Fernando Ricksen has used a new voice machine to thank fans for their messages of support Five years ago, Ricksen was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease – a condition which affects the brain and nerves – and has since lost the ability to speak as a result. However, a post by the former Rangers player’s […]

8 years ago

John Terry is believed to be on the brink of a surprise move to Russia Terry, who spent last season playing in the Championship with Aston Villa, is believed to be close to completing a switch to Spartak Moscow after reportedly undergoing a medical on Saturday and agreeing personal terms with Russian Premier League side. […]

8 years ago

William Gomis left Saint-Etienne, the club at which he’d spent the last five years, in the summer. The circumstances of his death are to be confirmed.

8 years ago

Fear not, transfer-hungry football fans Yes, the summer window may have long since closed, but speculation about Manchester United eyeing some silly money move for a player they probably won’t actually sign is never ever too far away. The latest example of this comes from CalcioMercato, who suggest Jose Mourinho is eyeing a move for […]

8 years ago

The German winger will not be involved in City’s game against Newcastle in Saturday evening Pep Guardiola has reportedly left Leroy Sane out of Manchester City’s squad for their game against Newcastle United over concerns about the player’s attitude. Goal claim that sources have told them the City manager has been unhappy with Sane recently and […]

8 years ago

If the name ‘Leon Bailey’ means nothing to you at this point, rest assured that it probably will by the end of the season Since joining Bayer Leverkusen from Genk in January of last year, Bailey’s performances for the Bundesliga club have caught the attention of a number of the continent’s top clubs. The Jamaican-born […]

8 years ago

Just hurry up and release the damn things By now, you’ve probably heard all about how Paris Saint-Germain will be turning out in special Jordan kits for their Champions League games this season. Along with the Nike kits they’ll wear domestically, the Ligue 1 champions will be wearing home and away kits made by Jordan, […]

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It’s been a funny old summer for Paris Saint-Germain Neymar appeared set to replace Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid. Then it was Kylian Mbappe. And then it was Neymar again. In the end, neither of their two biggest names left for the Bernabeu. Equally, there’s not been much in the way of high-profile arrivals, either. […]

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Tammy Abraham joined Aston Villa on a season-long loan from Chelsea earlier this week Having sealed the move, Abraham has now revealed that John Terry played a key role in persuading him to make the move to Villa Park. Former Chelsea captain Terry spent last season with Villa, who narrowly missed out on a return […]

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It’s been a difficult week for Manchester United After losing to Brighton a couple of weeks ago, they followed it with a second defeat on the spin on Monday, at home to Tottenham. Since then, there’s been plenty of speculation about the future of Jose Mourinho, with Zinedine Zidane said to be waiting for the […]

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These past few weeks haven’t been the best of times for Jose Mourinho Having spent the days leading up to the start of the season making his feelings known about the lack of transfer activity at Manchester United, Mourinho has watched his side make a far from convincing start to the new campaign. An opening […]

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Hell hath no fury like a Portuguese super agent scorned Luka Modric, not Cristiano Ronaldo, was named UEFA’s Player of the Year on Thursday – a decision which clearly didn’t go down well with the Juventus star’s agent, Jorge Mendes. Ronaldo scored 15 goals as Real Madrid won the Champions League for the third year […]

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Although Liverpool will fancy their chances against anyone in this season’s Champions League, the draw for its group stage probably could’ve been kinder to them Liverpool were assigned to pot three for the draw in Monaco and ended up in the same group as Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli and Red Star Belgrade. Most will expect them […]

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Didn’t see this one coming Let’s be honest, when Cristiano Ronaldo finally left Real Madrid in the summer, most of us assumed he’d be replaced by one of two Paris Saint-Germain players (maybe even both). Sure enough, reports claimed that Real were eyeing moves for Kylian Mbappe and Neymar – only for the European champions to […]

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It’s almost as if whoever was in charge of the seating plan at Thursday’s Champions League draw knew exactly what they were doing… Assuming you’ve not been lying under a rock for the last three months, you’ll know all about what happened between Mo Salah and Sergio Ramos during last May’s Champions League final. With […]

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Jose Mourinho has finally left Manchester United The 3-1 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday – in which United were outclassed by their bitter rivals – was the final straw for the Old Trafford hierarchy. It seems Michael Carrick could be named as caretaker boss, but United will need someone with greater experience to carry them […]

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Madley left his position as a Premier League referee this summer Bobby Madley was fired from his position as a Premier League referee after an offensive image was posted to his Snapchat, a report has claimed. It emerged earlier this month that the 32-year-old had abruptly left his position prior to the start of the […]

