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South Korea forward Son Heung-min says he would not miss the Qatar 2022 World Cup for the world , confirming he will be available for the tournament.

The Tottenham attacker s participation had been in doubt after suffering a fracture near his left eye during a Champions League clash with Marseille at the start of this month.

Club boss Antonio Conte had previously stated it would be impossible for the player to feature for Spurs before the mid-season break, sparking fears he could miss out on the World Cup entirely.

Now however, Son who has 35 goals in 104 senior appearances for South Korea has revealed he will be fit to feature, and that he is expected to join his country in Qatar.

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Juan Mata has called for a reset at Manchester United as he suggested any player who does not meet the standards should not be at Old Trafford.

United have suffered another dismal season and, regardless of the result in their final game at Crystal Palace on Sunday, will finish the campaign with their lowest points tally in Premier League history.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was dismissed in late November before the short-term appointment of Ralf Rangnick, who will leave with the lowest win rate of any United manager in Premier League history (currently 43.5 per cent – 10 wins from 23 games).

Erik ten Hag is the next man tasked with transforming United s fortunes, and midfielder Mata urged improvements from his side next term as questions persist over the players…

Atletico Madrid have started taking concrete steps with the aim of signing Conor Gallagher from Chelsea this summer, according to Spanish outlet , having already contacted the London Blues about it.

The 24-year-old midfield enforcer is currently representing England at the Euros, and he made a substitute appearance in their 1-0 win over Serbia in the opening round of Group C. In 2023/24, he made an impressive total of 50 appearances for Chelsea in all competitions, scoring seven goals and producing nine assists.

Gallagher s contract with Chelsea expires in 12 months, and his future at the club is reportedly in serious doubt. Several other clubs are said to be monitoring his situation, but it seems Atletico have jumped the queue at this point. At the Rojiblancos they bel…

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Fluminense and Flamengo will lock horns with each other in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A this weekend. The match between Fernando Diniz’s side and Tite’s team will be held at the Maracana and is scheduled to kick off at 8 pm UK time on Sunday.

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Fluminense are one of the biggest and most well-known clubs in Brazil and are doing well at the moment. Tricolor ended up seventh in the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A campaign, but things could turn out much worse this time around.

Fernando Diniz’s side are at the foot of the league table at the moment with just six points from 10 matches. Fluminense are level on points with Gremio, who have played nine times.

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Everton are interested in signing Wilfried Gnonto from Leeds United in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Premier League club Everton are optimistic of getting a deal done for Gnonto, but Championship side Leeds are unlikely to sell the winger for anything less than £25 million.

Gnonto has been on the books of Leeds since the summer of 2022 when he joined from FC Zurich. The 20-year-old Italy international has been superb for the Whites and has established himself as one of the better players for the West Yorkshire club. The winger scored eight goals and provided three assists in 22 starts and 17 substitute appearances in the Championship last season.

Everton finished 15th in the Premier League last season, while Leeds reached the Ch…

Lionel Messi s stunning performances at the 2022 World Cup show the evolution of modern sport , according to former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

Wenger made the observation while speaking alongside Germany legend Jurgen Klinsmann at a press conference for FIFA s Technical Study Group.

The tournament in Qatar has seen a number of older players feature in starring roles for their national teams, with 35-year-old Lionel Messi set to lead his Argentina team out against France in the World Cup final.

Luka Modric, 37, impressed for Croatia as they reached the semi-finals, while Olivier Giroud will likely lead the line for France on Sunday having broken Thierry Henry s record as Les Bleus all-time top goalscorer at the age of 35.

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Marc Wilmots says Kevin De Bruyne has an intense period of rehabilitation ahead of him but the Belgium coach expects the Manchester City star to be fit and firing at Euro 2016.

De Bruyne suffered knee and ankle ligament damage in the second leg of City s League Cup semi-final against Everton on January 27.

Expected to be out for eight to 10 weeks, the loss of the attacking midfielder is a blow to quadruple-chasing City, who face Liverpool in the League Cup final on February 28 and remain in contention in the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.   

Belgium, though, will hope to have the former Chelsea and Wolfsburg man fully fit when they take on Italy, Republic of Ireland and Sweden in Group E of the European Championships in France.

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Spain head coach Vicente del Bosque has tipped hosts France as the biggest threats to his team s defence of their European crown this year.

World champions Germany are rated as narrow bookmakers favourites to win Euro 2016, but Del Bosque fears Didier Deschamps squad most in the competition.

The Spain boss did stress the tournament is wide open and that all seeded sides, as well as the majority of the 24 teams playing in France, would fancy their chances.

There are many rivals and there is no clear favourite, Del Bosque told Gazzetta dello Sport ahead of his team s friendly in Italy on Thursday.

If I have to only say one name, I would say France because they are playing at home.

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Four more teams begin their Champions League knockout-stage campaigns on Wednesday when Inter host Liverpool and Bayern Munich travel to Salzburg for the first leg of their last-16 ties.

The clash between European heavyweights Inter and Liverpool at San Siro could potentially be a landmark one for Reds boss Jurgen Klopp, who is one short of becoming the eighth coach – and the first German – to reach 50 wins in the competition.

Salzburg s meeting with Bayern will be a special occasion regardless as the Austrian Bundesliga champions are competing at this stage of the competition for the first time ever.

Bayern are unbeaten in their last 21 away games in the Champions League since September 2017 – the longest-such run in European Cup history – and they beat …

Bernardo Silva remains uninterested by Cristiano Ronaldo s scathing interview on Manchester United as Portugal aim to focus on the World Cup.

Portugal captain Ronaldo caused a stir this week in a wide-ranging interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, criticising United, senior figures at the club and current manager Erik ten Hag.

The five-time Ballon d Or winner said he felt betrayed by United, who he claims have made zero progress since Alex Ferguson departed Old Trafford in 2013.

Portugal showed no signs of distraction with a 4-0 friendly victory over Nigeria in their sole World Cup warm-up game on Thursday, and Silva says he has no interest in the ongoings with Ronaldo at United.

The news coming from England has nothing to do with Portugal, the Mancheste…