Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email Liverpool host West Ham in a bid to reach the Carabao Cup semi-finals at Anfield on Wednesday. On Sunday, the Reds were held to a disappointing goalless draw at the hands of rivals Manchester United, in a disjointed

Nuno Espirito Santo faces a difficult challenge at Nottingham Forest Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email Nuno had a dream. Or so the song that used to reverberate around Molineux went, anyway. The soundtracks to Nottingham Forest games, even the 5-0 thrashing at Fulham,

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email Bournemouth’s home fixture against Luton Town in the Premier League will be replayed in full after it was abandoned on Saturday when Luton defender Tom Lockyer collapsed during the second half. Lockyer was rushed to hospital after collapsing

Paul Ince claims his former England and Liverpool team-mate Michael Owen has been “talking rubbish” about Harry Kane. Owen recently claimed it would be no achievement for the Three Lions skipper to win the Bundesliga but Ince says the comments are “very unfair”. Kane finally left Tottenham to join Bayern Munich in the summer. Bayern will pay Spurs up to £100million for the striker including add-ons. He has had a

Hope remains Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s £1.25bn investment in Man United will be confirmed this week… but the saga will drag into the New Year if the deal is not finalised by Friday Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s investment in Manchester United is still yet to be announced Parties have been working to have the deal sealed before the Christmas break  REVEALED on It’s All Kicking Off: Man United’s January transfer window plans… and

Michael Owen has been branded "an odd bloke" after telling a baffling story about throwing a dart into someone's leg. The ex-England striker was asked to reveal a Christmas confession ahead of Tuesday night's Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony, and he took people by surprise with a completely random anecdote. Did he wait until Christmas Eve to buy all his presents one year? Or maybe he once got

Chelsea will issue stadium BAN to fan who ran onto the pitch to CONFRONT Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka in Blues’ Carabao Cup quarter-final win amid police investigation Chelsea will ban the fan who confronted Martin Dubravka from their stadium Mauricio Pochettino and Eddie Howe criticised Chelsea fan who invaded pitch  Roy Keane can be a pantomime villain, but you can never accuse him of faking it. He couldn’t hide his

Brentford didn't waste time in making fun of Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez despite losing 2-1 against them at home. The Premier League sides clashed at the Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday (December 17) as the home side took the lead through Keane Lewis-Potter's first top-flight goal. They suffered a setback after captain Ben Mee was shown a straight red card as six minutes later, Villa pulled a goal back

Bookmark For the latest from the pitch sign up for our football newsletter For the latest from the pitch sign up for our football newsletter We have more newsletters Forest Green Rovers have appointed former Premier League striker Troy Deeney has their new head coach. The League Two strugglers have parted company with David Horseman, who had just five months at the helm. He has paid the price for a

Man United are ‘unlikely to sign Sofyan Amrabat on £17m permanent deal’ after the emergence of starlet Kobbie Mainoo… with the Moroccan ‘struggling to adapt to the pace of the Premier League’ United reportedly feel that Sofyan Amrabat is struggling in the Premier League Kobbie Mainoo’s emergence in the team makes things more difficult for him It’s LAZY to criticise a team for setting up defensively. It requires intelligence, hard