Erik ten Hag plans to keep Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United after their valuable win at Southampton, as he revealed his club are alert to the possibility of incomings.
Bruno Fernandes scored a terrific goal to guide United to a 1-0 win at St Mary s on Saturday, doubling their Premier League points tally for the season and handing Ten Hag his first back-to-back victories at the helm.
As well as claiming their first consecutive league wins since February, when they beat Brighton and Hove Albion and Leeds United, the Red Devils ended a seven-match away losing run.
While United offered a glimpse of their potential under Ten Hag with a professional display on the south coast, movement is expected at Old Trafford before the transfer window closes on Thursday.<…
Carlo Ancelotti is confident he can steer Everton to the Champions League after a promising first year in charge at Goodison Park – and is not ruling out a title challenge during his tenure.
The Italian coach was appointed on December 21 in 2019, at which stage the club were stuck in the bottom half of the Premier League table.
Everton ended up finishing 12th at the end of a campaign that included a lengthy pause due to the coronavirus pandemic, but there have been further signs of progress in the 2020-21 campaign so far.
Four successive wins had them flying high in the early stages and while there was a dip in form following such a fast start, recent victories over Chelsea and Leicester City have the Toffees right in the top-four mix.
<…
Real Madrid are considering the possibility of sending Gareth Bale out on loan, according to Marca.
The Welshman was booed once again at the Santiago Bernabeu as he made a substitute appearance in a 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao, and it is believed that head coach Zinedine Zidane, the club s hierarchy and the supporters are all sending him the same message and pointing him in the same direction: towards the exit door.
Quite apart from anything else, Bale s wages and a potential transfer fee are proving to be a problem when it comes to parting ways with him permanently, so the club are thinking about arranging some kind of a temporary move for the winger that was the most expensive player in the world upon his arrival to Madrid in 2013.
Marca also claim that with …
A resurgent Joao Felix is doing everything that Atletico Madrid are asking of him, according to head coach Diego Simeone.
The Portugal international continued his fine form on Saturday with two goals as LaLiga champions Atleti claimed an emphatic 4-1 win over lowly Deportivo Alaves.
Joao Felix has now been involved in eight goals in his last six games in all competitions (six goals, two assists), which is the same as his 33 games before that (four goals, four assists).
Simeone is thrilled with the 22-year-old s contribution and believes he is on the right path after what has been a far from smooth Atleti career so far, since his big-money switch from Benfica in 2019.
He continues to grow, he s in a great moment, Simeone told Movistar+. He s happy. He s…
Portugal head coach Fernando Santos said his side s third World Cup group game was not a case of Cristiano Ronaldo versus Iran as he warned his players of the tough contest awaiting them.
Ronaldo has scored all four of Portugal s Group B goals so far, netting a hat-trick in the 3-3 draw with Spain before getting the winner in a 1-0 victory over Morocco.
Despite the Real Madrid striker s excellent form, Santos rejected the suggestion that the responsibility would be on Ronaldo to deliver a result against Carlos Queiroz s side.
He makes a difference here, in Real Madrid, in Manchester United, in Sporting, said Santos, recounting Ronaldo s current and former clubs.
Ultimo jogo da fase de grupos! Forca, Portugal!
Irao x Portugal
7 PM (Portugal Cont…
Belgium booked a World Cup semi-final against France as Brazil s hopes of winning a sixth title were ended by a 2-1 defeat in Kazan.
Brazil, ranked second in the world by FIFA, were the last remaining non-European team in the tournament after Les Bleus knocked out Uruguay in Friday s first quarter-final.
But Tite s men, who badly missed the suspended Casemiro, were soundly beaten by third-ranked Belgium thanks to a pair of goals before the break at the Kazan Arena, despite the Selecao mounting a second-half fightback.
Fernandinho turned a corner into his own net to put Belgium in front, with a superb counter-attack extending their advantage.
100 Excluding own goals, Kevin De Bruyne is the 100th different player to score at the 2018 World Cup finals. Centu…
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said the Bundesliga champions are ready to extend Niklas Sule s contract amid reported interest from Chelsea.
Sule has been linked with Premier League giants Chelsea, who are led by German head coach Thomas Tuchel, after Bayern announced the signing of RB Leipzig centre-back Dayot Upamecano.
Germany international defender Sule, 25, is contracted to Bundesliga and Champions League holders Bayern until 2022.
Asked about Sule s future in Munich after Bayern s shock 2-1 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, Rummenigge told ZDF: Basically he is a German national player and the philosophy of our club is that we always want the good German national players at Bayern.
He now has another year of contract and it will…
AC Milan chief football officer Zvonimir Boban believes goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma will remain with the Serie A giants.
Donnarumma, 20, has been linked with a move away from San Siro, with Paris Saint-Germain reportedly interested in the shot-stopper.
But Boban suggested the Italy international would stay in Milan, although accepted the situation could also change.
[Paolo] Maldini said that we are happy to have probably the best goalkeeper in the world, surely the best talent in the world in that role, Boban said on Tuesday, via CalcioMercato.
For the moment, he remains. He can change but it is not said that he will leave.
Donnarumma joined Milan as a 14-year-old in 2013 and has already made 164 first-team appearances.
…
Erik ten Hag says Manchester United have to hurt after suffering a penalty shootout defeat to Manchester City in the Community Shield on Saturday.
Alejandro Garnacho had given the Red Devils the lead in the 82nd minute before Bernardo Silva s equaliser seven minutes later forced penalties after a 1-1 draw.
Both sides had a spot-kick saved to force sudden death before Jonny Evans missed penalty set up Manuel Akanji to secure the trophy for Pep Guardiola s side with a 7-6 victory in the shootout.
United also had a Bruno Fernandes goal ruled out for offside, while Marcus Rashford hit the post, and though Ten Hag was largely pleased with the performance from his side, he admitted that made it tougher to accept the result.
Tough result to take, Ten Hag told I…
Leicestershire Police have confirmed they are dealing with an incident outside the King Power Stadium amid reports a helicopter belonging to Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has crashed.
The incident occurred shortly after the Foxes 1-1 draw with West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday.
Srivaddhanaprabha s helicopter reportedly left the ground as usual from the centre of the pitch at about 20:30 local time but it is thought it swiftly came down in the car park.
Leicestershire Police tweeted: We are dealing with an incident in the vicinity of the King Power Stadium. Emergency services are aware and dealing.
We are dealing with an incident in the vicinity of the King Power Stadium. Emergency services are aware and dealing.
<…