Olympique Marseille coach Didier Deschamps has signed a one year extension to his contract at the French club. The announcement comes days after newspaper reports linking Deschamps with the vacant manager s post at English giants Liverpool FC. Deschamps is now contracted to L OM till June 2012.
Deschamps arrived at Marseille in 2009 and guided the south east outfit to Ligue 1 glory in his first season at the club. Prior to Marseille, he also had coaching stints at AS Monaco and Juventus.
Deschamps also represented Marseille as a player. He played for them between 1989 and 1994 and was part of their famous Champions League winning squad of 1993.
[Source:- Olympique Marseille]
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Danny Graham s Sunderland career appears to be over after the striker completed a loan move to Blackburn Rovers for the remainder of the season.
Graham, 30, moved to the Stadium of Light from Swansea City in January 2013 but has made just 42 appearances since arriving – scoring only once – and sees his contract expire in June.
Loan spells at Hull City, Middlesbrough and Watford punctured a relatively disappointing time on Wearside for Graham who follows Costel Pantilimon out of Sunderland this week.
Graham has made only six starts in all competitions this season, including during Saturday s 4-1 defeat at Tottenham, but will be tasked with helping 18th-placed Blackburn pull further clear of the drop zone.
Blackburn emerged from a transfer embargo in De…
Atletico Madrid captain Gabi insists his team-mates have no time to feel sorry for themselves after crashing out of the Copa del Rey as they prepare to play champions Barcelona in a crucial La Liga clash at Camp Nou.
Wednesday s 3-2 second-leg defeat at home to Celta Vigo saw Diego Simeone s men crash out at the quarter-final stage for the second straight season three days after a frustrating 0-0 league draw at home to Sevilla.
With Real Madrid already expelled, Saturday s opponents Barcelona are left as overwhelming favourites to win the competition after they battled past Athletic Bilbao with a 3-1 second-leg win and 5-2 aggregate triumph, although a tense tie was still level going into the second half.
Both sides, who between them have won six of the last sev…
The Mirror understand that Paul Pogba will command a transfer fee greater than £200m should Manchester United decide to sell.
The World Cup winner was left out of the side that crashed out of the EFL Cup to Championship outfit Derby County on Tuesday evening and after the match Jose Mourinho confirmed that he had removed the midfielder as his vice-captain.
Barcelona, Paris Saint Germain and the World Cup winner’s former club Juventus are all monitoring the situation at Old Trafford though they will need to shell out upwards of £200m if they want to do business.
Pogba has three years remaining on his current deal with the Red Devils, having re-signed from Juve in the summer of 2017.
In this, his second spell with the club the twenty-five-year-old…
Vincent Kompany s injury absences have been keenly felt by Manchester City but Pep Guardiola hailed a huge step after the captain led his side to a 5-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Kompany scored at the Etihad Stadium for the first time since August 2015 when he slammed Kevin De Bruyne s low cutback into the top corner to spark a second-half rout of Sam Allardyce s side.
The 31-year-old centre-back has now completed 90 minutes in five of City s past six Premier League games – equalling his best run since last season, when an injury ravaged campaign ended with him limping out of the Champions League semi-final loss to Real Madrid and requiring groin and thigh surgery.
City have struggled for defensive solidity under Guardiola but boast clean sheets in th…
Screenshots from DICE’s new Battlefield game, rumored to be called Battlefield 2042, have leaked on EA’s own Origin store ahead of the game’s official announcement later today. Not only have new images been revealed, but further details around the game–including its beta and release date–have also emerged from the Origin leak. [Update: EA has released Battlefield 2042’s trailer, revealing a name and release date. We also have a Battlefield 2042 preview with more details Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Additionally, EA shared some information about the Battlefield 2042 open beta mentioned in the leak below.]
The images show a soldier in a wingsuit flying away from a tornado, a helicopter advancing…
Julian Nagelsmann insisted his Bayern Munich side are good enough as questions continued over the attacking capabilities of his Bundesliga champions.
Robert Lewandowski scored 50 goals in 46 matches for Bayern last season in all competitions, making him the top scorer in Europe s top five leagues, but departed for Barcelona in July.
Nagelsmann s side brought in Sadio Mane from Liverpool prior to the Poland international s exit, though the Senegal forward has failed to fill the void with questions persisting over Bayern s attacking options.
Harry Kane and Cristiano Ronaldo have both repeatedly been suggested as potential solutions for Bayern, whose lack of clinical finishing to kill games off has led to criticism.
When asked about the profligate nature of …
Bayern Munich have announced the signing of defender Omar Richards on a free transfer.
Richards moves to the Bundesliga champions from Reading, having made 42 appearances for the Championship club during the 2020-21 season.
The left-back, who represented England at under-21 level, has agreed a four-year deal that runs through until 2025.
My move to Bayern is a great honour for me. A dream has come true, Richards told Bayern s official website.
I m proud to be wearing the shirt of one of the world s biggest clubs. I hope I can help the team continue to be successful in the future.
My thanks to the management at Bayern for their trust. Our conversations were very convincing. I can t wait to be on the pitch for Bayern.
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Former Real Madrid star Zinedine Zidane is set for a more hands-on role at the Spanish giants, especially during Champions League matches, the club s director general Jorge Valdano said on Thursday.
He will accompany us always during Champions League matches, and in some league matches, Valdano told reporters when asked about what the former French international s new role at the club alongside coach Jose Mourinho will be.
He will not sit on the bench and will help Mourinho in his relationship with the first team; not in technical work, but bringing his experience by being close to the coach and the team.
Earlier on Thursday, sport daily Marca reported that Zidane had met Real president Florentino Perez and Valdano to finalise his role and the paper speculate…
Germany manager Joachim Loew has chosen some of the Bundesliga s brightest young stars to make their international debuts in Gothenburg.
Borussia Dortmund left-back Marcel Schmelzer and 18-year-old playmaker Mario Goetze are in the mix for their first caps, while Mainz attackers Lewis Holtby and Andre Schurrle could also start.
Dortmund s Mats Hummels and Kevin Grosskreutz are other young players vying for selction, and both would be earn their second cap should they play.
Schweinsteiger believes each of the new faces has something to offer the national side.
These are players with great potential they re between 18 and 21 and in this regard we re ahead of other national teams, he told Reuters on Tuesday.
It s an important point and for a coac…