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Villarreal forward Santi Cazorla is quickly becoming the revelation of Spain s run into the latter stages of Euro 2008 and the team s players agreed that he is a player who could make the difference.

Spanish journalists and supporters alike have been surprised by the impact Cazorla has made, even though he has only been introduced as a substitute in Spain s matches.

But the 23-year-old s reputation is growing quickly, despite earning just six caps, and even his team-mates have started to extoll his virtues.

The most important thing is the team and anyone can help us win a match, said left-back Joan Capdevila.

We re doing very well and Cazorla is doing well. He s been the surprise of this tournament.

For someone of his age he s acting as if h…

Wigan full-back Ronnie Stam has revealed his desire to join PSV Eindhoven at the end of the season.

The Dutch defender started the season as a first team regular, but he was since relegated to the bench and has made just one appearance in the last three months.

Stam believes his absence from the starting line-up has something to do with the contract extension clause in his deal.

I played almost every match until February, Stam was in Voetbal International.

I m two matches away from a contracted salary increase. I think they regret that over here, because I m not playing anymore.

The 27-year-old reveals PSV Eindhoven tried to sign him last summer, and he is hoping the Dutch giants will come calling once again.

Last summer PSV tried to…

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold could not bear to watch Manchester United lift the EFL Cup trophy last weekend as seeing them enjoy success burns .

United won their first title in nearly six years a week ago, beating Newcastle United 2-0 at Wembley to cap Erik ten Hag s encouraging start to life at Old Trafford.

Their triumph officially ended Liverpool s reign in that competition. For United, it was another highlight in a largely positive season and came just three days after knocking Barcelona out of the Europa League.

Liverpool were watching themselves be deposed amid a challenging and turbulent campaign, and Alexander-Arnold had to look away when it came to United getting hands on the trophy.

I watched the game, but as soon as they were gett…

Argentina left-back Nicolas Tagliafico has signed a new contract with Champions League semi-finalists Ajax.

Tagliafico, who joined the Eredivisie club from Independiente in January 2018, has established himself as a key man for Ajax in their bid for a sensational treble this season.

The 26-year-old has been heavily linked with moves to either Arsenal or Atletico Madrid at the end of the campaign, but he has indicated that he will stay in Amsterdam for another year after renewing his deal.

Tagliafico s new contract runs until 2022, although he suggested he could move on at the end of 2019-20.

I want to tell you that I will stay for one more season, the defender said in a video on Ajax s Twitter page. Hopefully it will be a great year like this year.

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Marco Reus should stay at Borussia Dortmund because the familiar environment will be important in helping him rediscover his best form, according to the club s sporting director Michael Zorc.

Reus cast doubt over his future at Dortmund when he revealed he was thinking about how best to continue his career.

The Germany international has not played since suffering knee ligament damage in May and has now entered the final 18 months of his contract with the club.

Injuries have plagued Reus over the last three years, but he remains a player Dortmund are keen to keep.

And Zorc believes staying put would be in the 28-year-old s best interest, with a return to fitness on the horizon.

It s perfectly normal for a player of his age to think about his career…

New York Red Bulls have parted company with head coach Mike Petke after two seasons in charge of the MLS club.

Former defender Petke initially served as assistant to Hans Backe at the Red Bull Arena before taking over in 2013 helping the club top the Eastern Conference by nine points in his debut season.

Petke took the Red Bulls to the Conference Finals in the most recent MLS season, where they were beaten by New England Revolution. 

However, he will not return for the 2015 campaign after the club confirmed a parting of ways.

On behalf of the New York Red Bulls, I want to thank Mike for his service to the club these past two seasons as head coach, said sporting director Ali Curtis.

Mike will always be an important member of the Red Bull family…

Cardiff City have announced that chief executive Simon Lim has resigned from his post.

Lim, who replaced Alan Whiteley as chief executive in 2012 and briefly took over as acting chairman from Dato Chan Tien Ghee the following year, oversaw Cardiff s promotion to the Premier League.

However, following an immediate return to the Championship, Lim has ended his association with the club, with chairman Mehmet Dalman assuming his responsibilities.

Cardiff also have appointed Ken Choo to the role of general manager.

Lim said in a statement on the club s official website: It s with great pride that I held the office at Cardiff City, but feel now is the right time to move on, allowing the club time to make adjustments over the summer before another important season.

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Brereton finished the match with 18 successful passes out of 20 attempted (90 per cent), three shots on target, one chance created and having scored the winner.

Vargas, who laid off the pass for Brereton s goal, added: We get along well with Ben. We don t know his language, he doesn t know how to speak Spanish either, but we understand each other very well on the pitch.

Brereton posted on Instagram in Spanish after the game, writing: Great job everyone. I m very happy for today s game. We will continue working hard!

The adoration has been widespread, with former Chile international Mauricio Pinilla tweeting: My next son will be called Ben!

90% Ben Brereton finished the match with 18 successful passes out of 20 attempted (90%), three shots on target, on…

Manchester United showed it will take much more than one pre-season to become a force again as Erik ten Hag s era as manager began with a chastening 2-1 home defeat by Brighton and Hove Albion.

The atmosphere at United seemed to improve over pre-season, but their performance on Sunday was little better than the underwhelming football regularly served up under Ralf Rangnick.

United struggled to cope with Brighton s fluidity and the visitors deservedly found themselves two up at half-time as Pascal Gross – twice the scorer of winning goals against the Red Devils – netted a brace.

Cristiano Ronaldo – benched due to a lack of fitness – made a difference in the second half and a scrappy Alexis Mac Allister own goal halved the deficit, but Brighton held on for …

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is not embarrassed by suffering a 1-0 defeat to Lincoln Red Imps in his first competitive game in charge of the club.

The start of Rodgers reign was marked by immediate disappointment with Celtic beaten in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round tie by the part-time side from Gibraltar.

Leigh Griffiths rattled the crossbar twice after Lee Casciaro put Lincoln ahead early in the second half, but the Scottish champions were unable to find an equaliser on Tuesday.

Rodgers lamented Celtic s lacklustre finishing but insisted there was no humiliation in the defeat, looking to the second leg in Glasgow next week as a chance to put it right.

We ve given ourselves a bit of work to do. I saw enough from the g…