Norwich are in discussions to sign Fenerbahce defender Joseph Yobo on loan for the rest of the season.
The 33-year-old Nigeria international played for Premier League side Everton between 2003 and 2010 before moving to the Super Lig, initially on loan prior to a permanent switch.
Chris Hughton is looking to bring the defender in on a temporary basis ahead of the transfer window closing on Friday.
City can confirm we are in talks with Turkish club Fenerbahce regarding a deal to bring experienced Nigerian international central defender Joseph Yobo to Carrow Road on loan until the end of the season, Norwich stated via their official website.
Yobo, 33, played for Standard Liege, Marseille, Tenerife and Everton before joining Fenerbahce in August 2010.
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The bitter memory of last year s Champions League exit to Bayern Munich is driving Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United launch their latest quest for European silverware against Rangers at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
Despite already guiding United to two Champions League triumphs, Ferguson remains unshaken in his belief that the English giants could and should have had more to show for their efforts in Europe during his 24-year reign.
And nothing rankles Ferguson more than the manner of last season s defeat to Bayern, when United raced into a 3-0 lead in the second leg before the Germans scored twice to advance on away goals.
Ferguson is convinced that the quarter-final defeat deprived United of the opportunity of adding to the club s haul of Champions League cro…
A second-half double from Cristiano Ronaldo secured a 2-1 win for Real Madrid against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena and a firm advantage in their Champions League quarter-final tie.
The Portugal captain struck two minutes after the break to cancel out Arturo Vidal s bullet header before poking home a second to give the holders a strong result to take back to the Santiago Bernabeu for the return fixture.
Bayern had been good value for their lead but Vidal s missed penalty allowed Madrid to get back into the match, before a red card for Javi Martinez left the Bundesliga leaders facing a battle to ensure they stayed in the tie.
The first half belonged to the home side and Vidal in particular, the midfielder scoring with one emphatic header, missing a clear chan…
If Jose Mourinho asked Ed Woodward, Can I have another season? on Tuesday morning, it is quite clear what the answer was.
Manchester United are searching for an interim manager, a long-term successor and looking to overhaul their footballing operation. But there is another Manchester institution that has also been thrown into flux.
Mourinho s decision to live at the five-star Lowry Hotel since joining United has been well-documented, with the enduring nature of his stay set to serve as a metaphor for an unsettled and fractious spell at a club that never quite felt like home.
By being sacked shortly before 10:00 local time, at least the Portuguese had a fighting chance of avoiding a late check-out charge. But that would have amounted to small change in terms of…
The talented French international Ousmane Dembele has struggled to gain footing at Barcelona under Ernesto Valverde this season.
The boy who arrived as a direct replacement for Brazilian superstar Neymar has thus far failed to live up to high expectations and has been widely linked with a move away from Camp Nou.
Dembele has struggled with discipline and apparent lack of professionalism but instead of chasing him away at the end of the season, Barcelona chiefs are trying to help him settle in and are ruling out any possibility of him being sold.
“Dembele is very young and has never had to make an effort like the one he is doing now to adapt to Barca’s game. ‘We recognise that it is hard for him and he also recognises it, but we’re working to change this …
Netflix has shared a new jump scare-laden clip on Twitter for The Midnight Club from Mike Flanagan. The 10-episode series premieres on Netflix on October 7.
A synopsis is as follows: “At a hospice with a mysterious history, the eight members of the Midnight Club meet each night at midnight to tell sinister stories–and to look for signs of the supernatural from the beyond.” Based on previously and recently released photos, and a trailer from earlier this summer, the show is likely set in the 1980s–so will be perfect for Stranger Things fans who are still in withdrawal after the long wait and quick binging of Season 4 Come from Sports betting site VPbet . The Midnight Club, though, definitely has a darke…
Bid severely damaged by the BBC
As an English football fan and a BBC licence payer, I am absolutely disgusted by the decision of the BBC to screen the ‘so called’ revelations regarding the alleged corruption of FIFA officials in their Panarama programme on Monday evening.
Journalism
The BBC are hiding behind phrases such as ‘it was in the public interest’ and defending the right of investigative journalism. I whole heartedly support the right of investigative journalism and the right to a free press and media. There are few who don’t. Where I fall out with the BBC is on two counts. Firstly, to call this investigative journalism is stretching the point to it’s limit and secondly, it is in no way in the public interest.
The public interest for fo…
Inter Milan s Cameroon striker Samuel Eto o was voted top player at the Club World Cup after Saturday s 3-0 final win over African champions TP Mazembe in which the former Barcelona man scored.
Eto o took the golden ball accolade after organisers FIFA made him their top man with the silver award going to Dioko Kaluyituka of beaten finalists Tout Puissant Mazembe of DR Congo the first African side to make it to the trophy match.
Argentine Andres D Alessandro of Brazil s Inter de Porto Alegre was the bronze winner.
Eto o was a treble winner with Inter last season after winning the Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup crowns having already performed that feat a year earlier with former side Barcelona.
Last year s accolade went to Barcelona s Argentine …
Stoke City s troubling recent form persisted in suitably miserable conditions at the Britannia Stadium, as free-scoring Everton ran riot in a 3-0 Premier League victory.
In howling wind and pouring rain, the Potters conceded three goals for the third successive outing in all competitions and rarely threatened their visitors on an outing to forget.
Stoke included record signing Gianelli Imbula in their starting XI, but fell behind to Romelu Lukaku s early penalty and conceded twice more – to Seamus Coleman and Aaron Lennon – before half-time.
From that situation, a recovery was impossible and Stoke are now without a win in four matches.
Everton, meanwhile, bounced to a third victory in a row in league and cup, and made amends for the 4-3 defeat to thei…
Sunderland reached the League Cup final last season and will be eyeing another trip to Wembley ahead of their trip to Birmingham City.
Gus Poyet s men knocked out Chelsea and Manchester United en route to the final in a season which they were also battling to avoid relegation.
The final against Manchester City proved a bridge too far for Sunderland, but Poyet was able to mastermind a great escape to keep the club in the Premier League and they have avoided defeat in their first two top flight matches in the new campaign.
Having snatched a draw at West Brom on the opening day, the Wearside club held Manchester United 1-1 on Sunday, with recent signing Jack Rodwell scoring his first goal for the club.
Ahead of the trip to St Andrews on Wednesday, striker S…