Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio is ready to move star striker Stephane Sessegnon away from the Stadium of Light, according to .

The Italian is willing to part company with the Benin international if the price is right, with a figure of £8m being reported.

With £9m expected from Liverpool for goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, as well as a fee of £4m mooted for Hull City and Stoke City target Lee Cattermole, Di Canio is set to have the funds available to continue recruiting his new look squad.

Marseille, and Chinese sides Tianjin Teda and Shanghai Shenhua have inquired about Sessegnon, who has scored seventeen goals in eighty-three appearances since arriving at the Stadium of Light back in 2011.

Meanwhile, David Vaughn has drawn interest from Crystal P…

Sydney FC s Jason Culina says he will be emotional when called into action on Friday after a two-year campaign to rebuild his damaged body.

The former Socceroos midfielder has not appeared since breaking down with a knee injury while playing for Gold Coast at the end of the 2010/11 season.

Culina underwent two bouts of surgery and an aborted comeback with Newcastle before signing with Sydney in the off-season and continuing an exhausting and painful rehabilitation program.

His time has finally come, with the 32-year-old to be used off the bench when struggling Sydney host Adelaide at Allianz Stadium on Friday.

I had nothing else I could possibly do. Football is the one thing I love, Culina said on Thursday when asked what kept him going.

I ve …

Simone Inzaghi knows Inter must use their heads and our hearts against Benfica when the pair meet in the Champions League quarter-finals.

The Serie A heavyweights travel to Lisbon on Tuesday for the first leg of their last-eight clash against the Primeira Liga leaders.

Roger Schmidt s hosts are unbeaten in Europe this season and have lost just three times in all competitions, though they come into the game on the back of a domestic defeat to Porto.

The task in hand for Inter looks a difficult one, particularly amid their own mixed domestic form, but Inzaghi believes they can prevail if they play intelligently.

We know the importance of this match, he said at Monday s pre-match press conference. We have had a great, difficult journey [to get here]. They a…

Middlesbrough will renew their attempts to capture James Harper from Reading after agreeing to sell Lee Cattermole to Wigan Athletic for £3.5 million.

Cattermole, the England Under-21 midfield player, has been given permission to discuss personal terms with Steve Bruce’s team and his departure would free up money for Gareth Southgate who has admitted that Boro need to sell players before they can buy.

Reading have been demanding £5 million for 27 year old Harper. His contract runs till the end of the 2009-10 season but the lure of playing in the Premier League seems to hard to resist for the midfielder

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Eden Hazard looked to be back to his best as Chelsea dominated Burnley in a 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, but manager Antonio Conte feels there is still room for improvement.

After being named PFA Player of the Year as Chelsea won the Premier League title in 2014-15, Hazard s form significantly dipped during a woeful campaign for the club last term, failing to score a top-flight goal until April.

The Belgian netted from the penalty spot in the opening 2-1 win over West Ham and struck after just nine minutes against Burnley on Saturday, surging forward on the counter-attack and guiding home a fine finish from 20 yards.

Hazard had a shot cleared off the line by Ben Mee in the first half and goalkeeper Tom Heaton denied him twice after half-time, but Cont…

Eduardo Camavinga may have long been linked with a move to Real Madrid but the teenage midfielder wants to sign a contract extension at Rennes.

Madrid and Juventus are believed to be admirers of the 18-year-old midfielder, whose deal at Roazhon Park is due to expire at the end of next season.

Among midfielders currently aged 21 or younger to have played in at least 10 games in the top five European leagues this season, only Monaco s Aurelien Tchouameni (780) has made more successful passes than Camavinga (728). However, the Rennes talent has a superior passing accuracy of 89.9 per cent compared to his counterpart s 82.1.

His average of 3.9 tackles per 90 minutes is only bettered by Huesca s Sergio Gomez (4.4), though the Spaniard has played 345 minutes compared t…

The 2009 Dutch Cup final will be a battle between FC Twente and SC Heerenveen. The latter beat FC Volendam 0-2 to advance from the semi finals.

Heerenveen were never truly in trouble at Volendam with Viktor Elm scoring the opening goal after just ten minutes.

To make sure that there would not be any late surprises, Danijel Pranjic added a second to double the margin with six minutes to go.

FC Twente beat NAC 3-1 on Tuesday and will be facing Heerenveen in the final, traditionally played at Rotterdam s De Kuip stadium.

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Udinese owner Giampaolo Pozzi is adamant that Francesco Guidolin will not be leaving, insisting he wants him to build a legacy at the club.

57-year-old Guidolin has been in charge at Stadio Friuli since 2010 and has guided
them to two top-four finishes, while they are in pole position to finish fifth this
season.

If Udinese hold off the challenge of Lazio on the final day they will qualify for the UEFA Europa League, and Pozzi wants him to build a legacy similar to the one Alex Ferguson had at Manchester United.

With uncertainty over the future of Inter boss Andrea Stamaccioni and Napoli
manager Walter Mazzarri, Guidolin’s name had been mentioned as a possible
replacement at those clubs but, with two years remaining on his contract, Pozzi does not …

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With a semi-final clash against either hosts Russia or Croatia on the line, Gareth Southgate s Three Lions will look to carry on their momentum when they face off against Sweden at the Samara Arena on Saturday afternoon.

Starting with Sweden, coming off the back of their dramatic 1-0 win over Switzerland last week, Janne Anderson s side have booked their spot in the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time since 1994. However, while The Yellows have won back-to-back World Cup matches for the first time since 1958, and keeping a clean sheet in three of their four outings this summer, we do believe that coming up against a high-flying England side will be a step to far.

As for Gareth Southgate s Three L…

Real Madrid suffered a 4-0 away defeat to Spanish lower league side Alcorcon. They were without Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka but the result was still very embarrassing.

It was a poor defeat considering Real still had international footballers in their ranks. Any Real Madrid side that visits a side so far down the footballing pyramid should easily have enough to win comfortably.

Under fire

Chilean boss Manuel Pellegrini has been heavily criticised and some of the Spanish press has even called for him to be dismissed. I don’t think the former Villarreal boss can win at Real. If he fails to win every game at Real he’s branded a failure and if he does win trophies at the club then it will be put down to the amount of money spent on the team.

Pell…