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Romelu Lukaku was due to have his medical in Los Angeles on Thursday night before sealing a £75m move to Manchester United, with the striker expected to join José Mourinho’s squad when they arrive in the city on Sunday for the club’s five-game pre-season tour of America. Lukaku has been holidaying in California with United’s Paul Pogba, who is a good friend and who has the same agent, Mino Raiola. The 24-year-old was due to fly back to England on Friday for pre-season training with Everton. However, as Mourinho is intent that Lukaku should be confirmed as United’s second summer signing as soon as possible, the manager has decided this is the best way to push the transfer through. The move means that, barring a last-minute hitch, United will have landed Lukaku ahead of Chelsea despite the west London club believing they were in pole position to prise him from Everton. Comment 👍🏼👍 to like this

The Europa League winners have swooped to tee up a transfer for the long-time Chelsea target and have ended their interest in the ex-Juventus man Manchester United have agreed to sign Everton striker Romelu Lukaku for £75 million while reportedly ending their interest in Real Madrid’s Alvaro Morata. Lukaku had seemed destined to move to Chelsea this summer but United have swooped after the Blues struggled to make headway on a deal. United boss Jose Mourinho is hopeful that the transfer of Lukaku will be completed in time for the Belgian to fly out with the first-team squad for the summer tour of the USA on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Reds have reportedly pulled out of negotiations with Real Madrid for 24-year-old Morata. They had reached favourable terms with the player’s advisers but Goal reported on Wednesday that United’s final €80m offer had been rejected by the European champions, who value Morata at €90m. Lukaku will be reunited with his former Chelsea boss M...

The Red Devils’ all-time top scorer is set to seal a return to Goodison Park and the number he will represent has been leaked Wayne Rooney will wear the number 10 shirt at Everton once he completes his move from Manchester United, taking over from Romelu Lukaku, according to reports. The long-standing United captain looks set to complete a deal to return to Goodison Park in the coming days, 13 years after he left the Merseyside club to sign for the Red Devils. Rooney has found it difficult to establish himself in Jose Mourinho’s side and has accepted his time at Old Trafford has come to an end, despite securing his status as United’s all-time highest scorer during the 2016-17 campaign. Now 31, Rooney has donned the number 10 since the 2007-08 campaign, having previously worn number eight for his first three years in Manchester. And with Lukaku looking increasingly likely to leave Everton this summer, Rooney can retain his favoured number at his new club. Chelsea are ...

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has defended Victor Moses after he was sent off for diving in Saturday’s FA Cup final against Arsenal. The wing-back went into the book after a foul on Danny Welbeck shortly before the hour mark, and soon after received his second yellow card of the afternoon when he went to ground under no contact from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain inside the area in the 68th minute. Nevertheless, Conte refused to judge the Nigerian and believes fatigue played a major role in the 26-year-old’s crash to the ground. “Honestly, I did not see the situation. I do not know for sure, but there is a lot of attention on this moment. Sometimes I think it could be tiredness,” Conte said. “We are at the end of the season and a lot of players are tired and then there is a lot of pressure. For sure, it is not a good situation to dive, it is true. “But Moses is an honest player and if there was this situation he was tired and he did not want to cheat the referee.” ...

Jose Mourinho has admitted Paul Pogba's "problem" at Manchester United this season has been the huge price-tag "on his back". The midfielder joined United in a world-record £89.3million transfer from Juventus last summer and he seems to have struggled with the weight of expectation on him at Old Trafford this season. The 24-year-old's form has been inconsistent and Mourinho admits the huge fee has had an impact on his performances. He told Omnisport: "I think the problem is the tag, the price tag on his back. I hope next summer he's not anymore the highest transfer fee and then the pressure goes to somebody else. "If his transfer fee was half of it, everybody would say 'what a buy,' 'he's playing more than good'. But everybody expects performances according to that huge transfer fee and that brings pressure and that brings sometimes unfair analysis." Mourinho insists the France international, who ...

Chelsea take on Manchester United at Old Trafford in the standout fixture of matchweek 33 in the Premier League, aiming to take another step closer to lifting the title. Who is winning this tough match? Drop Your Predictions Below!!!  

Portugal international footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has strongly denied a claim he raped a woman who he then paid £300,000 to keep quiet. German magazine Der Spiegel yesterday claimed the former Manchester United star was involved in the incident in 2009, and the woman was allegedly paid a settlement sum in 2010. In a statement from his agent, published in response yesterday, he calls the article a ‘piece of journalistic fiction’ and describes the claims as ‘outrageous and disgusting’. The allegations reportedly came from a letter written by the woman – who was in her 20s at the time – but Ronaldo denies ever seeing it. The statement reads: ‘The German newspaper Der Spiegel today publishes an extensive report on an allegation of rape alleged to have been made to Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009, ie about 8 years ago. ‘It is a piece of journalistic fiction. The alleged victim refuses to be identified and corroborates the story. ‘And the whole plot is based on unsigned d...

Fernando Torres is back to training on Monday subsequent to recovering from a serious head injury, proposing he could play in Wednesday's Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen. Torres lost consciousness in a challenge with Deportivo la Coruna's Alex Bergantinos in a 1-1 draw on 2 March but later discharged from hospital with no serious injury. In spite of coming back to training, the 32-year-old presently haven't received all-clear from Doctors however, the club indicated

Arsene Wenger’s 21-year reign at English club, Arsenal might been seeing its last days following a rumoured agreement with an Italian tactician to salvage the faltering gunners. Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has reached a verbal agreement with Arsenal to replace Arsene Wenger should he stand down, according to the Daily Express. With Wenger’s future at the Emirates Stadium uncertain, Allegri is in pole position to take over if the Frenchman declines to extend his 20-year tenure beyond the end of 2016-17. Mr. Wenger has been the manager of Arsenal since October 1996, where he has since become the club’s longest-serving manager and most ever successful of all time. Football pundits give Wenger credit for his contribution to the revolutionising of football in England in the late 1990s through the introduction of changes in the training and diet of players. In other news, with Luis Enrique to step down as Barcelona coach at the end of the season, the Camp Nou...

Forward Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Real Madrid’s league match at Eibar on Saturday with injury. The world player of the year, who scored twice in Real’s 3-3 draw against Las Palmas on Wednesday, did not train with the team on Friday. Real will also be without attacking duo Gareth Bale and Alvaro Morata, who are both suspended. Coach Zinedine Zidane earlier said: “Cristiano wasn’t feeling 100% and that is why he did not train today.” Real are a point behind leaders Barcelona, but have a game in hand. The Catalan club host Celta Vigo later on Saturday.

Jose Mourinho thinks second place in the Premier League is an attainable target for his in-form Manchester United side. With his former club Chelsea 15 points clear of sixth-place United, Mourinho thinks the title is already out of reach. But second-placed Tottenham are only five points clear of United, who entertain Bournemouth on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 1. EFL Cup winners United still have commitments in the FA Cup and Europa League, but Mourinho is targeting a runner-up placing in the title race. “The second position is very difficult but it’s very possible,” said Mourinho. “First is impossible. Second is possible and we have to fight for it. “The Europa League is very difficult, but it’s a target for us and, if we beat Rostov, we find ourselves in the quarter-final. “Then we have to think really seriously about the Europa League because, in this moment, we are still in the last 16. “Quarter-final, you smell the final and then, in a certain period of the...