Vedad Ibisevic has penned a one-year contract extension with Bundesliga outfit Stuttgart.
The 30-year-old, who featured for Bosnia-Herzegovina at the World Cup, still had two years left on his existing deal, but has now agreed to stay with the club until June 2017.
Ibisevic s new contract appears to have curtailed West Ham s hopes of signing the forward.
Sam Allardyce had been linked with a £7million deal for the former Hoffenheim man before he committed to stay at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
I love playing for VfB, so I am delighted [to sign a new deal], Ibisevic told Stuttgart s official website.
We can develop something here again, and I would like to contribute with my services. We can experience all together better times with the club.
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Brendan Rodgers explained Chelsea target Wesley Fofana was not in the right frame of mind to play after leaving the defender out for Leicester City s 2-1 Premier League defeat to Southampton.
Chelsea have been strongly linked with a move for Fofana since missing out on Jules Kounde to Barcelona last month, with the Blues reportedly seeing several advances for the 21-year-old rebuffed.
Leicester manager Rodgers insisted Fofana was not for sale as recently as Friday s pre-match news conference, but he shifted to a back four on Saturday and left out the centre-back as Daniel Amartey started alongside Jonny Evans as a Che Adams double fired Southampton to a comeback win.
Speaking after Leicester slipped to just their second defeat in 11 home Premier League matche…
The Football Association is investigating whether Sandro Tonali breached betting rules after he joined Newcastle.
The 23-year-old Italy midfielder, who moved to the Magpies from AC Milan for £55million over the summer, has been suspended for 10 months by the Italian Football Federation.
Tonali was alleged to have placed bets on games involving former clubs Brescia and Milan during his spells with them.
The ban was subsequently ratified by FIFA after Tonali agreed a plea bargain as part of an investigation into illegal betting activity.
The PA news agency understands the FA is now investigating whether he was involved in gambling on football following his move to England.
Newcastle sporting director Dan Ashworth admits the probe into Tonali has be…
Antonio Conte says Inter cannot use injuries as an excuse as they aim to finish the year top of Serie A.
Inter are winless in three games across all competitions, crashing out of the Champions League and being leapfrogged by champions Juventus in the table.
Alexis Sanchez, Stefano Sensi, Nicolo Barella, Roberto Gagliardini, Antonio Candreva and Kwadwo Asamoah are all expected to miss Saturday s home game against Genoa.
Conte indicated he will give players every chance to recover in time for the match but he is not going to gamble on players fitness ahead of the mid-season break.
There is still a [training] session to go. We will not take risks, he told reporters on Friday. We have Brozo [Marcelo Brozovic] and Lautaro [Martinez] suspended too.
Paris Saint-Germain head coach Unai Emery says he is fully focused on finishing the season strongly, despite speculation he will leave.
The 46-year-old s future has come under scrutiny ever since his side s Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid in the last 16 last month.
Emery has been linked with a return to LaLiga with Real Sociedad, while former Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel has been tipped to take over at Parc des Princes.
However, Emery has denied holding talks with any other club and insists he is only concerned with helping PSG enjoy a successful end to 2017-18.
Writing on Twitter, he said: In relation to the different information that has come out in the last days, I want to make it clear that I m staying focused on Paris Saint-…
Carlos Tevez has turned down an offer to rejoin West Ham United, .
The forward, who returned to the club where he began his career Boca Juniors last summer instead looks likely to re-sign for another of his former sides, Corinthians.
He originally signed for West Ham from the Brazilian outfit in 2006 will fellow Argentina international Javier Mascherano.
He made twenty-nine appearances for the Hammers, scoring seven goals before signing for Manchester United.
He won two league titles, the League Cup and the Champions League with the Red Devils before controversially signing for their neighbors Manchester City where he won another championship and the FA Cup.
He added more medals to his collection during his two seasons with Juventus while in…
Inter boosted their chances of Champions League qualification with a dominant 4-0 victory over 10-man Udinese in Serie A.
Four points behind Lazio and Roma prior to Sunday s clash at Dacia Arena, Luciano Spalletti s side wasted no time in stamping their authority on proceedings Mauro Icardi s 99th Serie A goal for the club putting them 3-0 up at the interval.
Icardi s effort in first-half stoppage time came just three minutes after Rafinha had doubled Inter s lead, Andrea Ranocchia having headed the visitors in front early on.
Udinese had managed to forge some opportunities prior to Inter s quickfire double, but both Valon Behrami and Kevin Lasagna failed to take advantage of some sloppy Inter defending.
Inter were on the wrong side of a VAR red card …
Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto is being mentioned as a possible target for Saint Etienne, .
Les Verts are in the market for a left-sided defender after Franck Tabanou joined Swansea, and the Cameroon full-back is one of the players they are looking at.
Assou-Ekotto has been a free agent since he was released from his contract at White Hart Lane, and he may be interested in returning to French Ligue 1.
The 31-year-old had been regarded one of Premier League s top left-backs for several years, but his career has taken a turn for the worse of late.
Since joining the club from Lens in 2006, Assou-Ekotto managed 155 Premier League outings for Spurs, while also enjoying a season-long loan at QPR during the 2013/2014 season.
His s…
Jurgen Klinsmann has no concerns over Clint Dempsey s temperament as United States face off against Guatemala in their final match before starting their defence of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Dempsey was handed a minimum two-year ban from the U.S. Open Cup after being sent off for tearing up the referee s notebook in Seattle Sounders 3-1 extra-time defeat to Portland Timbers last month.
Head coach Klinsmann subsequently opted to make Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley captain for the Gold Cup, but the German insists that taking the armband away from Dempsey does not diminish the 32-year-old s importance to the team.
I had a very, very good conversation with Clint about what happened during the Open Cup, but also about how we want to approach things, Klinsmann told…
Manchester United have confirmed Bebe has moved to Portuguese club Rio Ave on loan until the end of June.
The 22-year-old has played seven times for the Red Devils and has found the net twice since joining the club in August 2010 for a fee of 8.6 million euros.
However, he has struggled to hold down a regular place in Sir Alex Ferguson s first-team due to the stiff competition amongst the United attack which includes Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney.
Ferguson feels the loan move will give Bebe a chance to play regular football and to progress as a player.
He told the club s official website: We feel the boy has got to get good experience at a better level than our reserve team.
He s gone to Rio Ave who are fifth in the Portuguese league at the …