Dutch striker Luuk de Jong hopes to put a frustrating stint at Borussia Monchengladbach behind him having arrived at Newcastle United on loan.

The 23-year-old centre forward has made 45 appearances in two seasons at Gladbach but averaged just 47.84 minutes per match and has only hit the back of the net eight times since joining the Bundesliga outfit from Twente.

De Jong has joined Newcastle for the rest of the English Premier League campaign in the hope of reviving his career after just 136 minutes in all competitions for Gladbach in the first half of the 2013-14 season.

I m really motivated, De Jong told nufcTV on Wednesday.

The first half of the season hasn t been nice for me because I didn t play much.

I just want to show my talent, score goals and be su…

Zenit equalled their best Russian Premier League result as they thrashed Torpedo Moscow 8-1 on Saturday.

Aleksandr Kerzhakov also struck twice to become Zenit s record goalscorer with 160 strikes to his name in all competitions.

Torpedo had opened their campaign with a 4-1 to city rivals CSKA and they sit bottom of the pile two games into their top-flight return after capitulating at an empty Petrovsky Stadium.

Zenit, forced to play the game behind closed doors after fan trouble at the back end of last season, were not perturbed by the odd atmosphere and were three goals to the good at the break thanks to Igor Smolnikov, Salomon Rondon and Hulk.

The South American duo netted again after the break before Oleg Shatov got in on the act to make it 6-0 just af…

Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover has avoided a ban for his part in the violent pitch invasion that forced this month s derby against Melbourne Victory to be abandoned.

The A-League clash between Victory and City on December 17 saw flares thrown by both sets of fans during the opening quarter of the game at AAMI Park.

Trouble escalated when a flare hit a pitchside cameraman before exploding, with City keeper Glover throwing two flares off the field, one of which landed in the stands.

Fans behind the goal stormed the pitch and Glover was hit in the face with a metal bucket, while referee Alex King was also struck, leading to the game being brought to an end.

Three men have subsequently been charged by Victoria Police, while an independent match review p…

Jose Mourinho and Serie A giants Inter Milan are still keeping close ties after their fruitful relationship which ended in 2010.

According to reports from the Italian daily , Nerazzurri have approached Jose Mourinho to inform themselves over the availability of no less than four Manchester United players.

Inter new boss Stefano Pioli is keen to bring fresh reinforcements during the January transfer window and Inter hierarchy decided to turn to their friend Mourinho for help.

Serie A outfit are reportedly keen to take on United’s fringe players and offer escape routes for Matteo Darmian, Memphis Depay, Daley Blind and first-team defender Chris Smalling.

Nerazzurri are mostly focused on adding fresh blood to their defensive ranks, but the prospe…

Western Sydney Wanderers won the AFC Champions League after surviving an onslaught to draw 0-0 at Al-Hilal in the second leg of the final.

Tomi Juric s goal in the first leg in Parramatta last weekend proved the difference between the teams, sealing an historic 1-0 aggregate victory as Wanderers became the first Australian team to win the continental trophy.

Tony Popovic s team barely had a sight of goal on Sunday and had to repel wave after wave of attacks from their Saudi opponents at a hostile King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.

They needed more than just a stroke of good fortune to emerge unscathed, as referee Yuichi Nishimura turned down strong appeals for three seemingly blatent penalties for the hosts.

Ante Covic was the hero for the visitor…

QPR midfielder Joey Barton has revealed he was on the receiving end of a death threat during his season-long loan at Marseille in 2012-13.

The Englishman, 32, has created headlines throughout his career, including for serving a prison sentence in 2008 for common assault and affray.

Barton joined Marseille in August 2012, while still serving a 12-match ban for his sending off on the final day of the 2011-12 Premier League season while playing for QPR, and a subsequent altercation with City players Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany.

And he revealed on Wednesday that he had received a letter disapproving of his presence in Ligue 1, posting an image of what he labelled as fan mail on his official Twitter page.

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Neymar has admitted that his relationship with Paris Saint-Germain strike partner Edinson Cavani suffered from a certain friction earlier in the season but he insisted the matter was overplayed.

After the Brazil international joined PSG in a record-breaking deal from Barcelona in the close-season, he soon found himself competing with Uruguayan team-mate Cavani for penalty-taking duties and the pair were involved in a heated argument on the pitch during a 2-0 victory over Lyon in September 2017.

The incident tainted the atmosphere around Unai Emery s team and rumours surfaced that Cavani could be sold as a result of reported tension between the pair.

In an interview with Brazilian TV network Globo, Neymar, who has since been strongly linked with a transfer to Real…

Manchester United are eyeing a deal for Totenham Hotspur full-back Danny Rose this summer, according to the Metro.

Manager Jose Mourinho is in the market for upgrades on both Ashley Young and Antonio Valencia, who despite impressing this season are entering the twilight of their careers with the pair both thirty-two years of age.

At 27, Rose does represent someone who could hold down a first team place for some years to come while he also offers ten years of Premier League experience.

He has played one hundred and forty-three times in the competitions, with all but twenty-seven of those games coming for Spurs while he spent the 2012/13 campaign on loan at Sunderland.

He has been capped sixteen times by England, with three of those appearances coming…

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has highlighted David Silva s importance at the Etihad Stadium and likened the Spain international to Andres Iniesta and Xavi.

Toure played alongside Xavi and Iniesta during his time at Barcelona and feels Silva possesses similar characteristics to the illustrious duo.

Silva, 31, joined City from Valencia in 2010 and has since made 300 appearances for the club in all competitions, reaching the landmark in the 3-1 win over Hull City at the weekend.

I have played alongside players like Xavi and Iniesta, he is such a similar type of player, Toure told reporters.

He has been brilliant for this club and I am delighted for him to reach 300 games played. We appreciate him here. We are all delighted with him and happy to …

Andre Onana is a transfer target for Barcelona, according to the Ajax goalkeeper s agent.

Barca agreed a €75million deal to sign Ajax s star midfielder Frenkie De Jong at the end of this season and a report by Radio Catalunya claimed they were ready to go back to the Amsterdam club to sign Cameroon international Onana.

Speaking to De Telegraaf, the 22-year-old s agent Albert Botines insisted the reported interest is genuine.

That s correct. It s not a secret that Barcelona are interested, he said.

Onana has starred on Ajax s run to the knockout phases of the Champions League this season, keeping 21 clean sheets in 37 matches across all competitions.

He began his career in Europe at Barcelona s academy before moving to Ajax in 2015 and is under …