Dutch local newspaper Eindhovens Dagblad is reporting that Chelsea defender Jeffrey Bruma is set to leave Hamburger SV.
Bruma, 21, has joined the Bundesliga side on loan in the summer of 2011, but has recently lost his place in the starting line-up.
This is not an ideal situation for his parent club Chelsea, and Blues advisor Piet de Visser claims the defender is set to leave HSV in search of first team football.
“His situation at Hamburg is currently not as we hoped,” De Visser told Eindhovens Dagblad.
“He is currently not a first choice with his coach. Bruma is a boy who needs to play week in week out.”
Vitesse and PSV Eindhoven hope to take advantage of the situation and are ready to offer the player an escape route from Imtech Arena.<…
Both Sarina Wiegman and Martina Voss-Tecklenburg have resisted temptation to tamper with their starting XIs as they have named unchanged teams for Sunday s Women s Euro 2022 final between England and Germany.
There had been speculation that Lionesses manager Wiegman would give in-form Alessia Russo a first start of the campaign, with the striker third in the scoring charts with four goals from the bench.
However, Wiegman has instead kept faith with Ellen White, who has scored just twice in five starts but is England s all-time top goalscorer.
England have named the same team from the start in all six of their matches at the finals, making them the first team in either a men s or women s European Championship to name an unchanged starting XI in every game fr…
A study from Ofcom ahead of the new season has found that seven out of 10 Premier League footballers have been abused on Twitter.
It also revealed that 362 tweets containing abuse are sent to Premier League players every day, and that eight out of the top 10 Premier League players most abused online played for Manchester United last season.
Half of the derogatory tweets were targeted at just 12 players, with United s Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire receiving the most abuse.
Other players in the top 10 included Bruno Fernandes, Fred, David de Gea, Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Harry Kane and Jack Grealish.
In the report, Ofcom s Group Director for Broadcasting and Online Content Kevin Bakhurst said: Football is a game of high emotion, p…
Maya Yoshida thinks Japan s settled starting XI will see the defending Asian Cup champions improve again in the quarter-finals.
Japan s settled starting line-up is helping the reigning champions build momentum at the Asian Cup, as they prepare for their quarter-final against United Arab Emirates.
Coach Javier Aguirre selected the same XI to begin each of Japan s three group matches and they completed a clean sweep on Tuesday with a 2-0 triumph over bogey team Jordan.
With games every four days at the Asian Cup, many coaches have focused on rotation to keep their squads fresh.
But Japan central defender Maya Yoshida insists Aguirre s stance is a benefit for the title-holders.
[We are] getting better every day and understand each other [better] ev…
Andre Schurrle has been hotly tipped to join Wolfsburg, but the Bundesliga club say a deal to sign the Chelsea forward is not done yet.
Wolfsburg have yet to agree a deal for Chelsea forward Andre Schurrle, with the club s sporting director stating that time is running out to complete the transfer.
Premier League leaders Chelsea are expected to confirm the signing of Fiorentina s Juan Cuadrado with Schurrle having been tipped to depart Stamford Bridge throughout the transfer window.
Bundesliga side Wolfsburg are reportedly in pole position for the Germany international s signature, but the club s sporting director Klaus Allofs has warned there is still plenty of work to do.
There is no agreement at the moment, he told Wolfsburger Nachrichten.
Ajax coach Frank de Boer says he does not know what led to the Netherlands Euro 2012 failure.
The Dutch were among the favourites heading into the tournament but lost all three matches and were eliminated after finishing bottom of Group B.
De Boer admitted he was extremely disappointed with his country s poor showing in Poland and Ukraine but was unable to put a finger on what exactly went wrong for Bert van Marwijk’s men.
Just like the other 16 million people in Holland, I found it very disappointing,” the Ajax boss told reporters on Wednesday.
Was there a difference between now and two years ago? I don t know, but something wasn t right.
De Boer was an assistant to Van Marwijk during the 2010 World Cup, when the Dutch lost in extra-time …
Fabio Capello has warned his England s stars that they must build on the momentum created by last month s stunning win in Croatia by winning over the Wembley crowd against Kazakhstan on Saturday.
England s recent outings at their home base have tended to end with a chorus of angry jeers highlighting the new stadium s fine accoustics.
Capello believes that has created an inhibiting fear factor when Wayne Rooney and co. play in front of their home crowd.
But the 4-1 win in Zagreb has created tentative optimism that England are firmly on track to reach the 2010 World Cup finals, and their Italian coach wants to see the psychological shackles thrown off against a Kazakhstan side his squad should expect to beat comfortably.
It is important we continue the…
Radamel Falcao insisted the injury that forced him off the field at half-time of Colombia s 3-0 friendly victory over Panama was nothing to worry about .
The Monaco forward scored Colombia s third goal from the penalty spot at Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campin, but was replaced by Duvan Zapata at half-time.
Falcao scored 15 goals in 33 Ligue 1 appearances for Monaco in 2018-19, and his contract at the principality club expires in 2020.
He has been linked with a move away from Stade Louis II, with Falcao s former club Atletico Madrid reportedly interested in signing him again.
TERMINÓ EL PARTIDO EN BOGOTÁ
Colombia 3 vs. 0 Panamá
— Selección Colombia (@FCFSeleccionCol)
The 33-year-old recently rebuked the suggestion that …
Benfica and Portugal attacker Joao Felix said he would wait until after the Nations League Finals to sort out his future.
The 19-year-old is linked with several European heavyweights, including Manchester City, Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Clubs are reportedly ready to trigger Joao Felix s €120million release clause, with the teenager s rapid rise continuing with his international debut in Portugal s 3-1 win over Switzerland in the Nations League Finals.
Speaking after the game, Joao Felix said a decision on his future would have to wait.
Now I m focused on the national team, he told reporters.
After finishing the Nations League, I m going to resolve my life.
Joao Felix scored 20 goals in all competitions for Benfica in 2018-19,…
Antonio Conte says his ambition to adopt a Barcelona model at Juventus was enough to convince president Andrea Agnelli to hire him.
Conte, 43, joined the club as head coach in 2011 and has since guided Juve to successive Scudetto titles, the first of which came at the end of an unbeaten league season.
Conte wrapped up his second championship on Sunday following a 1-0 victory over Palermo and, writing in his autobiography, the coach revealed aspects of the job interview which landed him the position.
He wrote: In the past few years Juventus have been a team who allow their opponents lots of possession. Instead, I want the opposition to be afraid of the team before even taking to the field.
Juventus need players who are hungry for victories, players who be…