Month: November 2024

Mikel Arteta is relaxed about his future as Arsenal coach following reports a new contract is on the cards.

Arteta took over from Unai Emery in 2019 and won the FA Cup in his first campaign, also guiding the club to an eighth-placed finish in the Premier League.

He has come under pressure both last term – when Arsenal finished eighth again to miss out on European football – and in the current season, with the Gunners getting off to a shaky start.

But Arteta is generally considered to have made progress at the club, as they head into Friday s clash with Wolves just four points behind fourth-placed Manchester United, who have played three games more.

Arsenal, then, are arguably the favourites to take the final Champions League qualification spot ahead o…

Pep Guardiola insists he has to treat all of Manchester City s players as equals after Raheem Sterling suggested he is open to leaving the Premier League champions.

In an interview released on Thursday, England forward Sterling told the Financial Times that he is contemplating a move away from City in order to secure regular game time.

Sterling has been a consistent figure in Guardiola s all-conquering City team since 2016, though his form tailed off last season and he was used sparingly in the latter half of the last term.

The 26-year-old still started the Champions League final before heading off to star at Euro 2020 with England, but has played only 274 minutes of Premier League football so far with just two starts.

Guardiola was unaware of Sterling s…

Virgil van Dijk wants to see Liverpool push on from their Champions League success by challenging for more trophies next season.

Liverpool secured their first trophy since 2012 by beating Tottenham 2-0 in the Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday.

The Reds were close to a drought-breaking Premier League title, but fell just short to Manchester City despite securing 97 points.

Van Dijk, the PFA Players Player of the Year, hopes the win in Europe can lead to even further success for Liverpool.

It s not like we re going away, the star centre-back told UK newspapers.

The song from inside the dressing room. 

Is right,  

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— Liverpool FC (@LFC)

In July it starts again. We re …

Romelu Lukaku hopes Inter are learning as they continue to struggle to perform consistently over 90 minutes despite sitting second in Serie A and reaching the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.

Lukaku headed an extra-time winner to see off Fiorentina 2-1 in the Coppa on Wednesday, his 119th-minute goal settling a tie in which Inter had led at half-time through Arturo Vidal s penalty.

A dominant first 45 minutes had seen the Nerazzurri attempt eight shots to Fiorentina s one, while having 56.6 per cent of the possession.

But Christian Kouame equalised after 57 minutes, prior to Lukaku s introduction as a substitute, as the Viola outshot their visitors nine to six in the second period.

For Inter, it was a second successive match in which they lost the in…

Lionel Messi bowed out of the World Cup with his head hung low after Argentina were beaten 4-3 by France, denying the five-time Ballon d Or winner what may have been his last chance of lifting football s most famous trophy.

The 31-year-old provided two assists as Argentina went down fighting but he was outshone by France s Kylian Mbappe, the young winger who might just dethrone Messi at the pinnacle of world football if his rise to stardom continues.

It was the fourth and final game of Messi s fourth – and possibly final – World Cup, and at full-time he stood forlorn on the field, his dream of captaining Argentina to glory in tatters after a thoroughly disappointing tournament.

Germany 2006 Quarter-finals

Messi s misery in Russia came 12 …

New Southampton manager Claude Puel continued his busy start to life at St. Mary s after the Premier League club confirmed his latest signing, French full-back Jeremy Pied.

Ex-Nice defender Pied arrives in England after making over 200 Ligue 1 appearances and links up with Puel for the second time in his career, having worked with him at his former club.

Pied started his career at Lyon, his first senior appearances came on loan at Metz during the 2009-10 campaign, before returning to his boyhood club to make 35 appearances before Puel signed him for Nice.

Now, 27-year-old Pied is excited for a new chapter in his career at Southampton.

I am very happy to be able to join this new team. I m very proud. The English league is a very attractive one and it was …

Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski revelled in scoring his 200th competitive goal for the Bundesliga champions.

Lewandowski celebrated a milestone as Bayern opened their Champions League campaign with a 3-0 victory over Red Star Belgrade in Munich on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old striker, who moved onto 199 competitive goals for Bayern in their draw at Bundesliga rivals RB Leipzig last week, poked home the team s second goal with 10 minutes remaining against Red Star.

We always had the game under control and played well, we upped the pace and created a lot of chances, Lewandowski said as he reflected on the Group B clash.

But we didn t score enough goals. We always tried to get forward. Sometimes we might have made wrong decisions, but these are little …

Marcus Rashford believes Manchester United did not have this togetherness two years ago as praised the team s performance in their Europa League opener.

United kicked off their Group L campaign with a stuttering 1-0 victory thanks to teenage sensation Mason Greenwood at home to Astana on Thursday.

Greenwood, 17, scored his first senior goal to lead Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s United past the Kazakh visitors in Manchester.

United were far from their best as Solskjaer named a youthful XI, but Rashford was happy with what he saw at Old Trafford.

Important win to get us up and running. Refocus now for the weekend 

— Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford)

It wasn t the best performance but there was a lot of good stuff, they re tough to break down, …

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Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense and Clube Atlético Mineiro will lock horns with each other in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A this coming weekend. The match between Tricolor dos Pampas and Galo will be held at Arena do Grêmio and is scheduled to kick off at 1am UK time on Sunday.

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense are one of the biggest and most well-known clubs in Brazil. Gremio finished second in 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B table and won promotion to the top flight of Brazilian football for the 2023 campaign. Tricolor dos Pampas also won the 2022 Campeonato Gaúcho.

Renato Portaluppi’s side are doing well in Campeonato…

Controversial Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has conceded naivety proved costly in the early stages of his reign at St James Park.

The billionaire businessmen purchased Newcastle in 2007 and has frequently been criticised for his handling of the club, a theme that has continued with manager Rafael Benitez frustrated by their inability to land certain transfer targets.

Ashley has overseen two relegations from the Premier League during his tenure and confessed removing Sam Allardyce as manager in 2008 showed a degree of ignorance.

When asked his thoughts on his 10 years as owner, Ashley told Sky Sports: Very naive in the beginning. In the middle I thought I was just about beginning to get my arms around it a little bit, we had a manager on an eight-year contrac…