Football Bizness

Mats Hummels has confessed he is considering leaving Borussia Dortmund this summer and heavily hinted it will be for a club outside of the Bundesliga.

The Spain midfielder has been in great form through March and helped Louis van Gaal's side to important victories over Tottenham and Liverpool.

The 20-year-old signed for the Gunners in 2011 and plied his trade in the youth team and on loan at Watford.

Jordon Ibe is hoping to make a timely return to Liverpool's squad before the end of the season after stepping up his rehabilitation from a knee ligament injury.

The record is coming. Everyone knows that now. It might be on Tuesday night in the Juventus Stadium, Turin or in June at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin or the Stozice Stadium in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The Premier League has never been richer, with the most recent combined annual income for the current 20 clubs soaring past £3billion for the first time.

Italy's controversial debutant Eder saved his adopted country from a major embarrassment with a fantastic late strike to lift spirits ahead of their friendly against England on Tuesday.

Perhaps the greatest compliment that can be given to Wales is that this cauldron of noise, which at kick-off seemed so threatening, was reduced to a quiet hum after the 50th minute.

Marouane Fellaini struck twice as Belgium moved within three points of Euro 2016 Group B qualifying leaders Wales with a 5-0 thumping of Cyprus on Saturday.

Holland scored in stoppage time through a deflected Wesley sneijder shot to secure a 1-1 draw with Turkey on Saturday and avoid their first ever home defeat in European championship qualifying,

Argentina cruised to a 2-0 friendly victory over El Salvador at the Fedex Field in Landover Maryland, Gerardo Martino's side dominated the game and took the lead in the 54th minute thanks to a Nestor Renderos own goal deflected from Ever Banega's shot. Substitute Federico Mancuello then made sure of the win with a free kick from a tight angle on 88 minutes.

Southampton  youngster Callum Slattery is attracting European transfer interest.

Jamie Carragher  believes Thibaut Courtois will be one of Europe’s top goalkeepers for the next ten years or so.

Hull City  were unlucky to came out empty-handed from their clash against  Chelsea  on Sunday and boss Steve Bruce is supremely confident that his club will avoid the drop.

Newcastle United  will ponder a summer move for Hoffenheim’s  Andreas Beck   according to reports.

Lazio  coach Stefano Pioli is delighted to have Ravel Morrison training with his squad.

Diego  Costa will not under the knife according to  Chelsea  boss  Jose Mourinho .

Vincent Kompany insists that Manchester City are still in the title hunt for the Premier League title after their convincing 3-0 win over 10-man West Brom at the Etihad. There was controversy in the first minute as Gareth McAuley was mistakenly sent off by referee Neil Swarbrick for a foul committed by Craig Dawson, before Wilfried Bony opened his City account with a powerful finish. Fernando and David Silva completed the scoring in the one-way tie that saw City close the gap between themselves and Chelsea to three points, and Kompany thinks his side can keep up the pressure on the leaders, who have two games in hand.

Everton manager Roberto Martinez hailed the Toffees' 2-1 win against QPR as the 'most satisfying' victory of his tenure at the club.

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew is promising an exciting summer of recruitment at Selhurst Park after the club effectively guaranteed their Premier League survival with a comeback victory at Stoke City.

Tottenham  striker  Harry Kane  is closing in on the Premier League Player of the Season award according to Jamie Redknapp.

Manchester City  midfielder  Frank Lampard  feels they showed the right attitude for victory over  West Bromwich Albion .

AS  Roma  captain  Francesco Totti  hailed teammate  Daniele de Rossi  after victory over Cesena.

Hearts are celebrating the Scottish Championship title after Hibernian's defeat to Rangers confirmed the Gorgie club's return to the top flight.

Former Everton and Manchester United boss David Moyes believes failure in Europe has exposed declining standards in the Barclays Premier League. Moyes is manager of Spanish side Real Sociedad, a job he took up in November. He has been linked with a return to England with West Ham, where Sam Allardyce remains in charge, but appears comfortable in La Liga. While Spanish sides have flourished in Europe this season their Premier League counterparts have struggled, with none left in the Champions League or Europa League after Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Everton bowed out this month. 'I think this year you'd have to say it's probably the poorest Premier League I've seen in a long, long time. 'Maybe we do go over the top and recently we have maybe talked up the Premier League more than what it's actually been. There's other leagues which are certainly now comparable.' Moyes expects to return to the Premier League, but not in...

Juventus moved closer to a fourth straight Serie A title with a 1-0 win over Genoa on Sunday. Carlos Tevez scored the only goal of the game after 25 minutes to secure a 20th win in 28 Serie A fixtures for Massimiliano Allegri's men. Their advantage at the top of the table is now such that they can plan on wrapping the title up even before the semi-finals of the Champions League, which they will reach if they can see off Monaco in the quarters. 

