Claudio Pizarro has joined Bayern Munich for a third time but this time the Peruvian will not be expected to bang in the goals for the Bavarians.
The 41-year-old retired from playing at the end of the 2019-20 season, following his fourth spell with Werder Bremen, and has been appointed as a Bayern ambassador.
Striker Pizarro spent nine seasons with Bayern across two stints, firstly from 2001 to 2007 and later from 2012 to 2015, netting 125 goals in 327 appearances.
Bayern said his new roving role will focus on promoting the club s name, traditions and values throughout the world , as well as playing for the FC Bayern Legends team in exhibition games.
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— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN)
The six-time Bundesliga winner join…
Wilfried Zaha returned to inspire Crystal Palace as the Eagles recorded their first goals and points of the season en route to consigning Chelsea to back-to-back Premier League defeats.
Flying winger Zaha injured his right knee during the opening-day defeat to Huddersfield Town and has been powerless as Palace lost their opening seven league matches without scoring a goal.
Another defeat to nil would have set an unwanted English league record at nine, including one at the end of last season, but Selhurst Park erupted early on when an Andros Townsend cross crept past Thibaut Courtois via a combination of Yohan Cabaye and Cesar Azpilicueta.
Tiemoue Bakayoko was given the freedom of the Palace area to head home his first Premier League goal and level the scores, b…
Manchester United are interested in signing David Carmo from Braga in the January transfer window, according to . It has been reported that other clubs in England are also keen on the 21-year-old central defender, while AS Roma and Fiorentina in Italy expressed an interest in securing his services in the summer of 2020.
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is reportedly keen on signing a left-sided centre-back, and Carmo is among the players he is considering. The 21-year-old has been on the books of Braga since 2015 and is starting to establish himself as a regular in the first team. According to , Carmo has played five times in the Portuguese league and three in the Europa League so far this season, while during the 2020-21 campaign, he made 16 starts and two substitute appear…
According to a recent report from Sky Sports News, Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Patrick Cutrone has changed his mind and will now be leaving the club during the January transfer window.
He has agreed to a move that will see him join Italian side Fiorentina, which comes just a matter of days after talks broke down with Cutrone returning to training with the Wolves first team squad. Last night, though, talks got back underway with a loan deal being agreed prior to a potential permanent move.
Cutrone has rarely featured in the starting XI this season at Molineux with the likes of Raul Jimenez, Diogo Jota and Adama Traore all keeping him out of the side on a week to week basis.
On the rare occasion that the Italian was seemingly being positioned to star…
Hakim Ziyech ensured Chelsea remained at the Premier League summit with a 2-1 victory over Watford at Vicarage Road on Wednesday.
The Blues looked set to hand their title rivals a boost by dropping points for the third time in four games, but substitute Ziyech made a decisive impact in the 72nd minute.
Mason Mount gave Chelsea the lead after play was suspended for around half and hour when a fan suffered a cardiac arrest in the stands. Watford later confirmed the individual had been stabilised.
Emmanuel Dennis equalised before half-time but Mount teed up Ziyech for his first Premier League goal of the season to remove the threat of Thomas Tuchel s men being overtaken by Manchester City or Liverpool.
Watford started brightly and Edouard M…
Bayer Leverkusen have confirmed the signing of winger Demarai Gray from Premier League side Leicester City.
Gray joined Leicester from Birmingham City midway through 2015-16 and went on to help the Foxes to a sensational title triumph that season.
He went on to feature 133 times in the top flight, scoring 10 goals and providing nine assists, but never really established himself as a first-team regular under Brendan Rodgers.
With his contract at Leicester having been set to expire at the end of 2020-21, Gray – who was linked with a number of Premier League clubs – has made the move to Germany.
The 24-year-old made just one league appearance this term, totalling 18 minutes, and joins a Leverkusen side who sit fourth in the Bundesliga.
Leverk…
Wigan have been hit with a second four-point penalty over payment of wages and will start next season on minus eight points in League One.
The Latics were handed the initial deduction last week in response to two late payments in March and May, with a further four points suspended. An independent disciplinary commission required funds equal to 125 per cent of the club’s forecast monthly wage bill to be paid into a nominated account by Wednesday, but that has not been done.
As a result, the additional sanction has been enforced.
Club Statement | Wigan Athletic issues its response to the further four-point deduction imposed by the EFL…
— Wigan Athletic (@LaticsOfficial)
A statement from Wigan held open the possibility of taking the matter to …
Dean Smith says Leicester have the capability to bounce straight back to the Premier League after they were relegated on Sunday.
The Foxes became just the second former champions to drop out of the division, joining Blackburn in 1999, as their 2-1 final-day win against West Ham was not enough to keep them in the division due to Everton’s victory over Bournemouth.
They went 2-0 up thanks to goals from Harvey Barnes and Wout Faes, with Pablo Fornals pulling one back for the Hammers, but it counted for nothing.
Everton stay up on a dramatic final day, while Leicester City and Leeds United are relegated
— Premier League (@premierleague)
Relegation represents a huge fall from grace as that remarkable 5000-1 title came in 2016 and they have enjoy…
Stefano Pioli accepts something has to change at Milan if they are emerge from their slump after achieving an unwanted first with their 5-2 loss at home to Sassuolo on Sunday.
The Rossoneri shipped four or more goals in successive Serie A matches for the first time in their history, having previously been thumped 4-0 at Lazio in midweek.
Milan also recently suffered a 3-0 defeat to rivals Inter in the Supercoppa Italiana, meaning they have lost three in a row in all competitions for the first time since September 2019.
Without a win in six games going further back, the pressure is building on head coach Pioli, who ended the club s 11-year Scudetto wait last season.
While the 57-year-old is expected to be given more time to turn things around, he understan…
Sergio Romero will leave Manchester United when his contract expires this month, but talks are ongoing over a new deal for Juan Mata.
Romero had served as David de Gea s understudy after joining from Sampdoria in 2015, although he slipped down the pecking order following Dean Henderson s return from his successful loan stint at Sheffield United.
The Argentina international was axed from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s Premier League and Champions League squads last season, with his last appearance for the club coming against FC Copenhagen in the Europa League on August 10 last year.
Mata, meanwhile, made just 18 appearances last season – 10 of which were starts – and scored three goals.
He earned a rare start in the Premier League season-finale 2-1 v…