David Beckham is set to begin talks with French side AS Monaco, with negotiations expected to take place after Saturday's MLS Cup final.
The 37-year-old is understood to be open to the idea of moving to the principality, having announced his desire to leave Los Angeles Galaxy.
Beckham has also attracted interest from clubs in Russia and Brazil, reports the BBC.
The former England captain plans to make a final decision on his future by the turn of the year.
Monaco play in the second tier of French football, Ligue 2, following their relegation from Ligue 1 in 2011.
They have experienced a steady decline in fortunes since appearing in the 2004 Champions League final, which ended in a 3-0 defeat by Porto.
They had mainly been stuck in mid-table but a period of financial instability contributed to their relegation in 2011.
Billionaire Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev bought a majority stake in the club in December 2011, with ambitions to return them to the level they were once at.
Aside from the Champions League final, Monaco boast a fine history, with seven French league titles to their name and alumni such as George Weah, Yaya Toure and Englishman Glenn Hoddle.
They were also managed by Arsene Wenger between 1987 and 1994, the now-Arsenal boss winning the title in his first season at the club.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Philippe Mexes scored a sensational overhead kick as AC Milan advanced into the knockout stage of the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Anderlecht in Belgium.
Stephan El Shaarawy scored a wonderful goal himself just minutes into the second half before Bram Nuytinck was shown a straight red card for a professional foul on Alexandre Pato.
Mexes then produced a wonderful acrobatic effort, similar to that of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s fourth goal against England last week, to double his side’s lead.
This stunning Philippe Mexes goal vs Anderlecht ( VIDEO BELOW) reminded one and all of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s incredible goal for Sweden against England. Mexes, like Ibra, scored a spectacular long range overhead kick, but while the Swede is a striker, Mexes is a centre back by profession, making the goal even more remarkable.
Video- Mexes goal vs Anderlecht- RSCA 0-2 Milan ( Goal Mexes 71′)
Mexes received the ball on the edge of the box from a set piece and chested it perfectly before unleashing an acrobatic bicycle kick. Milan went on to win the game 3-1 and qualified for the round of 16.
Philippe Mexes Bicycle Goal vs Anderlecht
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Chelsea's Champions League group was enveloped in controversy on Tuesday night after Shakhtar Donetsk striker Luiz Adriano scored what could best be described as unsporting goal in the Ukrainian's win at FC Nordsjaelland.
After the referee stopped the action in midfield, he instructed Shakhtar to play the ball back to the home side's goalkeeper. Willian duly obliged, however his punt almost three-quarters the length of the pitch was intercepted.
This is from the Champions League: Shaktar is at the top of their group, and Nordsjaelland is at the bottom. At the time, Nordsjaelland was winning 1-0. There was a collision off the ball between two players. The ref stopped play, and play restarts with a drop ball. They generally don’t contest drop balls in high level soccer: the sporting thing to do is to give the ball back to the team who deserves it. In this case, Nordsjaelland had the ball, so Shaktar went to play the uncontested drop-ball back to the Nordsjaelland keeper.
Enter Luiz Adriano, who treated the clear-to-the-keeper like a through-ball, took it, and scored. 1-1.
Shaktar went on to win 5-2.
Seemingly unaware, Luiz Adriano raced clear of the bemused defence, rounded the goalkeeper and slotted the ball home, sparking a furious reaction from the Nordsjaelland players, and a muted celebration from the visitors.
Luiz Adriano unsporting goal vs Nordsjaelland
Monday, November 19, 2012
West Ham 1-1 Stoke City Highlights of match - 19 November 2012 on England Premier League.
West Ham missed out on the opportunity to move up to fifth in the Premier League after being held to a draw by Stoke at Upton Park.
The Hammers fell behind to an early Jonathan Walters goal as Stoke went in search of their first away league win in 15 outings but ended up with a share of the spoils courtesy of a rare goal from Joey O'Brien.
West Ham's task was always going to be harder after conceding the lead as Stoke looked to sit back and soak up the pressure.
Sam Allardyce's side struggled to create chances in the first half but were much more potent after the break and dominated proceedings following O'Brien's strike, only his second goal for the club.
