The Spanish playmaker will join the MLS side when the Belgian top flight regular season ends in mid March Toronto FC have announced the signing of Spanish midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo from Belgian side KRC Genk. Terms of Pozuelo’s transfer and contract were not disclosed beyond that he becomes their third designated player, after Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore. However, reports have put the transfer fee as high as $11 million (£9m), with Pozuelo set to join Toronto after the close of the Belgian top-flight regular season, March 18. “Alejandro is an excellent player that has the ability to both create and score goals,” Toronto FC General Manager Ali Curtis said in a statement.…

The former Red Devils striker has delighted in seeing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s secure a notable Champions League scalp against all odds Manchester United’s stunning Champions League victory over Paris Saint-Germain has left Dimitar Berbatov beaming, with the former Red Devils star reminding fallen French foes that they need to “respect the giant”. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side headed to Parc des Princes on Wednesday aware that they needed to overturn a two-goal deficit against the Ligue 1 title holders in order to keep their continental dreams alive. Few outside of Old Trafford gave them much of a chance against star-studded opponents, but two goals from Romelu Lukaku and a VAR-assisted penalty…

The former Blancos star who once played alongside the Welshman at Spurs concedes that Premier League life would be easier than that in La Liga With questions being asked of Gareth Bale’s future at Real Madrid, former team-mate Rafael van der Vaart believes a return to England at either Tottenham or Manchester United may be the best choice. The Wales international is approaching the end of a sixth season in Spain, during which time he has won four Champions League crowns, the Liga title and plundered over 100 goals. He has, however, struggled for form and fitness at times and currently finds himself being asked to play an impact role…

The German midfielder believes the success being enjoyed at the Etihad Stadium is down to collective strength rather than individual brilliance Manchester City may not have a Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, but Ilkay Gundogan claims “it’s hard to name another team in Europe with so many great players in their squad”. The Blues have established domestic dominance in English football, with a record-breaking Premier League title triumph enjoyed in 2017-18. They are well-placed in the defence of that crown this season, having already landed the Carabao Cup in successive seasons. A potential quadruple remains on the cards this term, with Gundogan hoping that collective quality at the Etihad Stadium…

This seems to sum up the difficulty of weekly NFL picks and predictions: Two winless teams opened as favorites in Week 4, according to consensus betting lines at Sportsbook Review. Apparently the throw-out-the-record-book cliche applies to almost every pro football game, not just rivalries. The 2019 NFL season thus far has presented its share of surprises, including the rebounds of a handful of teams that failed to make the playoffs last year. MORE: Get the latest NFL odds at Sportsbook Review Four teams that missed the postseason in 2018 — the Bills (3-0), Lions (2-0-1), Packers (3-0) and 49ers (3-0) — are undefeated through the first three weeks of the 2019 season. This year marks the fourth time…

Last week started with DJ Chark scoring in a third game to open the season and ended with Terry McLaurin doing the same. In between, Mecole Hardman once again did an admirable Tyreek Hill impression while Daniel Jones and Kyle Allen both dominated in their first starts of the season. We also had a serious Saquon Barkley injury (ah, Wayne Gallman — we meet again), Taylor Gabriel’s three-TD quarter, and Will Dissly’s continued ascent up the TE rankings. So, yeah, the top Week 4 fantasy waiver wire pickups and free agent adds are gonna be pretty f’n weird. Even with only a handful of marquee names, there should be plenty of activity…

Pete Carroll’s face got in the path of a football before the Seahawks’ game against the Saints on Sunday. The result of the pregame hit left a cut on the coach’s nose, which was visible as he stood on the sideline. Here’s the video of the hit: MORE: NFL agrees with Tom Brady: Penalties in 2019 are out of hand The nose injury had people talking on social media — and everybody was making the same exact joke: The jokes reference an iconic scene from “The Brady Bunch,” where Peter Brady accidentally hits Marcia Brady in the face with a football, causing her nose to swell. Marcia’s injury eventually causes her to lose a…

It’s not quite the blockbuster Week 4 was, but this week of college football games offers some interesting matchups. Chief among those is the matchup between No. 5 Ohio State and Nebraska. Both teams have had no problem putting up points, and Scott Frost’s Cornhuskers will be aiming for a monumental Big Ten upset at home. Other games to watch include ranked matchups between No. 21 USC and No. 17 Washington and No. 18 Virginia and No. 10 Notre Dame. Both of those can have serious repercussions in the College Football Playoff race. MORE: Sporting News’ Week 5 top 25 Sporting News is 18-6 through three weeks of picks this…

We talked about it in this space last week, but it’s worth doing again: More and more top running backs are catching passes at the expense of classic PPR backs. When making the Week 4 PPR RB rankings, it wasn’t as easy to just slide Derrick Henry and Leonard Fournette down the list. Henry’s being involved in the Tennessee screen game, while Jacksonville is simply leaving Fournette in on passing downs. Players like Josh Jacobs and Nick Chubb would also have been classic off-the-field-in-passing-down-situation guys, but this year, Oakland and Cleveland have shown no problem throwing to them. That seemingly league-wide development makes it tougher to find PPR sleepers. Most of…

Now 22 years on from Barcelona’s 5-4 win against the Rojiblancos, the man who scored the winner spoke to Goal about that famous night Juan Antonio Pizzi will always be associated with Barcelona despite only spending two seasons as a player at Camp Nou. The Argentine is famous for scoring the decisive goal to complete one of Barca’s most famous comebacks, on this day 22 years ago. The Blaugrana took on Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg with the tie level at 2-2. Bobby Robson’s side found themselves 3-0 down at half-time and 4-2 behind early in the second half, with elimination all but certain. However,…