Goodison goal rush has Everton closing in on 1985 total

Leicester ready for hardened Atletico 11 April 2017, 05:51 Tweet Leicester City have shown a remarkable ability to defy the odds but face their sternest test yet in the Champions League quarterfinal against Atletico Madrid, the team they have replaced as European football's most fashionable underdogs. Before Leicester enchanted the sporting world last year with their miraculous Premier League title win, Atletico had worked similar wonders in 2014 by breaking the strangehold of Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga. Now the two sides who have punched delightfully above their weight meet in the first leg in Madrid on Wednesday – but it is Leicester who remain the European novices while Atletico have grown into true continental heavyweights under Diego Simeone. Unlike Leicester, who after their barely believable title win experienced an emphatic downturn in results which ultimately cost coach Claudio Ranieri his job in February, there was no difficult follow-up campaign for Atletico.

Diego Simeone has said that the Foxes share similar traits with his Atletico Madrid side ahead of their clash on Wednesday. The Foxes visit Atletico Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League hoping to avenge their UEFA Cup loss 20 years ago. Leicester lost 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon in 1997 -- a result they would gladly take this time around. Atletico Madrid Atletico Madrid Leicester City Leicester City 6:45 PM UTC Leg 1 Game Details GameCast Lineups and Stats The key is again going to be keeping the game tight, trying to knick an away goal and then relying on another magical night at the King Power Stadium in the second leg. Atletico Madrid eliminated Leicester City from the 1997 UEFA Cup in controversial circumstances.

Everton are reportedly ready to offer Swansea playmaker Gylfi Sigurdsson £140,000 a week in a bid to beat Newcastle to his signature. The Sunday Express believe Swansea will reluctantly let the Iceland international leave at the end of the season irrespective of whether Paul Clement can keep his team in the Premier League or not. Everton are prepared to splash out on their top target and can offer him a double-your-money contract worth up to £8million-a-year to blow Newcastle out of the water.

Joe Hart has been linked with a £20 million move to Liverpool. Klopp's Hart set on new keeper Simon Mignolet has had a good couple of weeks in goal for Liverpool, but rumours persist that manager Jurgen Klopp will still look to bring in a new No. Step forward Joe Hart, who remains on the outer at parent club Manchester City despite performing heroics for Torino in Serie A this season. The Sun believes that Klopp is ready to stump up £20 million to bring England's first-choice keeper to Merseyside, which could spell the end for Mignolet's Anfield career. Liverpool, Everton and Tottenham are also monitoring the talented Manchester-born Keane, whose valuation has risen to £30m by the Mirror's estimation.