Ten Hag believes Man Utd are on the up ahead of Everton trip Erik ten Hag was evidently talking sense back in August when he claimed that Kobbie Mainoo was ‘ready’ to take on Manchester United’s defensive midfield role. The teenager showed exactly why the club’s coaching staff rate him so highly during Sunday’s win over Everton. Mainoo has had to wait patiently for his opportunity to impress. He performed
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 England manager Gareth Southgate has lauded Terry Venables as a “brilliant man who made people feel special” after his death at the age of 80. Southgate famously missed the crucial penalty in the semi-final shoot-out against Germany as
THE NOTEBOOK: Eric Dier STILL can’t get into the Tottenham team despite all the injuries, Jacob Ramsey could set his sights on Euro 2024 and Johan Lange wants a centre-back and a striker in the next two windows Aston Villa took a smash and grab win from the Tottenham Hotspur stadium Eric Dier remains firmly on the fringes despite a raft of injuries suffered at Spurs The curse of our
Ex-Manchester United and Chelsea ace who was adored by Barclays Premier League fans has celebrated a league title with his new side despite clocking just 10 minutes of football this season. Juan Mata, who was playing for Turkish champions Galataseray last season is now plying his trade out in Japan for Vissel Kobe after joining the J League winners in September. He will be loving life out in Asia after
Four potential transfer targets for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal Arsenal have reportedly placed Victor Osimhen at the top of their transfer wish list, leaving Ivan Toney’s prospective move to north London in doubt. Gunners boss Mikel Arteta may need to invest in firepower to keep pace with Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham as the race for Premier League supremacy heats up. Mid-season improvements as costly as Osimhen or Toney could
Man United ‘are interested in Welsh youngster Cruz Allen… with Chelsea and Newcastle also monitoring the 16-year-old midfielder’ Cruz Allen as caught the eye of a number of Premier League clubs 16-year-old Allen has impressed while plying his trade at Under-18 level Nobody’s fooled by the nature of Man United’s performances this season – IAKO Manchester United are reportedly among the clubs interested in signing highly-rated Derby youngster Cruz Allen. Allen,
Alberto Mastromatteo is one of football’s biggest nutrition gurus who helped Karim Benzema play the best football of his life in his thirties… now Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham – and England – reaping the rewards from working with the chef Benzema attributes part of his success to putting the chef in charge of his diet Bellingham uses the same chef and has enjoyed a great a start at Real
Fans are speechless after Scottish hardman Duncan Ferguson hilariously chose a song on BBC Radio Scotland. The former Everton, Rangers and Newcastle striker is known by fans for being a notoriously hard bloke who has never shied away from confrontation, so much so he spent three months in prison for assault. The Inverness manager, who was then a youngster playing for Rangers, had an altercation with defender John McStay during
Bookmark For the latest from the pitch sign up for our football newsletter Thank you for subscribing! For the latest from the pitch sign up for our football newsletter We have more newsletters Iconic England forward Gary Lineker led the tributes to Terry Venables, after the former Three Lions and Barcelona manager passed away at the age of 80 years old. Lineker was a key player for Venables at the
Wayne Rooney lost his voice giving his Birmingham City players the hairdryer treatment at half-time before they turned it round to win against Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship on Saturday. Rooney has been under increasing pressure at Birmingham since he replaced John Eustace as manager in October after Tom Brady became a minority investor at St Andrew’s in August, failing to win any of his first five games in charge.