Alex Conrad

1 week ago | talksport.com | Alex Crook |Alex Conrad

Marcus Rashford is hoping his improved form at Aston Villa will attract interest from top European clubs, talkSPORT understands. Rashford has scored three goals and claimed five assists since joining Villa on loan from Manchester United in January. Villa have the , but Rashford's dream move when he decided to leave United was Barcelona. talkSPORT also understands Rashford would prefer a switch to the Camp Nou in the summer.

1 week ago | talksport.com | Alex Conrad

Serhou Guirassy hasn't even completed one season at Borussia Dortmund and he's already re-written the history books. Dortmund needed a massive game from their summer recruit to have any hope of erasing a four-goal deficit in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie against Barcelona. And the Guinean international more than understood the assignment. Guirassy initially provided a faint glimmer of hope in the 11th minute when he scored from the penalty spot.

1 week ago | talksport.com | Alex Conrad

A three-goal buffer against any other European team and Arsenal would be forgiven for believing they had one foot in the Champions League semi-finals. But against Real Madrid? Well, Gunners great Martin Keown knows his former club would be foolish to spend so much as a second pondering about a semi-finals berth. "If it was any other team, you'd say, 'Yeah, okay, fantastic opportunity,'" Keown told talkSPORT.com ahead of the second leg on Wednesday, live on talkSPORT.

1 week ago | talksport.com | Alex Conrad

Ezri Konsa's reaction said it all. As Aston Villa's players lined up ahead of their do-or-die Champions League quarter-final clash against Paris Saint-Germain, supporters at Villa Park were ready to belt out the iconic Champions League anthem. However, those same supporters were left in equal parts disappointed and surprised when, instead of the Champions League anthem being played, the Europa League song was blared out instead. The error was certainly not lost on the players.

1 week ago | talksport.com | Alex Conrad

German tennis player Diego Dedura-Palomero may have lost fans before he even gained them despite making tennis history at the BMW Open. The 17-year-old initially failed to make the main draw in Munich after he lost to Alexander Bublik in the second round of qualifying. But Dedura-Palomero was given the chance of a lifetime when he was thrust into the main draw as a lucky loser after French star Gael Monfils withdrew and would face sixth seed Denis Shapovalov.