Inter Milan have a difficult decision to make in the coming months regarding Gabriel Barbosa. The Brazilian forward has enjoyed a great 2019 season with Flamengo and is coming off a two-goal performance in the 2019 Copa Libertadores final against River Plate. The Brazil international has settled himself as one of the best attackers in the CONMEBOL region, but his loan spell ends at the end of the year and he needs to return to Inter during January.
There is one thing, though. Inter own his rights, but they don’t really want him back in the squad. Following a short spell where he scored one goal in 10 matches for the Giuseppe Meazza outfit, Gabigol has been on loan at both Santos and Flamengo. But it has been with the “Red Blacks” where he has reached his peak form.
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As for the visitors, while Bournemouth may have snatched two goals away at Tottenham over the weekend, the Cherries could only slump to a 3-2 defeat and Eddie Howe s side find themselves enduring an extended rut. Losing their last three Premier League matches on the bounce since their 1-0 victory over Manchester United last month, they have begun free-falling down the standings and have now recorded just a single victory across any competition since the 20th of September, a nine-match run. Along with showing some glaring issues at the back and conceding at least a pair of strikes on their losing run, the one-time Burnley boss will be hugely concerned by his side s form away from the Vitality. Failing to win any of their last five matches on the road and losing four of those contests, in…
Diego Costa is desperate to get his second spell at Atletico Madrid under way after finally being cleared for his LaLiga return.
Costa s move back to Madrid was confirmed in September but, as the deal was agreed outside of the transfer window, he could not feature until the start of 2018 tying in nicely with the lifting of Atletico s FIFA-imposed registration ban.
With the new year only one day away, the striker was officially presented as an Atleti player on Sunday, along with fellow new boy Vitolo, who has been on loan at Las Palmas since agreeing a move from Sevilla.
Costa has not played competitively since June after being frozen out at Chelsea as he sought an Atletico return, and he is desperate to get back on the pitch and start scoring goals.
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Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United find it easier to play against teams like Tottenham after his perfect record as Spurs head coach came to an end.
A brace from Marcus Rashford saw United overcome Tottenham 2-1 on Wednesday as Mourinho returned to Old Trafford to face his former club.
United have beaten Spurs, high-flying Leicester City and Chelsea for three of their five Premier League wins this season, while also holding Liverpool and Arsenal.
Mourinho, who had won his first three matches as Spurs head coach, said United s approach made it easier for them against other big clubs.
You look at United s results this season against the best teams and they had good results, he told a news conference.
I think at home when they play like they d…
Craig Dawson made amends for an own goal by scoring to earn West Brom a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane on Monday, putting a huge dent in Tottenham s hopes of Premier League glory and moving Leicester City to within one win of the title.
For the second week in succession, Spurs were playing more than 24 hours after Leicester, this time having seen their rivals thump Swansea City 4-0 on Sunday.
Needing a win to close back to within five points of the Foxes, Spurs took the lead when Dawson diverted Christian Eriksen s dangerous free-kick through the legs of Boaz Myhill from close range in the first half.
The hosts had already struck the woodwork twice before that opener, and did so for a third time in the second period through Erik Lamela as the Spurs faithful grew inc…