The hosts saw more of the ball in the opening 10 minutes but Stoke showed their usual aerial threat on a couple of occasions, most notably when Ryan Shawcross angled a long ball forward which Peter Crouch knocked down into the path of the onrushing Charlie Adam, who could not keep his shot down.
Unsurprisingly Stoke's opening goal came from a set-piece but it was not scored in the manner usually associated with Tony Pulis' side.
George McCartney cleared the ball behind after 12 minutes and Glenn Whelan rolled the corner across the ground and into the area where a clever run from the far past allowed Walters to convert with a thumping effort past Jussi Jaaskelainen.
West Ham 1-1 Stoke City Highlights
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Hangeland Red Card vs Sunderland Hangeland sent off for Tackle on Lee Cattermole Fulham 1-3 Sunderland.
Sunderland moved themselves away from the relegation zone with a much needed 3-1 win over Fulham in the Premier League.
The Black Cats were without a win in six games in all competitions going into the match against Martin Jol’s men who were unbeaten in five.
But injuries and the sending off of centre-back Brede Hangeland took their toll on the Cottagers allowing Martin O’Neill to jump for joy at the final whistle.
The home side saw Alex Kacaniklic, who has been in good form for the hosts, limp off with a suspected hamstring injury after 27 minutes.
And the misery was compounded just our minutes later as Norwegian defender Hangeland went in hard on Lee Cattermole, earning himself a red card.
The Cottagers admirably found a leveller as Mladen Petric’s fired home his fourth goal of the season from Damien Duff’s cross.
But O’Neill’s charges found an extra gear and Carlos Cuellar headed them in to the lead just after the hour-mark from Sebastian Larsson’s corner.
And, to round off the victory, Stephane Sessegnon hammered a fine strike in to the back of the net, via the upright, as he turned his marker outside the area.
The results pushes Sunderland up to 15th in the division and Fulham remain ninth after the weekend’s action
Hangeland Red Card vs Sunderland
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Liverpool defeats today Wigan Athletic with 3-0.Luis Suarez scores two goals and last was scored by Jose Enrique.The Uruguayan took his tally for the season to 13 goals with two second-half strikes with the impressive Jose Enrique netting the third with his first goal for the club.
L3-0W weww.fasthighlights.com de fasthighlights-2013 The victory was well deserved for the home side after a dour first half with Wigan struggling to pose only problems to the returning Pepe Reina in the Liverpool goal.
The win is only Liverpool's second home success of the season in the Premier League to lift them up to 11th spot in the table.
In a quiet start to the game Liverpool had to wait until 23 minutes to create their first noteworthy effort as Suso let fly from the edge of the box and Al Habsi could only palm out his powerful shot.
The little Spaniard missed the best opening of the half on 32 minutes as Glen Johnson got to the byline and pulled a cross back for Suso who headed his effort over the crossbar from six yards out.
Both sides made changes to their midfield just past the half hour mark with David Jones replacing the injured Ben Watson following a collision with Raheem Sterling, while Brendan Rodgers appeared to make a tactical change by taking off Suso for Jordan Henderson.
Liverpool made it 3-0 on 65 minutes with Enrique grabbing a deserved goal for his afternoon's work, but there was some controversy in the build-up.
Wigan felt they should have had a throw-in when Ivan Ramis's pass appeared to be deflected into touch by Suarez, but the home side were awarded the throw and from it Sterling got in on goal and saw his powerful shot palmed out into the path of the grateful Enrique to snaffle up the rebound.
Liverpool missed further chances to add to their lead in the remaining minutes as they enjoyed their best day of the season at Anfield against a below-par Wigan.
Later the highlights of the match will be shared here.
L3-0W weww.fasthighlights.com de fasthighlights-2013 The victory was well deserved for the home side after a dour first half with Wigan struggling to pose only problems to the returning Pepe Reina in the Liverpool goal.
The win is only Liverpool's second home success of the season in the Premier League to lift them up to 11th spot in the table.
In a quiet start to the game Liverpool had to wait until 23 minutes to create their first noteworthy effort as Suso let fly from the edge of the box and Al Habsi could only palm out his powerful shot.
