Kick Off: Ronaldo rested against Benevento; Carvajal suffers a groin injury

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Ronaldo to be rested against Benevento, confirms Pirlo

Cristiano Ronaldo will be rested when Juventus visit Benevento on Saturday, but Leonardo Bonucci returns.

Diego Maradona 'died poor' with just '£75,000 in his account' but family battle over £150m estate

Diego Maradona 'died poor' with 'almost nothing left in his bank account', it has been claimed.

Real Madrid confirm Carvajal has a muscle injury to the right adductor muscle

Real Madrid have published a medical report on Dani Carvajal, who suffered a groin injury in training and will need to miss around two weeks.

Pique may return in April as he NOT needing surgery on his ligament injury

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique may return to action this season after the decision was taken for him to avoid surgery despite suffering knee ligament damage.

Guardiola admits Sergio Aguero is struggling to play after Diego Maradona death

Sergio Aguero is struggling to play after the death of Diego Maradona, admits Pep Guardiola.

Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford doubts for Man United's trip to Southampton

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could be without both Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford for the trip to Southampton on Sunday afternoon.

Bruno Fernandes is like Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United, says Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Bruno Fernandes' impact on the current Manchester United team is on a par with Cristiano Ronaldo in his Old Trafford pomp.

These things happen

Juventus 'are lining up Man United's Donny van de Beek for a summer move'

Donny van de Beek's future at Manchester United already looks uncertain, with reports linking him with a summer move to Juventus.

Alaba's agent 'to open talks with Chelsea in Jan' as he prepares to leave Bayern

David Alaba's agent Pini Zahavi reportedly plans to start talks with Chelsea in January with the Bayern Munich stalwart looking more and more likely to leave the club in 2021.

Jose Mourinho: Tottenham head coach wary of 'amazing' Chelsea

Jose Mourinho says he will persist with a cautious mindset as league leaders Tottenham aim to deliver another statement of their ambitions this season against Chelsea on Sunday.

The Real Madrid players showed Zidane that they're with him to the death

With or without an explanation, Real Madrid have raised their head again when they seemed the most hurt. It could be said that the Champions League is almost a fetish competition for them, that they had extra motivation and that some players are at their best, but the reality is that the Champions League group looks a lot better than it did and that they still have a lot of options in LaLiga Santander.

Lampard urges Chelsea to beat Tottenham for owner Abramovich in his 1,000th game

Frank Lampard paid tribute to Roman Abramovich as the Russian billionaire prepares for his 1,000th game as owner of Chelsea.

Man Utd in Calhanoglu talks

Manchester United have, according to Tuttosport, once again contacted Hakan Calhanoglu’s agent to discuss the player’s move to Old Trafford as a free agent.

What they say

Real Madrid SHOULDN'T sign Mbappe or Haaland, says club icon Michel

Real Madrid legend Michel believes the club should spend money improving Zinedine Zidane's squad rather than signing 'galacticos' like Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland.

Lampard opens up on his relationship with Roman Abramovich as Chelsea manager

Frank Lampard admits his relationship with Roman Abramovich is 'very straight' and not 'close, close' since he made the transition from Chelsea player to Chelsea manager.

In Depth

Across Europe, the title race in the top five leagues are the most open in YEARS

In this, the strangest of all seasons, the early indications are that the title races across Europe's top five leagues are set to be appropriately unusual.

Dest: The chosen one to close the Alves chapter

The void left by Dani Alves at Barcelona was enormous, yet four years later it seems as though there is light at the end of the tunnel with Sergino Dest. The right-back position has seen almost cursed at the Camp Nou, with the players brought in post-Alves failing to live up to the performances put in by the Brazilian.