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Chile 0-1 Germany: Stindl seals glory for Low's young hotshots
Lars Stindl's first-half goal in St Petersburg was enough for an exciting young Germany to win the Confederations Cup at Chile's expense.
Portugal 2-1 Mexico (aet): Silva completes comeback as Portugal seal third spot
Portugal survived an own goal and a missed penalty to claim a 2-1 win over Mexico in the Confederations Cup third-place play-off.
Barcelona ask Man United to put a price on Ander Herrera
Barcelona's primary objective in the transfer market for midfield is Marco Verratti, but Barcelona have other options if they cannot sign the Italian PSG midfielder. The Plan B is Ander Herrera, who has Ernesto Valverde's backing.
TRANSFER HEADLINES
Liverpool's Coutinho could be key to Verratti's transfer to Barça
The transfer market is becoming more and more like a game of chess. A move by one team could provoke a change in strategy for another, making one thing which seemed complicated become, all of a sudden, more do-able.
Alexandre Lacazette to travel to London to complete £52m Arsenal move
Alexandre Lacazette will travel to London to complete a club record move to Arsenal after the Gunners agreed a deal worth up to £52 million for the striker.
Oxlade-Chamberlain rejects new Arsenal deal
Arsenal maybe forced to sell Liverpool transfer target Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain after he rejected their offer of a new contract.
The time is right for Alexis Sanchez to ditch Arsenal
The Gunners are a long way beneath the quality required by the all-time Chile top scorer to win trophies and he must link up with Pep Guardiola.
Manchester City desperate to beat Chelsea to Antonio Rudiger
Manchester City are determined not to lose out to Chelsea for the second time in the transfer market this summer – by landing Roma defender Antonio Rudiger.
Munir rules out Zenit and will begin pre-season with Barcelona
Munir's future is not clear. In fact, it's more complictaed now than it was one week ago. Barça were hoping he would agree terms with Zenit Saint Petersburg with the club set to get cloe to 20 million euros from the Russian club.
WHAT THEY SAY
Blatter: "I should have stopped earlier", ex-FIFA president reveals
Disgraced ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter has admitted that he should have left his position as head of football's world governing body sooner.
"I should have stopped earlier," Blatter said in an interview published by Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick, adding that his ousting as FIFA boss was "a relief".
Neymar on Barça beginnings: I was embarrassed even to talk
Barcelona forward Neymar has looked back on his 2013 arrival at the Camp Nou in an interview with the Brazilian TV show 'Caldeirao do Huck', admitting: "To begin with, I was embarrassed even to talk to my team-mates. They were idols, they were my idols, and I was the new arrival and was very young."
Keylor Navas: I'll fight to the death against whoever I have to
Zinedine Zidane has placed his trust in Keylor Navas and has told the Costa Rican that he will be his goalkeeper for the 2017/18 season, but speculation over the future of Real Madrid's goalkeeping gloves refuses to die down.
"I will fight to the death against whoever [arrives]," he told MARCA.
Chelsea target Rudiger coy on transfer talk
The Germany international helped his side to Confederations Cup glory but refused to be drawn on whether he would now be leaving Roma.
"It's not about the future now, it's now about enjoyment," he said. "I need to enjoy this moment and I'm enjoying it to the fullest."
Vidal defends Diaz's Confederations Cup final error
The Chile midfielder spoke up after his team-mate's decisive Confederations Cup final error.
"There are mistakes that can happen, but there is nothing to reproach," Vidal told reporters at Krestovsky Stadium. "I think this team is a family and when we win, all of us win."
Low labels Germany's success an 'absolute joy'
The inexperienced Confederations Cup winners made their head coach a proud man by overcoming Chile in St Petersburg.
"This is an absolute joy," he told SID. "We showed unbelievable performances for three weeks and today fought for every metre, too.
"The boys did great, I am unbelievably proud of them. Such a final always has something magical to it.
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Hot comments
Bernabeu 18
07-03 20:13
Football is a simple game. 22 men chase a ball for 90 mins and at the end, the Germans always win.
Harun10 8
07-03 20:20
Germans all ways come out at the top.....
After all
De_Dean 6
07-03 20:13
Germany Rules and Reigns in international football. I now look forward to Club actions.
Bernabeu 5
07-03 20:11
Germany won everything..heck. I got kinda bored now
estera 4
07-03 20:29
Germany was amazing during the whole Tournament,that victory was well deserved.That is not even the 'original' squad!!Young German squad deserve all the prices in the world. Congratulations!!
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