Sporting Lisbon sources have told Sky Sports they have rejected an initial offer from Liverpool for defender Tiago Ilori. The Premier League side is understood to have been locked in talks with Sporting and reportedly had a delegation in Portugal over the weekend. The Reds were willing to pay around £3million for Ilori, but Sporting are said to want a deal worth double that.
Liverpool supporters believe their club is set for a busy summer and Sky Sports report that Celtic defender Thomas Rogne could be set for a summer switch to Anfield. The 22-year-old's contract expires this summer and he admits that his future remains uncertain amid interest from Anfield after he turned down an offer of a new contract from the SPL side.
The end of the 2012/13 football season has been, on the pitch at least, a little like a slowly deflating balloon. The Premier League ended as a competition about three months ago, and by the last day of the season the only product that Sky Sports had to sell a hungry audience was the internecine battle between Arsenal and Spurs over who would finish in fourth place in the table, whilst the Football League's end of season play-offs, no matter how exciting they may have been for the supporters of those clubs that were lucky enough to win them, couldn't match the drama the end of the standard forty-six match league season which had preceded them.
Sky Sports sources understand Liverpool have agreed a fee with Celta Vigo to sign highly-rated striker Iago Aspas. The 25-year-old has scored 60 goals in 130 appearances for Celta and was strongly linked with a move to the Premier League in January. Reading showed an interest, but was put off by Aspas' price, while Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Swansea City had also been mooted as admirers.
Sky Sports understands Liverpool is leading the race to sign Porto winger Christian Atsu. Sky Sports revealed earlier this week an unnamed Premier League club had tabled a bid for Atsu and it is understood that Liverpool is the team in question. Talks are thought to be continuing between the Reds and Porto as Brendan Rodgers' side look to win the race for the Ghana international.
Earlier this week, we shared with you the Sky Sports montage of the 2012-13 Premier League season, which included some of the highlights of another glorious nine months. Not to be outdone, BBC's Match Of The Day program also produced their montage, which is included below.
Plus, here are the Goals of the Season according to BBC's Match of The Day.
As is tradition at the end of every Premier League season, Sky Sports puts together a montage that captures many of the memorable sights and sounds from the season that just ended.
But hurry! Since the video below contains footage protected by rights holders, watch it now before Sky Sports or the Premier League remove it from YouTube.
Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio said he would not be watching tonight's Premier League match between relegation rivals Wigan and Swansea but then admitted he was telling porkies. After his side's 1-1 draw with Stoke last night, Di Canio was asked in his interview with Sky Sports whether he would be settling down in [.
1. David Luiz is trying to develop a tabloid persona as 'the Smirker'. 2. It's getting tight at the bottom. 3. 'Agh win it late, C!' is an appropriate anagram of Wigan Athletic after Callum McManaman's late winner against West Brom. 4. Indeed, it was a day for late lifelines at both ends of the [...]
Sky Sports understands Manchester City face a battle to keep hold of Abdisalam Ibrahim, with a host of Premier League clubs tracking the midfielder. The 22-year-old has been earning rave reviews at Stromsgodset where he is currently on loan until the end of Norwegian season. Ibrahim has started all six games this season for Stromsgodset and his performances have been instrumental in helping the club to joint-top of the Eliteserien.
Jamie Carragher will join Gary Neville on Sky Sports - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Jamie Carragher is retiring at the end of this season. Liverpool may yet to have found a replacement for their defender but Carragher's post-retirement worries are over.
Sky Sports have announced that from August 2013, Jamie Carragher will join their ranks as a pundit.
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes Luis Suarez will still be at the club at the start of next season amid reports that he may leave the Reds. Suarez has continued his impressive form from last season to this and is currently leading the scoring charts and is a contender for the PFA Player of the Year award alongside Gareth Bale and Robin Van Persie.
Despite the way that Sky has helped the Premier League become so popular, there is a lot to despise about the way the Rupert Murdoch company does business. They're incredibly self-serving. If there's a sporting event or news story that they don't either have the rights to or they didn't get the scoop, they'll often ignore it or will certainly pay far less attention to it compared to one of their own Sky Sports exclusives.