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Jürgen Klopp’s men will be in pot three for Thursday’s Champions League draw Liverpool are facing a potential group of death in the Champions League group stage draw. Despite reaching the final of last season’s competition, the Reds’ position in pot three was confirmed on Wednesday night by Benfica’s comfortable 4-1 second-leg qualifier win over […]

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Not for the first time this year, a goalkeeping howler has implications for Liverpool in the Champions League With the Champions League draw to be conducted on Thursday, the last of the qualifiers were settled on Wednesday evening. Many supporters of Liverpool, last season’s beaten finalists, will have had an eye on one of the […]

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Real Madrid have themselves a new striker… sort of It’s been confirmed that the European champions have re-signed Mariano Diaz from Lyon, just 14 months after he departed the Bernabeu for France. The Spanish giants have activated a buy-back option and will reportedly shell out just €22m for the 25-year-old as they still owned 35% of […]

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A man in demand Not for the first time since he arrived in England, Ruben Neves is being linked with a move away from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Having played a key role in the Midlands club’s promotion back to the Premier League last season, the Portugal international signed an improved contract at Molineux in the summer […]

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This wasn’t something we saw coming Despite the early promise he showed in his Manchester United career, it seemed Anthony Martial’s days at Old Trafford were numbered earlier this summer. The French forward has struggled to put together a run of regular games since Jose Mourinho’s arrival in 2016 and has been inconsistent when he […]

8 years ago

Not taken long, has it? Kenny Miller has found himself a new club after his seven-week stint as Livingston’s player-manager came to an end earlier this month. The former Rangers and Celtic striker, now 38, has completed a switch to Dundee having also been linked with a move to St Mirren. Miller will join forced […]

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‘I have always liked to change numbers and honour the people who, in a way, have inspired me and made sense to my life’ When Dani Alves eventually makes his first appearance of the season, he will be wearing a new shirt number. The 35-year-old underwent knee surgery at the end of his first season […]

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Jose Mourinho, you may have heard, is not having the best of times lately The Manchester United manager saw his side lose 3-0 to Tottenham at Old Trafford on Monday night, eight days after their 3-2 defeat away to Brighton. With his team already six points off the top of the Premier League, some reports […]

8 years ago

What. A. Hit. Stoke won 2-0 on Tuesday night as they knocked Huddersfield Town out of the Carabao Cup at the bet365 Stadium. Both of the home side’s goals were memorable for entirely different reasons, too. Their opener came courtesy of Saido Berahino – a man who had not scored a goal in 48 games […]

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913 days Nine hundred and thirteen days. That’s how long Saido Berahino had gone since his last goal – West Brom’s third in a 3-2 win over Crystal Palace in February 2016. But on Tuesday night, the 25-year-old finally ended his goal drought, bringing to an end a run of 48 matches without finding the […]

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“We are still Manchester United and we won’t give up on anything” Paul Pogba has revealed his shock at Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on Monday evening. The World Cup-winning midfielder played from start to finish in the game at Old Trafford but was powerless to prevent United slipping to their second successive […]

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The world of football in 2018 is a strange place at times. This is one of those times… AS Roma, as you’ll know by now, came mighty close to signing Brazilian winger Malcom earlier this summer. A fee was agreed with Bordeaux for the player, who was expected to take a flight to Rome to […]

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Ah, Kevin Strootman. A name that holds a special place in the hearts of transfer-hungry Manchester United fans… Along with countryman Wesley Sneijder and Nico Gaitan, Strootman was one of those players who seemed almost certain to be arriving at Old Trafford on at least a couple of occasions… only for it never to actually happen. […]

8 years ago

To be honest, Manchester City don’t strike us as the kind of club that might need to cash in on one of their star players any time soon This said, they might be forced to make a difficult decision over Raheem Sterling in the next 12 months… at least according to a report, that is. […]

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Barca’s third and final new kit for 2018/19 is expected to be released in the next few days Barcelona have a bit of a history for turning their players out in, erm, eye-catching changed kits. Their partnership with Nike has seen them wear just about every colour going over the last couple of decades. With […]

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The Abramovich era could soon be over at Stamford Bridge Roman Abramovich has reportedly put Chelsea up for sale, 15 years after the Russian billionaire bought the club. The Sunday Times claim that an asking price of over £2bn has been set – considerably more than the current world record figure for a football club […]

8 years ago

Forget what you heard It seems Manchester United, despite what was widely reported over the course of the summer, were not that keen on signing Toby Alderweireld from Tottenham after all. United were linked with several central defenders ahead of the new season, with the Belgium international most frequently linked with a move to Old […]

