Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Jason Puncheon on a season-long loan from Southampton,
The move sees the 27 year old reunite with manager Ian Holloway, who he played for at Blackpool in a loan spell during the second half of the 2010/11 Premier League campaign.
The Eagles manager had stressed that he was looking to add more attack minded players before the transfer window closes, and with six goals from midfield last season, the former Plymouth Argyle man goes some way to filling the void left by Wilfred Zaha.
Puncheon played for Palace as a child, and has admitted that it is a dream come true to have the chance to play at Selhurst Park.
He is set to go straight into the match day squad for Saturday’s trip to Stoke City, where the clu…
Manchester United will return to the United States for a pre-season tour ahead of the 2014-15 campaign.
The Premier League champions made the announcement on Tuesday, confirming that they will head back to the US for the first time since 2011.
Full details of the tour are due to be announced in the coming weeks, but Manchester United group managing director Richard Arnold insisted that the trip provides an excellent opportunity for David Moyes side to develop the relationship between the club and its American fanbase.
I m delighted to announce that the team will be returning to the USA for our 2014 tour, he said on the club s official website.
Since the club s last visit in 2011, the appeal of football in America has grown rapidly. NBC reported that this season s…
Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has dismissed rumours of him bringing his son Giovanni to Wanda Metropolitano.
According to , Simeone spoke on TV about the matter and revealed he has no intention of signing his son, ever. As the reason for this stance, the 48-year-old simply says having your own kid in the dressing room is not something he wants in his career.
Giovanni spent four seasons as a River Plate player in Argentina, two of which he spent on loan at Banfield. He moved to Genoa in 2016, and then to Fiorentina a year later. For the Viola the 23-year-old striker has so far made a total of 42 appearances, with 15 goals to his name.
He has been linked with joining his father this summer, but it seems El Cholito won t be plying his trade at Atletico jus…
Championship side Derby County have parted ways with head coach Steve McClaren for the second time in three seasons.
A damning statement from the Rams said the former England boss had overseen a significant, unexpected and persistent decline in results, team unity and morale .
Chairman Mel Morris added: Steve is a great coach, we have very talented players and first-class facilities but the heartbeat, commitment, focus and passion has been lacking something fundamental.
The Brighton game on Friday [a 3-0 defeat] was so far from what we expect to see from those wearing a Derby County shirt.
McClaren, whose first stint at Derby ended in May 2015, was reappointed last October after a stuttering start to the season under Nigel Pearson.
He won ni…
The fight for Premier League survival reaches its climax on Sunday with three clubs still scrapping for their top-flight lives.
Two of Everton, Leicester and Leeds will join already-relegated Southampton in the Sky Bet Championship next season on what is set to be a dramatic final day of the campaign.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at what each club needs to happen if they are to avoid the drop.
Everton
It’s within us to take care of ourselves and that’s what we’re going to do.”
Full focus on this weekend.
— Everton (@Everton)
Opposition: Bournemouth (h)
Position: 17th
Points: 33
Goal difference: -24
The equation is simple for the Toffees: win and their fears are over regardless of what…
Julio Enciso’s stunning leveller cemented Brighton’s place in next season’s Europa League as Manchester City’s Premier League winning run was halted at 12 games by a thrilling 1-1 draw.
The 19-year-old Paraguay forward unleashed a thunderous, swerving effort into the top right corner from 25 yards seven minutes before the break to mathematically guarantee Albion a sixth-placed finish.
Phil Foden put the newly-crowned champions ahead at the Amex Stadium with his fifth goal in as many starts against the Seagulls.
But, despite bringing back a host of big names, Pep Guardiola saw his formidable side drop points for the first time since February 18 after Erling Haaland’s 79th-minute header was disallowed due to VAR spotting a shirt pull on Levi Colwill.
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Milan coach Masimiliano Allegri has hinted he will not sign a new contract with the club until the end of the season.
The 46-year-old has been in charge of the club since June 2010, and agreed a new contract in January 2012.
That deal is due to expire in June and he admitted there will be no new deal until the campaign comes to a close and the club s performance has been analysed.
At the end of the season we will evaluate (the situation), he said.
If there are the conditions we will move forward, if we agree on everything else (I will be) the Milan coach, (otherwise) I will have another team.
The work must be assessed at the end of the season along with the company to see whether the original objectives have been achieved together at the beginning.
Wh…
England can gain a measure of revenge for their 2010 FIFA World Cup hammering at the hands of Germany when the two meet on Tuesday.
Controversy reigned in Bloemfontein when the sides last faced each other as an effort from Frank Lampard, which clearly landed over the line after bouncing down off the crossbar, was not given as a goal.
It would have brought the scores level at 2-2 in the second-round meeting, with Germany having surged into a two-goal lead prior to Matthew Upson s reply.
Germany went on to triumph 4-1 and finished third at the tournament in South Africa, but England will always wonder what might have been had referee Jorge Larrionda allowed Lampard s strike to stand.
It is a weakened Germany outfit that will take to the Wembley Stadium pitch this t…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola insisted he will never return to Barcelona amid intense pressure on Spanish boss Luis Enrique.
Luis Enrique s position at Camp Nou is under threat following Barcelona s 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday.
The 46-year-old, who has won two LaLiga titles as well as the Champions League since replacing Gerardo Martino in 2014, is out of contract at the end of the season.
But Guardiola winner of 14 trophies during his illustrious spell at the Catalan giants poured cold water over suggestions he could grace Barcelona s touchlines again.
I will never go back to Barcelona to be coach there. My period there is gone, Guardiola said.
Guardio…
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu vowed to appoint a super coach after Luis Enrique s decision to leave at season s end.
Luis Enrique, under pressure at the LaLiga giants, cited the need for rest after announcing on Wednesday he would step down at the end of the campaign.
Bartomeu promised a huge coaching appointment for Barca when the time arrives in the close-season.
This summer, we ll get a super coach, he told Barca TV.
We ll continue to work with total discretion, calmly and normally, until June 30 and then we will announce who it will be.
We will try to announce his successor on July 1 and focus on the trophies at hand for now.
Luis Enrique s announcement came shortly after Barca had thrashed Sporting Gijon 6-1 in LaLiga.<…