as he netted 12 goals and provided 14 assists last season – his best tally in a single campaign.
Dewsbury-Hall was also named Leicester s Player and Players Player of the Year.
The midfielder made the switch to West London earlier this month for £30million and is confident that Maresca will have Chelsea challenging for trophies in no time.
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Mohamed Salah and Liverpool will get another shot at revenge against Real Madrid, who progressed past Manchester City to secure a place in the Champions League final on Wednesday.
Liverpool saw their way past Villarreal on Tuesday, coming back to win the second leg 3-2 to win 5-2 on aggregate.
Immediately following Real Madrid s dramatic win over City, Salah took to Twitter to state his feelings.
The 29-year-old famously went off injured early as Real Madrid defeated Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final in Kyiv.
He scored as Liverpool also lost 3-1 on aggregate in the 2020/21 quarter-final stage.
We have a score to settle.
— Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah)
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Barcelona head coach Xavi believes his side were unfortunate to not walk away with all three points despite requiring a last-gasp equaliser in a 2-2 draw at Espanyol on Sunday.
Raul de Tomas fired Vicente Moreno s hosts ahead in the second half after Pedri and Sergi Darder exchanged first-half strikes at the RCDE Stadium.
Luuk de Jong then delivered a last-gasp header to salvage a point as both sides ended with 10 men, after Gerard Pique and Nicolas Melamed were dismissed for two bookable offences following a confrontation between the pair.
Manuel Morlanes also saw red on the touchline for dissent following De Jong s equaliser, which was Barca s 10th headed goal in LaLiga this season – no team has scored more this term, while it is their best tally since the …