
Premier League
Rodgers: High-flying Leicester can compete for Europe's top players
Leicester City want European football and the players to suit, according to manager Brendan Rodgers.

La Liga
"I hope I can tell my son I played with Messi"
Emerson, Barça's loaned player in Real Betis, spoke with 'Mundo Deportivo' and talked about his long term objectives with Barcelona. The Brazilian showed a lot of ambition to pay amongst the greats.

Premier League
Van de Beek rejects Mourinho and picks Madrid
The Dutch midfielder has been linked to a number of clubs in the past few months, but it seems he has made his choice. Indeed, it seems Donny Van de Beek would prefer to play under Zinedine Zidane than Jose Mourinho.

Premier League
The big Friday Premier League quiz
The Manchester derby takes centre stage in the Premier League this weekend – have a go at our weekly quiz, powered by Opta.

Premier League
Rumour Has It: Manchester United to make fresh Eriksen approach
Manchester United are reportedly preparing to make another move for Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen in January.

La Liga
Real Madrid's nightmare
Injuries have hit the Real Madrid squad again. And this time, it was a three for one: Eden Hazard, Gareth Bale, and Marcelo; making it 29 injuries since the preseason in August.

Serie A
Corriere dello Sport complains of 'lynching' in front-page defence of 'Black Friday' headline
Roma and Milan banned Corriere dello Sport after Thursday's headline but the newspaper's editor said: "I don't have to justify myself."

La Liga
"I see Eden Hazard winning the Ballon D'Or, he is the Michael Jordan of football"
Roberto Martinez likened Eden Hazard to NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan.

Ligue 1
PSG searching for best form with superstar duo back together
With Neymar and Kylian Mbappe finally both fit and playing in the same team, the pressure is on Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel to get his all-star attack firing on all cylinders going into the second half of the season.

Bundesliga
Defeat 'out of the question' for Bayern at leaders Gladbach
Manuel Neuer says a second consecutive defeat is unthinkable for Bayern Munich on Saturday at Bundesliga leaders Borussia Moenchengladbach, who quietly harbour aspirations of a first German title since 1977.

La Liga
Madrid find their Pogba within as Valverde proves the catalyst for change
Zinedine Zidane pursued Paul Pogba but found Fede Valverde and his emergence as Real Madrid's most important midfielder may yet prove the turning point in their season.

La Liga
"Messi's apparent retirement hint was misunderstood"
Luis Suarez backed Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi to "continue for a long while yet".