Everton have completed the loan signing of Jesper Lindstrom from Napoli, the club confirmed on Friday.
Lindstrom will join the Toffees for the 2024-25 season with the deal including an option to make the move permanent at the end of the campaign.
The 24-year-old becomes the fourth addition at Goodison Park following the arrivals of Tim Iroegbunam, Iliman Ndiaye and Jack Harrison.
Lindstrom arrives after a difficult season with Napoli, playing just 416 minutes in 22 league appearances for the Serie A side.
The Denmark international arrived in Naples from Eintracht Frankfurt where he scored 14 goals in 80 appearances, helping the German side lift the Europa League in the 2021-22 season.
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They may have hoped to qualify for the Champions League as their previously woeful results picked up towards the end of last season, but it was too late and Liverpool will play in the Europa League this term instead. Their journey in the competition begins with a trip to Linz, Austria, where there they will face LASK in the opening round on Thursday.
In the Austrian football landscape, the Red Bull Salzburg team continues to be the dominant force, leaving Sturm Graz and LASK to compete for the title of best of the rest. LASK fell short in that race in 2023/24, and it was Sturm who advanced into the Champions League qualifications.
LASK entered the preliminary rounds of the Europa League, where they faced Bosnian team Zrinjski,…
Expected to give some kind of response after suffering a 3-0 thrashing at the hands of Atalanta three days before, Liverpool hosted Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday as they aimed to salvage their position in the title race.
However, the home side put their supporters through another batch of frustration, with the visitors walking away with the whole prize as Eberechi Eze scored the only goal of the game in the 14th minute.
The game
Things started rather worryingly again for the Reds, as Palace threatened early on. Alisson Becker, freshly returned from injury, was forced to react to a dangerous cross from Tyrick Mitchell and save a rather feeble shot from Eberechi Eze. And just as it looked Jurgen Klopp s team were starting to gain control over the proceed…
Roy Hodgson has confirmed his resignation as Crystal Palace manager following a health scare, with Oliver Glasner announced as his successor.
It could be the final act in the 76-year-old’s long and storied coaching career, which dates back almost five decades.
Here, the PA news agency looks at the successes and failures of his time in the dugout.
Roy Hodgson var okänd när han kom till HBK. Nu 45 år senare är han en av de mest meriterande tränarna och är Premier Leagues äldsta tränare genom tiderna. Ändå har han inte glömt vart det började…
— Halmstads Bollklubb (@HalmstadsBK)
HIGH – It all started in Scandinavia for the Croydon native, who spent the best part of 15 years as a manager in Sweden. After guiding Halmstad to two u…
Belgium attacker Kevin De Bruyne has set his sights on the Euro 2016 final after his team reached the last eight.
Marc Wilmots men crushed Hungary 4-0 on Sunday to book a quarter-final meeting with Wales.
The two nations met in qualifying, with Chris Coleman s Wales taking four points from a possible six against Belgium.
De Bruyne, whose team sit on the so-called weaker side of the draw, is wary of Wales but is still eyeing the final.
We now play a Wales team we know well. I can t wait to play this match with the number of Belgium fans in the stadium, he said.
We ll need to play at the same level as we did today.
We are going to try to go all the way into the final, now we re in the quarter-finals.
We need to take things one ga…
Etienne Capoue has extended his Watford contract until 2022, the Premier League club have announced.
The France international joined Watford in 2015 having struggled to hold down a regular spot at Tottenham and has seen significantly more playing time at Vicarage Road.
Capoue only missed six Premier League matches in his first two seasons at the club and, despite being more of a peripheral figure this term with just six top-flight starts, Watford have given him a new deal.
Abdoulaye Doucoure has provided increased competition but Capoue has started each of the club s last four games under new coach Javi Gracia, including February s 4-1 win over Chelsea.
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UEFA plans to introduce video assistant referees (VAR) to the Champions League next season.
VAR was brought in for several domestic competitions across Europe last term and was then in use at the World Cup, but UEFA held off on its implementation in its flagship tournament for the current campaign.
However, president Aleksander Ceferin has suggested that, while there are no guarantees, UEFA aims to bring VAR in for the 2019-20 season.
VAR is not completely clear for now but we also know there is no way back any more, he said.
It is much more problematic than it looks. We really have a huge territory. The plan is to do it for next season but let s see what happens. I don t want to predict anything 100 per cent.
The suggestion is that VAR would b…
Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi labelled teenager Jack Hinshelwood “Pascal Gross’ son” following his match-winning display in a 2-1 Premier League success over Brentford.
England Under-19 international Hinshelwood marked his first senior appearance at the Amex Stadium by heading the second-half winner, just seconds after making a crucial goal-line clearance to deny Yoane Wissa.
De Zerbi praised the maturity of the 18-year-old full-back as he likened him to stand-in Albion skipper Gross, who assisted the decisive goal, having cancelled out Bryan Mbeumo’s penalty.
“He played another great game,” the Italian coach said of Hinshelwood.
“He deserves to play now because he plays like an older player.
“Yesterday I said Jack is Pascal Gross…
Sweden ensured they bowed out of Euro 2012 with a win, defeating France 2-0 in Kiev on Tuesday.
Erik Hamren s men had nothing but pride to play for following defeats to Ukraine and England in their opening two games, while the French needed victory to confirm top spot in Group D and avoid a potential encounter with Spain in the knockout phases.
However, Sweden ended France s 23-game unbeaten run courtesy of second-half goals from captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sebastian Larsson.
France will now meet defending champions Spain in the quarter-finals.
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The Czech Republic and Portugal get the European Championship quarter-finals underway at the National Stadium in Warsaw on Thursday.
In what will be a repeat of the Euro 96 last-eight clash, where the Czechs prevailed and progressed to the final, both nations suffered defeats in their opening games at this year s championships.
Czech Republic were hammered 4-1 by Russia, while a Mario Gomez goal handed Portugal a narrow 1-0 loss to Germany.
But since their opening defeats, both sides regrouped and now have the opportunity to earn a semi-final berth.
Michal Bilek s men recovered to beat Greece 2-1 and Poland 1-0, surging to the top of Group A, much to the surprise of the football world, while Paulo Bento s side clinched second place in Group B with wins a…