Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has backed Jadon Sancho to come good after a slow start with the club.
The 21-year-old has made five appearances for Untied since signing from Borussia Dortmund for around £73million after a high-profile transfer pursuit that lasted over a year.
England international Sancho arrived to huge fanfare, though he is yet to register a goal or assist going into Sunday s Premier League trip to West Ham.
A frustrating start for Sancho continued when he was sacrificed in the first half of Tuesday s Champions League loss to Young Boys, the winger taken off as part of a reshuffle when Aaron Wan-Bissaka was sent off.
Solskjaer, though, insists nothing has changed in his evaluation of Sancho, who he feels can be a top forwar…
Bayern Munich s preparations for their Club World Cup campaign may not have been ideal but head coach Hansi Flick will not use a seven-hour travel delay as an excuse against Al Ahly.Â
Bayern boarded a plane for Doha immediately after Friday s 1-0 victory over Hertha Berlin but did not depart until the following morning after their clearance for take-off was denied.Â
The European champions eventually left for the Middle East on Saturday morning and were unable to train when arriving at their destination.Â
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge hit out at the local authorities in Berlin for mucking about  ahead of Monday s semi-final against Al Ahly.Â
However, Flick s squad were able to train on the eve of the game and the Bayern boss is ready forÂ…
As football fans in the United Kingdom awoke bleary eyed to take in the Premier League story of the season, one word stood out in the statement announcing Jose Mourinho s appointment as Tottenham s head coach – a ghost of hubris past.
I am excited to be joining a club with such a great heritage and such passionate supporters, Mourinho said.
Heritage. Football heritage.
This was the subject of Mourinho s self-pitying soliloquy in the aftermath of Manchester United s limp Champions League last-16 exit at the hands of Sevilla in March 2018.
A much-trumpeted union that returned two trophies in its first season was going south and Mourinho tried to circle the wagons.
During a 12-minute address where heritage was mentioned 10 times, his general point…
Joao Felix is heading back to Atletico Madrid with Chelsea choosing not to retain the Portugal winger following his loan deal, according to the Spanish club’s president Enrique Cerezo.
Felix, 23, joined Chelsea on loan in January for the remainder of the 2022-23 campaign and went on to score four goals in 20 appearances for the Blues.
On Monday, after a difficult campaign in which they finished a lowly 12th in the Premier League, Chelsea announced the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as their new head coach.
And, as reported by Marca, Cerezo said of Felix: “The truth is that I can’t tell you the plan with Joao.
“It’s the news we had yesterday, that the new coach doesn’t have him for Chelsea. We don’t have anything planned yet, Joao is an A…
Wesley Fofana was left out of the Leicester City squad for Saturday s game against Southampton amid ongoing transfer interest from Chelsea.
The Blues have reportedly seen several advances for the Frenchman rebuffed, with Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers insistent the club do not want to sell the defender.
Speaking in Friday s press conference, Rodgers reiterated the club s stance has not changed and Fofana is not for sale.
The idea is that he is very much a Leicester player. He s not for sale. Unless anything changes, I would expect him to be here, Rodgers said.
The 21-year-old Fofana is reportedly keen to secure a move to Stamford Bridge though. With that distraction a factor, he was not included for the visit of Saints on Saturday.
Fofana play…
Speaking to the press ahead of his team s trip to Burnley on Sunday, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that the club are in talks with James Milner over extending the experienced midfielder s contract.
Year after year, many expect Milner to start slowing down, but the 36-year-old remains among the fittest players in the league. Having joined Liverpool in the summer of 2015 from Manchester City as a free agent, he s made a total of 273 appearances for the Merseysiders in all competitions so far, scoring 26 goals and producing 44 assists. His contribution to everything Klopp s team have achieved in the last couple of years can hardly be exaggerated, especially in 2016-17 when he admirably filled the role of left-back for the whole season.
Even though his contra…
Vincent Kompany insisted Burnley were not getting the rewards their performances deserve after they slumped to a top-flight record sixth straight home defeat to start the season, losing 2-0 to Crystal Palace at Turf Moor.
A mistake from Jordan Beyer allowed Jeffrey Schlupp to put Palace in front in the 22nd minute and, despite dominating the ball and having 16 shots to Palace’s four, Burnley could not find an equaliser before Tyrick Mitchell doubled the visitors’ lead in stoppage time.
Defeat means Burnley are off the bottom of the table on goal difference alone, having already played a third of their home fixtures without reward.
When they suffered relegation in 2021-22, Burnley lost eight home games all season, but could conceivably reach that number before…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp described Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti is a role model and one of the best people you can ever meet .
Los Blancos and Liverpool meet at the Stade de France in the Champions League final on Saturday in a rematch of the 2018 showpiece match, as both look to add to their storied European history.
Klopp and Ancelotti, who is the only coach in history to have won all of Europe s big five leagues, are going up against each other for the 11th time as managers, having first met in 2014 when Borussia Dortmund took on Madrid.
The head-to-head record is tilted in favour of the Italian, with four wins against Klopp s three, with a further three draws, including two during Ancelotti s time on Merseyside with Everton.
Indeed,…
According to , Tottenham Hotspur could make an offer for Milan Skriniar on Monday. It has been reported by the Italian publication that talks between Inter and Tottenham over the transfer of the central defender have been going on for a while, and now the North London club are planning to an official bid.
Italian giants Inter are looking for €50-60 million (£45.63-£54.76 million) as transfer fee for the 25-year-old centre-back. Spurs have already reached an agreement with the Slovakia international, which means that the Premier League now need to meet Inter s valuation of the player.
According to , Skriniar made 30 starts and two substitute appearances in Serie A for Inter last season. The defender layed six minutes in the Europa League and played six times in the C…
The Netherlands took control of World Cup qualifying Group G with a 1-0 victory over Latvia on Friday.
Davy Klaassen scored the only goal of the game in the first half as Oranje edged an uninspiring contest in Riga.
After scoring 10 goals in their previous two matches against Montenegro and Turkey, Louis van Gaal s men were far more laboured against a side whose only World Cup qualifying wins since the end of 2013 have come against Andorra and Gibraltar.
3 points in the bag!Â
— OnsOranje (@OnsOranje)
Klaassen s opening goal was a well-taken volley on the turn from Memphis Depay s corner, as the Netherlands started in positive fashion.
Yet Klaassen was required to make a double block against Andrejs Ciganiks and Roberts Uldrikis at th…