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Wembley stages a meeting of clubs celebrating memorable nights in this week’s Champions League. Liverpool’s 7-0 win at Maribor was the largest ever away win for an English team in over six decades of involvement in European competition, while Tottenham were good value for their 1-1 draw with Real Madrid …

Bayern Munich will give Arsenal and Liverpool a free run at Thomas Lemar after dropping their interest in the Monaco midfielder, The German champions have been scared off by the 21-year-old’s €90m asking price and have decided to look at other options. That leaves Arsenal and Liverpool to duke it …

Barcelona are keeping a close eye on Tottenham pair Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen after watching them in action against Real Madrid on Tuesday, reports Mundo Deportivo. The Catalan giants’ sporting director, Robert Fernández, was in the crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu to see Kane and Eriksen help Mauricio Pochettino’s …

The big news in today’s gossip pages is that Mesut Ozil is planning to leave Arsenal for Manchester United either in January or when his contract expires at the end of the season. the 29-year-old is so confident the deal will happen that he’s already told his Gunners teammates. Ozil …

Tammy Abraham might have been Chelsea’s saviour — a young forward who could have galvanised a club searching for answers as hopes of retaining last season’s Premier League title fade. But he can’t be. Not this season, at least. Abraham, just older than Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, is on loan …

Chelsea have joined the race for highly rated wonder kid Pietro Pellegri.Genoa will not entertain an offer less than €40-45 million. Antonio Conte could welcome his compatriot in January as he searches for a backup to Alvaro Morata due to a lack of faith in Michy Batshuayi. The outlet reports …

Arturo Vidal is being tracked by Inter Milan, who could snap up the Chile international in the winter transfer window as Bayern Munich re-adjust after sacking Carlo Ancelotti. The former Juventus star’s most likely destination appears to be Inter, with the Nerazzurri likely to make a move following summer interest. …

LISBON, Portugal — Nemanja Matic has revealed Jose Mourinho ordered his players to target goalkeeper Mile Svilar before the teenager’s error gifted Manchester United victory over Benfica. The 18-year-old, who became the youngest goalkeeper to appear in the Champions League, carried Marcus Rashford’s 30-yard free kick over the line in …

The NFF boss confirmed that the Swansea youngster is poised to team up with the Super Eagles after an ‘honest’ discussion last week Amaju Pinnick has declared that Tammy Abraham has agreed to play for the Nigeria senior national team. The Nigeria Football Federation president confirmed his dialogue with the …

These are the best paid African footballers in the world These players are at the top of their craft A host of African players abroad received sizeable wages weekly for their jobs as footballers. In this list, we take a look at 10 most paid African players in world football. …