Real Madrid youngster Martin Odegaard will spend the 2019-20 season on loan at Real Sociedad, the LaLiga clubs have confirmed.
Odegaard joined Madrid in 2015 but has spent the past two and a half seasons out on loan in the Eredivisie, with Heerenveen and Vitesse respectively.
His spell at Vitesse last season proved fruitful as the attacking midfielder scored 11 goals from 39 appearances in all competitions.
However, the 20-year-old has not been considered ready to compete for a place in Madrid s first team, with Los Blancos sending Odegaard out on loan for a fourth successive campaign.
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Turkey head coach Fatih Terim has urged supporters to get behind the side in their crucial Group D showdown with Czech Republic on Tuesday.
A 1-0 loss to Croatia on matchday one was followed by a tame 3-0 defeat at the hands of holders Spain, leaving Terim s side a point adrift at the bottom of the table.
Fans made their feelings clear during the loss to Spain, with a number aiming boos towards midfielder Arda Turan following another disappointing display, leaving the head coach frustrated.
But Terim insists that the team need plenty of support at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens in order to get the victory they need to keep alive their hopes of progressing to the last 16 as one of the top third-placed teams.
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Mats Hummels has lifted the lid on his temperamental relationship with Jurgen Klopp when the pair were together at Borussia Dortmund.
Hummels – now with Bayern Munich and representing Germany at Euro 2016 – worked under Klopp from 2008 until 2015, before the latter moved on to Liverpool, and things did not always run smoothly between them.
You can always have a discussion with your coach and raise your voice, the defender told L Equipe.
It does not happen often with [Germany coach Joachim] Low, but things occasionally got very intense with Klopp. There was a lot of emotion. We had our fair share of quarrels.
But things were all good again an hour later and we understood each other. We had a great relationship.
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In what was an action-packed battle at Old Trafford on Thursday night, Manchester United officially punched their Champions League return as they claimed a thumping 4-1 victory against Chelsea.
Knowing that a single point would have been enough in their bid to claim a crucial top-four finish, Erik ten Hag’s side certainly made a major statement here as they breezed past a Chelsea squad who are in the midst of a Premier League crisis.
With midfield talisman Casemiro opening the scoring with a smart flicked header after just six minutes, United didn’t look back as the trio of Anthony Martial, Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford all got themselves in on the act on either side of the half-time break.
Enjoying what was a party atmosphere around Old Trafford durin…