Football rumours: Arsenal join Chelsea in battle for Sporting’s Ousmane Diomande

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Arsenal and Chelsea are set to battle it out for 20-year-old Sporting defender Ousmane Diomande. According to The Sun, Arsenal have matched their London rival’s £51million plus bonuses offer to lure the Ivory Coast international from Lisbon.

Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi is attracting interest from Bayern Munich among other clubs for his work at the Seagulls. But the Daily Mirror reports the Italian coach is in no rush to decide on his future.

Everton’s England Under-17s goalkeeper Douglas Lukjanciks is attracting attention across Europe. The Daily Mail reports Bayer Leverkusen are among the clubs interested in the 16-year-old.

Promising Nigerian striker Hafiz Umar Ibrahim is set for a trial at Chelsea, thanks to a little help. Raheem Sterling played a key role in linking the 18-year-old with Stamford Bridge, according to the Evening Standard.

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Timo Werner: Tottenham are keen on making the 28-year-old RB Leipzig and Germany forward’s loan deal permanent, but are in no rush to trigger a £14.5million option to buy, according to Four Four Two.

Federico Chiesa: Liverpool and Manchester United want to sign the Italy forward, 26, from Juventus, reports Teamtalk,

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Every record broken by Harry Kane & future accomplishments he could set
Harry Kane is currently enjoying the most prolific Bundesliga debut ever
He has scored the most goals of any players in a Bundesliga debut season
The England captain is already his country's highest goalscorer

By Katie Catherall
9:30 AM GMT
Kane looks set for another record-breaking season with no silverware
Kane looks set for another record-breaking season with no silverware / Alex Grimm/GettyImages
He is both Tottenham and England's all-time goalscorer, but Harry Kane has broken more records than anyone could've imagined, and yet has no silverware to prove it.

When summer arrives and football fans across the country dust off their England attire, there is one name that edges it's way into every conversation: Harry Kane. Truthfully, it's no suprise.

Kane has proven himself to be a prolific scorer, earning the respect of anyone that watches him dance around a pitch.

Here is a collection of the records Kane has already broken, and the achievements he certainly has his eye on.

Harry Kane's broken records
Most amount of goals for Tottenham and England
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Kane's success makes him a Spurs legend / Visionhaus/GettyImages
As well as earning his scoring record for both Spurs (280) and England (62), the 30-year-old is the second highest of all-time goalscorer in the Premier League on 213 goals, just behind Alan Shearer with 260.

First player to score at least 30 goals in Premier League two seasons
He also became the first player to score 30 or more goals in two separate 38-game Premier League seasons, with the last one occurring during Spurs' 8th place finish in the 2022/23 campaign.

Highest goalscorer in England history
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Kane is an England great / Richard Heathcote/GettyImages
On an international front, he is the highest goalscorer in England's history, with 62 goals. Yet, despite Kane's individual success, all he has is a Euro 2020 runner-up medal to show for it.

It was clear when Kane was at Tottenham that he had to get used to working on his personal achievements, rather than aiming to win titles. His £86m move to Bayern Munich was meant to solve this, however he is yet to see the fruits of his move.

Kane's move to Germany was meant to be a renaissance, a place where he could finally earn the trophies that his pitch performances deserved.

Most goals scored in a Bundesliga debut season
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Kane's first season at Bayern has been record-breaking / Daniel Kopatsch/GettyImages
His debut season with Bayern has been nothing short of impressive, and his sole goal in their 5-2 thrashing of Darmstadt earlier in the month took him to 31 Bundesliga goals. He's already broken Uwe Seeler's record of the most scored in a Bundesliga debut campaign.

Fewest games needed to reach 30 goals in Bundesliga
It seems Seeler's achievements were a nice target for Kane, who broke another one of his records just a week before after needing the fewest games needed to reach 30 goals in Germany's top flight.

Kane achieved this in just 25 matches - for reference Erling Haaland needed 32 games for his first 30.

Future records Harry Kane could break
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Kane has netted 31 goals for Bayern / Alex Grimm/GettyImages
Goals against the most teams in Bundesliga
The England international could also equal the record for scoring against the most different opponents in a Bundesliga season. He has so far scored against 14 teams, with the record being 16, an accolade that players like Robert Lewandowski have achieved. He will need to score against Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt before the end of the season to match this.

Most goals in a single Bundesliga season
He also seems set on chasing down Lewandowski's record for the most goals in a single season. The Polish striker hit the net 41 times when Bayern won the title in 2020/21, and Kane needs just 10 more goals to match this.

However, it seems that Kane may have to focus on personal goals once again, as the likelihood of winning the Bundesliga slips further away from Bayern's reach. His success is historic, but yet he faces ending another record-breaking campaign empty-handed.

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Gareth Southgate makes decision on Kobbie Mainoo ahead of Belgium friendly
Kobbie Mainoo to make first England start against Belgium
18-year-old made debut off the bench in loss to Brazil on Saturday
Ivan Toney and Jarrod Bowen also expected to start

By Sean Walsh
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Mainoo has impressed this season / Visionhaus/GettyImages
Kobbie Mainoo is in line to make his first start for England in Tuesday's friendly against Belgium, according to several reports.

The 18-year-old has enjoyed a fine breakout season at club level with Manchester United, making 20 appearances for the Red Devils this term.

Mainoo's form saw him rewarded with a call-up to the England senior side for their March internationals and he made his Three Lions debut late on in Saturday's 1-0 defeat at home to Brazil.

It is now being widely reported that Gareth Southgate will deploy Mainoo from the off when Belgium visit Wembley Stadium on Tuesday night.

Gareth Southgate, Conor Gallagher, Kobbie Mainoo
Southgate was full of praise for Mainoo / Alex Livesey - Danehouse/GettyImages
When asked in his pre-match press conference if Mainoo could start, Southgate replied: "Definitely, Kobbie has a chance.

"In terms of progress into our squad, he is benefiting because we are not as rich in resources in that area [midfield]. But we are really happy to see how he has dealt with training and we see things he can bring already. I am mindful that we have to look after him and make sure his development is at the right speed, but the opportunities are there as well.

"I think sometimes, with the really young ones, they are not even thinking about that. It is all flowing and maybe then as you get a bit older you start to think about it a bit more. When you get even older, you cannot care less about it and you go again. It is a beautiful, innocent moment when he is just in the flow and lapping up the opportunities as they come.

"He seems very calm. Definitely, you can see he is taking everything in. Talking to him tactically, he seems able to take all those concepts on. A lot of young players now, with their academy education, are able to do that. You can see his comfort with the ball and receiving in tight areas. There are a lot of steps being taken in a very short period of time, but you saw in the brief cameo the other day some of the qualities he has."

Meanwhile, Ivan Toney is expected to get the nod up front as he stakes a claim to be Harry Kane's deputy at Euro 2024, while Jarrod Bowen is also set to start.

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