Manchester United are lining up a £50m summer bid for Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane,.

The Red Devils were linked with a move for the England international last summer, after he had scored an impressive twenty-one league goals for the North London club.

Despite a slow start to this campaign, Kane looks back to his best with seven strikes in his last seven league outings and United manager Louis van Gaal is ready to renew his interest as he looks to add more firepower to his goal-shy side.

Saturday’s 0-0 draw with West Ham United was the fifth time in nine games where the Manchester side have failed to score, and a result that left them in fourth place in the division – three points behind shock leaders Leicester City.

They are now to win t…

Market: Both teams to score

Odds: 4/6 @

Two sides who turn their attention back to Europa League duties on Thursday night, Ajax and Roma will face off at The Johan Cruijff Arena.

Starting with the hosts, while they might have fallen behind against Heerenveen over the weekend, Ajax once again completed the turnaround and the mood in their camp should be at a high. Eventually snatching a late 2-1 victory on their travels, the Dutch giants find themselves holding an 11-point buffer at the top of the Eredivisie and with a silverware sweep at the top of their agenda. Entering March s international break with what quickly turned into a thumping 5-0 romp against ADO Den Haag, it is no surprise that Ajax have once again gained a reputation for their clinical displays in…

(GSM) Welcome to Soccerway s coverage of the 2009-10 UEFA Europa League final between Atletico Madrid of Spain and Fulham of England. The match is played at Hamburg s HSH Nordbank Arena in Germany.

Current score: 1-1

Minute 59: The second half has not offered too much entertainment so far. Just half an hour left and if neither team scores before that, we ll need extra time.

Minute 55: Bobby Zamora is done for the night and comes off for American Clint Dempsey.

Minute 53: Some of Atletico s players want a yellow card for Gera who appears to clash with the keeper s head after both rush for the ball. But it didn t seem intentional and the referee doesn t think so either.

Minute 50: Fulham now putting more pressure on Atletico s defense but no real c…

PSG in new bid for Kurzawa

French daily newspaper that Paris Saint-Germain are not giving up on Monaco full-back Layvin Kurzawa.

The Saints plan to lure the talented footballer to Parc des Princes due to the fact that Lucas Digne is nearing a summer move to AS Roma.

PSG have recently submitted an €18 million proposal for the player s services, but have seen the bid rejected by Monaco.

Namely, the Principality club want around €30 million for Kurzawa, meaning the ball is back in PSG s court.

The 23-year-old has developed into one of country s leading left-sided defenders and has been linked with quite a few top sides in the past.

It is believed he is tempted by the prospect of joining Paris Saint-Germain, and is hoping the Ligue 1 ri…

Juventus are confident Andrea Pirlo is destined for greatness and a natural fit for the club, says chief football officer Fabio Paratici.

Juve dismissed Maurizio Sarri on Saturday in the wake of their Champions League exit at the hands of Lyon on Friday.

Sarri spent just one season at the club, winning the Serie A title but failing in the Coppa Italia and Champions League and his replacement was surprisingly announced just hours later.

Pirlo, who rejoined Juve as the Under-23s coach last week, has signed a two-year deal.

However, despite the job being Pirlo s first in senior coaching, Paratici – whose future is also reportedly in doubt – has full faith in the former midfielder.

The decision for Pirlo was very natural, in the Juventus style, b…

Trent Alexander-Arnold suffered a worrying twisted ankle in Liverpool s 3-2 defeat Arsenal that caused him too much pain to carry on, Jurgen Klopp said.

Manager Klopp said Alexander-Arnold s injury showed troubling signs of swelling, with Liverpool planning to get the right-back checked out on Monday.

The substitution of the England defender at half-time came after a dismal first-half performance, where he was arguably at fault to some extent for both of Arsenal s goals prior to the break.

For their first, after just 58 seconds, Gabriel Martinelli ran in behind the full-back to drive a low shot past Alisson.

Darwin Nunez brought Liverpool level, but Arsenal regained the lead just moments before the break when Martinelli again charged down the left, this t…

France coach Laurent Blanc said on Sunday that he would decide on a permanent captain at the end of the Euro 2012 qualifiers.

The 44-year-old was speaking the day after his side had beaten Romania 2-0 to make it two successive wins in the qualifiers after opening with an embarrassing 1-0 home defeat to Belarus.

Blanc who replaced the disgraced Raymond Domenech when the latter stood down after the catastrophic World Cup finals campaign in June handed the captain s armband to Alou Diarra for the Romania clash.

However, Blanc who cut his managerial teeth with Bordeaux delivering them the 2009 league title said that Bordeaux midfielder Diarra had performed well in the role but there were also other candidates who could be tried out as skipper.

The captain s …

Xabi Alonso s decision to leave Real Madrid for Bayern Munich in 2014 was not an escape and was purely down to his desire to test himself in another country again.

After joining from Liverpool five years prior, Alonso somewhat surprisingly opted to leave the Santiago Bernabeu after winning the Champions League, prompting speculation he was pushed out.

But the experienced midfielder has nothing but fond memories of his time in the Spanish capital as he prepares to return to his former hunting ground on Tuesday, when Bayern will look to overturn a 2-1 defeat from the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.

It was not an escape. I did not flee from anything, Alonso, who will retire at the end of the season, told El Pais.

It was not like I w…

Santiago Solari is not selecting Isco as he feels the Real Madrid star is yet to regain full fitness after surgery, according to Dani Ceballos.

Isco had appendicitis surgery but was quickly recalled by Julen Lopetegui, starting in a 5-1 Clasico thumping away to Barcelona that proved his final game in charge.

But Solari has not picked Isco since taking over, with the club s former winger leading Madrid to four straight wins during his time as interim coach.

Solari, who was named Lopetegui s permanent successor on Tuesday after signing a deal to 2021, has said he will not rush special Isco back into action.

And Spain midfielder Ceballos explained ongoing fitness issues following Isco s operation are behind his recent absences from the Real Madrid XI.

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AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli says his side has the quality to finish the job against Slavia Prague and reach the Europa League quarter-finals.

The Italian side hold a two-goal advantage going into the second leg of their last-16 tie in Prague following last week’s 4-2 win at San Siro.

Pioli told reporters: “We knew this moment would arrive, a crucial point in the season. Tomorrow we have an aim we need to reach.

Coach Pioli previews

Analysing the reverse fixture What to expect Our mentality

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“There’s a lot of talk around our opponents having the game of their lives, but we can and want to do the same.

“Our opponents will bring all their quality to bear. They’ve only lost once at home a…