Kick Off: Pep 'prefers golf than Madrid & Utd'; CR7's had 36 league hat tricks

Welcome to All Football's Kick Off, we bring you all important news in the past 24 hours. Make sure you do not miss out.

DAILY HEADLINES

Guardiola: I'd rather play golf than coach Man Utd or Real Madrid

Pep Guardiola insists he would rather retire to the golf course than coach Manchester United or Real Madrid in the future.

Ronaldo has scored 36 league hat-tricks, the most since 2008 in Top 5 leagues

Ronaldo scored an excellent hat-trick in Juventus' first match in 2020 against Cagliari.

Messi & Mane lead FIFA 20 TOTY, NO Ronaldo & Lewy while 5 Liverpool stars in

EA sports have released the FIFA20 Team of the Year which was based on fan voting for the first time, with Liverpool boasting five players in ultimate XI.

OFFICIAL: Roma & Italy legend Daniele De Rossi announces his retirement at 36

Roma and Italy legendary player Daniele De Rossi has announced his retirement from football.

MATCH REPORTS

Juventus 4-0 Cagliari: Ronaldo starts 2020 with his 1st hat-trick in Serie A

Cristiano Ronaldo got his 2020 up and running with a hat-trick as Ragnar Klavan's error helped gift Juventus a 4-0 win over Cagliari, sending the champions back above Inter at the Serie A summit.

Milan 0-0 Samp: Zlatan back in worse team 7 years later as winless run continues

Milan are held to a goalless draw by Sampdoria at San Siro this afternoon in their Serie A clash. The final score is Milan 0-0 Sampdoria.

Napoli 1-3 Inter: Lukaku double hands Nerazzurri 1st win at San Paolo in 22 yrs

Inter tasted victory over Napoli at the San Paolo for the first time in a Serie A match since October 1997 thanks to Romelu Lukaku's double.

Arsenal 1-0 Leeds: Nelson hands Gunners FA Cup progression after 1st-half scare

Reiss Nelson scored the only goal as Arsenal saw off Leeds United to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup.

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Liverpool, Barcelona & Man City all interested in signing Adama Traore (90min)

Having starred for Wolves, Adama Traore is linked to three of Europe's biggest clubs.

Madrid offer big names including Bale to Man Utd to fund Pogba transfer (Sun)

Real Madrid will reportedly offer up a number of stars - including Gareth Bale - to Manchester United in order to fund a £160million move for Paul Pogba.

Gareth Bale nears Madrid exit as Florentino Perez finds buyer (El Desmarque)

Gareth Bale's Real Madrid exit may finally be nearing with president Florentino Perez finding a buyer for the Welshman.

Man Utd 'make a superior offer to Inter for Vidal' but Barca don't want to sell

Manchester United have made a superior offer to Inter for Arturo Vidal, claim reports in Chile, but Barcelona don’t want to sell.

Emerson's compensation 'would reach €16m' if Barca re-sign him from Betis

Emerson has again been the protagonist this day for the goal scored against Alaves. In Seville, the media also talk about the possibility that Barcelona could refish him early, either in the winter market or in the summer. 

THESE THINGS HAPPEN

Marcelo back in Madrid squad for Supercopa clash against Valencia, Benzema out

Real Madrid duo Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale have been ruled out of this week's Spanish Super Cup which is to be held in Saudi Arabia.

FA Cup fourth round draw IN FULL: Check who the Big six will play against >>

English football clubs have known their fourth-round opponents in FA Cup.

Abramovich 'nearly killed' by former Chelsea winger Nevin while out cycling

Pat Nevin has recalled how he 'nearly killed' Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich during a holiday.

Ronaldo the 1st player to score in one of top 5 leagues in each of last 18 years

Ronaldo scored his first goal in 2020 in the game against Cagliari.

AF COLUMN & DEPTH

VOTE: Who is your pick for All Football Player of the Week?

Who is the best player of last week? We name 5 candidates based on their ratings & performances. Please vote for the player who impressed you most last week.

All Football TOTW: Barca slayer Wu Lei leads XI as 2 Arsenal & Madrid players in

Who shone enough to make this time's Team of the Week? Have a scroll down and see if you agree with our choices.

494 goals, 74 penalties & 44 red cards... 10 best stats from 1st half of La Liga

Exactly 190 matches have been played during the first half of the LaLiga Santander season with several interesting statistics have come up at the midway point of the 2019/20 campaign.

New age, old iPod... Ronaldo is out here living in 2005 🤣

Before the game between Juventus and Cagliari, we found Ronaldo taking with an old iPod to listen to music.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

Van Dijk stars the promo for FIFA 20 TOTY. Check the whole list 👀

FIXTURES OF THE DAY

UTC 2020/01/07 15:00   Standard Liege vs Dortmund

UTC 2020/01/07 20:00   Man Utd vs Man City