Liverpool has not forgotten about Hector Herrera

Liverpool is strictly following the situation around one of the stars of Porto, Hector Herrera, claimed the Portuguese press.
`Reds` were strongly associated with the Mexican national in the summer, but ultimately it did not come to his Anfield transfer and he eventually remained at the Dragao.
However, there have been talks that Napoli also is interested in the player and the battle for his signature is expected to be quite fierce.
Both teams, however, will ultimately have to give a very serious sum to attract the Mexican player.
He was assessed at the amount of 40 million euros.

Spalletti: `Totti is a genius.`

The Roma coach Luciano Spalletti called Francesco Totti genius but explained why don`t give him a chance to play every week. The master of the `Wolves` has recently celebrated his 40th birthday and has over 750 appearances for the club.
`Totti was and always will be all over the team. Last year, he showed he can still help us a lot, he has many qualities, but his creativity is not a secret for ever. He`s a genius, it`s not just talent.
However, when you don`t have the ball, we have difficulties. That`s why at a time like this, we need an experienced player. Even now, he is more fond of football, trained like never before.`, said Spalletti.
The coach also praised Kevin Strootman. `He`s a great player and a very good person. It is enough to see only the desire and emotion that tested during training. It is the same in the games. It is definitely one of the guys on the team that dictates the pace. If it is Sunday, he is set to win.`
`He is a champion who gives everything for the team. He is a football player who can play for teams such as Barcelona and Bayern Munich.`, added Spalletti.

Official: Villas Boas replaced Erickson in China.

The former manager of Chelsea, Tottenham, Zenit and Porto, Andre Villas Boas was appointed a head coach of the Chinese Shanghai SIPG, they reported by the club. 'Villas Boas is a leading young European football coach who works with a great passion and already has significant experience.', it was said in a statement of the club from Shanghai. 'We are convinced that his arrival will enrich the tactical skills of the team, will bring to the fore the full potential of our players and will lead our club to a high level.' Villas Boas will replace another big name from Europe - Sven-Göran Eriksson. It is suggested by that the young Portuguese expert will be one of the highest paid coaches in world football, as some media predicted 13.7 million dollars paid per year. For the 39-year-old specialist, that will be the first coaching job since his leaving the Russian Zenit earlier this year. Shanghai International Port Group, as is the full name of the club, finished on the third position in the last championship, 12 points away from the champion Guangzhou Evergrande. In the new campaign, the team will try to get into the Champions League via the playoffs.

The net profit of Juve for Pogba is 72 million euros

The net profit of Italian champions Juventus from the sale of Paul Pogba to Manchester United has 72 million euros. This was revealed by the General Director of the Bianconeri, Giuseppe Marotta for In the summer the Red Devils broke all the charts after got 105 million euros to regain the French national. However, 27 million euros are for his agent Mino Raiola, and his company. 'Pogba came to us from United for around 1.5 million euros. After four years with us, he decided to return to England, wanted to leave at any price. We asked for 105 million euros and 5 million euros plus bonus that will be paid if Pogba signs a new contract with United or be sold for over 50 million euros.', Marotta explained at a meeting of shareholders in Juventus. 'So in total, we won about 95 million euros. Mino Raiola and his company received 27 million euros. So our final profit of Pogba is 72 million euros.', he added. Marotta explained what happened with some other players. 'It is said that the average age on the team is high, but I can remind you that we have the 16-year-old player on the bench – Meuse Keane. He probably will play. Cuadrado's rental for three years and 5 million euros per season if we win the title, we will be obliged to buy him and 20 million euros will go to Chelsea.' 'We gave Zaza on a loan in West Ham, the clause on mandatory redemption is activated in 14 appearances, regardless of how many minutes of play in a match. Coman has been on a loan for two years at Bayern for 7 million euros and the redemption clause is 21 million euros. I think Bayern will redeem him, if not, we will have a player who has evolved for two years ago in the team.', he concluded.

Alcacer trained with the team of Barca for the first time

The last new addition of Barcelona Paco Alcacer finally joined the team. He signed a contract with the Catalans last week, but then immediately join the national team of Spain for the camp for the world qualifications.
The activities with Spain, however, are over and today Alcacer is with his teammates for the first time. He was greeted by everyone properly and it seems that he will quickly fit into the collective.
The best thing for the coach Luis Enrique is that the former Valencia player comes without any health problems and will be incorporated into the practice. About the rest, there are some problems only with Leo Messi and Andres Iniesta, but they will soon be restored and will be on the line.

Advocaat took over Fenerbahce

The Dutch coach Dick Advocaat veteran today was officially appointed to the position of the manager of Turkey`s Fenerbahce after Vitor Pereira was fired from his position. Yesterday Advocaat surprisingly left the position of an assistant of Dany Blind in the national team of the country and that provoked numerous reactions.
Fenerbahce has achieved agreement in principle with the coach who tomorrow night will give a press conference. The treaty of Pereira, a former mentor of Porto, was canceled because of threats on his part that there are clauses because of which he will sue the club.
But Pereira did not bother and has already declared that goes into Arbitration to FIFA and CAS to look for his rights.
The 68-year-old Advocaat several times has been at the helm of the national team of his country, including the World Cup in 1994 and the European Championship 10 years later. He has managed many clubs via rugby-predictions.com and national teams.

Walcott: `I want to be a winger not an attacker.`

The Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott no longer wants to be the aggressor and prefers to play on the wing, where he goes through almost his entire career so far.
There was a period in which the player claimed that he can solve the problems of the Gunners in the assault and asked to be reclassified, but failed to make it through last season even started, that will be sold.
Now, however, Wolcott apparently realized, where`s the strongest and prefers to take up his usual position on the flank of the attack.
`I would like to play on the right. I told the manager that I prefer to act in this area, although I could be on top of the attack.`, said Wolcott, who has scored 85 goals in 334 matches analyzed by onlinesocceradvisor.com for Arsenal.
`I want to be sure about your post. The boss says it`s for the attack, which also could handle it, but everything will depend on the particular match.`, added the player who had not gotten into the national team for the Euro 2016, but hopes to be back in it after the arrival of Sam Allardyce.
`Everybody starts with a clean slate after his arrival, and he knows how to extract the best out of his players and achieve results. It is always difficult to play against his team, and I want that kind of England. Beautiful football is not so important.`, Wolcott said.