Ramires rubbishes Real Madrid link

Former Barcelona defender Edmilson says that Ronaldinho is largely responsible for the club s success.

Ronaldinho spent five years at Camp Nou between 2003 and 2008, helping the club win two La Liga titles and one Champions League crown, among other trophies.

Almost four years have passed since the 32-year-old left for AC Milan, but Edmilson believes that the Flamengo ace s legacy is still being felt at the club.

He was an exceptional player at Barca, Edmilson told Band. I do not know what happened to him in his last months at the club.

He arrived at the club in a critical moment, he won everything and changed Barca s history.

What Barca is now is 80 percent because of him. He decided to leave to join Milan, but unfortunately he could not keep…

Away from the big-budget AAA sphere, there are tons of single player games releasing that don’t get as much of the limelight as they deserve. Here are 11 such titles to keep on your radar.

Project TH

Invariably these ‘Project X’ dubbed games get announced, generate hype, never materialise, then evaporate into thin air. Project TH appears to have strong chance it’ll release though, with well-known Korean actors involved in its production plus developer EVR Studio already an established company with Hollywood VFX credits to its name. If Project TH does release then, oh boy, we’re in for a treat. With stealth-action straight out of the Ubis…

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is unsure of Cristiano Ronaldo s availability against Fulham after the forward was struck down by illness this week.

United travel to Craven Cottage in the Premier League on Sunday for their final game before the season halts for the World Cup in Qatar, with questions lingering as to whether players will avoid being involved across the final weekend in order to avoid picking up an injury.

Ten Hag insists that is not the case for United and, though Ronaldo has been under the weather in recent days, it is possible he could be involved.

I think the players are all aware of the importance of the game. We have Fulham, and I will not take the World Cup into regard. We play the best team on Sunday – it s the only interest for Ma…

Manchester City holding midfielder Nigel de Jong backs the club to claim the English Premier League title despite unceasing pressure from Sir Alex Ferguson s Manchester United.

With 13 Premier League left of the schedule, table-toppers City are sitting on 6o points (19-3-3), while United are currently on 58 points (18-4-3).

I fully expect the title race between the two Manchester-based clubs to go down to the wire, quite possibly even the last game of the campaign, and so does Nigel de Jong.

“We are honestly not thinking about United, .  We aren’t feeling any pressure from them because the only pressure we feel is what we put on ourselves.

“We ­expect this fight to go on until the last games of the season. ­United have won the ­Premier…

Andrey Arshavin has revealed his desire to return to Arsenal at the end of his loan spell with Russian outfit Zenit St Petersburg.

The 30-year-old forward, who signed for the Gunners in January 2009, endured a difficult few months at the Emirates prior to his temporary departure, being widely criticised by fans for a drop in form.

However, Arshavin insists he is still keen to continue his career with the north London side, particularly with his family settled in London.

When asked if he intended to return to Arsenal, Arshavin told RT Sports: Of course, yes.

Every player does not want to sit on the bench or the stands and watch the action from there.

When I was at Arsenal, I always wanted to play and not sit on the sidelines watching everythin…

Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti feels no footballer is worth the €105 million Manchester United paid Juventus for Paul Pogba. 

United broke the transfer record previously held by Gareth Bale following his €100m move from Tottenham to Real Madrid in 2013 to lure Pogba back to Old Trafford ahead of the 2016-17 campaign.

Verratti has also been valued at €100m by some, but the Italy international believes it is time to put things in perspective.

I am not worth €100 million, Verratti was quoted as saying by La Gazzetta dello Sport.

We are just playing football. These amounts of money make me laugh. No one is worth that much.

And I think it is bad for the players for whom such fees are paid as well because people expect impossi…

A Yaya Toure brace put Manchester City on the verge of their first league title in 44 years, with a 2-0 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

City were on top throughout but had to fend off multiple dangerous Newcastle counter-attacks, with Joe Hart denying Hatem Ben Arfa in the first half.

David Silva and Gareth Barry had already gone close before the away side finally found the breakthrough when Toure brilliantly curled a shot past Tim Krul after 70 minutes.

The Ivorian midfielder then converted from close range as City took advantage of Newcastle s push for an equaliser, with the win seeing Roberto Mancini s men climb three points clear of Manchester United with the latter to play later on Sunday.

Having established an effective defensive shield in the op…

Southampton are interested in signing Jeremie Frimpong from Celtic in the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that a number of clubs in the Championship in England are also keen on securing the services of the 19-year-old right-back.

Frimpong joined Celtic from Manchester City in the summer of 2019 and has established himself as an important player for the team. The Netherlands Under-20 international has played over 40 times in all competitions for the Hoops and has scored three goals and provided six assists.

With Celtic aiming to win the Scottish Premiership title for the 10th season in a row in 2020-21, it is hard to see the Glasgow giants sell the youngster in the middle of the season. It is very likely that Southampton and clubs in the Ch…

Roma confirmed midfielder Gerson has joined Brazilian side Flamengo in an €11.8million deal.

Gerson, 22, made 42 appearances for Roma across two seasons after joining in 2016, while he spent the 2018-19 campaign on loan at Fiorentina.

The former Fluminense midfielder has made the move to Flamengo, it was confirmed on Friday.

AS Roma can confirm that an agreement has been reached with Brazilian side Flamengo for the permanent transfer of midfielder Gerson, a statement from the Serie A club read.

É OFICIAL! Gerson é o novo reforço do Mengão! O meia de 22 anos foi comprado junto à Roma e assinou contrato até dezembro de 2023. Seja bem-vindo, craque! Muito sucesso com o Manto Sagrado!

— Flamengo (@Flamengo)

The Brazilian leaves t…

Aston Villa beat West Brom 2-0 to claim local bragging rights for the second time in a week and book an FA Cup semi-final spot, but could face action from the Football Association following a late pitch invasion. 

Christian Benteke netted an injury-time penalty to hand Villa a much-needed 2-1 Premier League triumph in midweek, but the Belgium international striker was absent when the teams reconvened at Villa Park on Saturday.

Tim Sherwood s team lacked attacking impetus in Benteke s absence and West Brom had the better of the first half following a glaring early miss from their forward Brown Ideye.

Villa were instantly more impressive in the second period, six minutes into which their captain Fabian Delph netted.

West Brom s Claudio Yacob collected a …