Sweden international Fredrik Stoor has revealed that his transfer request has finally been granted.

The 26-year-old is expected to leave Fulham in the January transfer window, after failing to make an impact at Craven Cottage since joining the club back in 2008.

I said I want to get away from here, and it seems there may be something this time, he told Fotbollskanalen.

What it is is too early to say. I ve wanted to be sold a long time, and now the club has changed. They have agreed to let me go in this window.

I know there are clubs in both Denmark and Norway who are interested. I ve also heard rumours about clubs in other leagues in Europe who are interested, but so far nothing is clear.

[Source: Fotbollskanalen]

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Luke Williams believed Swansea produced the “most complete performance” of his tenure so far as they claimed a 2-0 Championship victory over derby rivals Cardiff.

Liam Cullen put Swansea ahead in the 34th minute before missing a penalty six minutes into the second half.

But Jamal Lowe bagged his seventh goal of the season – in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage-time – to cap off a fine win for the Swans, who ended the Bluebirds’ four-game winning streak.

It was Swansea’s fifth win from six matches against Cardiff and went some way to avenging their 2-0 loss in the reverse fixture last September.

“We won in a really positive way, I can’t argue with the way we went about it today,” said the Swansea boss.

“I think the combin…

Inter will be aiming to extend an unbeaten streak spanning 20 years when they travel to Torino for their Serie A opener on Sunday.

While only three points separated fifth-placed Inter and surprise packets Torino last season, Walter Mazzarri s men boast a significant edge, having not lost to the Turin-based outfit in 20 matches.

Inter have won 14 games and drawn six during that period, with their last defeat to Torino coming in the form of a 2-0 loss in February 1994.

And Inter make the trip to the Stadio Olimpico di Torino full of confidence following their 6-0 rout of Iceland s Stjarnan in the UEFA Europa League play-offs on Thursday.

Croatia international Mateo Kovacic netted a hat-trick, while striker Mauro Icardi scored twice as Inter kept their fifth…

Jean Fernandez has stepped down from his role as Auxerre manager after five years at the helm of the Ligue 1 outfit.

The 56-year-old took the club to ninth place in the league last season a disappointment after finishing third the campaign before.

Fernandez s contract ran out at the end of the 2010/11 season and he has decided against seeking reappointment.

Fernandez won the award for France s best coach in 2009/10, and he told French newspaper l Yonne Republicaine he was sad to be leaving a club where he had many happy memories.

I made my decision on Wednesday night. I decided to leave and turn the page at AJ Auxerre, he said.

This choice was difficult. I was reluctant, because I cannot erase five years of my life like that.

Deciding…

Chinese retailer Suning Holdings Group have announced they will take a majority control of Serie A giants Inter.

The group have purchased a 70 per cent stake in the club from Erick Thohir, who became majority shareholder and president of Inter in 2013, for a reported fee of €270million.

Suning s deal was announced on Sunday via the social media pages of Super League outfit Jiangsu Suning, before confirmation of the deal came at a news conference held on Monday.

Zhang Jidong, chairman of the Suning group, welcomed the deal as a watershed moment for a growing football market in China.

Ours is an international business and our brand will soon be big in Europe, too. Now we have an alliance with an international and European top club. Football is growin…

Germany ended a 21-year wait for a win over Italy as they scored two goals in each half to record a resounding 4-1 triumph in Munich on Tuesday.

Having thrown away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 to England on Saturday, Joachim Low s side bounced back in style to end a seven-match winless streak against their opponents.

Toni Kroos scored his second international goal in as many matches when his right-footed attempt from just outside the area broke the deadlock in the 24th minute.

Mario Gotze headed in his 17th goal for Germany on the stroke of half-time, while any fears the hosts might suffer another second-half collapse disappeared when full-back Jonas Hector broke his duck for the national team just before the hour mark.

Mesut Ozil made it 4-0 from the s…

Australia coach Graham Arnold is confident there is nothing new Syria boss Fajr Ibrahim can do to catch the Socceroos by surprise in their crucial 2019 Asian Cup Group B encounter on Tuesday. 

Syria sacked Bernd Stange following Thursday s 2-0 defeat to Jordan, appointing Ibrahim for a fourth term at the helm shortly after. 

Ibrahim takes over ahead of their final group game at the tournament, with Syria – who are yet to score – in danger of bowing out. 

By contrast, defending champions Australia need just a point to make sure of progression, having responded to their shock opening defeat to Jordan by beating Palestine 3-0. 

Syria will be hoping a change of coach can inspire an improvement in their fortunes, but Arnold doubts there is much Ib…

Shinji Okazaki scored inside 52 seconds as Leicester City got their Premier League campaign up and running at the second attempt with a 2-0 home success against Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday.

Two late strikes at Arsenal on the opening day had the 2015-16 champions on the wrong end of a seven-goal thriller, but this time the result never looked in doubt after a goal in the game s first attack, and Harry Maguire later headed a second.

Brighton barely laid a glove on Manchester City in their Premier League debut another 2-0 defeat and they again lacked the firepower to respond after Okazaki s opener at the King Power Stadium.

The Japan international s tap-in owed much to Mat Ryan s generous goalkeeping and the lead suited a well-versed Leicester game plan as…

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In a showdown between two sides who will find the moods in their camps at a high, Bayern Munich will host Freiburg on Saturday afternoon.

Starting with the hosts, while Bayern Munich might have been left stunned by their thumping defeat away at Borussia Mönchengladbach last month, the German heavyweights have bounced back in some style. Managing to book their spot in the knockout stage of this year s Champions League in midweek as they secured an action-packed 5-2 win against Benfica on home soil, Head Coach Julian Nagelsmann has seen his side gain a reputation for their lively outcomes. Bagging over 3.5 goals in five of their last six outings across all formats, the former RB Leipzig boss will still have a headache over…

After another electric evening of Euro 2020 football, we officially know the identity of our first two semi-finalists with Spain being one of them. They were forced to really dig deep in what was, ultimately, a pretty dramatic game against the Swiss.

In the end, though, a penalty shootout was enough for the Spaniards to see off the challenge of the underdogs.

Spanish questions

There are some big questions surrounding this Spanish national team and it all stems from their inconsistency. There are times when they look like one of the best attacking teams in the world but on other occasions, all they do is play the ball back and forth without much of an impetus to their game. If they want to cause Italy problems and they re serious about making a real run to the final, th…