Napoli and Swansea are in talks over the transfer of Spanish striker Michu on a season-long loan.

Croatia striker Mario Mandzukic is on the verge of joining Atletico Madrid from Bayern Munich, the German club have announced.

Possession, so the saying goes, is nine-tenths of the law, but, like many sayings, it’s wrong — at least in Champions League semi-finals.

Bayern Munich star Arjen Robben has labelled Manchester United’s defensive display in the Champions League quarter-final as being “like handball”.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a sensitive soul. As Sepp Blatter discovered last October, it is unwise to make fun about how much an actor spends on his appearance.

Manchester United’s transfer ambitions suffered a significant setback last night after Barcelona and Bayern Munich reached a deal for the transfer of Thiago Alcantara.

Hostility adds spice to Saturday’s first all-German Champions League final, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

From the best Bundesliga start to the earliest title success in half a century, Bayern Munich’s record-breaking run this season has seen them back on top with their 23rd German league trophy.

Unsere Stadt, Unser Stadion, Unser Pokal — our city, our stadium, our cup.

Robert Lewandowski (Poland)

Hamburg have reacted with amazement to Matthias Sammer’s decision to turn down their approach for him to become their new director of sport and instead remain with the German Football Association.

GERMANY coach Joachim Löw could not walk away from the challenge of transforming his young side from World Cup semi-finalists to European champions.

Italy’s World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi believes Fabio Cannavaro deserved to pick up the Ballon D’Or.

Stuttgart coach Giovanni Trapattoni has added a second Danish player to his squad after finalising a deal for Atletico Madrid’s Jesper Gronkjaer.

VfB Stuttgart went clear at the top of UEFA Group G with a convincing 3-0 win over Portuguese giants Benfica.

REAL Madrid may have been less than impressive in the Champions League, yet they are still strong favourites going into tonight’s clash with Borussia Dortmund, according to midfielder Santiago Solari.

Arsene Wenger named Robert Pires in his starting line-up for Arsenal’s Champions League Group A clash in Germany tonight.

Borussia Dortmund boss Matthias Sammer has called Arsenal's players arrogant and accused them of diving.

German champions Borussia Dortmund have thrown down the gauntlet ahead of tonight’s UEFA Cup final against Feyenoord.

Liverpool caretaker manager Phil Thompson praised a captain’s performance from Jamie Carragher and a match-winning display from young full-back Stephen Wright after his side had advanced in the Champions League.

As Liverpool bid to reach the last 16 of the Champions League tonight, stand-in boss Phil Thompson claims they must learn to go for the kill in Europe.