The little Spaniard missed the best opening of the half on 32 minutes as Glen Johnson got to the byline and pulled a cross back for Suso who headed his effort over the crossbar from six yards out.
Both sides made changes to their midfield just past the half hour mark with David Jones replacing the injured Ben Watson following a collision with Raheem Sterling, while Brendan Rodgers appeared to make a tactical change by taking off Suso for Jordan Henderson.
Liverpool made it 3-0 on 65 minutes with Enrique grabbing a deserved goal for his afternoon's work, but there was some controversy in the build-up.
Wigan felt they should have had a throw-in when Ivan Ramis's pass appeared to be deflected into touch by Suarez, but the home side were awarded the throw and from it Sterling got in on goal and saw his powerful shot palmed out into the path of the grateful Enrique to snaffle up the rebound.
Liverpool missed further chances to add to their lead in the remaining minutes as they enjoyed their best day of the season at Anfield against a below-par Wigan.
Later the highlights of the match will be shared here.
Liverpool 3-0 Wigan Luis Suarez Goals
Today will present to you an amazing comeback on Arsenal 5-2
Tottenham Hotspur , match disputed on Premier League.Adebayor open the
score but then he was sent off by referee after a ugly tackle against
Santi Cazorla.The disaster has come after this incident and Arsenal
beats Tottenham.You have here a part of commentary:
Gareth Bale has been in fine form for Spurs today, and he scores a fabulous goal to give his side the faintest of chances. Arsenal are lazy in possession, and Sandro heads the ball down to the winger 45 yards out. The Welshman drives across the pitch to around 25 yards out and finds the bottom right-hand corner of Szczensy's net. Great goal, and this could get interesting.
Walcott brings the ball down well on the left and sets Podolski away down the wing, and the forward looks up and finds Cazorla with a fine cross, and the Spaniard slams a finish past the helpless Lloris. Surely that's game over now.
Catastrophe for Spurs as they are now 3-1 down. Cazorla is fouled by Webb waves play-on and the Spanish midfielder drives into the box past Lennon, and pulls back the ball fro the French striker, who slides a finish in low past Lloris courtesy of a deflection. Is that game over?
It's a bizarre goal which Podolski will claim. The striker shapes to shoot across Lloris, and while Gallas gets to the ball, it bobbles off of him and agonizingly past the French keeper into the corner of his net. Lucky for the hosts, but they deserve that lead.
It's the big centre-back Per Mertesacker, who unleashes a glorious header into Lloris' net from the penalty spot after great work out on the right by Walcott. How quickly games can change - the home crowd are delirious, Wenger's players are pumped up, and Spurs have a massive job on their hands over the next few minutes.
Later I will share the highlights of match.Enjoy the article.
Gareth Bale has been in fine form for Spurs today, and he scores a fabulous goal to give his side the faintest of chances. Arsenal are lazy in possession, and Sandro heads the ball down to the winger 45 yards out. The Welshman drives across the pitch to around 25 yards out and finds the bottom right-hand corner of Szczensy's net. Great goal, and this could get interesting.
Walcott brings the ball down well on the left and sets Podolski away down the wing, and the forward looks up and finds Cazorla with a fine cross, and the Spaniard slams a finish past the helpless Lloris. Surely that's game over now.
Catastrophe for Spurs as they are now 3-1 down. Cazorla is fouled by Webb waves play-on and the Spanish midfielder drives into the box past Lennon, and pulls back the ball fro the French striker, who slides a finish in low past Lloris courtesy of a deflection. Is that game over?
It's a bizarre goal which Podolski will claim. The striker shapes to shoot across Lloris, and while Gallas gets to the ball, it bobbles off of him and agonizingly past the French keeper into the corner of his net. Lucky for the hosts, but they deserve that lead.
It's the big centre-back Per Mertesacker, who unleashes a glorious header into Lloris' net from the penalty spot after great work out on the right by Walcott. How quickly games can change - the home crowd are delirious, Wenger's players are pumped up, and Spurs have a massive job on their hands over the next few minutes.
Later I will share the highlights of match.Enjoy the article.
Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Comeback Highlights
Friday, November 16, 2012
John Terry may have escaped a serious injury after collision with Luis Suarez on Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea, but he will still spend some time on the sidelines.
Terry has been ruled out for approximately three weeks with the right knee injury he sustained in this past weekend’s 1-1 draw with Liverpool. Scans on the knock revealed an MCL strain, which is not as severe a diagnosis as was initially feared when the Chelsea captain had to be stretchered off the field on Sunday.
The injury will force Terry to miss next week’s important UEFA Champions League group match against Juventus, as well as league games versus West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City.
Chelsea visit Di Matteo's former club West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Saturday.
As well as the trip to The Hawthorns, Terry is likely to miss the forthcoming league games against Manchester City, Fulham and West Ham United.
A three-week period of unavailability would also prevent him from playing a part in Chelsea's remaining Champions League Group E fixtures, including Tuesday's crucial match at Juventus.
He risks missing out on Chelsea's participation in the Club World Cup in Japan as well, with the London club expected to leave for the tournament on December 9.
Chelsea defender John Terry (left) walks on crutches after the Premier League match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in London, on November 11. Chelsea captain John Terry will be sidelined for about three weeks after injuring his knee against Liverpool last weekend, Blues coach Roberto Di Matteo revealed.
Terry has been ruled out for approximately three weeks with the right knee injury he sustained in this past weekend’s 1-1 draw with Liverpool. Scans on the knock revealed an MCL strain, which is not as severe a diagnosis as was initially feared when the Chelsea captain had to be stretchered off the field on Sunday.
The injury will force Terry to miss next week’s important UEFA Champions League group match against Juventus, as well as league games versus West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City.
Chelsea visit Di Matteo's former club West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Saturday.
As well as the trip to The Hawthorns, Terry is likely to miss the forthcoming league games against Manchester City, Fulham and West Ham United.
A three-week period of unavailability would also prevent him from playing a part in Chelsea's remaining Champions League Group E fixtures, including Tuesday's crucial match at Juventus.
He risks missing out on Chelsea's participation in the Club World Cup in Japan as well, with the London club expected to leave for the tournament on December 9.
Chelsea defender John Terry (left) walks on crutches after the Premier League match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in London, on November 11. Chelsea captain John Terry will be sidelined for about three weeks after injuring his knee against Liverpool last weekend, Blues coach Roberto Di Matteo revealed.
Terry out for three weeks
Zlatan Ibrahimovic name is now up there with Diego Maradona, Carlos
Alberto, Marco van Basten and John Barnes after scoring one of the best
international goals I’ve ever seen.I was watching Sweden vs England live stream match on the internet in low quality , but I've see the goal next day on HD quality.
But the best of
all time? Not for me – but it’s close. That honour goes to Barnes for
England against Brazil. More of that later.
Zlatan’s fourth goal in Stockholm against England on Wednesday night was totally different to any I can think of.
It
was just a fabulous goal, absolutely brilliant. A 35-yard, opportunist
overhead kick. To even attempt it is ridiculous but to pull it off is
sensational.
And yet, it was a real goalscorer’s goal, in terms of his awareness.
Despite being 35 yards out, his awareness of the goal was the same as it would be from eight yards.
He could see Joe Hart coming out and could already see the picture that was developing.
He
was working the goal out in his head even before he did it. His brain
was working the same way outside the box, as it does inside the box.
It’s
the old cliche ‘the goals don’t move’. But when you’re that far out and
your angles are all over the place, it’s completely different to being
within the parameters of the penalty box.
I’ve
watched a lot of Ibrahimovic in the last few years at close quarters,
through my work with Al Jazeera who now own PSG. I’ve praised him and
been critical of him, during his time in Milan, Turin, Barcelona and now
Paris.
I cover a lot of PSG games now and his goals this season have been fantastic – that’s why they paid so much money for him.
If
they do win the championship, he’ll be a huge part of it. He has grown
in stature and matured in the last few years. He’s captain of Sweden and
has taken on more responsibility.
His workrate still isn’t as eye-catching as his goalscoring but, hey, there have been many players like that over the years.
The one who jumps to mind is Glenn Hoddle. He had all the ability in the world but people said he didn’t work hard enough.
