Santiago Solari has taken on his first coaching role since his unsuccessful Real Madrid stint as the new boss of Club America.
A statement on Tuesday confirmed Solari s appointment for the 2021 Liga MX Clausura, this year renamed the Torneo Guard1anes 2021.
America president Santiago Banos said: We recognised that Solari has an ideal profile for our sports project.
Throughout his career as a footballer and manager, he has been able to successfully meet the demands and objectives of teams like Club America, whose only goal is the title.
Solari replaced Julen Lopetegui at the Santiago Bernabeu in the tumultuous 2018-19 campaign that followed Madrid s most recent Champions League triumph and Zinedine Zidane s subsequent departure.
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Atletico Madrid have signed Serbia Under-21 striker Ivan Saponjic from Benfica on a three-year contract.
Neither club disclosed the fee paid for the 21-year-old but the deal is reported to be worth in the region of €8million.
A physically imposing forward, Saponjic will provide an extra attacking option for coach Diego Simeone alongside Diego Costa, Alvaro Morata and record signing Joao Felix, who also arrived from Benfica for €126m.
But while the Portugal international starred in the club s Primeira Liga triumph in the 2018-19 season, Saponjic played for Benfica B after joining from Partizan Belgrade in January 2016 and spent the 2017-18 campaign on loan with Belgian club Zulte Waregem.
He joins fellow new faces Marcos Llorente, Hector Herrera, Feli…
Trent Alexander-Arnold saluted one of the best performances of manager Jurgen Klopp’s reign after helping Liverpool clinch a “very, very special” victory at Newcastle.
The Reds looked dead and buried at St James’ Park when skipper Virgil van Dijk was sent off three minutes after Anthony Gordon had fired the home side into a 25th-minute lead.
However, they escaped further punishment to make it to the latter stages of the game still only one goal in deficit, and ultimately emerged with three points after substitute Darwin Nunez scored an unlikely late double.
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Alexander-Arnold told the club’s official website: “It’s unbelievable, to b…
Breel Embolo hailed Cristiano Ronaldo as an inspiration and Kylian Mbappe as a role model ahead of Switzerland s World Cup last-16 tie against Portugal.
Embolo has impressed for the Swiss in Qatar, scoring twice in the group stage.
That is one more goal than Ronaldo has managed, with the Portugal captain netting only in their opening win over Ghana, with the goal coming from the penalty spot.
It did, however, make Ronaldo the first man to score at five different World Cups, and Embolo is honoured to get the chance to go up against the 37-year-old on the biggest stage.
I think Cristiano, not just for forwards, but for all athletes, is a great inspiration and is enriching for our time, he said in a press conference.
You can only learn from someone…
David Moyes is preparing to smash Manchester United’s transfer record with a third bid for Cesc Fabregas, .
The Premier League champions’ previous two bids for the 26 year old, though to be around the £25m and £30m mark were dismissed out of hand by the Catalan club.
However, the United manageriIs determined to land the former Arsenal captain and, according to the Manchester Evening News, will break the club s transfer record that currently stands at £30.8m, which they paid to Tottenham Hotspur for Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov in 2008.
Fabregas has returned to training with the La Liga champions, but is said to be considering his options, while new Barcelona boss Gerardo Martino has insisted that the club would reject any improved bid from United sh…
Newcastle United are looking for a swift response to their 4-0 drubbing at Manchester City when they host West Ham on Saturday.
Alan Pardew s side were completely overrun at the Etihad Stadium last Monday, as goals from David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri consigned them to a heavy loss in their opening Premier League game of the new season.
But Pardew has urged supporters not to overreact to the result against Manuel Pellegrini s side, asking the St James Park faithful to judge his team after home matches with West Ham and Fulham on August 31.
Really and truly it is about the next 37 games particularly the two at home. We need points on the board, he said.
It will be a better measure for us after West Ham and Fulham. Judge us on that. Going for…
Luis Enrique equalled Pep Guardiola s best unbeaten run as Barcelona head coach after the Spanish champions won 2-0 at Levante on Sunday.
David Navarro deflected Jordi Alba s cross into his own net but La Liga s bottom club battled bravely against Barca, with Jose Luis Morales rattling the post after beating Claudio Bravo.
Lionel Messi had a goal disallowed for offside but Barca ultimately clinched the win in stoppage time thanks to Luis Suarez s fine finish, ensuring Luis Enrique could celebrate his 100th game in charge with a victory.
Barca have now gone 28 games without defeat, drawing them level with the record set by Guardiola s side in the 2010-11 season.
Real Madrid looked set to lose more ground to the leaders in the title race until a stunning st…
Mathieu Flamini is set to leave Arsenal at the end of the season,.
The France international, who conceded a late penalty as the Gunners lost to Barcelona on Tuesday evening. is yet to be offered a new contract at the Emirates Stadium having returned to North London from Milan on a free transfer in the summer of 2013.
In his second spell with the club, Flamini has racked up ninety appearances in all competitions, scoring five goals while he netted eight times in one hundred and twenty-nine games before he moved to Italy.
He has just three caps for his country, and hasn’t featured for them since coming off the bench in a 2-1 win over Serbia in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals.
Arsenal currently sit third in the Premier League, two points be…
The World Cup Group E opener between Costa Rica and Serbia was settled by the stunning goal that the occasion deserved.
These two sides began their Russia 2018 campaign under sunny Samara skies on Sunday but despite the abundant quality on show, profligacy was the underlying theme until Aleksandar Kolarov struck in spectacular fashion just prior to the hour to earn a 1-0 win for his side.
It had been an eventful start for the Serbia captain, who sparked fears by going down clutching his knee during the warm-up and then within eight minutes had been caught out of position to hand Marcos Urena an opportunity, crashed into the same man at full tilt and smashed a trademark 30-yard howitzer comfortably wide.
Shortly before Kolarov s marvellous free-kick, his team-mate…
Sven-Goran Eriksson heaped praise on former pupil Diego Simeone, insisting the Atletico Madrid coach is an example to follow in world football.
Simeone played under Eriksson at Lazio for two years and the Argentine boss has since gone to turn Atletico into a resolute and genuine European powerhouse.
After taking the reins in 2011, Simeone has guided Atletico to La La glory, as well as Europa League, Copa del Rey, UEFA Super Cup and Supercopa de Espana titles.
Atletico second in the league and in the Champions League semi-finals are once again vying for silverware this season, much to the delight of Shanghai SIPG boss Eriksson.
I am cheering for Atletico Madrid and Simeone, Eriksson told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
His football intrigues me, and we …