Manchester United have joined the race to sign Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, .
The France international has long been linked with a move away from St Mary’s, with North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur also keeping a close eye on his situation.
The South Coast club managed to retain his services last summer while a number of first teamers were allowed to leave, though with the big guns once again circling, manager Ronald Koeman will face an even tougher task in trying keep hold of him this time around.
In seven seasons in England, Schneiderlin has racked up two hundred and sixty appearances in all competitions for the Saints, scoring fifteen goals while he was part of the squads that won promotion from both League One in 2011 and th…
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Turning their attention back to Premier League action on Saturday night, Arsenal will travel to Molineux when they meet Wolves.
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Starting with the hosts, while Wolves might have continued to receive a string of plaudits since appointing Gary O’Neil last summer, they do have the feel of a squad seeking a recent boost. Despite some around Molineux dreaming of the chance to mount a famous European charge in 2024, the former Bournemouth boss has seen his squad fail to win any of their previous five appearances across all competitions. Last seen settling for a 2-2 stalemate away at relegation scrappers Nottingham Forest, Wolves have also shown some real defensive issues on either side of March’s international break. Shockingly suf…
Mauricio Pochettino warned Tottenham they must quickly address their poor starts to matches after falling to a 2-1 loss at Leicester City on Tuesday.
Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez scored stunners to leave the Foxes two goals to the good by half-time and, despite Harry Kane scoring as part of a late onslaught from the visitors, Spurs fell to a first Premier League defeat at the King Power Stadium.
Tottenham have now lost three consecutive league games for the first time since March 2014 and boss Pochettino has noticed a worrying trend in matches.
We did not play in the way we normally play. The first half was a poor performance and it was difficult after that to get back into the game, he told BBC Sport.
We feel very disappointed in our performance. We st…
Manchester City have apologised to Sir Alex Ferguson after Carlos Tevez brandished a sign taunting the Manchester United manager on Monday.
Former United striker Tevez held up a poster given to him by a fan which read RIP Fergie during City s Premier League trophy parade in Manchester.
The meaning behind the poster could relate to Ferguson s response to a question in 2009 about whether United would ever be underdogs against City. Not in my lifetime, he replied.
The creation of the tasteless material is in itself reprehensible. In accepting and brandishing it, Carlos has made a significant error of judgement, a City spokesperson said.
The club wishes to express its sincerest apologies to Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United for any offence or distres…
Nottingham Forest will be given the opportunity to privately hear the VAR audio connected to three penalty claims in their match against Everton last Sunday.
Forest called on Monday for the audio between Stuart Attwell and on-field official Anthony Taylor to be released publicly.
Sources close to referees body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) insist it has nothing to hide and will give the club the opportunity to hear the audio in private, as it would any other club making a similar request.
Nottingham Forest has today submitted a formal request to the PGMOL to release into the public domain the audio recordings between officials during yesterday’s match against Everton at Goodison Park.
The club has requested this be shared for three k…
Arsenal and Manchester United are both set to move for Napoli forward Gonzalo Higuain this summer,.
The 27 year old, who has been strongly linked with a move to the Premier League in the past, has been in Italy for the past two seasons having signed for Rafael Benitez’s side from Real Madrid.
He has made ninety-three appearances for the Serie A side, and scored his forty-eighth goal for them in their 4-1 Europa League quarter-final win over Wolfsburg on Thursday evening.
In six-and-a-half years in Spain, he won three La Liga titles and the Copa Del Rey while internationally he was part of the Argentina squad that finished as runners-up in last summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil, while he also featured in the 2010 tournament in South Africa.
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Robert Snodgrass has left Leeds training camp in Cornwall to begin talks with Premier League club Norwich City, manager Neil Warnock has confirmed.
The club captain, who featured in Monday s 6-0 friendly thumping of Tavistock, parted company with his team-mates on Wednesday morning to put the finishing touches on a deal believed to be in the region of three million pounds.
New Canaries boss Chris Hughton had previously revealed that he had had an offer for the midfielder knocked back, but his opposite number confirmed that Snodgrass is discussing terms with the Norfolk side.
Negotiations have been going on for weeks, Warnock told Leeds official website.
I was hoping he would have had a change of heart and I can honestly say that, in all my time in foot…
Mino Raiola has claimed that Alex Ferguson branded him a t*** during talks over a new contract for Paul Pogba in 2012.
Pogba left United to join Juventus after failing to reach an agreement over a new deal, with then-manager Ferguson later claiming that Raiola s attitude made negotiations futile.
The France international s agent says the offer put forward by United was derisory and has revealed Ferguson s fury as the talks reached an impasse.
Speaking to The Financial Times, he recounted the conversation that took place in Ferguson s office:
Ferguson to Pogba: You don t want to sign this contract?
Pogba: We re not going to sign this contract under these conditions.
Ferguson to Raiola: You re a t***.
Raiola: This is an offer th…
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has insisted he was not responsible for a $10million payment made by the South African government to CONCACAF during the 2010 World Cup bidding process.
Authorities in the United States have alleged that the funds were paid as bribe to secure the right to host the tournament.
The claim forms part of a wider operation that saw 14 people, including nine past and present FIFA officials, indicted for racketeering conspiracy and corruption and was followed by the resignation of president Sepp Blatter.
A report in the New York Times stated that Valcke was responsible for transferring the monies to CONCACAF, then led by former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, who was one of the nine officials implicated in the corruption scandal.<…
Franck Ribery believes Bayern Munich are hitting a vein of form that could see them repeat 2013 s treble heroics.
Bayern swept the board in Jupp Heynckes final season in charge, regaining a Bundesliga title that is yet to slip from their grasp before beating Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart respectively in the finals of the Champions League and DFB Pokal.
The Bavarians lead the way in Germany s top flight by five points after 22 games this time around and, having established a handsome 5-1 advantage over Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash, they beat Schalke 3-0 on Wednesday to move into the semi-finals of the Pokal.
A showdown with Dortmund awaits if their rivals can see off minnows Sportfreunde Lotte but Ribery sees parallels with th…