Manchester City meet Arsenal on Sunday but Pep Guardiola appeared to have his thoughts on bigger issues Pep Guardiola attempted to put a little perspective on questions surrounding Arsenal’s alleged use of the ’dark arts’ ahead of Sunday’s EFL Cup final by suggesting more focus should instead be on the fact the “world is going…
The teenager still has a chance. England boss Thomas Tuchel is not ruling out calling up Max Dowman for the 2026 World Cup after electing not to include the Arsenal teenager in his 35-man squad for this month’s friendlies. Hype around Dowman hit new heights last week after his instrumental role in Arsenal’s 2-0 win…
Liverpool go to Brighton tomorrow without Mohamed Salah, who will remain on Merseyside due to a “minor muscle injury”. Egypt star Salah sustained the problem during Wednesday night’s 4-0 hammering of Galatasaray in the Champions League, a game in which he scored and missed a penalty before asking to come off with discomfort with 16…
There is still hope for the Real Madrid full-back. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s hopes of going to the World Cup are not over, Thomas Tuchel insisted, despite leaving the Real Madrid defender out of the final England friendlies before the squad is named. England face Uruguay and Japan this month, which serve as the last chance for…
Eddie Howe has described talk of Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes being in advanced talks with Manchester United as a “waste of my energy”. The story emerged overnight with United reported to be readying a £70million bid for the Brazil international. Guimaraes is currently injured and will miss Sunday’s Tyne-Wear derby with Sunderland and Howe was…
There were some bold calls made by Thomas Tuchel as he named his England squad this morning Any player not selected in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad this morning is facing up to the prospect of missing out on their World Cup dream. That would have been the case had Tuchel called-up 26 players. However, his…
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe admits he has a “bit of work to do” to clear his players’ minds of the scar tissue created by the midweek mauling in Barcelona. Newcastle headed to Camp Nou with genuine hope of advancing to the Champions League quarter-finals following a 1-1 draw in the first leg. They held their…
Thomas Tuchel has named his England squad for the friendlies with Uruguay and Japan England boss Thomas Tuchel opted to hedge his bets today and select an enlarged 35-man squad for the upcoming friendlies against Japan and Uruguay. There were inclusions for Manchester United duo Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire while the likes of Dominic…
Thomas Tuchel has finally turned to Manchester United in a bid to bolster his England squad ahead of the World Cup. Tuchel has yet to select a player from United since taking the job last January but that will change this morning with both Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire handed recalls for the upcoming friendlies…
Aston Villa captain John McGinn hailed Jadon Sancho for producing his “best performance in a Villa shirt” in tonight’s Europa League win over Lille. Sancho made the first goal, scored by McGinn, before Leon Bailey doubled the hosts’ advantage late on to send Unai Emery’s men through to the quarter-finals 3-0 on aggregate. There has…
