Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says Gabriel Martinelli will not be leaving the club in January. The 20-year-old has made just four appearances across all competitions this season. It is nothing personal, according to Arteta, who says the Brazilian has to compete with a number of players for game time. The Spaniard told reporters: "Because of the amount of players that we have in those positio...Full Story »

Port Vale defender Aaron Martin could come back into contention for the visit of Barrow.The 32-year-old centre-half has not featured for almost a month because of a back injury but made a return for the reserves in a training ground friendly against Leicester in midweek.David Amoo scored the only goal in that game against the Foxes but even though Vale’s four-match winning streak was ended...Full Story »

Harrogate duo Aaron Martin and Simon Power are major doubts for Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two clash with struggling Scunthorpe.Striker Martin (hip) and winger Power (groin) were ruled out of the midweek Papa John’s Trophy victory over Newcastle Under-21s and are “outside bets” to face the Iron, according to Town boss Simon Weaver.The high-flying Sulphurites, who are unbea...Full Story »

The Red Devils head coach, who has been linked with replacing Ronald Koeman, is excited by his side's prospects in the Nations League Roberto Martinez insists that he remains focused on Belgium despite speculation linking him with the Barcelona job. The former Everton and Wigan Athletic boss is one of the names that has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Ronald Koeman, who has seen...Full Story »

MARTIN JOHNSON thinks Christian Eriksen's brush with death at Euro 2020 shows how vital it is that anyone involved with sport has training to deal with sudden cardiac arrest. Dane Eriksen survived because of quick thinking by skipper Simon Kjaer and the medics on duty in Copenhagen when he collapsed against Iceland. England legend Martin Johnson has called for cardiac arrest training across sp...Full Story »

Curtis Fleming saluted hard-working hero Chris Martin after Bristol City snatched a dramatic 3-2 victory at Peterborough.The City frontman fired his fourth goal of the Sky Bet Championship season with five minutes of a breathless battle to go.That Martin strike clinched a fourth away win for City and provided cheer for manager Nigel Pearson, who is suffering from Covid-19.It also ensured they st...Full Story »

The sale of Martin Odegaard to Arsenal allowed Real Madrid to sign Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes at the end of the summer transfer window in a move that has so far worked out perfectly for Los Blancos. The 22-year-old struggled to make an impact at Real Madrid after returning from a season-long loan at Real Sociedad in the summer of 2020, yet the 18-year-old Frenchman has got off to an excell...Full Story »

Port Vale will assess Aaron Martin ahead of the Sky Bet League Two meeting with Leyton Orient.Defender Martin missed last weekend’s 1-0 win at Scunthorpe due to a back spasm.Midfielder Brad Walker has returned to light training as he continues his recovery from a knee injury, but the game may come too early for his involvement.Vale forward Devante Rodney completes a three-game ban, while d...Full Story »

Martin Boyle’s second-half penalty ended a run of four straight defeats against St Johnstone as Hibernian collected three points in a hard-fought 1-0 win.The winger scored in the 61st minute after Jamie McCart was adjudged to have handled his shot.McCart then collected a second booking 15 minutes from time for sarcastically applauding the far-side assistant referee.The result lifted Hibs b...Full Story »

Swansea head coach Russell Martin hailed Flynn Downes after the midfielder was at the heart of their first home victory of the season.Joel Piroe’s first-half strike was enough to secure a 1-0 victory over Huddersfield to end a run of four games without a win.It was a fourth clean sheet in five games at home for Martin’s men, who crucially found a breakthrough after failing to score i...Full Story »

Swansea boss Russell Martin heaped praise on his players for the manner in which they came back from 3-0 down at half-time to earn a point in their 3-3 draw at Luton.The visitors had seen Luke Berry and Elijah Adebayo’s double put the Hatters in ascendancy at the break, before Jamie Paterson and Olivier Ntcham made it 3-2, with Joel Piroe netting a stoppage-time leveller.Martin said: &ldqu...Full Story »

Emi Buendia and Emi Martinez will be assessed when they return from Croatia on Saturday, just hours before Aston Villa play Everton.The pair have been training in Croatia to avoid being forced to quarantine after international duty with Argentina and Villa boss Dean Smith will make a late call on their availability.Youngsters Jaden Philogene-Bidace and Carney Chukwuemeka are injured for the host...Full Story »

Middlesbrough boss Neil Warnock could hand summer signing Martin Payero a first Sky Bet Championship start of the season against Blackpool on Saturday.The Argentinian midfielder is standing by after shaking off his own injury problems following James Lea-Siliki’s premature exit from Wednesday night’s 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest with a thigh problem, although club medics are confiden...Full Story »

Manager Russell Martin insisted Swansea are on the right track despite a second successive goalless home draw against Millwall.Swansea were held 0-0 by Hull on Saturday and the Sky Bet Championship’s joint-lowest scorers have now managed only one goal in four home games.“I feel like it’s coming,” said Martin, who is still waiting for his first home league win as Swansea b...Full Story »

Swansea head coach Russell Martin believes the goals will come for his side after a frustrating 0-0 draw at home to Hull.Tigers goalkeeper Matt Ingram made a string of first-half saves to deny the dominant hosts and secure another valuable point for Grant McCann’s side.Swansea finished the game with 70 per cent possession and stopped Hull from registering a shot on target until stoppage ti...Full Story »

Emi Martinez and Emi Buendia are planning to join Argentina for international duty against the wishes of Aston Villa and the Premier League.Goalkeeper Martinez has confirmed he will link up with his country while the PA news agency understands Villa’s record signing Buendia is also due to travel to South America for the World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia.Under curre...Full Story »

Boss Dean Smith admitted he is unsure if Emi Buendia and Emi Martinez will join Argentina for international duty, despite the Premier League’s refusal to release players.Forward Buendia scored his first Villa goal since his record £33million move from Norwich to cancel out Ivan Toney’s opener and earn a 1-1 draw with Brentford.The uncapped 24-year-old and goalkeeper Martinez ha...Full Story »

David Martindale lamented an array of health issues within his Livingston squad as his bottom-of-the-table side lost their way in the second half of their 2-0 defeat away to cinch Premiership leaders Hibernian.The Lions manager revealed that striker Bruce Anderson suffered a diabetic fit on the park just before half-time, that two of his players vomited in the dressing-room at the interval and t...Full Story »

Manager Russell Martin slammed an unacceptable display after Swansea let an early lead slip in a 3-1 defeat at Preston.Joel Piroe’s neat finish put Martin’s men ahead in the 19th minute but their advantage was quickly cancelled out by Liverpool loanee Sepp van den Berg.Emil Riis gave North End the lead in the dying seconds of the first half before Ben Whiteman’s 52nd-minute fre...Full Story »

Kevin Nisbet and Martin Boyle netted second-half goals as Hibernian saw off bottom-of-the-table Livingston to remain top of the cinch Premiership.Scotland striker Nisbet returned to the side after missing last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Dundee and he notched his first league goal of the season before in-form Australia winger Boyle sealed victory late on.The result – on a day when a sun-ki...Full Story »