Paul Pogba anticipates the level of quality and expectation at Manchester United will increase after Cristiano Ronaldo s return to Old Trafford.
Ronaldo s sensational return came as a shock towards the end of the transfer window, with United s neighbours Manchester City having appeared favourites to sign the Portugal captain.
The 36-year-old is in line for a second United debut on Saturday when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s side face Newcastle United the team Ronaldo netted his only Premier League hat-trick against during his first stint at the club.
And Pogba is relishing the prospect of potentially playing with the five-time Ballon d Or winner, who became the leading goalscorer in men s international football when he netted a double in Portugal s 2-1 win over the Repu…
Real Madrid are looking to Serie A for their next striker, with Napoli s Victor Osimhen and Milan s Rafael Leao interesting the Spanish giants.
Osimhen, 23, arrived at Napoli after a club-record €70million transfer from Lille in 2020 and quickly adapted to life in Italy.
Leao, who is the same age, was Osimhen s team-mate at Lille back in 2019 before being pried away to Milan. He was spectacular last campaign in helping Milan to their first Serie A title since the 2010-11 season, scoring a career-high 11 league goals, and has hit form this term, too.
TOP STORY – REAL MADRID IDENTIFY OSIMHEN AND LEAO AS KEY FORWARD TARGETS
According to Calciomercato, the only thing standing between Madrid and another nine-figure investment in one of Serie A s leading li…
Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero hopes to remain with the Premier League leaders until 2020, but said his future was in the club s hands.
The Argentina international is said to be contracted at the Etihad Stadium until mid-2020, yet the star is consistently linked with a move away from City.
Aguero, who has scored 13 goals in 17 Premier League games this season, said he had no issues with manager Pep Guardiola, but again cast some doubt over his future.
I have until 2020, I think, he said after Tuesday s 3-1 win over Watford.
The truth is I hope to see out my contract and I ll try to do my best from here until the end of the season, and after that we will see what happens.
Obviously my plan is not to change clubs. As always, as I said befo…
Liverpool s top-four hopes were dented as Brentford capitalised on woeful defending to win 3-1 on Monday.
Brentford tasted success against Liverpool for the first time since 1938 as goals from Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbuemo, after Ibrahima Konate s own goal, sealed victory in the absence of talisman Ivan Toney at Brentford Community Stadium.
Losing 2-0 at half-time, Jurgen Klopp rang the changes, including replacing Virgil van Dijk, and Liverpool had hope thanks to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain s 50th-minute header.
Yet Mbuemo pounced on Konate s mistake late on to kill the game off and snap Liverpool s four-match winning streak in the Premier League.
An Mbeumo shot was palmed away for a corner early on, but Brentford had their opener from the resulting set-piece…
UEFA s decision to impose a two-match home stadium ban on Bulgaria for the racist behaviour of supporters during a match against England has underwhelmed anti-discrimination campaigners Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE).
England crushed Bulgaria 6-0 in Sofia on October 14, but the match was marred by the actions of a group of home fans, who targeted Tyrone Mings, Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling with racist abuse.
Nazi salutes in home sections of the ground were also seen and the match was twice brought to a halt by officials.
UEFA confirmed the punishment on Tuesday, with Bulgaria set to play against the Czech Republic behind closed doors in November, with the second game of the ban suspended for two years.
Many had called on UEFA to make an ex…
Michel has urged his team to be proud of their Champions League debut, despite a heartbreaking late defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.
The visitors neutralised PSG s attack for much of the game, only for Paulo Gazzaniga, who had made a number of good saves, to let Nuno Mendes tame delivery slip through his hands and into the back of the net.
The goalkeeper s own goal was the first in the 90th minute of a Champions League game since November 2022 (Porto s Ivan Marcano vs Atletico Madrid), while it was the first-ever such goal that proved to be the winner.
Despite the defeat, the Girona head coach praised his team s effort and the performance of his goalkeeper up until the goal.
Now in the dressing room, people are a little bit down, Michel told reporters. I t…
Ryan Sessegnon has resigned for Fulham on a free transfer, five years after leaving the club.
The 24-year-old signed a two-year contract with the Cottagers with the option to extend for a further year following his departure from Tottenham last month.
In his first spell at the club, Sessegnon worked his way through the academy over 11 years, scoring 25 goals in 120 first-team appearances.
He then moved to Spurs in a £25million deal in 2019, though struggled to nail down a place in North London, making just 57 appearances in all competitions, and scoring three goals.
He is home.
— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC)
It s amazing to be back. Emotional, as well, he told FFCtv. It s where it started for me, where everything began, and it s …
Newcastle United co-owner Amanda Staveley has made a bid to throw out a bankruptcy petition against her alleging she owes a shipping tycoon more than £36 million, the High Court heard.
Ms Staveley, who headed the Saudi-backed consortium that took over the football club in 2021, asked the Insolvency and Companies Court to set aside a demand served by Greek businessman Victor Restis in May last year.
The claimed figure comprises £3.4 million in principal, £2.1 million in “legal costs and expenses” and £31.3 million in interest, totalling £36.8 million, according to Ms Staveley’s lawyers.
The specialist court heard it is “common ground” that Mr Restis agreed in 2008 to arrange a £10 million investment in Ms Staveley’s business ventures, but that th…
Cristiano Ronaldo etched his name into European Championship history on Tuesday after becoming the first player to feature in six different editions of the tournament.
The five-time Ballon d Or winner was named in Roberto Martinez s starting XI as Portugal started their Euro 2024 campaign against Czechia in Leipzig.
Having appeared at every Euros since his 2004 debut, Ronaldo is the first to register six tournament outings in the 64-year history of UEFA s top international competition.
Ronaldo also equalled the record for the most consecutive European Championship appearances made for a nation, featuring in all 18 of Portugal s matches since the Euro 2008 quarter-final.
Only Leonardo Bonucci, for Italy between 2012 and 2021, can match that feat – but no…
Rumba Munthali believes his Nashville SC side are in a good spot ahead of Saturday s clash with New York City, having continued their climb up the standings by beating Toronto FC 2-1 in midweek.
Sam Surridge s 90th-minute strike handed Nashville their second win in their last four MLS matches on Wednesday, and they now sit eighth in the Eastern Conference.
Interim boss Munthali has overseen a resurgence since taking over from the fired Gary Smith last month, and he is excited by the chance to keep it going against NYCFC.
It s really good to pick up more points and move up the standings, Munthali said.
I thought the guys showed some heart and had a good second half and deserved to win.
Now we just have to talk to our staff, make sure the guys a…