Ronaldinho has backed Gabriel Jesus to show he is one of the best players in Europe following his transfer to Arsenal, who he expects to seal a return to the Champions League.

The Gunners splashed a reported £45million to sign the BrazIl forward from Manchester City and Jesus has quickly made an impact, scoring a brace in a 4-2 win against Leicester City last weekend.

Jesus performances have helped Arsenal stand alongside City as the only Premier League sides to win their opening two matches of the season, providing an early boost to Mikel Arteta s hopes of guiding the club to a top-four finish.

Ronaldinho believes that it will not only be Arsenal that benefit, as the legendary Brazilian feels Jesus has now been handed the platform to show he is one of the top�…

Manchester United risk being destroyed by Liverpool if they fail to improve on their poor early-season performances, according to former Red Devils striker Louis Saha.

The Red Devils are bottom of the embryonic Premier League table – the first time that has happened since 1992-93 – after losing their opening two matches.

After being outplayed in a 2-1 home loss to Brighton and Hove Albion, United were thumped 4-0 at Brentford last weekend on a chastening day for new boss Erik ten Hag.

It is the first time in 30 years that United have started a season with back-to-back league losses and life does not get any easier for Ten Hag, with Liverpool up next on Monday.

Liverpool have themselves had a slower-than-expected start to the 2022-23 campaign, having p…

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson says playing in Saturday s Club World Cup final against Flamengo will be a dream come true .

Champions League winners Liverpool face Copa Libertadores holders Flamengo in a blockbuster clash at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

The Reds are out to win the trophy for the first time, but Brazil international Alisson acknowledged sides hailing from his own country put greater importance on the competition.

Speaking at Friday s pre-match news conference, the ex-Internacional stopper said: I still watch Brazilian football, especially my former club, and Flamengo are a joy to watch.

I m excited to be playing in the Club World Cup final it is a dream come true. I was a young boy at 14 when I watched my club Internaci…

Market: Portsmouth to beat Bradford

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Looking to mount a late push for the playoff s, on Tuesday night Portsmouth will look to carry on their recent success when they travel to the Northern Commercials Stadium to meet a struggling Bradford side.

For former Leeds boss Simon Grayson, his Bantams have drastically struggled to match their start to the season that briefly saw them flirting with the automatic promotion positions. However, Bradford have transformed into arguably League One s out of form side and with just one win in their last 15 matches, Bradford now see their goal difference keeping them outside of the top half of the table. Losing 11 of those 15, Bradford have now recorded just two clean sheets since November 2017 and their issues aren t j…

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Italian striker Mario Balotelli does not feature in his plans for the new season.

The Reds forward spent last season out on loan at AC Milan and he returned to Merseyside as Liverpool begin their preparations for the 2016-17 season.

Jurgen Klopp however explains that Mario Balotelli is his fifth choice striker.

“I have spoken to him about this. There will be a club around who would be happy to have new Mario Balotelli”, Jurgen Klopp was quoted in .

German tacticians insists that there are no problems with the Italian international and went on to praise Balotelli’s effort in preseason training, but he personally advised the 25-year-old forward to look for a different club.

Balotelli’s agent…

Christian Benteke may have struggled to make an impact at Liverpool but the Belgium international has no regrets about his Anfield switch.

The striker moved to Merseyside in July 2015 after 42 Premier League goals in three seasons for Aston Villa, then-Reds manager Brendan Rodgers parting with a reported transfer fee of £32.5million.

Benteke s time at the club did not go as planned, though, as he struggled to hold down a regular first-team berth, and the goals dried up.

In his 29 league appearances – 14 of which were starts – the 25-year-old only found the back of the net nine times, and he was duly sold to Crystal Palace by Rodgers successor Jurgen Klopp in August.

Despite his indifferent spell with the Reds, Benteke does not look back with regret.<…

Geoffrey Kondogbia has described his move to Inter as a dream come true and has set his sights on lifting silverware with Roberto Mancini s side.

After completing his medical on Monday, the France international put pen to paper on the deal that finalises his switch from Monaco.

Kondogbia made 66 appearances for Monaco following his move from Sevilla in 2013, but he had no hesitation in leaving the Ligue 1 club when Inter came calling.

Being a part of this great team is a dream come true, he told the club s television channel. I want to be here for as long as possible. 

As a kid I used to watch Inter play on TV, and now I m joining this huge club. I will give my all.

Inter beat off competition from city rivals Milan to acquire the 22-year-old, …

Neymar is not looking forward to facing Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi when Brazil take on Argentina in Beijing on Saturday.

The two South American rivals will meet at the Beijing National Stadium this weekend for the first time since November 2012, with Neymar s Brazil having picked narrow wins over Colombia and Ecuador since their World Cup campaign on home soil ended.

Ahead of a fixture that will likely be treated more seriously than a standard friendly, Neymar warned of the threat Messi can pose.

Playing alongside him is a great honour; he s the best player in the world, he explained to reporters in the Chinese capital.

Playing against him is not pleasant.

We hope that he has a bad day and doesn t see much of the ball. We all realise tha…

AC Milan chief Adriano Galliani has confirmed that Flamengo are showing interest in Brazilian forward Robinho.

The former Manchester City star has expressed his desire to return to Brazil, with a return to Santos the most likely option.

However, Flamengo have also joined the race for the highly rated forward, according to Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani.

“Robinho to Flamengo? It’s possible, yes,” Galliani told reporters after landing in Rio de Janeiro.

The Rossoneri official has traveled to Brazil to negotiate with clubs interested in Robinho and Alexandre Pato, who are both hoping to return to their native country.

Robinho, 28, has failed to make a big impact in Europe and has always saved his best performances for the Brazil’s top…

QPR defender Rio Ferdinand has shown no sign of remorse according to the commission that penalised him over recent comments on Twitter.

The former England captain was banned for three matches and fined £25,000 due to his conduct on the social network, with the Football Association citing a potentially insulting reference to gender.

After being sent a message from another Twitter user, which read, Maybe QPR will sign a good CB they need one, Ferdinand replied using the derogatory slang term sket .

The Independent Regulatory Commission released its written reasons for the case on Wednesday and revealed Ferdinand through his solicitors had claimed his use of the word was not derogatory, an explanation that was rejected.

The commission s statement read: Unf…