Robert Lewandowski is the most complete player in world football and should be named The Best FIFA Men s Player 2020, according to Lothar Matthaus.
Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski scored 55 goals in all competitions last season as Hansi Flick s side won the Champions League, Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.
Voting for the award considers achievements from July 20, 2019 to October 7, 2020, during which the Poland international also won the UEFA Super Cup and DFL-Supercup with Bayern.
Lewandowski scored 15 goals and assisted five more as Bayern won all of their 2019-20 Champions League games and lifted the trophy, an achievement that will be central to his claim for the honour.
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Eden Hazard and Alvaro Morata ran riot as Chelsea outclassed West Brom 4-0 at the Hawthorns to turn up the heat on Tony Pulis.
As Antonio Conte celebrated his 50th Premier League match in style, the contrast to his opposite number in the dugout could not have been greater, as Pulis side never came close to avoiding a fourth consecutive defeat.
Conte kept David Luiz to the bench on his return to the squad but the visitors hardly needed defensive reinforcement in cruising to their 10th win in 12 league away games.
On the ground where they sealed last season s title, Chelsea raced to a two-goal lead inside 23 minutes as Morata and Hazard exchanged assists for their quickfire goals.
It was all too easy for Marcos Alonso as he added a third from Cesc Fabre…
that Chelsea could be set to pursue the signature of Everton midfielder Marouane Fellani.
It is being suggested that those close to the player would like to see him playing for a more high-profile club and Champions League winners certainly fit the bill.
Fellani has been a fantastic player for Everton since joining in 2008 and manager David Moyes will definitely want to keep hold of him, but a big offer could be tempting.
One thing for sure is that Everton would like to make some money on the £15m they spent to secure the midfielder s signature and this will test Chelsea s desire.
However, with in terms of a holding midfielder, the Blues owner Roman Abramovich could be ready to spend the cash.
A lot could depend on what the player is thinking.…
Liverpool are reportedly the favourites to land prized Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham after rumours that Real Madrid are not willing to meet the €150million asking price.
Bellingham, 19, has emerged as one of the top prospects in world football, scoring in four consecutive games to begin his side s Champions League campaign this season, including one against Manchester City.
Already with 17 caps for England, Bellingham is expected to play a major role at the World Cup and a virtuoso performance could sway some of the world s biggest clubs into bidding what would be a world-record fee for an Englishman.
4 Jude Bellingham has scored four goals in five appearances in the UEFA Champions League this term: the most ever by an English teenager in a singl…
Liverpool have the squad to claim a first Premier League trophy this season, says Jurgen Klopp.
The Reds have not been champions of England since 1990, two years before the Premier League was launched.
Under previous managers they have challenged for the title but have always fallen short most recently in 2013-14 under Brendan Rodgers when Manchester City finished two points clear of Liverpool.
Since Klopp replaced Rodgers at Anfield in October 2015 the club have moved back into contention for major honours and the German believes this could be their year.
We are not the last 25 years. We are now. We are this generation, he told Sky Sports.
As much as we love all the guys from the past which created this club, we cannot make their job. We hav…
Everton claimed a clinical 4-0 win at a rain-lashed Goodison Park to leave Manchester City with a tenuous grasp on their Premier League title ambitions.
Pep Guardiola s side dominated possession during the first half but lacked the clinical touch shown by Romelu Lukaku when he dispatched his 12th Premier League goal of the season from the hosts only shot on goal during the opening 45 minutes.
It became two from two a little over a minute after the restart, with Lukaku and City s slipshod defence again to the fore as his Belgium international colleague Kevin Mirallas picked out the bottom corner.
Teenage midfielder Tom Davies crowned a majestic performance with a remarkable first senior goal 11 minutes from time and new signing Ademola Lookman came off the bench t…
Neil Warnock will remain Cardiff City s manager for their return to the Championship next season, chairman Mehmet Dalman has confirmed.
Talks over Warnock s future took place following the 2-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday and an agreement has been reached for him to remain at the helm.
The Bluebirds looked like defying the expectations of many in their single season back in the Premier League, but a 3-2 defeat to Crystal Palace in the penultimate round of fixtures resulted in their relegation.
Warnock, 70, now has the chance to build on his record of eight Football League promotions, achieved when he guided the club to a top-two finish in the second tier in 2017-18.
He is the best man for the job, there was never any doubt in my mind, Dalman…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang believes he will have to leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season to reach another level, but played down talk of a move to Real Madrid.
The Dortmund talisman has scored 100 goals since joining from Saint-Etienne in 2013, but has regularly spoken of his ambition to join Madrid and fulfil a promise to his late grandfather.
Aubameyang has also been linked with Manchester City, and feels a move away from Signal Iduna Park in the next transfer window may be in his best interests.
I am thinking about a departure next summer, Aubameyang told RMC. I feel very good here [at Dortmund] because the supporters are great.
It is still a big club. But I ask myself, if I want to reach a new level, should I not leave? I have no respon…
According to , Miralem Pjanic could still leave Barcelona soon, despite the transfer window in Italy, England and Spain, where he had tangible options at various stages of the summer, being closed now.
Aware that he has no place in the plans of Barcelona head coach Ronald Koeman, the Bosnian midfielder is keen to leave the Camp Nou as soon as possible in order to secure employment somewhere where he would be counted on. To that end, would be willing to go to a league outside the European top five, and his representatives are currently weighing out potential destinations in Turkey and Russia, where there is still time for the clubs to acquire players contracted to other clubs.
Pjanic joined Barcelona from Juventus in 2020, as a part of the agreement which saw Arthur Melo…
Tammy Abraham is not sure where he will be once the next season kicks in. The Chelsea forward was on loan at Aston Villa this past season, helping them get promoted to the Premier League. He could stay at Villa Park, but Chelsea s transfer ban could make things complicated. Therefore, it is no wonder Abraham is uncertain about his future.
“If Chelsea say they need me there, I will put my 100 per cent in. I am still young, I am still improving. The aim is to be at the highest level and playing the best football , Abraham said and continued.
“A team like Chelsea is always difficult because they have got world-class players. It is always going to be difficult to bring in youngsters and bring in people like myself it is a big role. But for me, it is about belie…