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The Spain striker looks set to complete a move to Chelsea after passing a medical on Wednesday and the former Blues playmaker has tipped him to be a success Juan Mata believes his Spain team-mate Diego Costa will "thrive" in the Premier League as he looks set to complete a move to Chelsea. The striker is expected to join Jose Mourinho's side in a €43 million move from Atletico Madrid in the near future after he passed a medical with the Premier League giants on Wednesday. As the move looks imminent, the Manchester United player is sure Costa has what it takes to shine in the English top flight. "I wish him the best," Mata told reporters. "He is a forward who is very well suited to English football because of his power and strength. He is the type of player that thrives there, but at the moment he is still an Atletico player." Mata was then asked about the World Cup and he says he is elated to be part of the Spain squad again heading into another major ...

Arsenal fans have given a mixed reaction to the latest leaked kit image, this time for the new 2014/15 third shirt made by Puma. The design features a light blue base colour and navy blue diagonal stripes running across the front. It is completed with a polo neck collar and light green cuffs.

Ryan Giggs has revealed how he wept in his car the day he feared he was saying goodbye to Manchester United for the last time. Giggs spent the last four games of last season as United’s interim manager in the wake of the sacking of David Moyes. The 40-year-old Old Trafford legend has subsequently been invited on to new manager Louis van Gaal’s coaching staff and will remain at the club, even though his playing days are now over. 

Gerard Pique let the cat out of the bag regarding Cesc Fabregas's transfer to Chelsea. The Barcelona defender was speaking to Spain manager Vicente del Bosque at a promotional event and even though they covered their mouths their voices were picked up by an active microphone. Both TVE and AStv managed to pick up the conversation. Read more at: http://www.sport.net/cesc-fabregas-is-going-for-33m-euros-have-gerard-pique-and-vicente-del-bosque-lifted-lid-on-chelsea-move_196401

A couple of hours after our own Jordan Beck wrote a spectacular article discussing some potential midfield targets for next season, it appears that Barça's front office read his piece and decided to take action. Whether or not that's true, there's a solid feeling amongst the Blaugrana that one of those potential targets is closer than ever to a deal that would bring him to the Camp Nou. That would be Sevilla's Ivan Rakitic, according to a report from Diario Sport. It's said that the negotiations between the two clubs and the Croatian have advanced a lot over the last few days, and both teams seem to be accelerating the process so they can have a done deal before the World Cup, which starts next week. The rumors also suggest that the early Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid talks were not serious, and only Barcelona is going after Rakitic from the start. New Barça manager Luís Enrique likes Ivan a lot, and could use him as a long-term replacement for Xavi. Now comes the...

The cash bonanza from the Premier League’s new TV deals is going where everyone expected - the players’ pockets - with experts Deloitte saying the total wage bills for the 20 clubs rose over £2BILLION last season. When costs for non-playing staff are removed that works out at something likely to be slightly more than £2.5m per season per man. And as the rich get richer, the gap to the rest of football has got bigger, with Championship clubs suffering a double whammy of lower income and higher wage costs at the same time, meaning bigger losses. 

The France international midfielder has been in good form in 2013-14 but a ligament tear in his knee is set to keep him out for up to eight weeks, disappointing the Chilean coach Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini says that the absence of Samir Nasri with an injury will be a big blow for his side. The midfielder has been ruled out for up to eight weeks after suffering a partial ligament tear in his left knee following a challenge from Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa in City's 2-0 win over Newcastle on Sunday. The Frenchman has played a key part in City's good form, which has seen them go 10 matches unbeaten in the Premier League to be within a point of leaders Arsenal, and Pellegrini knows that Nasri will be missed. "He is a very important player for us," the Chilean told the press. "He was also playing in a very good moment so we hope he can come back as soon as possible but I think that less than six or seven weeks would be difficult." The City boss was speaking ahe...