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Jose Mourinho says he will not stand in the way of Morgan Schneiderlin s transfer away from Manchester United if the club receive a suitable offer.

West Brom boss Tony Pulis confirmed on Friday that they had launched a bid for the France international, which is reportedly worth close to £13million.

Everton have also been linked with a bid for the midfielder, who has only played 11 minutes of Premier League football this term, having signed from Southampton in 2015.

Mourinho has admitted that Schneiderlin has made his frustrations clear and that he will not deny him an exit if United s board accept an offer.

He s a great professional, a fantastic boy. Very honest, very open, and he s opened his heart a couple of times, said the Portuguese.

My an…

Chelsea has now officially parted company with Italian boss Antonio Conte. The story will come as little surprise to anybody who has paid any attention to the south west London club in the last six months.

The only surprise is that it took the Blues so long to wield the axe on the Italian. However, the main reason for the delay in Conte’s exit was that his potential replacement Maurizio Sarri’s appointment was so complicated.

Sarri left Napoli in the summer, as ironically former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti took the reins at the Naples club. The Italian club still wants compensation for their former boss, despite him leaving the club.

However, now according to Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis Sarri is close to being new Chelsea manager. My lawyers are…

What the papers say

Conor Gallagher could make a move across London as the end of the January transfer window looms. According to The Times, Tottenham are weighing up a potential bid for Chelsea’s England midfielder, 23.

Manchester United winger Facundo Pellistri, 22, could be heading for a spell away from Old Trafford. Spanish club Granada have revived plans for a loan move for the Uruguay international, reports the Manchester Evening News.

West Ham have turned their attention to Portuguese winger Jota, 24, from Al-Ittihad, according to the Evening Standard. Hammers talks with FC Nordsjaelland over Ghanaian forward Ibrahim Osman, 19, have stalled.

Leeds have made an offer to Everton for Ben Godfrey, reports The Sun. The Championship club are looking to take t…

He has a goalkeeping problem

As we go into a World Cup qualifying weekend it is nice and unusual for an England fan to be relaxed. Having already qualified for next summer’s jamboree in South Africa we go into the games against Ukraine and Belarus with an air of smugness, watching other teams scrabbling around to fill the remaining places.

Unrealistically

Of course, as an England fan, I am always smug. I always think we have the best team and that this next tournament might just be the one that we win. In my lifetime we never have, but that doesn’t stop me and millions of other English people unrealistically thinking it.

In some ways we have a right to feel more confident at the moment than we have done for many years. We …

Jesus Navas believes Manchester City have what it takes to beat any opponent as they prepare for Wednesday s Champions League match against Sevilla, even if he has conceded that his former club could cause them trouble.

Premier League leaders City were beaten by Juventus on matchday one, but bounced back with an away win over Borussia Monchengladbach and Navas who swapped Seville for Manchester in 2013  feels that result in Germany is proof that they can win anywhere.

It s going to be a difficult game against Sevilla. They are a solid defensive unit and we ll need to be at our best to win this game, the Spain winger said at Tuesday s pre-match news conference.

The return match will be even harder because the Sevilla supporters are renowned for their passion …

A solitary Asamoah Gyan goal was enough for Ghana to see off Mali 1-0 and book their place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals on Saturday.

The Black Stars captain handed his side the lead in the 21st minute when he headed home a Jordan Ayew cross and 2015 s losing finalists successfully held on for the remainder.

Avram Grant s men had every reason to be confident heading into the encounter as the only team to have reached the semi-finals in each of the last five AFCON tournaments, having also won their Group D opener against Uganda 1-0.

Mali, on the other hand, recorded a scoreless draw against Egypt on matchday one and had set their sights on another surprise result in Port-Gentil.

But it was all Ghana before the break, although Gyan s goal wa…

Rio Ferdinand is calling 15-year-old Arsenal debutant Ethan Nwaneri a rare talent after he broke the record for the youngest Premier League player in history during his side s 3-0 win against Brentford on Sunday.

Nwaneri came on in stoppage time and had no effect on the outcome, but it was the next step in a rapid rise for the England under-17 representative, who is still classified as a schoolboy until he turns 16 in March.

Since his debut, a report from The Times has claimed Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool all have a strong interest in the impressive youngster, and Ferdinand believes it is not out of the blue.

Speaking on his Youtube channel FIVE, the United legend said he has heard from sources within the game that Nwaneri could be a once-in-a…

Inter Milan are interested in signing Chelsea central midfielder N Golo Kante in the summer of 2023, according to . Kante is out of contract at former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea at the end of the season, and former Serie A champions Inter are keen on then signing him on a free transfer.

Former Italian champions Inter have made contact with Kante in regard to signing him on a pre-contract in January. The 31-year-old has had injury problems in recent seasons and has not been a regular for Chelsea for a while.

Kante has made only two appearances in the Premier League for Chelsea so far this season. The former Leicester City midfielder made 21 starts and five substitute appearances in the league for the Blues last season, scoring two goals and …

Norwich City have completed the signing of Gary Hooper from Celtic, .

The 25 year old has put pen to paper on a three-year contract with the Canaries, who have the option of keeping him for a further year.

Queens Park Rangers had also been interested in signing the striker, who scored sixty-three goals in ninety-five appearances since arriving in the Scottish Premier League in 2010.

The former Scunthorpe United man also boasts Champions League experience, and scored four goals during last season’s campaign, where Celtic reached the last sixteen of the competition.

He began his youth career with Tottenham Hotspur, where he worked under current Norwich boss Chris Hughton and his assistant Colin Calderwood.

Hooper becomes the eighth new arri…

Javier Pastore insists he is happy at Paris Saint-Germain, but failed to rule out of the prospect of a move to Roma.

The attacking midfielder has been linked with a transfer away from the Parc des Princes, with the Argentina international mooted as a potential makeweight in a deal to take Roma s Miralem Pjanic to the French capital.

Despite the speculation, Pastore who has previously played in Italy with Palermo has no immediate desire to leave PSG, although he was coy on the rumours of a return to Serie A.

I am happy here (at PSG) and, as I ve said, I don’t want to leave, Pastore told Fox Sports.

Roma? There are teams that have spoken with the club and with my agent. Roma are doing very well and have a strong squad.

If they were to call me then I d have …