Jose Ramon Sandoval will lead Granada until the end of the season following the departure of Abel Resino.
The Liga strugglers, who have four matches left to play, appointed Resino to take over from Joaquin Caparros as head coach on January 19.
Caparros paid the price for a run of 15 without a win that left Granada bottom of the league.
But results failed to pick up at Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes as Resino tasted victory only twice.
Thursday s 2-1 defeat to Espanyol means Granada sit 19th, six points from safety.
Sandoval has previous experience of coaching in the top flight, having guided Rayo Vallecano to promotion from the second tier in 2011.
The 46-year-old, who celebrates his birthday on Saturday, subsequently returned to…
Alberto Aquilani will trigger a transfer from Liverpool to AC Milan if he makes 25 appearances for the Serie A club this season.
Italy international Aquilani is on loan at Milan from Liverpool, but a deal has already been agreed between the two clubs to make his switch to San Siro permanent, according to the player s agent, Franco Zavaglia.
Zavaglia claims Aquilani, who has made 15 appearances for Milan in Serie A and five in the Champions League, needs to line up five more times for Massimiliano Allegri s men if he is to secure an off-season transfer.
It s all written in the contract, Zavaglia told Tuttomercatoweb.com.
Once Alberto has made 25 appearances for the Rossoneri, he will be a Milan player in all respects.
Aquilani has been sidelin…
USA assistant coach Dave Sarachan will manage the team in their friendly against Portugal on November 14.
Sarachan will replace Bruce Arena on an interim basis after Arena resigned following a 2-1 loss to Trinidad and Tobago that eliminated them from 2018 World Cup qualifying.
It will be the USA s seventh match against the 2016 European champions. The teams drew 2-2 during the Group Stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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Besikatas forward Cenk Tosun has been expressing delight at his decision to stay at the club amid speculation around his future in the summer, according to Talksport.
The twenty-six year old has been in fine form for the Turkish giants this season scoring nine goals in fourteen appearances in all competitions leading him to be linked with big money moves to the likes of Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.
However, he had come close to signing for Crystal Palace in the summer before opting to remain in Istanbul.
Palace have faced a difficult start to the Premier League campaign, losing nine of their eleven games with their only victory coming against champions Chelsea last month.
Tosun has fifty-nine goals in one hundred and thirty-two appearances since …
Erling Haaland loved watching Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo as a youngster, according to his father.
Since making his Borussia Dortmund debut last January following his arrival from Salzburg, Haaland has scored 33 goals in 32 appearances in all competitions to establish himself as one of Europe s leading strikers.
The 20-year-old Norway international – who won the 2020 Golden Boy award – looked up to former Swansea City forward Michu, but his father Alf-Inge Haaland revealed he particularly liked watching the most prolific players.
He was a born striker. He loved the strikers who scored a lot of goals, but two in particular: Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo, Haaland Sr told Tuttosport, the newspaper that organises the Golden Boy award. He also ha…
Villarreal have completed the signing of Víctor Ruiz from Valencia on a permanent deal after a successful loan spell last season.
The 26-year-old former Spain Under-21 centre-back has signed a four-year contract to link up with Marcelino s side once again
Ruiz made 25 appearances for Villarreal last season and did enough to earn a long contract with Valencia s La Liga rivals.
The defender joined Valencia from Napoli in August 2011 after a frustrating spell in Italy, in which he made only six Serie A appearances.
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CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb urged FIFA to reintroduce a World Cup hosting rotation around the confederations, as the campaign to have the United States host in 2026 gathered pace.
Webb, who is also a FIFA vice-president, believes his confederation deserves to host their fourth World Cup soon with the USA having last welcomed football s premier event to its shores in 1994.
FIFA announced on Friday that the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup will begin this year over 11 years before the tournament will be held with the final vote to be held in May 2017.
The USA is believed to have just missed out on hosting the 2022 showpiece to Qatar, with widespread allegations of corruption relating to the vote in 2010.
But with FIFA pledging a clean process from…
Jose Mourinho has defended Paul Pogba s sluggish start to his second spell at Old Trafford, stating the world-record fee paid for him by Manchester United is not a big deal in relative terms.
Pogba left United for Juventus in 2012 but returned in August in a transfer costing an initial £89million, making him the most expensive player in the world.
After impressing on his debut against Southampton last month, the France international came under fire for disappointing displays in defeats to rivals Manchester City and Feyenoord.
United this week reported a club-record £515.3m revenue for the last financial year, and the Portuguese suggested such financial muscle makes other clubs paying £40m for a player more surprising.
I think there are clubs that paid…
Lionel Messi has been named UEFA Player of the Year following a final vote during the UEFA Champions League draw in Monaco on Thursday.
The mercurial Barcelona forward secured the award for the second time, having previously been crowned the continent s best player back in 2011.
Last year s winner Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi s team-mate Luis Suarez were also in the running for the gong, but it was Argentina captain Messi who claimed yet another honour.
Messi was at his brilliant best yet again as Barca won the UEFA Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey in Luis Enrique s first season at the helm.
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According to former Wales’ striker Craig Bellamy, it is only a matter of time before Real Madrid sign Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.
Talking to Sky’s the Debate, Bellamy said: He is the real deal and I have always felt that Real Madrid have been looking for him to be their No 1 for a number of years,
And it is just a matter of time before they get him. His footwork is brilliant, he anticipates as well, he can read forwards and if you watch, he makes a lot of his saves with his feet. He is incredible.
He asks the forward so many questions when you are gunning down on him and he is a real top goalkeeper.
Is Bellamy correct in his opinion? Is it only a matter of time before David de Gea joins Real Madrid?
De Gea is the best goalk…