Transfer wrap: Ferdinand heads to Turkey

Barcelona in talks for Marquinhos

Catalan daily newspaper that Barcelona are stepping up their efforts to sign Brazilian defender Marquinhos from Paris Saint-Germain.

The Saints officials are reportedly open to the possibility of cashing in on their prized asset having secured the signature of David Luiz from Chelsea.

El Mundo Deportivo understands that PSG president Sheikh Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Barca chief Josep Maria Bartomeu have spoken about the talented defender.

But, having paid €32 million for the youngster s services just a year ago, the French giants are unlikely to accept any offer lower than the said amount.

The good news is that Marquinhos himself appears to be interested in a switch to Camp Nou, as witnessed by .

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Bournemouth were able to get the job done this time as they held on for a crucial 1-0 win over Liverpool at Vitality Stadium.

A week after Bournemouth had thrown away a two-goal lead at Arsenal, Philip Billing s first-half strike secured an advantage they protected admirably on Saturday.

Mohamed Salah missed a penalty for Jurgen Klopp s men in the second half as a team who put seven past Manchester United only six days prior failed to break down their lowly hosts.

Defeat is a blow to Liverpool s top-four hopes, but the win sees Gary O Neil s side climb out of the relegation zone in the Premier League.

Liverpool went close to taking the lead in the sixth minute when Virgil van Dijk headed a Trent Alexander-Arnold corner goalwards, only for Jefferson Lerma …

Brighton and Hove Albion have issued a statement denying they have reached an agreement for the sale of defender Marc Cucurella, following various reports of a deal with Chelsea.

The Blues are pushing to sign the Spain international in a deal reportedly worth in excess of £50million, having leapt ahead of Premier League champions Manchester City in the hunt for his services.

Progress was seemingly made on Wednesday when a number of media outlets reported Brighton had agreed to the sale of Cucurella to Chelsea, which would have seen the Blues spending in the window extend following the captures of Kalidou Koulibaly, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Slonina – the latter remaining with Chicago Fire on loan.

Brighton moved swiftly to make it clear that was not the case…

Mark Hughes has held preliminary talks over extending his contract at Stoke City and says he is very happy at the club.

Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has revealed he has held preliminary discussions over extending his contract with the Premier League club.

Hughes signed a three-year deal when he was appointed as Tony Pulis successor at the Britannia Stadium in May 2013.

The former Manchester City boss has enjoyed success in Staffordshire, guiding Stoke to a first top-half finish in the Premier League last term and generating further optimism ahead of the current campaign with the high-profile signing of Bojan Krkic from Barcelona.

Bojan has played an integral role in putting Stoke on course for a second successive top-10 finish and the club s board app…

Barcelona defender Dani Alves admits he is hoping Atletico Madrid prevail over bitter rivals Real Madrid in Saturday s much-awaited Champions League final.

Diego Simeone s Atletico knocked defending champions Barcelona out of the tournament in the quarter-final stage, before edging past Bayern Munich in the semis. 

Madrid are the only team that stand in Atletico s way of a maiden Champions League crown, in a rematch of the 2014 final that ended 4-1 in favour of the former after extra time. 

But Dani Alves is hoping for a different result at the San Siro, with the Brazil international of the belief that Atletico are more than worthy winners of the competition.

I want Atletico to win in. But not just because I want Madrid to lose, the 33-year-old told A…

Isaac Chansa says he has no hard feelings about leaving Orlando Pirates and is proud of his time at the club.

Chansa last week joined Chinese club Henan Jianye for an undisclosed sum, ending a second stint at Pirates, whom he rejoined in 2010 after three seasons at Swedish club Helsingborgs.

The Zambia midfielder said he had made up his mind earlier this year that he would leave Pirates.

My main priority was going back to Europe, but it didn’t happen and I ended up coming here (to China), Chansa told Kickoff.com.

I made up my mind and I was looking forward to the move because I achieved a lot in the two seasons I was at Pirates.

Chansa won back-to-back league titles with Pirates after retaining the Absa Premiership this past season.

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