(GSM) Lucas Neill has left Everton after just four months. The right back, who joined Everton in September, has signed a 1.5 year deal with Galatasaray.

The Australian international, who s contract at West Ham United expired in June 2009, was already linked with a (transfer free) move to Galatasaray last summer.

Neill choose Everton instead but has now joined the Turkish side after just four months with the Toffees.

Neill joins Galatasaray for a reported fee of €1 million.

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Central Coast Mariners coach Graham Arnold has agreed to a new deal which keeps him at the club until the end of the 2015-16 campaign.

The 50-year-old has been in charge at Bluetongue Stadium since 2010, guiding the club to two grand finals in that time and winning the title last season.

Arnold had been linked with moves to English League One club Sheffield United and Guangzhou R F of the Chinese Super League in recent months, but the Mariners have managed to tie him down for the foreseeable future, warding off potential interest from elsewhere.

His previous deal had been due to expire at the end of the forthcoming season, but he is now contracted for a further two years.

However, the Mariners remain unlikely to stand in Arnold s way if an offer comes in from out…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed a penalty and could face a retrospective ban from the Football Association after Manchester United were held to 1-1 Premier League draw by 10-man Bournemouth.

The match-winner in last weekend s EFL Cup final, Ibrahimovic has performed majestically in his debut season in English football but he stole the show for all the wrong reasons against Bournemouth, whose manager Eddie Howe grappled with a bout of illness on the touchline throughout an ill-tempered contest.

Marcos Rojo s maiden Premier League goal gave United a deserved 23rd-minute lead before ex-Red Devils youngster Josh King levelled from the penalty spot.

Ibrahimovic then found himself embroiled in a flashpoint on the stroke of half-time, when Tyrone Mings trod on his head and he…

Philipp Lahm insists he is not playing his final campaign with Bayern Munich, as Carlo Ancelotti s team continue their preparations for the second half of the season.

The Bavarian giants are in Qatar for a warm weather training camp ahead of a trip to Freiburg on January 20, when the 2016-17 Bundesliga resumes.

Having turned 33 in November, Lahm who retired from international duty following Germany s World Cup triumph in 2014 is in the twilight of his decorated career and has been tipped as a future sporting director.

But the versatile captain, capable of playing in defence and midfield, is adamant he still has more to offer on the pitch at the Allianz Arena.

In this moment, it is my second last [mid-season] training camp, he was quoted as saying by Bil…

Jurgen Klopp accepted Liverpool s defending was not good enough as a Leandro Trossard hat-trick secured a 3-3 draw for Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield.

Trossard gave the visitors deserved two-goal lead inside 17 minutes of head coach Roberto De Zerbi s first game in charge on Saturday, but Roberto Firmino pulled a goal back before the break and equalised early in the second half.

Adam Webster s own goal put the Reds ahead for the first time, but a third clinical left-foot finish from Belgium forward Trossard with seven minutes of normal time remaining salvaged a warranted point.

Trossard became only the third visiting player to score a Premier League hat-trick at Anfield, after Peter Ndlovu and Andrey Arshavin, and Brighton could have added more goals as Live…

Bruno Fernandes admitted Manchester United were destined to lose the derby from the opening minutes because they did not trust themselves.

The midfielder was part of a team over-run by a vibrant Manchester City, who tore to a 6-3 victory thanks to hat-tricks from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden.

City led 4-0 at half-time and later held a 6-1 cushion, before United grabbed a pair of late replies from substitute Anthony Martial.

It was gruesome watching for anyone on the red side of Manchester, particularly as United had been on a four-game winning run in the Premier League going into the game.

The belief from the beginning was not the best and I think that caused us many problems and made us concede early goals, said Fernandes.

Fernandes captained U…

John Ruddy has signed a new contract with Norwich City,.

The England international has racked up over a hundred league games for the Canaries since signing for them in 2010, having spent almost all of the previous five years on loan with no less than nine clubs.

Chelsea failed in two attempts to sign the 27 year old during the summer as they looked to bring in back up for Petr Cech.

Ruddy won his first and as yet only international cap in a 2-1 friendly victory over Italy last August, though he has been an unused substitute for Roy Hodgson’s side on nine occasions.

He has played every minute in the league under Chris Hughton so far this season, keeping three clean sheets in the process and when the sides meet at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afte…

Melo-lack of discipline ended Brazil’s hopes

Holland beat Brazil?
Julio Cesar made a terrible mistake?
Wesley Sneijder scored with a header?
Felipe Melo got sent off for a stupid loss of discipline?

OK, the last one isn’t exactly a surprise but the other three are. I could have added the question, Graham Fisher got his prediction totally wrong? There is absolutely no surprise in that!

Let us look at each of the four things I started this article with in chronological order.

Comfortable

Brazil were not exactly coasting at 1-0 up but they were looking reasonably comfortable and it was difficult to see how Holland, who had been pretty poor in the first half, were going to get the goal they needed to stay in the tournament.

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Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim is adamant the Ligue 1 leaders will not change their style of play for the upcoming Champions League tie with Manchester City.

Jardim s charges have been in sensational form domestically this season, scoring 76 goals in their 26 league matches which has given them a three-point advantage at the summit.

Despite their attacking flair Monaco head into the last-16 clash with City as underdogs, but Jardim will not approach the game any differently.

It does not matter who you play against, Paris Saint-Germain, Tottenham, Manchester City, whoever, Jardim said at a news conference.

It is in our DNA to play the way we play.

This will be our 11th game [in the competition]. We played four qualifiers, six in the group stage and…

According to the Independent, Premier League leaders Leicester City have had a bid of around £11.5million accepted for Chelsea striker Loic Remy, who has struggled for first team football at Stamford Bridge.

French striker Loic Remy could be set to join Leicester according to reports from the Independent

The French striker is widely expected to leave the reigning Premier League champions before the winter transfer window shuts on Monday night.

Struggled for first team football

Loic Remy was always going to struggle for first team football at Chelsea.

The Frenchman would have known that Diego Costa was the undisputed first choice striker at the Blues when he arrived in the summer of 2014 from QPR.

Costa arrived at Stamford Bridge on the …