Roma forward Eldor Shomurodov says it is ‘hard to explain the happiness’ he felt when his transfer announcement led to a Polish girl being foundThe Roma striker Eldor Shomurodov has said it is “hard to explain the happiness” he felt after a missing Pol…
Solskjær cannot resist the romance of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Old Trafford return
The Portuguese has been Manchester United’s catalyst once before and his manager is banking on him repeating the trickOle Gunnar Solskjær’s Manchester United can feel a one-man nostalgia project. Short of supplanting Solskjær himself to bring Sir Alex …
Weekend countdown: Premier League previews, transfer news and more – live!
All the latest as we count down to the weekend’s actionMan City poised as Allegri says Ronaldo wants to leave JuventusEuropa League: Leicester draw Napoli, West Ham in easier groupDrop Luke an email | Tweet @LukeMcLaughlin 2.59pm BST The weekend’s foot…
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Raphaël Varane’s Manchester United debut and Romelu Lukaku’s desire to show Liverpool what he is made ofRomelu Lukaku’s first eight league games against Liverpool, when he was a much rawer prospect, yielded five goals, with Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel …
Manchester City set to bid for Cristiano Ronaldo after Mendes contract talks
Portugal forward has less than one year of contract remainingRaheem Sterling could be allowed to leave CityManchester City are hoping to pull off a sensational attempt to sign Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portugal forward’s representative held talks wit…
Gareth Southgate: I got more abuse for vaccine video than managing England
Manager was abused for encouraging young people to get jabSouthgate says some players have ‘really suffered’ with CovidGareth Southgate has revealed that he received more abuse for recording a video urging young people to have a Covid-19 vaccination th…
Real Madrid make new €170m bid for PSG’s Kylian Mbappé
France forward has told PSG he wants to move to SpainMadrid have offered Mbappé a six-year contractReal Madrid are waiting to see whether Paris Saint-Germain will accept their new offer of €170m (£146m) for Kylian Mbappé as the Spanish giants step up t…
Harry Kane double clinches triumph for Tottenham over Paços de Ferreira
Tottenham 3-0 Paços de Ferreira (3-1 on aggregate) Kane makes first start of season after agreeing to stayHarry Kane showed his renewed commitment to his club’s cause by scoring twice on his first start of the season. Passage to the group stages of the…
Champions League 2021-22 draw: group stage analysis and predictions
Manchester City are in the toughest group, United’s is tricky and all the teams in Liverpool’s have reached the finalGroup A is by by some distance the toughest, featuring the defeated finalist of the past two seasons, plus RB Leipzig, who reached the …
Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy charged with four counts of rape
France defender remanded in custody by Cheshire policeMendy also charged with one count of sexual assaultManchester City’s Benjamin Mendy has been charged with four counts of rape, Cheshire Constabulary has confirmed. City have also suspended the Franc…