Gary O’Neil painted a bleak picture of the situation at Wolves and admitted “no magic wand” will fix their problems after a 3-2 loss at Ipswich in the Carabao Cup third round.Wolves slumped to a fifth defeat in eight matches under the former Bournemouth manager, who only took over on August 9 following the departure of Julen Lopetegui by mutual consent.O’Neil made 10 chan...Full Story »

Port Vale boss Andy Crosby feels his side’s place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup is “reward for a lot of things”.Vale reached the last 16 for the first time since 2006-07 with a 2-1 victory over Sky Bet League Two strugglers Sutton, with Funso Ojo coming off the bench to fire home a superb winner.Swansea loanee Josh Thomas had earlier opened the scoring before his effor...Full Story »

Luton boss Rob Edwards admitted his side deserved to be on the end of an upset as they crashed out of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 defeat at Exeter.Demetri Mitchell scored the only goal of the game in the 83rd minute, poking in from close range from Yanic Wildschut’s cross, before he was sent off two minutes from time after collecting a second yellow card.Toothless Luton, who made 10 changes...Full Story »

Funso Ojo came off the bench to fire Port Vale into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup for the first time since 2007 as they secured a 2-1 victory over Football League basement boys Sutton.Matt Gray’s side had never won a match in the competition before this season, but their hopes of progressing were dashed by Ojo’s late 25-yard stunner at Vale Park.Substitute Hisham Kasimu cancell...Full Story »

Burnley put their Premier League troubles to one side as they breezed into the last 16 of the Carabao Cup with a 4-0 demolition of Sky Bet League Two strugglers Salford.Winless in their first five games back in the top flight, Vincent Kompany’s side are enjoying better fortunes in this competition and followed up last month’s victory at Nottingham Forest with a one-sided win over Sal...Full Story »

Luton crashed out of the Carabao Cup as they were beaten 1-0 by League One Exeter at St James Park.Demetri Mitchell scored the only goal of an absorbing game with seven minutes remaining before he was later sent off after picking up a second yellow card.Luton made 10 changes to the team that picked up their first point of the Premier League season with a 1-1 draw against Wolves at the weekend, w...Full Story »

A second-string Ipswich side put another feather in the cap of manager Kieran McKenna after they fought back from two goals down to stun Wolves in the Carabao Cup third round with a 3-2 win at Portman Road.McKenna, who has developed a reputation as one of the brightest coaches in England after he masterminded the Tractors Boys’ promotion to the Sky Bet Championship last season, watched his...Full Story »

Middlesbrough secured safe passage to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 victory over Bradford at the University of Bradford Stadium.Boro were keen to keep the momentum up from their first league victory, against Southampton at the weekend, and made all of the running in a first half capped by Emmanuel Latte Lath’s strike midway through.The away side play two divisions higher t...Full Story »

Mansfield won a penalty shoot-out for the second round in a row after a 2-2 draw with League One Peterborough United to make the Carabao Cup fourth round for the first time since 1975.Former Posh goalkeeper Christy Pym was the hero with two penalty saves in the 3-1 shoot-out success against his old club as the League Two high-flyers maintained their record as the only EFL side unbeaten in all co...Full Story »

Houston Dynamo head coach Ben Olsen is not willing to divulge his tactical plan to stop Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi when the two sides meet. WHAT HAPPENED? Houston Dynamo and Inter Miami are set to lock horns in the U.S. Open Cup final on Wednesday, and Messi is undoubtedly the biggest threat for Tata Martino's side. The World Cup winner has scored 11 goals and registered five assists...Full Story »

PSG's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has slammed Lionel Messi after he claimed the French giants did little to celebrate his World Cup success with Argentina. Messi conquered the world with Argentina last December, but he was left annoyed by the supposed 'lack of recognition' from his club. The 36-year-old was furious, pointing to the likes of Lisandro Martinez and Alexis Mac Allister - who wer...Full Story »

That's according to a recent report from Football Insider, who claim the England international has no plans to leave Anfield despite his contract expiring in less than two years time. Recently promoted to the role of vice-captain following the exits of James Milner and Jordan Henderson earlier in the summer, Alexander-Arnold, 24, is now viewed as an integral part of Jurgen Klopp's plans. And e...Full Story »

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin De Bruyne is hoping to return from injury for the Club World Cup as the Manchester City talisman suffered a serious calf injury at the start of the new campaign Crocked Kevin De Bruyne is targeting the Club World Cup for his Manchester City return. The City skipper has been missing since the start of the season after suffering a recurrence of a serious calf injury, which requi...Full Story »

Unai Emery insists Aston Villa must learn how to handle European football and refused to blame his changes after their sloppy 3-2 defeat at Legia Warsaw.Ernest Muci’s second-half winner clinched a deserved victory for the hosts to ruin Villa’s Europa Conference League debut.Jhon Duran and Lucas Digne twice levelled for the underwhelming visitors in the first half after Pawel Wszolek ...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp played down his record-breaking 50th European win after the 3-1 victory over LASK in Austria.His side came from behind for the fourth time in six matches as goals from Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and substitute Mohamed Salah secured the German’s 50th European victory for the club – surpassing the record he held with Rafael Benitez.“Let me say it like ...Full Story »

Sloppy Aston Villa crashed to a chaotic Europa Conference League defeat at Legia Warsaw.Ernest Muci’s second-half winner spoiled Villa’s debut in the competition as Legia pulled off a deserved 3-2 victory in Poland.Pawel Wszolek and Muci had twice given Legia a first-half lead only for Jhon Duran and Lucas Digne to peg them back.Muci pounced six minutes into the second half and Villa...Full Story »

Robert Lewandowski has joined an elite club following his goal for Barcelona during their 5-0 victory against Antwerp. Lewandowski scores for Barcelona Joins elite club on 100 European goals Messi and Ronaldo only other two members WHAT HAPPENED? Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has become the third player to score 100 UEFA competition goals, following Barcelona's 5-0 win against Ant...Full Story »

World Champions Argentina are all reportedly going to play friendlies against top European nations in 2024. Argentina to play friendlies in Europe Portugal, England, Germany, the Netherlands or France possibilities Fixtures to be announced later this year WHAT HAPPENED? The Argentine national team took the world by storm during the Qatar World Cup in December of 2022, winning the most es...Full Story »

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has returned to the club after recovering from an emergency operation on "severe back pain" in Barcelona. WHAT HAPPENED? The Spaniard was all smiles as he took charge of training, with his squad returning from international duty to prepare for their trip to in-form West Ham. Guardiola will return to the City bench on Saturday after missing two games havin...Full Story »

Ralf Rangnick has said unequivocally that he would not be interested in replacing Hansi Flick as coach of Germany if approached for the job. WHAT HAPPENED? After dismissing Hansi Flick on Sunday, the German Football Association is looking for a new manager with only nine months till they host Euro 2024. Only 12 of the former Bayern Munich manager's 25 games in charge had ended in victories. H...Full Story »