Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez has been named Player of the Year by the Football Supporters Federation.

Sanchez has scored 20 goals for Arsene Wenger s men in 2015, including a long-range stunner as Arsenal thumped Aston Villa 4-0 to retain the FA Cup in May.

The Chile star is the third straight player from South America to land the prize, which was first awarded in 2013, and he follows in the footsteps of Luis Suarez and Sergio Aguero in winning the award.

The 26-year-old beat off competition from Jamie Vardy, Aguero, David De Gea, Harry Kane and John Stones.

I m delighted to receive the FSF Player of the Year award. Personally, it s been a great 2015 for me on the pitch with both my club and country, Sanchez, who also helped Chile to Copa America su…

Chelsea have taken a huge step towards qualification to the Champions League semi-finals by getting the better of FC Porto 2-0 in the first leg of their quarter-final tie at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium in Seville on Wednesday evening.

Thomas Tuchel’s side had got the better of Atletico Madrid over two legs in the Round of 16 and headed into the tie against Portuguese giants Porto as favourites.

Chelsea took the lead in Sevilla in the 32nd minute when Jorginho found Mason Mount, and the English midfielder made a clever turn and finish.

Ben Chilwell took advantage of a defensive mistake from Porto in the 85th minute to make it 2-0 to Chelsea, who are now rated at 4/5 by to reach the final of the Champions League this season.

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With his team set to face Werder Bremen in Saturday s German Cup final, Bayern Munich captain Mark van Bommel says his side suffered a lost year under ex-coach Jurgen Klinsmann.

Bayern have enjoyed a remarkable season under coach Louis van Gaal having already won the Bundesliga title and reached both this weekend s German Cup final and the Champions League final in Madrid next Saturday.

Van Gaal took over last July after Klinsmann was sacked by the German giants in April 2009 after only ten months in charge following a string of poor results.

Having signed Arjen Robben from Real Madrid last August, Bayern have dominated German football this season, but Van Bommel says Bayern s time under Klinsmann, who guided Germany to third at the last World Cup, was wasted.

Yannick Bolasie is stalling over Crystal Palace’s offer of a new contract, .

The DR Congo international wants wages of around £45,000 per week, though the Eagles are reluctant to match that figure – news that will alert Tottenham Hotspur, who have been eyeing a move to secure his services.

Bolasie, who currently earns in the region of £20,000 per week, was one of Palace’s stand out players last season as they secured a top half finish against all odds.

The 26 year old moved to Selhurst Park from Bristol City in the summer of 2012, and has so far racked up one hundred and fourteen appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring seven goals.

He was part of the squad that won promotion to the Premier League in 2013, while he also has bee…

Middlesbrough are interested in signing Luke Amos from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that Boro have spoken to Spurs about the 23-year-old midfielder’s position and want to sign him on a permanent contract.

Queens Park Rangers are also reported to be interested in securing the services of the 23-year-old midfielder this summer. The youngster spent the 2019-20 campaign on loan at QPR from Spurs this past season, and made 26 starts and eight substitute appearances in the Championship, scoring two goals in the process, according to .

It has been further claimed that Tottenham head coach Jose Mourinho has told his bosses to sell the 23-year-old this summer, as he does not feature in his plans. The report has added that…

Erik ten Hag is confident Cristiano Ronaldo will hit his stride after scoring his 700th club goal – and his first of the 2022-23 Premier League season – in Sunday s 2-1 win at Everton.

Ronaldo had endured a frustrating campaign prior to his outing at Goodison Park, a ground on which he had never previously scored a Premier League goal, but he proved decisive after entering the fray in the first half.

Antony cancelled out Alex Iwobi s opener before Ronaldo replaced the injured Anthony Martial, and the 37-year-old quickly made his mark by firing a left-footed finish beyond Jordan Pickford.

That strike was Ronaldo s 700th in club football and his 144th across two spells at Old Trafford, and ensured United bounced back from last week s derby thrashing by Manches…

Senegalese international Jacques Faty has claimed that he and not Sochaux teammate Charlie Davies was driving a car caught speeding last weekend, local newspaper Le Progres reported here on Sunday.

US international striker Davies, 24, was caught behind the wheel of the Audi Q7 clocked at 190km/h at Dole in the Jura district of eastern France and had his driving licence confiscated.

But Faty claimed Sunday he was driving his car at the time of the incident and had panicked and asked Davies to take his place before the police control.

I asked Charlie to take my place behind the wheel. As he s American I felt he didn t risk anything, Faty told the newspaper from Dakar.

Today it s my duty to face up to my actions. Charlie was unfairly accused. A year after…

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Once again Barcelona find themselves with a large deficit after the first leg, but they were in even more difficult situation against PSG and still managed to go through. Juventus did make a giant step towards the semi-finals with a 3-0 win in Turin, but they are well aware the job needs to be finished at Camp Nou.

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This is proving to be one of the most disappointing seasons in recent years for the Catalans, who just cannot seem to find any sort of consistency. The La Liga trophy is slowly slipping out of grasp and their Champions League campaign could be over within 48 hours as well. Barcelona did produce a remarkable comeback against Paris Saint-Germain in the Last 16 stage, winning the second …

Jadon Sancho was a transfer target for Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga champions sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic confirmed.

Sancho joined Borussia Dortmund from Manchester City in August 2017 and has made a fantastic start to the new season with Lucien Favre s side four points clear at the top of the table after 11 games.

The 18-year-old has recorded a league-high six assists despite often being used as a substitute, while he starred in Saturday s 3-2 Klassiker win over Bayern.

And Salihamidzic has now revealed Bayern also tried to sign Sancho, 18, when he left City in search of more first-team opportunities.

The truth is that Bayern Munich did want to sign Jadon Sancho and made him an offer which he, unfortunately, refused, Salihamidzic told Sport Bi…

Brendan Rodgers expects Cameron Carter-Vickers to be fit enough to return to the Celtic defence for Saturday’s cinch Premiership match at home to St Johnstone.

The influential centre-back has had an injury-disrupted campaign since undergoing knee surgery at the end of last term and he sat out Sunday’s Scottish Cup quarter-final victory over Livingston as a “precaution” after feeling a “twinge” in his hamstring.

Carter-Vickers has been given the all-clear after a scan, however, and Rodgers is optimistic that the American will be available for the visit of Saints.

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