Leicester City have rejected two offers from Chelsea for the services of defender Wesley Fofana, Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers confirms.
There have been reports of Chelsea preparing a third, extremely lucrative one, but Rodgers says the 21-year-old is not for sale at the moment.
We re not looking to sell Wesley, that s the key point.
Brendan Rodgers confirms that Leicester City had rejected two bids from Chelsea for defender Wesley Fofana
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Champions League contenders Schalke 04 got their Bundesliga title bid off to the perfect start with a 3-0 win over Hanover on Saturday.
Schalke were 2-0 up after just seven minutes with goals from Brazilian Marcelon Bordon and Germany international Kevin Kuranyi who added a third after the hour mark.
Elsewhere Werder Bremen, bereft of their playmaker Diego who is on Olympics duty for Brazil, emerged from their visit to Arminia Bielefeld with a 2-2 draw.
Vfl Wolfsburg, who have splashed out 25 million euros in the transfer market, beat newly promoted FC Cologne 2-1.
Borsussia Dortmund came away rom their visit to Bayer Leverkusen with a 3-2 victory, the goals coming from Nelson Valdez, Florian Kringe and Neven Subotic.
Bundesliga newboys Hoff…
Reigning Premier League champions had perhaps harboured faint hopes of a heroic title defence until fairly recently, but defeats to Bournemouth and Watford in their last two games have brought into focus their stark reality that they may not even be able to secure a top four finish this season.
The Blues currently occupy the valuable fourth spot, but only lead fifth place Tottenham by a single point. As the lowest scoring side in the top six, Chelsea are unsurprisingly concerned about their form, and are already looking ahead to the summer transfer window for improvements.
Marco Asensio is one man they hope could help turn their fortunes around for next season, according to . The midfielder has made La Liga 18 appearances for Los Blancos this season, though half of t…
Competition: FA Cup
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The FA Cup returns this weekend for yet another massive round of games that will only bring more action and excitement. The FA Cup is a competition that caters to shocking results, with the big teams often felled by their lower-league opponents, and with this in mind, former Premier League champions Leicester take on Sheffield United on Friday.
Leicester have been in good form this season and they are a side that are chasing a Europa League spot this season. After 27 games they have won nine, drawn eight and lost 10, while they have scored 39 times and conceded 40 goals. In their last five they have won just once, drawing twice and losing twice, which has seen the Foxes onto 35…
Real Madrid agree Toni Kroos deal
Real Madrid have reached an agreement to sign German midfielder Toni Kroos from Bayern Munich, .
The Bavarians reportedly accepted an offer believed to be in the region of €25m to €30m, with the player set to sign a five-year contract worth €5 million per campaign.
Considering that the midfielder s contract at Alianz Arena was due to expire in June 2015, it appears Bayern officials had no choice but to cash in on their star player.
Toni Kroos has established himself as a key player for both club and country over the last couple of years, but he has recently fallen out with coach Pep Guardiola.
The 24-year-old has so far amassed 130 Bundesliga appearances for Bayern, helping the club win three league titles.…
The agent of Cote d Ivoire and Vitesse Arnhem striker Wilfried Bony has admitted the highly-rated No. 9 will leave the GelreDome when the transfer window reopens in the summer, .
Bony, 24, has reportedly been attracting interest from a number of English Premier League sides, including the likes of Chelsea, Fulham and West Ham United, over the past few weeks.
The in-form striker has bagged 26 goals in 24 league games for Vitesse this season, fueling speculation linking the Ivorian with a summer exit from the Dutch Eredivisie side.
Bony s agent, Dalibor Lacina, believes it is time for the Cote d Ivoire international to test himself at a big club, and rightfully so.
The most important thing is for Bony to keep his form and reach the best p…
Kylian Mbappe cut a frustrated figure during Paris Saint-Germain s 5-2 Ligue 1 win over Montpellier on Saturday, with boss Christophe Galtier blaming it on a lack of match fitness.
France international Mbappe, making his first start of the season, missed a penalty in the 23rd minute, but created the first goal soon after when his low cross was turned into his own net by Falaye Sacko.
Neymar then scored twice – the first from the penalty spot – before Mbappe opened his account for the season with a smart finish at the back post after 69 minutes.
Debutant Renato Sanches added a fifth for the hosts late on, while Wahbi Khazri and Enzo Tchato Mbiayi were on target for Montpellier.
After a 5-0 win over Clermont last weekend, PSG became the first side to …
Ayew nears Premiership move
Marseille star Andre Ayew appears set to move to English Premier League at the end of the season, .
It is now clear that the Ghana star will not be offered a new deal at Stade Velodrome, meaning he will become a free agent in June.
And while his high wage demands might prove too much for some of the interested sides, his Premier League suitors have no such problems.
According to Le Phoceen, the likes of Newcastle and Everton lead the chase for the forward s signature and are in the process of drafting official contract offers.
Both sides have experienced problems up front this term and they believe Andre Ayew would be an excellent addition to their ranks.
The 25-year-old notched 7 goals in 21 Ligue 1 outings th…
Wigan Athletic have moved quickly to replace Malky Mackay by naming club captain Gary Caldwell as their new manager.
Mackay won just five of his 24 league matches and his five-month tenure was ended on Monday after a 2-0 defeat to Derby County left Wigan eight points adrift of safety in the Championship with just five matches remaining.
Caldwell, who turns 33 on Sunday, comes as something of a surprise appointment as he has no prior coaching experience.
The centre-back has not featured for the club this term due to a persistent hip injury.
Caldwell, who won the FA Cup with Wigan in 2013 and two Scottish Premiership titles with Celtic, has been handed a permanent contract, but Wigan did not disclose the length of the deal.
Speaking to the club s …
Russian Premier League side Anzhi Makhachkala have completed the signing of Real Madrid defensive midfielder Lassana Diarra for an undisclosed transfer fee, .
Diarra, 27, was expected to join Anzhi on loan, but that speculation did not come to fruition. Instead, Anzhi and Real Madrid agreed a permanent switch, which resulted in Diarra inking a four-year deal with Dikaya Divisiya.
The France international formerly of Arsenal and Chelsea made 25 appearances in all competitions for the Spanish champions last term. Prior to finalising his Anzhi switch, Diarra started two league matches for Real Madrid in 2012-13.
In addition, the Russian club also announced the signing of FC Amkar Perm forward Nikita Burmistrov on Tuesday.
Burmistrov, 23, has ba…
=(Picture)=African champions Egypt stormed back to snatch a 2-2 draw with Ghana Wednesday in a high-profile Cairo friendly ahead of 2010 World Cup qualifiers next month.
Egypt, winners of the previous two editions of the biennial African Nations Cup, are ranked third on the continent and Ghana fourth by world football body FIFA and the Cairo Stadium thriller matched expectations.
Fortune favoured the Pharaohs when they took a 40th-minute lead through Middlesbrough midfielder Mohamed Shawky as his shot that rebounded off the crossbar was adjudged a goal when TV replays suggested otherwise.
The Black Stars of Ghana, third behind Egypt and Cameroon when they hosted the 2008 Nations Cup, levelled seven minutes into the second half when a cross hit Hani Said on the a…