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Football Insider confirmed that Ukrainian defender Ilya Zabarnyi of English club Bournemouth is on the radar of Manchester City.

At the same time, the source adds that Bournemouth is willing to sell their 22-year-old defender for €78 million.

It was previously reported that Bournemouth values Zabarnyi at €60 million, and besides Manchester City, the Ukrainian is also of interest to London clubs Chelsea and Tottenham, as well as Madrid’s Real Madrid.

Recall that recently, Zabarnyi signed a new agreement with Bournemouth until the summer of 2029.

Ukrainian defender of Turkish Trabzonspor Arseniy Batagov debuted for his current team yesterday.

The 22-year-old footballer was included in the starting lineup of the "bordo-blue" team for the 13th round match of the Turkish championship against Adana Demirspor (5:0) and played the entire match without substitution.

It is worth noting that Batagov's debut was awaited for almost four months: he transferred to Trabzonspor in early August.

The former head coach of Luhansk Zorya, Viktor Skrypnyk, may lead the team again, journalist Mykhailo Spiakovskyi reported.

“Viktor Skrypnyk was improving his qualifications in Germany. And now, judging by what I hear, the heads of Zorya have resumed consultations with him,” said Spiakovskyi on the YouTube channel «TaToTake».

Recall that Skrypnyk's last club was Kharkiv Metalist 1925, which he left last summer. As for Zorya, the team is currently coached by Mladen Bartulović.

From time to time, a discussion arises in the media about how much longer Andriy Yarmolenko will continue his professional career. The player’s contract with the capital club is valid until the end of the season. At the end of October, Andriy turned 35 years old.

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One of the coaches of Luhansk “Zarya,” Sergey Rudenko, summarized yesterday’s match of his team against Zhytomyr’s “Polesie” (1:1) in the 14th round of the Ukrainian Championship.

“We knew how “Polesie” could beat us. And the guys, I believe, did the task 100 percent. We closed the opponent’s fast flanks and could have scored not just one goal, but two, or maybe even three.

The aim was to win, so we are not very satisfied with the result. But to avoid angering God, a point is a point.

God willing, the guys continue to play like this — with such a mindset, with such a desire to win. This is what we want to see on the field, what the spectators want to see on the field. This is football, it is a service sphere, and spectators in the stands and in front of the television want to see a show. And we strive to convey this to the guys, so that they continue to show such inspiring play,” said Rudenko on the YouTube channel “UPL TV.”

Goalkeeper of Kyiv “Dynamo U-19” Vyacheslav Surkis shared his expectations for the first match of the third round of the UEFA Youth League against “2 Koriku” from Kosovo.

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Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe commented on the team’s victory in the match against Leganes and spoke about his relationship with Vinicius.

«I started well, with rhythm and understanding with my teammates, playing in a different position. As I said on the first day when I arrived here, I can play in many different positions and I will give my all. That’s the story of my career: I play on the right, in the center, on the left… I want to play well and score a lot of goals. It has helped me to train these weeks with the guys from Castilla. It showed today, I look good physically. I have a good relationship with Vinicius as well as with all the players of Real Madrid. We are ready to play together many matches and win numerous titles»,— Marca quotes Mbappe.

English “Everton” and Roman “Roma” plan to conduct a player exchange in the upcoming transfer window, reports Sport Witness.

As the source informs, soon the company of “Roma” owner Dan Friedkin will officially become the main owner of English “Everton”. In light of this news, the aforementioned source reports that both clubs plan to make a mutually beneficial player exchange. Roma midfielder Bryan Cristante will move to “Everton”, which has significant problems in the holding area, while striker Beto will head to the “Eternal City”. For him, the Romans will pay a small amount.

Additionally, it should be noted that the main striker for “Roma” is Ukrainian Artem Dovbyk, who has scored 4 goals this season.

The match of Round 12 of the English Premier League took place on November 25. Here are the results.

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The matches of the 13th round of the Italian Championship took place. The matches were held from November 23 to November 25. Here are the results.

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Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah admitted that he has not received any offers to extend his contract with the "Reds".

— It is almost December outside, but I have not received any offers to stay with the team yet. I will probably leave the team sooner than stay.

As you know, I have spent many years with the team. There is no other team like this. Ultimately, everything is not in my hands. As I said, it is December outside now, I have not received any offers regarding my future yet, — said Mohamed Salah.

It should be added that Mohamed Salah's current contract with Liverpool expires in the summer of 2025.

The head coach of Kryvyi Rih’s “Kryvbas” Yuriy Vernydub spoke about his team’s goals in the current Ukrainian championship.

“If we take 'Kryvbas' from last season and 'Kryvbas' from this season, then of course they are a bit different teams. Many have been sold, many are injured.

But we will fight only for the top places. We will do everything for that. We have already been taken out of the race in the championship, they said that the third force is 'Alexandria'. I respect this team, it shows quality football. But we haven't given up yet, we are still alive, we have many matches ahead, we shouldn’t be buried yet.

The end of the season will show everything. I am the kind of person who always waits for the end of the season, and then says something,” said Vernydub on the YouTube channel “PROFUTBOL Digital”.