West Ham United have made a bid for Brentford star Said Benrahma, according to . It has been reported that the Premier League club have offered the Championship side an initial transfer fee of £17 million plus add-ons for the Algeria international, who can play as a winger or as a forward.

Brentford are yet to officially respond to the offer from fellow London club West Ham, although the Bees are looking for close to £25 million as transfer fee. Brentford reached the Championship playoff final last season, while the Hammers narrowly avoided the dreaded drop from the Premier League.

Last season, Benrahma made 42 starts and four substitute appearances in the league for the Bees, scoring 17 goals and providing nine assists in the process, according to . Back in 2018-19, …

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On Saturday afternoon, Mauricio Pellegrino s struggling Saints will make the journey to Craven Cottage for their FA Cup third-round tie. With pressure ever growing on their Argentinian boss, Southampton will be looking to pick up their first win in their last nine attempts.

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On paper, Fulham boss Slaviša Jokanović should be confident about causing a third-round upset on Saturday afternoon. Currently sat 10th in the Championship table, the Cottagers are still in contention for a playoff spot come the end of the season. Four points adrift of sixth-placed Leeds, the west London sides major problem this year has been their inconsistency. Embarking on a six-match winless run last November, the Cot…

Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi scored in a 2-1 victory over Milan as Liverpool became the first English team to win all six Champions League group games in a single season.

Although they fell behind to a Fikayo Tomori strike, the Reds rallied to round off a perfect group-stage campaign.

And this result meant Milan not only failed to join their opponents in the next round but also missed out on a Europa League spot.

Liverpool saw out a historic win – their first at San Siro against Milan – with little trouble.

5 Mo Salah is the first player to score 20+ goals in five consecutive seasons for Liverpool in all competitions since Ian Rush from 1981-82 to 1986-87 (six in a row). Famous.

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Manchester City are interested in signing Eden Hazard from Real Madrid in the summer of 2021 if they are unable to bring Lionel Messi to the Etihad Stadium, according to . It has been reported that City have identified the former Chelsea attacking midfielder as an alternative to Messi.

Premier League giants City are interested in signing Messi in the summer of 2021 when he becomes a free agent at Spanish and European giants Barcelona. The Argentina international worked with City manager Pep Guardiola at Camp Nou.

Hazard joined Madrid from Chelsea in the summer of 2019. The Belgium international, who can also operate as a winger, had injury problems last season and could not make an impact. The former Lille star is not having a great time this season either. According to…

Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the scoresheet with two goals as Al-Nassr beat Al-Khaleej 3-1 to reach the final of the King Cup of Champions on Wednesday.

Ronaldo scored either side of half-time as Al-Nassr teed up a final clash with Saudi Pro League leaders Al-Hilal, who beat Al-Ittihad 2-1 in the other semi-final on Tuesday.

The former Real Madrid and Manchester United star took advantage of an error from opposing goalkeeper Ibrahim Sehic to open the scoring 17 minutes in, then tapped home at the second attempt to make it a double shortly before the hour mark.

That goal could have made it a hat-trick for the Portugal star, but he passed up the chance to take a first-half penalty after Ivo Rodrigues handled in the area, Sadio Mane instead stepping up to blast hi…

Bayern Munich travel to Stuttgart this weekend and are ready to rotate their side with the Champions League semi-final second leg at Real Madrid to come four days later, manager Thomas Tuchel said.

The league title has been secured by Bayer Leverkusen, and with the Bundesliga s top five clubs guaranteed Champions League football next season, Saturday s clash between Bayern in second and third-placed Stuttgart is not crucial.

We will give a few players the chance to pick up some rhythm, Tuchel said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.

Of course, we will also take a few players out and allow ourselves to adapt the rhythm to Wednesday.

But that doesn t relieve us of our responsibility, that those who play have to fight and show grit there.

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Former Portugal midfielder Deco believes Jose Mourinho s coaching successes have been much harder than those of Pep Guardiola.

The two bosses clashed on numerous occasions before Guardiola stepped down as Barcelona manager last summer, after losing out on the La Liga title to Real Madrid.

Deco himself enjoyed four years at Camp Nou between 2004 and 2008, but despite his links with the Catalans, he has offered his backing to his compatriot.

Winning in all places as Mourinho has done is harder, he told RTP.

Guardiola is a great coach, but Barcelona went on to say that he did not invent anything. But let s see how he does with other teams and different training methods, then we can make a better assessment.

The Fluminense man also had his say on …

Arsenal will be looking to bounce back from their 2-2 draw with Liverpool as they host Stoke City on Saturday.

The Gunners found themselves 2-0 down against the Merseysiders before goals to Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott secured them a point against Brendan Rodgers side.

A trip to Stoke represents a tough match however, with Tony Pulis men having lost six times in the league the same as Arsenal and is sitting in a respectable 10th position.

However, Stoke haven t won any of their past five league games and have conceded 15 goals through that period with the last league clash a 2-2 draw at home against Wigan.

After a four-match winning streak culminating in the 7-3 thrashing of Newcastle, Arsenal have only won one of their past five matches and have slip…

Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini says he has been kicked in the teeth after being banned from football-related activity for eight years by FIFA.

The Frenchman is to appeal the decision handed down by the world governing body s Independent Ethics Committee on Monday to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The UEFA chief and FIFA president Sepp Blatter were both initially given 90-day suspensions by FIFA in October.

The sanctions relate to an alleged disloyal payment of two million Swiss francs made by FIFA to Platini in 2011.

Both men deny any wrongdoing but the Independent Ethics Committee ruled there was not sufficient evidence to support the legality of the payment, stating the pair s assertions of an oral agreement were not convincing .

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Former Manchester United forward Bebe admits he found it hard to believe that the club wanted to sign him back in 2010.

The 25-year-old moved to Old Trafford for a £7.4million fee despite Alex Ferguson admitting he had never watched him in action before.

The former Portugal youth international failed to settle in England and joined Benfica on a permanent deal in 2014 after loan spells with Besiktas, Rio Ave and Pacos de Ferreira.

Bebe himself was shocked to hear of United s interest five years ago but is adamant Ferguson had faith in his ability.

It was a shock for me, too,  he told the Daily Mail of his transfer.  For the week leading up to it, I thought the whole thing was a joke. I thought they were leading me on.

Then I realised it was se…