Gary Neville, the gold standard for Premier League analysis, admits that he can't go on combining his expert analysis on Sky Sports at the same time as coaching the England national team. Say it isn't so, Gary! "The Sky job ......
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Manchester City have agreed a £34 million deal for Fernandinho, the Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder, says a report.
According to reports,The Mirroris quoting a £22 million transfer fee, while Sky Sports is reporting that the transfer deal is believed to be £34 million.
The 28-year-old arrived at a Manchester hospital earlier today for his medical, and was at Etihad Stadium this afternoon to sign the paperwork to finalize what is rumored to be a £34 million transfer, which will be Manuel Pellegrini's second signing of the summer before he's even joined the club.
Manchester City have agreed a £34 million deal for Fernandinho, the Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder, says a report.
According to reports,The Mirroris quoting a £22 million transfer fee, while Sky Sports is reporting that the transfer deal is believed to be £34 million.
The 28-year-old arrived at a Manchester hospital earlier today for his medical, and was at Etihad Stadium this afternoon to sign the paperwork to finalize what is rumored to be a £34 million transfer, which will be Manuel Pellegrini's second signing of the summer before he's even joined the club.
Sevilla have rejected a £14.5 million bid from West Ham for striker Alvaro Negredo, according to Sky Sports.
Everton reportedly tried to sign Negredoon deadline day in the January transfer window, but the deal never materialized. Now the Hammers are trying to sign the highly-rated Spanish striker.
Jose Mourinho is back at Chelsea after managing some of the top teams in the world.
To highlight what makes Mourinho 'The Special One,' here's a full-length documentary about Jose. The 30-minute documentary is produced by Sky Sports and was first aired around Christmas 2011 as part of a series that also included some of the other greatest soccer managers in the history of the game including Bill Shankly, Sir Alex Ferguson, Bob Paisley, Giovanni Trapattoni, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Rinus Michels, Mário Zagallo and Ottmar Hitzfeld.
With FOX Soccer scheduled to morph into FXX later this summer, and the US media rights for the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, FA Cup and England home internationals to transition to FOX Sports 1 after August 17, one of the biggest questions that soccer fans have had in the States is what will happen to Sky Sports News.
Yesterday we shared with you video footage of Watford's incredible 98th minute goal against Leicester, which sent the Hornets to the Championship Playoff Final. They were incredible scenes because just seconds earlier, Leicester missed a penalty that would have sent them to Wembley. However, The Football League — in their "infinite" wisdom — decided to take down the videos from YouTube, although the one from Sky Sports remains.
Jamie Carragher should play a role in his last ever Merseyside Derby before he hangs up his boots at the end of the season to become a pundit on Sky Sports.
The veteran Liverpool defender will be just one of the story lines today. Another one will be the mosaic that the Liverpool supporters in the Kop will lift up before the match kicks off to thank Everton supporters for their support regarding the Hillsborough Disaster.
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville sat down tonight and explained to viewers why he thinks Newcastle United have fallen apart this season, saying that "The soul and identity has been ripped out of the club."
In previous weeks when Neville has shared his wisdom, it's been by analyzing replays of matches and pointing out things that are often overlooked.
Sky Sports pundit and former Manchester United right back Gary Neville has helped pay part of the wages for the footballers of Bury Football Club. The League One club are in a massive financial crisis, and are on the brink of collapse unless someone comes in to save the club.
Fiorentina general manager Sandro Mencucci has made it clear to Arsenal and Juventus that they won't accept anything less than €30 million (£25.7m) for their prized striker Stevan Jovetic.
Sky Sports' director must have been cursing after this. Of all the Wigan fans they could have cut to after Arsenal scored they happened to choose the one who was about to give a middle finger salute to... well, it's hard to know exactly who he was giving it to. Had he spotted the camera [...]
Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has said there will always be a job for Jamie Carragher at the club as the defender prepares to play his final game before retiring this weekend. The 35-year-old will make his 737th Reds appearance against QPR on Sunday before moving into television punditry with Sky Sports next season.
