You are 1-0 down at home in the FA Cup. It’s the last minute of the match and one Accrington Stanley player saw his opportunity to win a penalty. Sadly what resulted was a hilarious dive that did not fool anybody. Accrington were 1-0 down in the 93rd minute against Frank Lampard’s Derby County when they won a free-kick on the edge of the box. Billy Kee’s effort was blocked and he fouled Duane Holmes as he tried to win the ball back. As the fouled player slid on the ground Sean McConville tried his best to go over his leg to convince the referee he should award a penalty.…

Jordan Lukaku’s move to Newcastle United from Lazio has fallen through, the Premier League club have announced. The left-back, who is brother to Manchester United star Romelu,  has agreed to join the Magpies on loan until the end of the season. However, the 24-year-old will no longer be moving to Tyneside, despite undergoing a medical on Friday. The club have not disclosed the reason for the deal falling through but is understood to be down to medical reasons. Lukaku has now returned to Rome and is set to remain at Lazio until the summer. A statement released by Newcastle read: “Newcastle United can confirm that Jordan Lukaku will not be joining…

Click:diode and zener diode Paris Saint-Germain have reportedly agreed a deal to sign Chelsea target Leandro Paredes. Paredes had been touted as a potential replacement for Cesc Fabregas who joined Monaco earlier this month. The midfielder is set to join the French champions, though, after a €47million deal was agreed, according to L’Equipe. They are also reporting that he will join PSG on a four-and-a-half year deal from Zenit St Petersburg. This comes just a day after the Ligue 1 side’s target Frenkie De Jong signed for Barcelona. De Jong is understood to have always preferred a move to the Spanish club rather than the French capital. It means PSG…

Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has completed his loan move to Atletico Madrid. The Spain international struggled to make an impact at Stamford Bridge following his £60million move from Real Madrid in the summer of 2017. He has made 47 Premier League appearances for the Blues, scoring 16 times, but has not started a top-flight game since January. Now – following the signing of Gonzalo Higuain – Maurizio Sarri has sanctioned his exit from the London club. Morata will remain at Atletico until the end of the 2019/20 season, with the club also having the option to make the deal permanent. “I’m very happy and proud to be here. I can’t wait to start…

Sunderland are close to completing a deal to sign Wigan Athletic striker Will Grigg. The Black Cats want at least two forwards, following the departure of 15 goal top scorer Josh Maja to Bordeaux, and Grigg is top of their list. Wigan boss Paul Cook only recently said the striker was not for sale, with the club already turning down four offers. “I think Sunderland have made four bids for Will, but the fact we’ve rebuffed four bids, you can clearly see our intent is not to sell players,” he said. “Unfortunately, everybody is expecting them to come back, but we want to strengthen and keep our better players.” Grigg,…

Manchester City refused to match Frenkie de Jong’s staggering £307,000-a-week salary to miss out on the new £65million Barcelona signing. De Jong, 21, will move to Camp Nou at the end of the season and has put pen to paper on a five-year deal which will earn him £16m per season. A number of Europe’s top clubs, including City, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain, were interested in the Netherlands international, but he favoured a move to LaLiga instead. According the the Daily Mirror, it is thought his huge wage demands would not be matched by the Premier League champions and manager Pep Guardiola conceded defeat in his pursuit of the midfielder. “If…

Click:Pen bag making machine Celtic will reportedly sign Borussia Dortmund full-back Jeremy Toljan on loan. The 24-year old has not made any appearances for the Bundesliga side this season but did feature 27 times during the 2017/18 campaign. The Scottish Premiership club are expected to make an announcement on Wednesday about the loan deal, according to Fussball Transfers. The Daily Record reported on Tuesday that negotiations were ongoing between the two clubs and it appears a breakthrough has been made. The right-back was signed by Dortmund in 2017 for £4.5million but has not made a single appearance under manager Lucien Favre. Toljan impressed with the Germany squad who won the…

Brazilian goalkeeper Lucas Perri has joined Crystal Palace for the rest of the season. The 21-year-old has been loan to the Eagles from Sao Paulo and they have the option to turn that into a permanent deal if he impresses at Selhurst Park. “It’s an amazing feeling, I’m really glad to join the club. Two months ago, I knew [about] the possibility to join Palace,” Perri told the club’s official website. “Since then, I was pretty anxious to be here because I really wanted that. It’s huge, it’s a really important thing to me. It’s the opportunity of my life and I’m going to do whatever it takes.” Perri came…

Manchester City wasted absolutely no time at St James’ Park on Tuesday night. Sergio Aguero put the champions in front with the fastest goal scored by any team in the Premier League this season. The Argentine latched onto David Silva’s header to volley left-footed into the Newcastle net after just 24 seconds. It comfortably topples Mathias Jorgensen’s strike for Huddersfield against Brighton back in December, which came after 55 seconds. And, remarkably, City didn’t even take the kick-off. Leroy Sane’s long-ball over the top to Raheem Sterling unlocked the Magpies defence, before the Englishman cut inside and picked out David Silva at the far post. Stumbling as he approached the ball,…

Heung-Min Son has already trained with Tottenham and could be ready to feature in their midweek Premier League clash with Watford, Mauricio Pochettino has revealed. Son, the forward, returned from international duty last week as South Korea suffered a shock defeat by Qatar in the Asian Cup quarter-finals. He featured in three matches having linked up with the South Korea squad after they had already played twice in the tournament, and returns to Tottenham sooner than anticipated with Paulo Bento’s side expected to progress further than they did. Despite landing back in England last week and taking part in a training session on Sunday morning, Son was not ready to…