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Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of Atletico Madrid left-back Renan Lodi on a season-long loan.

Forest will reportedly pay Atleti an initial £4.2million (€5m) loan fee for Lodi, who has also renewed his deal with the LaLiga club until 2026.

Lodi becomes promoted Forest s 18th signing of a busy transfer window.

The Brazil international joined Atleti from Athletico Paranaense in June 2019 and has made 84 appearances in the Spanish top flight, scoring four goals and adding six assists.

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Real Madrid and Barcelona are interested in signing Chelsea central defender Antonio Rudiger, according to El. Rudiger has reportedly told Chelsea that he wants to leave, and both Spanish giants Madrid and Barcelona are keen on the 28-year-old.

Chelsea have offered Rudiger a new contract, but the centre-back has yet to respond to the 2021 Champions League winners. Barcelona were already in the frame to sign Rudiger, who is out of contract at Chelsea next summer, and now Madrid has entered the picture.

Rudiger has been on the books of Chelsea since 2017 and has now established himself as an important player in manager Thomas Tuchel’s team. The centre-back has won the FA Cup, the Champions League and the Europa League once each with the Blues.

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PSV hold the advantage in their Champions League play-off following a thrilling 3-2 victory at BATE that was sealed by an 89th-minute header from substitute Donyell Malen.

PAOK held Benfica to a 1-1 draw in Lisbon while the first leg between Red Star Belgrade and Red Bull Salzburg ended goalless in Serbia as they battle to secure a place in the group stage of the competition.

BATE took a surprise lead in just the ninth minute of Tuesday s tie at Borisov Arena when Jasse Tuominen turned a low cross from Aleksandar Filipovic through the legs of Netherlands goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet.

The Eredivisie side were level before the break when referee Felix Zwayer gave a penalty for a handball by Nemanja Milunovic, Gaston Pereiro drilling home the penalty despite Denis …

Chelsea booked their passage to the semi-final of the Carabao Cup on penalties after Mykhailo Mudryk’s stoppage-time equaliser rescued a 1-1 draw against Newcastle at Stamford Bridge.

Mudryk slotted home after a mistake from Kieran Trippier just as Eddie Howe’s side looked to have done enough to ease past the hosts, who struggled to create for much of the game.

Earlier, Callum Wilson had given the visitors a first-half lead on the counter-attack.

A big moment!

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC)

But as the game went to spot-kicks, Trippier again was culpable, firing wide from 12 yards before Matt Ritchie saw the critical kick saved by goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic to see Chelsea through.

The first chance went to the hosts. Enzo Fernandez’s c…

Market: Middlesbrough win

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Two sides who find themselves battling it out at opposite ends of the Championship table, a high-flying Middlesbrough will make the trip to Huddersfield on Saturday afternoon.

Starting with the hosts, managing to claim a much-needed boost when heading into the international break, Huddersfield will be desperate to find a similar display on Saturday afternoon. Eventually snatching a shock 1-0 victory away at play-off contenders Millwall, the Terriers know that they must find some crucial stability over the coming months. Marking their return to action this weekend sat three points adrift in the drop zone, Neil Warnock knows that he has quite the job on his hands in Yorkshire. Mustering just a pair of victories from any of th…

Javier Hernandez has left West Ham for Sevilla in a reported €7.7million (£7m) deal, becoming the Spanish club s 12th signing of the transfer window.

Mexico international Hernandez, 31, leaves London after two seasons and has signed a three-year contract in LaLiga.

The striker made the leap to Europe in 2010 when moving from Chivas to Manchester United, becoming a fan favourite during four years in their first-team squad, before going on loan to Real Madrid and then being sold to Bayer Leverkusen.

Hernandez s form in Germany brought about a return to England with West Ham and, although he has not always been their first-choice striker, he scored 16 goals from 31 Premier League starts.

He becomes Sevilla s 12th new arrival of the transfer window – whi…

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany insists he remains relaxed despite some uncertainty over his future.

Kompany, 32, is out of contract at the end of the season and is dealing with yet another injury setback at City.

The centre-back has been at City since 2008 and said he had no concerns over his contract as Pep Guardiola s men remain in contention for four more trophies this season.

I am in a privileged position, I have such a good relationship with the club. We re in this as partners, Kompany said, via Sky Sports.

Nobody is making any hasty decisions. We have fixtures and fixtures and fixtures coming up – four trophies still to play for – and a contract that still exists.

That is the key thing. There is no need to look too far beyond…