Brentford head coach Thomas Frank believes Ivan Toney can prove people wrong after failing to get on the pitch in either of England s Nations League games over the international break.
Toney was left out of the matchday squad by Gareth Southgate for the 1-0 defeat to Italy and, while he was included in the 23 players chosen for the Germany match, he was not called upon off the bench.
The 26-year-old had been called up for the first time by Southgate after a superb start to the season in which he netted five times in Brentford s first six league games.
And Frank says Toney must use this disappointment to fuel his performances for the Bees, telling reporters: Of course Ivan hoped to come on the pitch.
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Al Ahly begin their quest for a third consecutive CAF Champions League title against Tanzanian champions Young Africans.
The Egyptians are the most successful club in the competition s history, having won it eight times, but they face a tough tie against the top scorers from the preliminary round.
Young Africans, who will host the first leg on Friday, stormed through the last stage with a 12-2 aggregate triumph against Komorozine, a result that included a 7-0 victory in the home leg in Dar es Salaam.
Al Ahly are back in domestic league action defending the title they won in 2011, with political unrest having prevented the completion of any season since then.
They currently sit fourth in the Egyptian Premier League, having lost three of their opening nine matches.…
Tottenham striker Harry Kane is looking forward to his first pre-season hit-out and claims the MLS All-Star Game will be ideal preparation with the Premier League less than two weeks away.
The MLS All-Stars will take on Tottenham on Wednesday in Denver, Colorado, and both Kane and manager Mauricio Pochettino underlined the importance of the match for the London-based club ahead of their Premier League opener away to Manchester United on August 8.
Tottenham have not played since their post-season friendly against Sydney FC in May and Kane said taking on the best from MLS will be a good test.
It s going to be a tough game and that s what we want, the 21-year-old forward said at Monday s media conference in Denver.
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According to reports coming from , Real Madrid are thinking about sending Vinicius Junior back to Brazil.
The talented 18-year-old forward has struggled to break it into the first team at Santiago Bernabeu and Los Blancos are exploring a possibility to send him on a six-month loan back to Flamengo.
Real Madrid beat a string of Europe’s top clubs to the signature of the highly-rated youngster in May 2017 when a €45 million deal was struck with Flamengo.
Vinicius was expected to join the Santiago Bernabeu outfit in 2019 but the player himself decided to exercise a clause in his contract that allowed him to move to Europe a year earlier.
Having failed to land a single minute of competitive action with the first team under Julen Lopetegui, Vinicius Junio…
Lawyers for Ross Barkley say the Everton midfielder was the victim of an unprovoked attack by a stranger after footage emerged of an incident in a Liverpool city centre bar.
Merseyside Police have confirmed they are making enquiries after CCTV cameras captured images of a man being punched in the face.
Barkley s lawyers have confirmed the victim was the 23-year-old England international, who, hours earlier, had played a starring role in Everton s 4-2 Premier League defeat of Leicester City.
Matt Himsworth, managing director of Himsworths Legal, told the BBC: We can confirm that Ross was the victim of an unprovoked attack by a stranger who approached him on Sunday evening.”
Merseyside Police say no report of an assault has been made but that enquiries …
Overjoyed Carlisle boss Paul Simpson was happy for his players to head out and enjoy a beer following their dramatic 5-4 penalty shootout win over Stockport in the Sky Bet League Two play-off final.
After the Wembley showdown ended 1-1 after 120 minutes, the Cumbrians held their nerve to score five faultless spot-kicks to seal promotion and return to League One after nine years away.
“I’m delighted for all the players,” said Simpson. “They’ve shown the desire to really dig in during that second half, because we had to earn the right to take it all the way.
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“We had to hang in there a little bit, but I’m so pleased we’ve stuck at it and taken the game all the way.
Pep Guardiola is ready to freeze Ilkay Gundogan out of his Manchester City plans – until the captain brings his wife to eat at the manager s top table.
Sara Gundogan this week complained about the cuisine on offer in Manchester, saying there was horrible food everywhere .
She even claimed it was a struggle to find anything fresh, suggesting restaurants were using frozen food and had an obsession with making money from selling high-priced drinks.
The comments on Instagram made the front page of a major tabloid newspaper and did not go down well among Manchester s restaurateurs.
Guardiola owns an eatery in the city himself, a Spanish tapas spot.
When asked about the remarks from the City midfielder s wife, Guardiola initially appeared to agree wit…
CSKA Moscow announced on Friday that Milos Krasic was joining Juventus after the two clubs reached agreement on a 15 million euro price tag for the Serbia forward.
Krasic is due to fly to Turin to put pen to paper on a five year transfer.
Krasic, 26, made his professional debut in Serbia in 1999, when he was only 14, with Vojvodina Novi Sad, joining CSKA Moscow in 2004.
With the Russian side, he won two national championships in 2005 and 2006, four Russian Cups, as well as the UEFA Cup in 2005.
In 2009, Krasic was named Serbian footballer of the year.
He had a disappointing World Cup having been hailed as one of the likely stars, failing to sparkle as Serbia exited in the first round.
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(GSM) Former Liverpool defender Sami Hyypiä wanted to rejoin the Anfield club according to Bayer Leverkusen president Wolfgang Holzhauser.
New Reds boss Roy Hodgson had unsuccessfully attempted to re-sign the 36-year-old.
And Holzhauser told the Express newspaper: Sami came to us asking if there would be any chance to return to Liverpool.
We had an open discussion. Sami accepted straight away that we were desperate to keep him here.
He is too important for us and a valuable part of our first-team squad. We could easily imagine keeping Sami at our club for more than the remaining year of his contract.
He may add another season on the pitch and we are also considering adding him to our backroom staff afterwards, if he wants.
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Jose Mourinho saw his beleaguered Chelsea side lose again in midweek but the Portuguese insists his players will be ready for the visit of Liverpool on Saturday.
Premier League champions Chelsea have endured a nightmare start to the season and relinquished their grip on the League Cup which they won in March with a fourth-round penalty-shootout defeat at Stoke City on Tuesday.
Mourinho s side, who sit 15th in the Premier League, have won just one of their last seven games in all competitions and reports suggest that a loss to Jurgen Klopp s Liverpool could spell the end of the Portuguese s second reign at Stamford Bridge.
However, while admitting that lifting his squad for the weekend will be tough, Mourinho feels Chelsea s stars can take heart from their perform…