DAILY FOOTBALL INFO

We have a deal! And it’s Chelsea who have secured the signing of Matt Miazga from New York Red Bulls. The American central defender has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract. “I am very happy to sign for Chelsea, a world-famous club with a reputation for major success,” the 20-year-old said. “I am delighted to be in the Premier League, the best league in the world, and can’t wait to meet my team-mates and get going. ‘I am still at the beginning of my career but I believe this is the place to develop and learn from some of the best players in the world.” Miazga has played 46 times for the NYRB in the last three seasons and once for the USA national team.

Real Madrid  and adidas are close to sealing the biggest equipment deal in football. The German sportswear giant have reportedly agreed to a €140million-per-year (£106m) renewal of their Real Madrid contract that eclipses  Manchester United’s current record agreement by some 40%. United last year signed a £750million ten-year contract with adidas that saw them take over the deal from archrivals Nike. But Real Madrid are not understood to have entertained conversations with any other parties due to a clause in their adidas contract that assured the Herzogenaurach-based brand first refusal. The two parties thrashed out a ten-year renewal and, if Marca’s €140m figure is correct, then this agreement is as big as Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Barcelona’s kit deals combined. Bayern Munich last year penned an €80m contract with adidas. The top ten Real Madrid  - adidas €140m (£106m, 10 years) Manchester United ...

Defiant Louis Van Gaal Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has described his treatment as 'horrible and awful' following the recent home defeat by Southampton. The Dutchman has come under renewed pressure amid reports he offered to resign halfway through his three-year contract at Old Trafford. 'It is awful and horrible but you can write....It is the third time I am sacked and I am still sitting here,' he told reporters.  

Injured De Bruyne Kevin De Bruyne looks set to miss the Capital One Cup final after scans revealed he could be out for up to six weeks. The  Manchester City  playmaker sustained knee ligament damage during Wednesday night’s 3-1 win against Everton. He looks likely to be absent for the subsequent Wembley trip next month after proving a major factor in their progression. De Bruyne scored in every round he played, including the second leg against Roberto Martinez's Toffees. GAMES DE BRUYNE COULD MISS  January 30 - vs Aston Villa (A - FA Cup) February 2 - vs Sunderland (A) February 6 - vs Leicester City (H) February 14 - vs Tottenham (H) February 24 - vs Dynamo Kiev (A - CL) February 28 - vs Liverpool (Capital One Cup)  The 24-year-old came off in stoppage time of the victory at the Etihad Stadium after a challenge by Ramiro Funes Mori, with Manuel Pellegrini expected to confir...

Messi Lionel Messi  held talks with  Barcelona  's archrivals  Real Madrid  over a shock move to the Bernabeu. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner has been at the Catalan club since he was a teenager, and recently declared that  he would never play for another European club. But it didn't stop him having discussions with Madrid on three separate occasions, according to Spanish radio station  Cadena Cope. “The first attempt from Real Madrid to sign Messi happened in the summer of 2011. At Madrid they feared that Cristiano Ronaldo would leave the club for a huge offer from Manchester City, and that was when they put into motion the work to replace him with another star. “Real Madrid used an intermediary to arrange this meeting who wasn’t a club employee but was someone very close to Florentino Perez. The response was rapid and clear: ‘Thanks for the interest, but Leo isn’t moving.’ Real Madrid then made renewed efforts in summer 20...

Manchester United are worried assistant manager Ryan Giggs will end his 28-year association with the club if he is overlooked as boss Louis van Gaal's successor.  (Daily Mirror) Van Gaal will not step aside for his friend Jose Mourinho or anyone else, says his Dutch biographer Maarten Meijer.  (Manchester Evening News) Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard, 36, is in "serious talks" with Colorado Rapids and is "highly likely" to end his 10-year stay with the Goodison Park club and move to Major League Soccer in May. (NBC Sports)

Ronaldo going nowhere! Cristiano Ronaldo is NOT leaving  Real Madrid  in the near future.  At least that's according to club president Florentino Perez, who has spoken for the first time since Real were hit with a transfer ban. Florentino Perez says that will not be attempting to sign players this month - despite having a transfer ban looming.