Everton manager Frank Lampard will be without Dominic Calvert-Lewin for his side’s Premier League clash against Chelsea.Calvert-Lewin is sidelined for six weeks with a knee injury, while fellow striker Salomon Rondon will serve the final game of a three-match suspension.Yerry Mina is expected to be available and Allan could also feature but Andre Gomes, Tom Davies and Andros Townsend remai...Full Story »

Alex Telles has signed for Sevilla on a season-long loan from Manchester United, both clubs announced on Thursday. ESPN reported on Wednesday that United were set for a defensive clearout and Telles is the first to leave the club. The 29-year-old will join the LaLiga club for the 2022-23 campaign after finding himself drop down the pecking order behind left-backs Luke Shaw and new signing Ty...Full Story »

Tottenham will be without new signing Richarlison for their Premier League opener at home to Southampton on Saturday.The Brazilian must wait to make his Spurs debut after he was last month handed a one-match suspension for an incident with former club Everton where he threw a smoke flare into the stands after it was hurled onto the pitch.Boss Antonio Conte is also without Oliver Skipp (heel) and...Full Story »

Stevenage will be without winger Elliott List as they look to make it two wins from two this season when highly-fancied Stockport visit The Lamex Stadium.List was carried off on a stretcher in the first half of last weekend’s 2-1 victory at Tranmere after suffering a foot injury that will now require surgery.Summer signing Jordan Roberts replaced the 25-year-old at Prenton Park and went on...Full Story »

George Hall and Ryan Stirk could make their first appearances of the season as Birmingham prepare to welcome Huddersfield to St Andrews on Friday night.The young midfield pairing missed the goalless draw with Luton in their season opener but the club have confirmed that they are now both available for selection.Fellow midfielder Krystian Bielik remains sidelined and is still a couple of weeks aw...Full Story »

Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson said he was "fuming" at the lack of playing time for the club last season and that the last 12 months had been the toughest of his career. The 25-year-old, who joined newly promoted Nottingham Forest on loan last month, made three appearances for United last season and was unable to displace David de Gea as first-choice goalkeeper. Henderson looked...Full Story »

MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly considering Sasa Kalajdzic AND Benjamin Sesko to solve their Cristiano Ronaldo dilemma. The Mail claims the duo have been earmarked by Erik ten Hag after he deemed a swoop for Ajax’s Antony too pricey. The Dutchman’s former side want £80million to sell their Brazilian forward. And United know they must move quickly for reinforcements as majo...Full Story »

All associated with Liverpool have been left sweating, owing to an altogether untimely blow on the personnel front. Jurgen Klopp’s troops marked their return to action a short time ago. After the club’s first-choice stars got the better of Manchester City in the Community Shield a little over 24 hours ago, game-time was on this occasion afforded to a heavily altered XI, in a frie...Full Story »

Sir Alex Ferguson has offered a brutal tongue-in-cheek verdict over what Arsenal fans can expect from the 2022/23 Premier League season in a chat with Frankie Dettori. The iconic former Manchester United boss was in high spirits after bumping into the legendary jockey at Goodwood on Saturday (July 30) where they posed for photos. Dettori is a huge fan of the Gunners which has been a source of ...Full Story »

Paul Simpson reckoned the only thing missing from Carlisle’s opening win of the season against Crawley was “a bagful of goals”.Otherwise, the United chief was “absolutely delighted” by his team’s success, courtesy of a fifth-minute Kristian Dennis strike.Crawley’s debutant goalkeepers Ellery Balcombe – replaced at half-time due to injury – an...Full Story »

Blackburn head coach Jon Dahl Tomasson felt the “togetherness” of his team and supporters was even more important than the result after his reign began with a 1-0 victory over QPR.Tomasson, who previously managed Swedish outfit Malmo to two league titles, enjoyed a winning start thanks to newly-appointed captain Lewis Travis’ spectacular 34th-minute curling strike from 25 yards...Full Story »

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson has called for ‘consistency’ after his 10-man side were stung by a late goal in a 1-0 defeat to Hibernian at McDiarmid Park on the opening day of the cinch Premiership season.Josh Campbell’s late header appeared to go in off team-mate Rocky Bushiri as the away side eventually made their pressure tell in the 90th minute of the match.The Saint...Full Story »

Leam Richardson felt his Wigan side gave “a good account of themselves” as they drew 0-0 with Preston on their return to the Sky Bet Championship.Last season’s League One winners gave as good as they got at the DW but could not force home their numerical advantage in the last 10 minutes.Preston substitute Ched Evans was sent off for a two-footed lunge on a grounded Curtis Tilt,...Full Story »

New AFC Wimbledon manager Johnnie Jackson credited a positive off-season atmosphere at Plough Lane as his side claimed their first league victory since December with a confident 2-0 win over Gillingham.Ethan Chislett’s stunning opener and a second-half header from the outstanding Jack Currie ensured that the Dons triumphed in this fixture between two relegated sides to claim three points f...Full Story »

Cardiff manager Steve Morison praised “football geek” Romaine Sawyers after the midfielder’s debut winner sealed a 1-0 victory over Norwich.Sawyers’ 25-yard strike got Cardiff off to a winning Sky Bet Championship start, with the midfielder having arrived from West Brom earlier this month.Morison said: “Romaine might not like it, but he is a bit of a football geek. ...Full Story »

Robbie Neilson admitted Hearts were caught cold in the first half before they eventually kicked off their cinch Premiership campaign with a 2-1 win at home to Ross County.The Tynecastle side were on the back foot before the break as the Staggies, who have had four competitive games in the Premier Sports Cup over the past few weeks, took the game to the Jambos and hit the woodwork twice.Neilson&r...Full Story »

Danny Johnson’s hat-trick got Paul Hartley’s reign as Hartlepool manager off to a nightmare start as Walsall dished out a 4-0 hammering.After Brandon Comley’s deflected opener, Johnson, on loan from Mansfield until January, stole the show with a dream debut.Pools keeper Ben Killip foiled Taylor Allen early on but could do nothing when Comley’s strike from 18 yards took a ...Full Story »

Jonson Clarke-Harris scored twice as Peterborough hit back from two goals down to start the season with a 3-2 win at Cheltenham.The home side, under new head coach Wade Elliott, deservedly went in 2-0 up at half-time thanks to an own goal and Alfie May’s strike.Dan Nlundulu caused problems for Posh and he provided the low ball that was turned into his own net by Frankie Kent after 30 minut...Full Story »

Morecambe and Shrewsbury played out an opening-day 0-0 draw at the Mazuma Stadium.A game that saw plenty of effort, but few clear chances at either end, finished all square with both defences on top.Shrewsbury started quickly and created two chances in the opening five minutes, with Luke Leahy firing wide and drilling a shot into the side netting before Morecambe had the best chance of the half ...Full Story »

Harry Darling’s stunning strike earned Swansea a 1-1 draw at Rotherham but they had goalkeeper Andy Fisher to thank for keeping the point.The centre-half marked his debut in fine style as he crashed a 25-yard effort into the top corner to cancel out Cheidozie Ogebene’s opener for the Millers.Ogbene, who has been linked with a summer move to the Swans, nodded his side into an early le...Full Story »