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The Spanish champions’ 100% record for the new season remains intact… just Barcelona earned themselves a hard-fought 1-0 victory away at Real Valladolid on Saturday evening. Although Ernesto Valverde’s side had the majority of the possession and attempts on goal, they were far from their best. One contributory factor to this was the new playing surfaced […]

8 years ago

It’s all over (for now, at least) After all the internet hype and all the Twitter trash talk, KSI and Logan Paul – a couple of YouTubers most people over the age of 15 probably don’t know a great deal about – had their fight. Taking place in front of 18,000 in the Manchester Arena […]

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There’s not been much in the way of good news for Manchester United supporters lately, so why start now? Despite Jose Mourinho saying that David De Gea was close to signing a new deal at Old Trafford, it’s now being reported that this isn’t the case at all. Writing in the Daily Record, Duncan Castles […]

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Ah, never change, Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo’s wait for a first Juventus goal will go on into a third game. Unable to get on the scoresheet on his debut away at Chievo last week, the Portugal captain drew another blank in his first home game for the Italian champions. Miralem Pjanic had given Juve a first-half […]

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Understandably, much of the talk prior to Juventus’ first home game of the season was about Cristiano Ronaldo The Portugal captain, responsible for dumping Juve out of the Champions League last season, completed his switch to Turin from Real Madrid over the summer. Having failed to open his account for the Bianconeri on his first […]

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A very definite foul throw Depending on how you look at it, Benjamin Mendy was responsible for one of the greatest or one of the worst foul throw-ins ever seen in the Premier League Saturday afternoon. Sure, it was by no means anything like as acrobatic as what that Iranian bloke did in the World Cup, but Mendy’s […]

8 years ago

A blow for Everton (and lots and lots of FPL players up and down the country) It’s early days yet, but in his first couple of games for Everton, Richarlison has shown plenty of promise. Signed from Watford for £40m, the Brazilian marked his debut with a brace at Wolverhampton. He scored again during his […]

8 years ago

Premier League champions Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers But never mind about the actual football bit. Let’s concentrate on the *really* important news to come out of Molineux on Saturday afternoon: Joleon Lescott’s trousers. Lescott, who played for both Wolves and City during his career, was on […]

8 years ago

Just can’t help yourselves, can you? Yet again, here you are, unable to resist the temptation of another ultimately meaningless quiz about football badges. Shame on you. Shame. On. You. You know the drill by now. We take a few badges belonging to various European football clubs, scrub out the letters, and ask you to […]

8 years ago

Michael Owen has been on the face of this planet for 38 years Thirty-eight years. In that time, he’s packed a lot in. Amongst other things, he’s scored in World Cups, won a Ballon d’Or and been forced to watch Jurassic Park… twice. And yet despite all this, the former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester United […]

8 years ago

Manchester City have been left a little light in the goalkeeping department Following the departure of Joe Hart to Burnley, Claudio Bravo ruptured an achilles tendon earlier in the week – leaving City with no senior cover for first-choice goalkeeper, Ederson. Although the transfer window has closed to English clubs, City may be allowed to […]

8 years ago

Madley retired as a Premier League official last week Bobby Madley is reportedly set to leave the UK following his surprise decision to step down from his position as a Premier League referee. It emerged last week that the 32-year-old had abruptly quit his role after a change in his personal circumstances. A report by the […]

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With the new season up and running, there’s not much in the way of leaked football kit news to go around these days But fear not, football kit enthusiasts, we’re not completely done on this front just yet. Hot on the heels of the new Juventus away shirt’s official release and more speculation about Paris […]

8 years ago

Fernando Torres is up and running in Japan The former Liverpool and Chelsea striker left boyhood club Atletico Madrid in the summer to sign for J-League side, Sagan Tosu. Having failed to score in his first six appearances for his new club, Torres finally managed his first goal for them in their Emperor’s Cup game […]

8 years ago

Be warned If you’ve a tendency to spend too much of your hard-earned money on football shirts, steer clear of Paris Saint-Germain for the foreseeable future. A couple of weeks ago, we had plenty of nice things to say about their recently released all-white away offering. The shirt itself is lovely, as is the detail that’s been added […]

8 years ago

Steven Gerrard looks poised to add some extra firepower to his Rangers squad Kyle Lafferty looks set to seal a return to Ibrox, six years after the Northern Ireland international’s first spell as a Rangers player came to an end. Sky Sports report that a fee for the striker has been agreed with Hearts, who […]

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