Liverpool face Real Madrid in Champions League quarter-final draw

Liverpool have been handed a tough draw in the Champions League quarter-final draw as they face Real Madrid in a repeat of the 2018 final. Manchester City’s quest for a maiden Champions League title will continue with a quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund. City, who have never got past the semi-final of the premier European club […]

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Leno: Arsenal ‘unnecessarily suffered’ against Olympiacos

Bernd Leno has suggested that Arsenal will not beat top sides in the Europa League if they play like they did in their second leg against Olympiacos. The Gunners made it into the quarter-finals on Thursday night, despite losing 1-0 at home to 10-man Olympiacos. Holding a 3-1 lead from the first leg in Greece, […]

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van Nistelrooy picks out teammate with the ‘best ability he has seen’

Ruud van Nistelrooy has named former Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo as the player with “the best ability” he has seen in his life. Van Nistelrooy had spells early in his career with Den Bosch and Heerenveen. He then moved on to sign for PSV in 1998. In just over two years, he scored 62 times […]

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Molango criticism fuelled by xenophobia, claims Gary Neville

Gary Neville claims “negative undertones” and “xenophobia” are fuelling criticism of Maheta Molango, the Swiss national who is set to replace Gordon Taylor as chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association. The 38-year-old Molango, who retrained as a lawyer following his playing career, was announced on Tuesday as the choice of an independent advisory panel. […]

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Crouch raises Kane, Son concerns with Spurs ‘hanging by a thread’

Peter Crouch thinks Harry Kane and Son Heung-min “deserve to be playing at a higher level than Europa League” after Spurs crashed out of the competition on Thursday night. Tottenham took a comfortable 2-0 lead into the second leg against Dinamo Zagreb but managed to blow their chances of progression as they lost 3-2 on […]

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‘Disgrace’ – Lloris slams Spurs for lacking ‘togetherness’

Hugo Lloris has labelled Tottenham Hotspur’s exit from the Europa League a “disgrace” after they lost 3-2 on aggregate to Dinamo Zagreb. Spurs managed to throw away a 2-0 first-leg lead in Croatia by losing 3-0 after extra time in one of the most disappointing night’s in the club’s recent history. Lloris did not hold […]

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Liverpool ‘shocked and bemused’ by TAA England snub

Liverpool are baffled by Gareth Southgate’s decision to leave Trent Alexander-Arnold out of the England squad, according to reports. On Thursday Southgate announced his Three Lions squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers at the end of this month against San Marino, Albania and Poland – but chose to leave wing-back out of his squad. […]

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Defender ‘beaten’ following Rangers tie – Czech embassy investigating

Claims Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela was “beaten in the tunnel” following his side’s Europa League win at Rangers are being investigated by the UEFA and the Czech ambassador to the UK. Kudela was said to have been  “attacked by fists and left bloodied in the tunnel” following an allegation of racial abuse made towards […]

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Scholes, Hargreaves pick out ‘class’ Man Utd star for praise vs Milan

Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves think Paul Pogba changed the way Man Utd in their 1-0 victory over AC Milan in the Europa League on Thursday night. Pogba came off the bench at half-time, with the Red Devils needing a goal to progress, and the France international duly delivered with a well-taken finish after a […]

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Gossip: Liverpool in for Inter defender and Schalke star

Liverpool are linked with two players worth a combined £50million, while a Man Utd target’s price has been slashed to just that…   UNITED TARGET KOUNDE’S COST CUT  The last we heard, Manchester United had decided to swerve Jules Kounde because of the defender’s excessive release clause. Now it seems Sevilla are trying to to […]

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