French club Toulouse FC have confirmed the signing of young Uruguayan defender Adrian Gunino on loan from Danubio Fútbol Club. The loan is for a period of one year, at the end of which TFC can exercise the right to buy the 21 year old s services on a permanent basis.

Montevideo born Gunino started off his career with Danubio and was on loan at Argentine giants Boca Juniors last season. He primarily plays on the right side of defence.

Gunino was part of the Uruguayan squad that played at the FIFA U-20 2009 World Cup. Uruguay qualified from a group that also included Ghana, Uzbekistan and England before losing to Brazil in the Round of 16.

[Source:- Toulouse FC]

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Former Barcelona captain Xavi believes the club s all-star forward trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar is the best attacking line-up in football history.

Messi and Neymar finished first and third respectively in last week s Ballon d Or vote having, along with Suarez, inspired Luis Enrique s team to a haul of five trophies in 2015.

Xavi, who was present for three of those successes before calling time on his illustrious Camp Nou career, believes the coach has impressively developed Barcelona s style from the sublime tiki-taka period under Pep Guardiola – making them equally potent on the counter-attack as they are in possession.

Luis Enrique has evolved Barcelona, said Xavi, who now plays for Qatari club Al Sadd, in an interview with Marca. He is serio…

Diego Simeone has chosen not to reveal the outcome of his talks with Fernando Torres over the striker s Atletico Madrid future.

The 31-year-old s deal at the Vicente Calderon is due to expire at the end of the season and, despite club captain Gabi giving his backing to Atleti making Torres move from AC Milan permanent, there has yet to be any concrete progress in negotiations.

A FIFA registration ban, set to prevent the Liga side from bringing in new players during the next two complete transfer windows, is likely to complicate matters should the club s appeal against the sanction fail.

Simeone has confirmed talks have taken place between himself and Torres, who has not played since January 6, but refused to elaborate on the player s future.

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LaLiga strugglers Celta Vigo have sacked head coach Fran Escriba following their loss to Getafe.

Celta made the announcement after Sunday s 1-0 defeat at home to Getafe – their fourth consecutive loss.

The result left Celta in the relegation zone and two points adrift of safety following 12 rounds in LaLiga.

Fran Escriba will not continue in charge of Celta. The club would like to thank him and his coaching staff for their efforts and commitment and wish them success in the future, Celta said in a statement.

OFFICIAL Fran Escribá will not continue to be the RC Celta coach. The club thanks him and his assistants for their effort and professionalism.

— RC Celta (@RCCeltaEN)

Former Elche, Getafe and Villarreal boss Escriba was appoin…

Rafael Benitez praised the fight of Salomon Rondon after his two goals downed Bournemouth at St James Park and predicted there is more to come from the Newcastle United striker.

Rondon netted with an early strike that was followed up by a thumping header, his first Premier League goals for the club sealing a 2-1 win, Jefferson Lerma scoring the visitors goal.

After no victories in their first 10 top-flight matches of the season, Newcastle have now won two league games on the bounce for the first time since April and risen to 14th in the table.

Benitez liked what he saw on Saturday, backing Rondon to get even better if he can get fitter.

Rondon did well, he has to improve his fitness but he was working well and trying to fight the defenders, Benitez said …

Las Vegas Raiders superstar Davante Adams has taken to Twitter to apologise to the person he was caught on video shoving to the ground immediately after his side lost to the Kansas City Chiefs 30-29 on Monday night.

Adams, who caught two long touchdowns in the game to finish with 124 yards from three catches, was making his way from the field when he alleges someone holding a tripod ran in front of him as he tried to head down the tunnel.

The receiver pushed the worker to the ground before heading into the locker room.

Minutes later, after the footage circulated widely online, Adams tweeted out an apology, saying that s not me .

Sorry to the guy I pushed over after the game, it said. Obviously very frustrated at the way the game ended and when he ran in …

Reece James is hopeful that an injury sustained during Chelsea s 2-0 Champions League victory against AC Milan is not a bad one , with the World Cup on the horizon.

After an awkward landing, the 22-year-old England international had to be brought off the pitch on the hour mark raising further concerns for the Three Lions ahead of the tournament in Qatar, after Trent Alexander-Arnold picked up a knock in Liverpool s defeat to Arsenal on Sunday.

James took to social media to address the worries about his injury and, while unable to offer any decisive updates, shared hope that he will not be sidelined for an extensive period.

He said: Fingers crossed it’s not a bad one. Love for all the messages, I appreciate you all.

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Juventus’ Arturo Vidal is flattered by reported interest from Real Madrid, but is focused on doing well for club and country at present.

The Chile international has been in sparkling form this season as the runaway Serie A leaders look set to cruise towards a 30th official Scudetto.

Vidal is Juve s top scorer in all competitions with 16 goals from 33 appearances, while his creative side is evidenced by six assists.

His form which included a UEFA Champions League hat-trick against Copenhagen in November has reportedly attracted interest from Spanish giants Madrid, but Vidal insists he is only thinking of his immediate future.

I m flattered by Real Madrid s interest, he told Marca.

Everything is turning out great for me. I want things to continue like this …

Valencia took a huge step towards the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals with a 3-0 away win over unfancied Ludogorets.

The Bulgarian side went into the tie with confidence after beating Lazio to reach the last 16 for the first time, but their Spanish visitors got off to a flyer and overcame having to play more than half of the game with 10 men.

Right-back Antonio Barragan fired Valencia into the lead after only five minutes as he blasted a low half-volley past the helpless Vladislav Stoyanov for his first goal since November 2010.

Ludogorets were given a great chance to restore parity with a penalty as Seydou Keita received a straight red card, but Diego Alves palmed Roman Bezjak s 26th-minute effort away and Fede Cartabia grabbed Valencia s second soon after.

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Orlando City playmaker Kaka has expressed his desire for former Real Madrid team-mate Iker Casillas to join him in MLS next season, but says the Spain goalkeeper is in no rush to leave Porto.

Casillas played with Brazil star Kaka for four years at the Santiago Bernabeu, before the latter departed to re-join Milan in 2013.

Kaka claims that Casillas, who left Madrid to join Porto in the close-season, is tempted by the idea of playing in MLS in the future and believes the league can become the strongest in the world.

I would like Casillas to come [to MLS] next year, but he told me he wants to stay in Portugal and play a little bit, Kaka told Cadena Cope. 

I think he likes the idea of coming to play here. In five or 10 years, the MLS will be the strongest…