Emmanuel Emenike stormed off the field after the Fenerbache striker was the victim of alleged abuse from his own fans in Turkey. The Nigeria international appeared to angrily remove his shirt and marched towards the sidelines during Sunday night’s match against rivals Besiktas. But his coaches on the touchline ordered him to put his top back on and continue playing, which he did.  Emenike has endured a difficult time in front of goal this season, netting just four times in 22 appearances, and after squandering a first-half chance, he was jeered before boss Ismail Kartal opted to withdraw him. Senegalese front-man Moussa Sow, meanwhile, scored a dramatic 91 minute winner to secure three points for Fenerbache.  The result sees the club remain third in the Turkish Super League table with 53 points from 25 games, two behind the pace of first-placed Galatasaray. 

Manuel Neuer made a horrendous error as Bayern Munich were stunned by a 2-0 defeat at home Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga on Sunday.

Not the sweetest strike you’ll see. Not the sweetest strike of the game, in fact. But Loic Remy’s tentative prod which squirmed past goalkeeper Allan McGregor and trickled into the net was like a shot of nectar for Chelsea.

Barcelona took a massive step towards the La Liga title with a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in the Clasico, and their players took to social media to celebrate. Brazilian striker Neymar was quick to upload photos to Instagram after his team's narrow victory on Sunday night at the Nou Camp. Neymar shared an image of himself with Lionel Messi and four other Brazilians Rafinha, Douglas, Dani Alves and Adriano in the dressing room after the match.

They stood alongside each other, peering anxiously towards The Kop. As a sea of red and white jerseys jostled and pointed fingers, Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton never blinked.

Luis Suarez paid back another huge chunk of his transfer fee at the Nou Camp with the goal that won the Clasico — and quite possibly the Spanish league title for Barcelona.

Steven Gerrard issued a public apology to his Liverpool teammates and the club’s supporters on Sunday after he was sent off in the defeat to Manchester United at Anfield just 38 seconds after coming on as a half-time substitute. Gerrard, who was facing United for the last time before leaving Liverpool for LA Galaxy, was shown a straight red card by referee Martin Atkinson when he reacted to a challenge from Ander Herrera with a senseless stamp on the Spaniard. United went on to win 2-1 thanks to two goals from Juan Mata as they moved five points clear of their arch-rivals in the race for a Champions League place.  ‘I’ve let down my teammates and the supporters,’ admitted Gerrard, who now faces a three-match ban. ‘I take full responsibility. I need to accept it, the decision was right. ‘I've been in the game long enough when you do something like that. I don’t know what caused it, probably just a reaction to the initial tackle. ‘I shouldn’t say more about it...

Jose Mourinho remains 'pretty confident' his Chelsea side will be crowned Barclays Premier League champions, but Diego Costa is an injury concern for their title run-in.

Louis van Gaal described his victory as 'one of the most important moments in my career' as Manchester United moved five points clear of arch-rivals Liverpool in the race for a Champions League place.

Wayne Rooney and his Manchester United team-mates were celebrating on Sunday night after they beat Liverpool to move five points clear of their rivals in the race for Champions League football.

Louis van Gaal was delighted with his  Manchester United  side as they handled the Anfield pressure well on Sunday.

Jamie Redknapp was full of praise for  Juan Mata  in the wake of Manchester United’s win over  Liverpool  on Sunday.

Roy Hodgson has called two goalkeepers into his England squad for the games against Lithuania and Italy after the withdrawal of Fraser Forster.

West Ham United vs Sunderland, Premier League - Diafra Sakho nets dramatic late winner which leaves Black Cats facing a major battle to retain Premier League status

Radamel Falcao's time at Manchester United seems set to be curtailed at the end of the season after a faltering year from the Colombia international.

Jonas Gutierrez has signalled his readiness to step into the depths of a crisis which is threatening to end Newcastle's season with a whimper.

Sevilla's pursuit of La Liga's top four was boosted by a 3-0 victory over Elche at the weekend, but the victory has gained notoriety thanks to a player that did not even make it onto the pitch.

Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat will not come up against old adversary Louis van Gaal during the final nine matches of the Premier League season.

A video has been released which appears to show Wayne Rooney being knocked out cold by former Manchester United team-mate Phil Bardsley.

Mario Balotelli appears to be far from happy if the Liverpool striker's latest  Instagram  post is anything to go by.

Carlos Tevez scored two and set up another as Juventus beat Borussia Dortmund 3-0 away to reach the Champions League quarter-finals with a 5-1 aggregate victory.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen dived to his right, getting both hands to the ball. It was over. Goodnight from them, and goodnight from us.

Yaya Toure has snubbed his Manchester City team-mates by failing to name any of them in his dream team.

Daniel Amokachi has picked 27 players for the Super Eagles’ twin friendly matches against Bolivia and South Africa on March 26 and 29

Former  Manchester United  captain Bryan Robson believes current day skipper  Wayne Rooney  holds the key to the clubs Champions League chances this season.