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The Colombian radio station Radio Caracol reports that star has already agreed on a move to .

The reported agreement between Rodriguez and the Premier League giants will be publicly announced once the current La Liga season officially ends, on 21 May.

The Colombian star was given a warm round of applause when he was coming off at the hour-mark against Sevilla and Rodriguez responded by applauding them back in what has since then been interpreted as a goodbye to Real Madrid supporters.

Real Madrid are not prepared to discuss futures of individual players until the full season – Champions League final in Cardiff included – is over with, but the Colombian radio found out that Rodriguez has already given his nod to Jose Mourinho’s side.

Rodriguez join…

Leicester City s remarkable Premier League title challenge has Eusebio Di Francesco s Sassuolo dreaming big in Serie A.

Having defied the odds throughout the season, Leicester are now just three matches away from hoisting the trophy aloft after routing Swansea City 4-0 on Sunday.

The rest of the world have stood up and taken notice of Champions League-bound Leicester, none more than Sassuolo, who are seventh in Serie A this term, having finished 12th in 2014-15.

It s a utopia [doing the same as Leicester], it s difficult, but we re getting closer, Di Francesco told Sky Sport Italia.

However, why can t we dream an Italian team repeating such a fairytale? That is something we can look to do.

Di Francesco who signed a contract extension last week …

Kylian Mbappe needed clear-the-air talks with Olivier Giroud, but their argument is now in the past, according to France captain Hugo Lloris.

Les Bleus preparations for Euro 2020 have been overshadowed by an apparent spat between two of their forwards, which stems from the friendly win over Bulgaria last week.

Giroud indicated he was unhappy with some of the service he received in the 3-0 victory, comments that were perceived to be aimed specifically at Mbappe, who exchanged passes with the Chelsea forward just three times in 43 minutes.

The Paris Saint-Germain star admitted last weekend that he had been a little affected by Giroud s remarks, while coach Didier Deschamps held a discussion with both players.

Lloris said Mbappe felt the need to speak his mi…

Jurgen Klopp warned his Liverpool players that keeping exceptional Wolves winger Adama Traore quiet will be even more difficult than shutting out Jamie Vardy.

Premier League top scorer Vardy was largely anonymous as Liverpool won 4-0 at second-place Leicester City on Thursday to move 13 points clear at the summit with a game in hand on the Foxes.

However, the runaway leaders face a quick turnaround in fixtures as they are back in action on Sunday with a home match against Nuno Espirito Santo s Wolves.

Klopp is expecting a tough test at Anfield and is particularly wary of the threat posed by versatile attacker Traore, who has starred on the right of a front three this term and scored twice in a win at Manchester City in October.

Finally, Traore has a ma…

Robert Lewandowski played a starring role as Barcelona moved up to second place in LaLiga with a 3-0 win at Atletico Madrid.

Lewandowski set up on-loan forward Joao Felix to open the scoring against his parent club and doubled his side’s lead just 80 seconds into the second half.

The prolific Poland international then provided the cross for Fermin Lopez to head in the third in the 65th minute as Barca took full advantage of Girona’s defeat at Getafe on Saturday to move above them in the table.

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Barcelona coach Xavi was sent off shortly before half-time for repeated dissent towards the referee, but he will have been delighted with his side’s performance after a slow start.

The home side e…

A-League star Josh Cavallo has come out as gay, making the announcement in a video and open letter on social media.

The 21-year-old is the only openly gay top-flight male footballer in the world.

In his video, he said:  There s something personal that I need to share with everyone. I am a footballer and I am gay.

His open letter stated: It s been a journey to get to this point in my life, but I couldn t be happier with my decision to come out. I have been fighting my sexuality for six years now and I m glad I can put that to rest.

Growing up, I always felt the need to hide myself because I was ashamed. Ashamed I would never be able to do what I loved and be gay. Hiding who I truly am, to pursue a dream I always wished for as a kid, to play football a…

Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle has confirmed that Arsenal have had a bid rejected for defender Gary Cahill.

The centre-back has only a year remaining on his contract with the Trotters and Coyle has maintained throughout the summer that the England international will be allowed to leave for the right price.

Arsenal are looking to delve into the transfer market to spend the money received for Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas this summer and a partner for vice-captain Thomas Vermaelen is among the club s top priorities.

However, Coyle has now revealed that the Gunners offer, which is believed to be in the region of seven million pounds, falls way short of Bolton s valuation.

There was a conversation between [chairman] Phil Gartside and a representative o…

Arsenal are closing in on a deal for Sporting defender Cedric, .

The North London club are set to make signing a defender their priority when the transfer window reopens in January, and have identified the Portugal international as their top target.

The 23 year old is rated as one of Europe’s best full-backs, having racked up almost fifty first team appearances for the Portuguese giants, while in 2011/12, he enjoyed a season long loan with Academia.

The Gunners brought in Mathieu Debuchy in the close season, though he is set to remain on the side-lines until late December, with fellow summer arrival Calum Chambers currently deputising despite largely being seen as a centre back.

Arsene Wenger’s side host bottom-of-the-table Burnely on Saturday a…

Competition: World Cup
Market: Colombia to win against Uruguay
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Colombia have enjoyed a great World Cup campaign so far and are dreaming of reaching the quarter-finals if they can see past South American rivals Uruguay.

Taking nine points from a group which included Greece, Japan and the Ivory Coast has certainly made people start considering Colombia as dark horses for this tournament. But they will have a difficult challenge this weekend when they come up against Uruguay.

Italy and England have both fallen by their sword in the group stages, but Uruguay will be without their influential striker Luis Suarez, who has been suspended for biting. As a result, Colombia are expected to make the difference count, and are being given odds of 20/21 to …

Former England manager Roy Hodgson has urged Everton s Ross Barkley to find himself a new club to fulfil his potential, warning he could become a lost talent.

Barkley s Everton contract expires at the end of the 2017-18 season and his failure to agree a new deal at Goodison Park has led to suggestions Tottenham, Chelsea or Manchester United will attempt to lure him away from Merseyside.

Barkley started one game and came off the bench twice for Hodgson s England team at the 2014 World Cup but failed to make an appearance at Euro 2016.

Hodgson, speaking about the development of young footballers at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in Beijing, said: If Ross can find a club where people believe in him as much as we did in the England set-up he will do well.

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