The 18-year-old defender has been strongly linked with a move to Manchester United.
Lille defender Leny Yoro has hit back at a ‘fake’ social media account who suggested he is not interested in a move to Manchester United.
The 19-year-old centre-back, who is regarded by many as one of the biggest prospects in Europe, has been strongly linked with a move away from the Stade Pierre-Mauroy this summer.
Real Madrid and Lille are ‘progressing’ in talks over a deal for Yoro, according to The Athletic, who suggest an agreement could be reached for a fee in the region of £33.8 million plus add-ons.
It was previously reported that Yoro preferred a move to Los Blancos over other interested parties, including Liverpool and PSG. In fact, the above report says Yoro is ‘happy’ with Madrid’s proposal.
But it appears Manchester United have made a last-ditch attempt to spoil the party.
United have had an official offer of £42 million plus bonuses for Yoro accepted by Lille, according to journalist Nabil Djellit, as they try and improve their back line ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.
“It is clearly superior to Real Madrid’s proposal,” said Djellit on United’s bid. “The player’s priority remains Real but Manchester United pushes.”
As rumours continue to swirl around his future, Yoro has been forced to speak out after an account on X, formerly Twitter, made a “fake” claim about his interests.
After the account said, “I don’t want you @ManUtd, leave me alone” the real Yoro responded: “Fake account. You guys are psycho. Signal this account.”
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Yoro was a standout performer under Bruno Genesio last season, making 41 appearances in all competitions.
Former Manchester United midfielder Angel Gomes, who plays alongside Yoro at the Ligue 1 side, is a huge fan of the French defender.
“As soon as he arrived in the group, I understood that he was going to reach the summits,” Gomes told Eurosport.
“When I discovered the pros at the age of 16 at Manchester United, I understood that it was different. He already had the right temperament.
“And that’s not normal for a 16 or 17-year-old player arriving. It’s like he’s already an experienced player.”
Unseen footage from inside the stadium shows Jordan Pickford’s 1000 IQ move to put Manuel Akanji off during penalty shootout (an)
Jordan Pickford made a crucial penalty save from Manuel Akanji as England progressed to the Euro 2024 semi finals.
Unseen footage from inside the stadium showed how England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford got inside the head of Manuel Akanji before producing a crucial penalty save.
Pickford has become something of a penalty specialist for the Three Lions and England’s No.1 came up with heroics again in the quarter final in Dusseldorf.
After a 1-1 draw following Bukayo Saka quickly cancelling out Breel Embolo’s strike, the clash went all the way to penalties.
All five of England’s takers did the business, with Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Saka, Ivan Toney and Trent Alexander-Arnold all finding the net to secure a 5-3 shoot-out victory.
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Manchester City defender Akanji was the only player to miss after stepping up first for the Swiss.
But the BBC’s feed did not quite cover the lengths Pickford went to put off Akanji.
He spent a considerable amount of time delaying the taking of the penalty
As shared by presenter Rob Armstrong, footage from the stands showed Pickford taking his time, putting his water bottle and towel down before speaking to the referee Daniele Orsato.
He then guessed right to make the save after having the words “dive left” on his bottle in regards to Akanji’s placement.
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Pickford has now saved four penalties out of 14 in major tournament shoot-outs but the Everton shostopper did reveal afterwards that the referee didn’t allow his normal process during the shoot-out.
Speaking to ITV, he said: “Firstly, the referee didn’t let me do my usual process, so I’ve got to adapt… because I like to give the lads the ball. I could only do it for the first time and luckily, I saved it.”
Alexander-Arnold scored the winning penalty to set up a semi final showdown with the Netherlands on Wednesday.
The Dutch came from behind to beat Turkey 2-1 in Berlin.
“I’d never seen that before and never did again!” – England teammate tells incredible story about Paul Scholes (an)
Scholes played 66 times for England.
Former England player Kieron Dyer has revealed what Paul Scholes did to receive a standing ovation in training.
Manchester United legend Scholes is regarded as one of the greatest midfielders in history, winning 11 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues.
It’s widely believed several England managers failed to get the best out of Scholes at international level.
He made 66 appearances for his country but retired in 2004, citing his family and United career as the reason.
Those seven years in a Three Lions shirt are still filled with brilliant stories.
Dyer was capped 33 times for his country and was part of the squad with Scholes on several occasions.
He believes Scholes was a better player than contemporaries Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, calling the decision to shift him to the left wing ‘disrespectful’.
Dyer said in his 2018 book ‘Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late: My Story’ as serialised in the Daily Mail: “Paul Scholes was the best player I played with and people like Xavi and Zinedine Zidane counted him as their favourite player.
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“Other nations would have used him as their fulcrum but Sven Goran Eriksson’s first-choice midfield was always David Beckham on the right, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard in the centre and Scholes on the left.
“So we wasted him by putting him on the left and banished him to the margins. It was disrespectful, one of the biggest crimes ever.”
The former Newcastle man then recalled when Scholes was absolutely unplayable in a training game. It saw the diminutive maestro receive applause from the entire squad as he walked off the pitch.
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Dyer continued: “When you talk about Gerrard, Lampard and Scholes, Scholes was the best of the three and yet he was asked to give way. He was the absolute master of one touch in training.
Roy Keane’s reaction to Jude Bellingham’s overhead kick vs Slovakia has gone viral (an)
“One day he scored three or four goals – and I’m not talking tap-ins. I’m talking 25-yarders-lodging-in-the-stanchion-type goals.
“When the session was over, the rest of the England players formed a guard of honour and clapped him off the pitch. I’d never seen that before and I never saw it again.”