Long-time Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher announced that in August he will join the likes of Gary Neville, Jamie Redknapp, Graeme Souness and others on the set of Sky Sports. For the 2013/14 season, Sky Sports will feature more than 500 livedomestic, European, and international football matches.
Gary Neville says the soul, identity and heart has been ripped out of Newcastle by their influx of French signings [Balls.ie] New Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher's finest moments of impenetrable accent work [Pies] Werder Bremen duo banned by the club after being caught speeding [Dirty Tackle] A sweet pair of Johan Cruyff Classic trainers [.
Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher will join Sky Sports from the start of next season. The veteran defender had previously announced that he would retire at the end of the current campaign, although the rumour mill had suggested he was thinking of performing a U-turn and staying on for one more season.
With manager Brendan Rodgers fueling speculation about Jamie Carragher coming out of retirement before he has actually retired, discussion around the stalwart defender has largely revolved around one of two possible inevitabilities of late: that he'd follow through on his previous announcement and retire, or that he'd be convinced by the gaffer to give it one final season next year.
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has admitted that he will be thinking about who might replace retiring Jamie Carragher between now and the end of the season. "I will miss him because he is a good man, a lover of football and he puts everything into training every day," Rodgers told Sky Sports. "There is no player who is ever irreplaceable but he is a big loss because you can see his experience and how he leads the line.
David Beckham has announced that he will retire at the end of this season and Sky Sports News was all over the story, making sure that no matter where your eyeballs are looking, you know the news. Except for the part of the screen with former England manager Steve McClaren looking forlorn.
Beckham released a statement on his Facebook page to announce his decision.
Since Zlatan Ibrahimovic is rarely one to shy away from the spotlight, some people wondered whether he would resent the arrival of David Beckham at PSG. In their short time together, the two have gotten along swimmingly, though. And one of the reasons Ibrahimovic appreciates Beckham is because of his ability to serve as a diversion to the media and unexpectedly persistent scooter riding Parisians that have kept Zlatan from walking around Paris.
Following Manchester United's 3-0 win over Aston Villa last night, confirming the club as champions, the players took part in a customary lap of honour around the pitch. However, after making it around once, the players opted to go a second time, fully emersed in the celebrations with the fans.
When they finally did get in to the tunnel Ryan Giggs was being interviewed on Sky Sports by his former team mate Gary Neville.
Occasional England team-mates Andy Carroll and Wayne Rooney clashed during last night's West Ham versus Manchester United match. The pair tangled at the corner that led to Carroll's head-first assault on David De Gea. After a bit of usual set-piece pushing and shoving, Rooney appeared to tread on Carroll's foot, Sunday League style.
Robin Van Persie ended his Manchester United goal drought from the penalty spot during today's victory against Stoke. He obviously thought his neat spot-kick had earned him some plaudits when Geoff Shreeves oversaw the presentation of the man of the match award during his post-game interview. The only problem being that Sky Sports viewers knew [.
Newcastle have been linked with 28 year-old Marseilles midfielder Mathieu Valbuena, who has been talking to Sky Sports and has hinted he could still leave Marseilles this summer. Mathieu Valbuena capped 20 times for France Valbuena seems to have one year left on his contract and the 20 times capped French International has also [.
Brendan Rodgers is aiming to conclude Liverpool's transfer business as early as possible in the summer window in a bid to replicate the success of his January shopping. The Reds boss reaped the rewards of tying up early deals for Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho at the turn of the year, with both proving to be immediate hits at Anfield, and the Northern Irishman is aiming to use similar tactics in this summer's transfer window.
Raheem Sterling says that the Merseyside derby means more to them than any other fixture in the calendar season. Sterling had his first taster of derby day on Merseyside in October as the two teams battled out a 2-2 draw and although he has been taken out of the first team since then admits he would relish the opportunity to experience the derby at Anfield.
Wigan owner Dave Whelan has once again descended fromouter spaceto confound the citizens of earth with his opinions. This time, Whelan is accomplishing this with his defense of 21-year-old striker Callum McManaman's knee-crushing challenge on Massadio Haidara that went completely unpunished in the first half of Sunday's 2-1 win against Newcastle (gif of the offense here).
