Christopher Nkunku has torn the lateral collateral ligament in his left knee, according to RB Leipzig.

Nkunku was forced to withdraw from France s World Cup squad on Tuesday after getting injured in a training collision with Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga.

The 25-year-old was replaced in Didier Deschamps selection by another player who plies his trade in the Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt s Randal Kolo Muani.

On Saturday, Leipzig confirmed the nature of Nkunku s injury, though were not able to put a timescale on his return.

A statement on the club s website read: Christopher Nkunku tore the LCL in his left knee while training with the French national team on November 15 in Paris.

It is not yet clear how long he will be out for and ther…

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Looking to make it back-to-back La Liga wins on Saturday night, Barcelona will make the trip to the San Mamés when they face off against Athletic Bilbao this weekend.

Starting with the hosts, while Athletic Bilbao might have signed off their pre-season preparations with a 1-1 draw against former Premier League champions Liverpool at Anfield, Los Leones failed to lay down much of a marker last weekend. Missing out on what they thought was a real chance on the road, Head Coach Marcelino saw his side have to settle for a 0-0 stalemate against Elche. Knowing that they face a stern test at the San Mamés on Saturday night, Bilbao will now be desperate to try and bring an end to what has been an extended La Liga blip on either sid…

PSG were forced to put their Ligue 1 title celebrations on ice after second-placed Monaco overcame Lille on Wednesday.

Luis Enrique s side swept aside Lorient 4-1 after doubles from Ousmane Dembele and Kylian Mbappe, putting the pressure on the chasing Monaco.

Yet Youssouf Fofana s third league goal of the season edged Adi Hutter s team to a 1-0 victory, delaying PSG s inevitable title success – barring a miraculous collapse.

A WIN!

We re a step closer to a return

— AS Monaco EN (@AS_Monaco_EN)

PSG, who also have a two-legged Champions League semi-final with Borussia Dortmund to come in May, are 11 points clear with just four top-flight games remaining.

Having lost just once in Ligue 1 all season, PSG would secure b…

Manchester City legend Vincent Kompany joked he would not sign Cristiano Ronaldo as Burnley need players who can run .

Ronaldo is preparing for the World Cup with Portugal ahead of Thursday s Group H opener against Ghana, though the five-time Ballon d Or winner will lreturn to club football as a free agent in January.

Manchester United and Ronaldo parted ways by mutual agreement on Tuesday after the forward s exclusive interview with Piers Morgan caused a global stir.

The Portugal captain said he felt betrayed by United and had no respect for manager Erik ten Hag before the fractured relationship at Old Trafford came to an abrupt end.

Kompany, now manager of Championship side Burnley, offered a tongue-in-cheek assessment of the situation, suggesting the C…

Esteban Granero believes the arrival of Tottenham Hotspur s Luka Modric would strengthen La Liga title holders Real Madrid.

Granero, 25, struggled to gain a regular place in Jose Mourinho s starting line-up at Real last season, and was behind Xabi Alonso and Sami Khedira in the pecking order for a midfield spot.

Modric looks likely to leave Tottenham Hostpur after the north London side failed to seal a Champions League spot for the coming season, with Real s Estadio Santiago Bernabeu the most likely destination for the Croatia international.

However, Granero has said he will not consider leaving the club even if former the Dinamo Zagreb playmaker arrives in the Spanish capital, and is determined to fight for his place.

Every year great players come and …

David Nugent grabbed a hat-trick as Leicester accounted for Hull 3-1 to move within a point of the Championship playoff places.

The former Portsmouth striker, who earned his first and only England cap in a Euro 2008 qualifier against Andorra in which he scored, broke the deadlock from close range after seven minutes of play at the King Power Stadium on Sunday.

Hull, looking to move level at the top of the table, drew level four minutes before the half-hour mark when speedster Jay Simpson headed home a Sone Aluko cross.

However, Leicester restored their lead and went into the half-time break ahead after Nugent found the back of the net with a well-placed header on 42 minutes.

Nugent then put the result beyond doubt deep into stoppage time, which handed Ni…

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew believes West Ham striker Andy Carroll is one of few forwards in the world who are unplayable .

Pardew, who sold Carroll to Liverpool for £35 million during his time in charge of Newcastle United in 2011, knows the threat the 26-year-old possesses. 

Carroll has only played 21 minutes of Premier League football since February but is now fit and ready to work his way back into the West Ham line-up.

He s unplayable at times,  Pardew said ahead of Saturday s hosting of West Ham.

There aren t many strikers who are completely unplayable, and he s one of them. In recent years in the Premier League, as an attacker of the ball in the air, there has been no one better than him.

There aren t many strikers with the sa…

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger warned striker Joel Campbell it was now or never for him to prove his worth to the club.

The Costa Rica international has struggled to make an impact at Arsenal since his move to the club in 2011, sent out on loan to numerous clubs after his arrival.

But Campbell is set to start for Wenger s injury-hit team when they visit Swansea City on Saturday.

Wenger said time was running out for the 23-year-old and he needed to prove he was worth keeping at Arsenal.

I wanted to keep him here. I felt he has been on loan two or three times and that it is now or never for him with us, the Frenchman said.

For him, as well, you belong to a club, you go one time out, two times out then after that you don t know any more if you belon…

Hiroshi Kiyotake s frustrating six months at Sevilla has come to an end after he agreed a return to Japan with former club Cerezo Osaka.

Kiyotake impressed in the Bundesliga with Nuremburg and Hannover since arriving in Europe in 2012, but when the latter were relegated last season he completed a switch to LaLiga for a reported €6.5million fee.

However, the 27-year-old has not been able to hold down a regular starting spot under Jorge Sampaoli, however, and only made nine appearances in all competitions.

The attacking midfielder scored just once in that time and Kiyotake has opted to return to the J-League with Cerezo a club he made 84 appearances for before moving to Germany, scoring 19 goals.

He joins a Cerezo side preparing for a top-flight return af…

Blaise Matuidi says he can sense this is the year Paris Saint-Germain s warriors and soldiers  will finally get the better of Barcelona in the Champions League.

Backed by their wealthy Qatari owners, PSG have won four consecutive Ligue 1 titles, though they face a battle with Monaco and Nice to retain their crown this term.

However, their domestic dominance is yet to be replicated on the European front, with PSG falling short in the quarter-finals in each of the past four seasons.

On two of those occasions, in 2012-13 and 2014-15, it was LaLiga giants Barcelona who dumped them out and the Catalans this time provide a daunting task in the round of 16.

But Matuidi insists Unai Emery s men are ready to end their Barca hoodoo.

Before PSG take on…