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Manchester City's pursuit of Erling Haaland has advanced significantly, with the club reaching an agreement with the player's representatives.     Sportsmail understands that a suitable financial package has been approved, making Haaland the Premier League's highest-paid player on more than £500,000 per week. City are now expected to activate the 21-year-old striker's £63 million release clause at Borussia Dortmund, and if all goes well, a five-year agreement could be completed within the next week or two. Dortmund stated last week that nothing had been agreed upon and that they were seeking a resolution with others in the hunt, notably Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. There was a chance the player's contract might be extended for another year. City, on the other hand, has stayed quietly confident throughout the process and is now closing in on the prolific forward manager Pep Guardiola desires. The Spaniard lost out on signing Harry Kane last summer, and despi...

The Gunners boss has taken the men's side back into Premier League top-four contention; women's boss Jonas Eidevall also agrees fresh terms Arsenal men's manager Mikel Arteta has signed a new contract, agreeing terms with the club until the end of the 2024-25 season. Arteta took over as Gunners boss at the end of 2019 and has helped the club return into contention to finish in the Premier League top four and qualify for the Champions League. Arsenal announced a double managerial deal on Friday morning, with women's boss Jonas Eidevall also agreeing a new contract. Arteta told the Arsenal club website: “I’m excited, grateful and really, really happy today. "When I spoke to Josh [Kroenke] he could see the club at the same point and he wanted to take the club the way I wanted to do it. So everything that he’s said, and that Stan [Kroenke] has said when I’ve been together with both of them, they’ve always delivered. “We want to take the club to the next level and to c...

Real Madrid secured their 35th La Liga title after beating Espanyol 4-0 on Saturday. Rodrygo scored twice, with Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema adding the gloss to ensure they wrapped things up with four games to spare. Needing only a draw to guarantee glory once more, it took 33 minutes for Rodrygo to open the scoring. The Brazilian added a second 10 minutes later with a fine finish in a dominant display at the Bernabéu.     Asensio’s strike allowed Carlo Ancelotti to rest players as they prepare for their Champions League semi-final second leg against Manchester City on Wednesday, before Benzema finished things off to leave Madrid uncatchable at the top. The league title is Madrid's second trophy of the 2021-22 season after winning the Spanish Supercopa in January. They will look to keep hopes of more silverware alive on Wednesday in their Champions League semifinal second leg with Manchester City , trailing 4-3 . Manager Carlo Ancelotti -- who returned to the club last sum...

"There are so many words I could use to describe how I am feeling about this news... delighted, humbled, blessed, privileged and excited would be a start," Klopp told LiverpoolFC.com . "There is just so much to love about this place. I knew that before I came here, I got to know it even better after I arrived and now I know it more than ever before. "Like any healthy relationship, it always has to be a two-way street; you have to be right for each other. The feeling we were absolutely right for each other is what brought me here in the first place and it's why I've extended previously. "This one is different because of the length of time we have been together. I had to ask myself the question: Is it right for Liverpool that I stay longer? "Along with my two assistant managers, Pep Lijnders and Pete Krawietz, we came to the conclusion it was a 'Yes!' "There is a freshness about us as a club still and this energises me. For as long as I...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Premier League goal in a 1-1 draw against Chelsea in Thursday's Premier League clash at Old Trafford for Manchester United. Ronaldo, who has now scored United's last five goals, found the net just two minutes after Chelsea had taken a deserved 60th-minute lead through Marcos Alonso. The Red Devils have lost three out of their last four games in the Premier League - including back-to-back away defeats at Liverpool and then Arsenal. It is a huge game in the Manchester outfit's season as they look to keep tabs with those chasing a top-four spot. Despite controlling much of the game, Chelsea failed to make the most of a host of chances in a contest between two teams' whose tumultuous seasons are drifting toward their conclusion. "One team deserved to win and that was us. We didn't take it. It was a very, very good performance but we were not decisive enough. We lacked a bit of determination in the box to win the game," Chels...

Liverpool has put a foot in the UEFA Champions League final after a dominant 2-0 win over Villarreal at Anfield on Wednesday night. On the evidence of the first half, Villarreal was comfortable in holding Liverpool off and the best attempt to break the deadlock came from a long-distance shot from Thiago Alcantara, which glanced off the crossbar.    But two goals in three minutes in the second half-an own goal from Pedro Estupinan and Sadio Mane meant Liverpool finally made their dominance count. This was Liverpool’s ninth win in 11 UCL matches this season and it broke a spell of goals from center-back Ibrahima Konate. Konate had scored in his last three starting lineups. Villarreal goalkeeper, Geronimo Rulli, bore the brunt of early groans from the Anfield crowd as he took his time over goal kicks. The first chance fell to Mane, and it was from a corner kick that Konate headed into his path but the Senegalese were tackled quickly for another corner which Mohamed Salah headed ...

Manchester City edged out Real Madrid in one of the most entertaining Champions League games in recent memory, to take a one-goal lead into the second leg of their semi-final. Pep Guardiola's side exploded out of the blocks. They took the lead early on after working the ball out to Riyad Mahrez, who had time to lift the ball into Kevin De Bruyne's path from deep. The Belgian headed home, and it was a dream start for the hosts.     The Etihad had been a strangely subdued place counting down to kick-off. Now it stirred and, when the second goal came, there was joy, even disbelief. Foden got away up the left and, when he found De Bruyne, the cross was whipped into the area. David Alaba tried to nip in front of Jesus to pinch possession, which felt risky, and he got it all wrong. When Jesus spun, the ball was still there at his feet. The finish was simple. City pushed again after the Vinícius goal. When Oleksandr Zinchenko was fouled by Toni Kroos, everybody seemed to stop – cert...