Man United set Mkhitaryan price at £35m

Premier League giants currently sit a whopping 12 points behind their City rivals, and Pep Guardiola s side has a game in hand over the Red Devils. With a seemingly insurmountable lead to chase down, United need to make a statement in January, and various players are being put up for sale in order to fund such a statement.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, once a player that arrived at Old Trafford with a huge amount of excitement surrounding him, looks set to be the biggest name offloaded in January. The club have slapped a £35m price tag on the Armenian s head, according to , amidst reported interest from .

The versatile winger and midfielder has failed to make an impact since making the move to Manchester in July 2016, scoring just four times in his first season. This campaign h…

Sassuolo 13/5 to beat Genoa in Saturday’s Serie A encounter

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Italy s top league continues to provide no end of incredibly exciting games as the league begins to gain pace in 2018. The top and the bottom of the table remains exceptionally tight, with a win able to catapult a team up the table. With all of this in mind, Sassuolo travel to face Genoa in Saturday s game.

Genoa have been in poor form this season and they are in need of a number of wins to climb up the table. After 19 games they have won four times, drawn six and lost nine matches, scoring 15 goals and conceding 22 times. The 18 points they have accumulated means they are just three clear of the relegation zone, while their last five games, in which they have won just twice, drawn twic…

Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester: A fairy tale in the making

Claudio Ranieri Defying odds to write history with Foxes / Image squawka.com

From having barely avoided relegation last season to fighting for glory the very next year, Leicester City’s Premier League journey has been a remarkable one.

Five rounds until the end of domestic campaign and the Foxes are sitting top of the league with 72 points next to their name, seven more than Tottenham Hotspur in second place and with one hand on the Premier League trophy.

As surprising as it would have sounded last summer, Leicester City are currently standing at at the end of the season and they have one man to credit for their stellar success – Claudio Ranieri.

Known as ‘the Tinkerman’ in recognition of his tendency to make sudden, unexpected and often unneces…

Stand down PSG and Manchester United – Milinkovic-Savic not interested in Lazio exit

Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic insists he is not thinking of a move away from the club in January.

The 22-year-old has established himself as a crucial part of Simone Inzaghi s side, scoring five goals in 17 Serie A appearances this term to help them into fifth place in the table after 18 matches.

His performances have led to speculation of interest from a number of European clubs, including Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United.

However, the Serbia international says his focus is on helping Lazio in their challenge for a top-four finish and a return to the Champions League next season.

I had a year to remember. I d like to go forward with the same success in 2018, he told Novosti.

Before every training session and …

Sunderland sign N´Diaye

Sunderland have completed the signing of Bursaspor s French midfielder Alfred N Diaye for an undisclosed fee.

The 22-year-old signed a three-and-a-half-year contract on Wednesday which will keep him at the Stadium of Light until 2016.

Sunderland have paid a fee believed to be in the region of 3.8 million pounds for the Frenchman, who moved to Turkey from Nancy in 2011.

N Diaye, who is capable of playing at centre-back as well as in midfield, scored eight goals in 66 appearances for Bursaspor.

Sunderland manager Martin O Neill is delighted to have added the tough-tackling, hard-working, physical midfielder to his struggling squad.

Alfred is a strong, powerful young player and as such can offer us more strength in depth, he told the club s websit…