Hearts’ hopes of progressing in the Europa Conference League suffered a damaging blow on Thursday as they were outclassed by Fiorentina at Tynecastle.The cinch Premiership side trailed 2-0 at the break and then had teenager Lewis Neilson sent off early in the second half as they crashed to a chastening 3-0 loss in a one-sided encounter.The result saw Fiorentina leapfrog Hearts to move into...Full Story »

West Ham boss David Moyes believes his side are showing signs of getting back to their best after a 1-0 Europa Conference League win at Anderlecht.The Hammers saw Gianluca Scamacca climb off the bench to score the winner in the 79th minute and put them in firm control of Group B.The £35million signing did the damage nine minutes after coming on, but the Hammers could have had it wrapped up...Full Story »

Gianluca Scamacca climbed off the bench to give West Ham a 1-0 win at Anderlecht and put them in firm control of Group B in the Europa Conference League.The Italian scored with a clinical finish to make it three wins from three matches of the third-tier competition for the Londoners and effectively put one foot in the knockout stages.It needed the £35million signing to do the damage nine m...Full Story »

Donovan Wilson will be missing for Sutton’s Sky Bet League Two clash with Tranmere.Wilson is serving the final match of his three-game suspension following his dismissal against Salford.Jonathan Barden faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after he was taken off on a stretcher with a leg injury in the midweek 3-0 defeat at Stevenage.Ben Goodliffe and Alistair Smith are also absent with lo...Full Story »

Birmingham boss John Eustace must decide whether to make changes for their Sky Bet Championship clash with Bristol City on Saturday.Eustace named an unchanged squad in midweek but saw his side slip to a disappointing loss against managerless Middlesbrough.He introduced 19-year-old Hannibal Mejbri as a half-time substitute for Juninho Bacuna so the on-loan Manchester United teenager could be in l...Full Story »

Luke Norris is expected to lead the Stevenage line against Swindon despite breaking his nose in midweek.Norris scored twice against Sutton before leaving the field bloodied and bruised by a high boot, but will be eager to pick up where he left off after doubling his season’s tally.Stevenage are on a four-game winning run and sit second in League Two, leaving boss Steve Evans to rotate his ...Full Story »

Blackpool midfielder Kenny Dougall is suspended for the visit of Watford, with his absence adding to a lengthy injury list.Dougall picked up his fifth booking of the season in the midweek draw at Sunderland and must serve a one-game ban.Jordan Gabriel is awaiting the results of a scan to determine the extent of a freak injury sustained away from the football pitch, while James Husband is close t...Full Story »

David McGoldrick is set to miss out for Derby against Port Vale in new manager Paul Warne’s first home game in charge of the Sky Bet League One club.McGoldrick missed last week’s win over Cambridge and the striker has not been participating in training this week.On-loan striker Will Osula was forced out of the EFL Trophy game against Mansfield in midweek through illness, but it is ho...Full Story »

Morecambe are waiting to discover whether Arthur Gnahoua will be available for Saturday’s home clash with Ipswich.Forward Gnahoua was sent off in the first half of last week’s defeat at Accrington but the Shrimps have launched an appeal.Boss Derek Adams confirmed he will be without midfielder Jake Taylor for the clash.Forward Jonathan Obika is also unavailable for Morecambe, who coul...Full Story »

MANCHESTER CITY star Jack Grealish has revealed he is learning to become a DJ. Grealish, 27, has been open about his love to party when he's not on the pitch and showed why he's called "Jack the Lad"last summer when he celebrated City's Premier League title in Ibiza and Las Vegas. Manchester City star Jack Grealish admitted he is learning how to DJCredit: BT Sport The versatile forward also d...Full Story »

Antoine Griezmann is close to leaving Barcelona and joining Atletico Madrid on a permanent basis. WHAT'S HAPPENING? The two sides have been renegotiating the terms of Griezmann's loan with Atletico and GOAL understands they are close to a resolution. Under the new agreement, Atletico would pay Barca €20m (£17.5m/$19.7m) plus variables for Griezmann at the end of the season. The Fre...Full Story »

Liverpool will target Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic if they miss out on Jude Bellingham. Fabrizio Romano recently confirmed to CaughtOffside that Liverpool were one of the many European giants showing an interest in Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham. The race to sign Bellingham is set to be an intense one, with some of the best clubs around Europe keen to sign him over t...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola dismissed reports of a release clause in Erling Haaland’s contract after watching his star striker add another two goals to his season tally in the first half of Manchester City’s 5-0 rout of FC Copenhagen.Following on from Sunday’s hat-trick against Manchester United, Haaland scored City’s first two of the night before an own goal from David Khocholava and ...Full Story »

Alex Neil felt his homework paid off as Stoke struck late to earn a point from a 1-1 Sky Bet Championship draw with Burnley.Sub Harry Clarke headed in with three minutes remaining to cancel out Connor Roberts’ opener for the home side early in the second half and ensure the Potters left Turf Moor with a positive result on the back of a 4-0 weekend drubbing at the hands of Watford.Neil reve...Full Story »

New Rotherham boss Matt Taylor said he saw the good and bad of his new side after his reign started with a 1-1 draw with Millwall.Taylor was appointed as the Millers new boss on Tuesday after agreeing to leave League One Exeter and he was thrown straight into Championship action.He enjoyed the perfect start as Dan Barlaser’s penalty inside the opening 10 minutes put his new side ahead.But ...Full Story »

Slaven Bilic’s first home game as Watford manager ended in defeat as Ben Cabango’s stoppage-time header earned Swansea a 2-1 victory in the Sky Bet Championship.The defender headed home Ryan Manning’s free-kick eight minutes into a total of 20 added on after the officials’ communication equipment failed, leading to the players having to leave the pitch.Ismaila Sarr fired ...Full Story »

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou felt his team paid the price for going into “survival mode” after equalising during their 3-1 Champions League defeat by RB Leipzig.Jota cancelled out Christopher Nkunku’s first-half counter-attack goal two minutes after the interval but Celtic could not build on the goal.The home side hit the post and had a second goal disallowed for offside fol...Full Story »

Celtic face an uphill battle to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages after a 3-1 Champions League defeat against RB Leipzig.Christopher Nkunku opened the scoring from a 27th-minute counter-attack after Celtic lost the ball following a short corner and, with captain Callum McGregor off injured, the visitors could not build on Jota’s equaliser.Leipzig had just had a second goal d...Full Story »

A mural of Jurgen Klopp has been vandalised with blue paint A Liverpool mural of Jurgen Klopp has been vandalised ahead of the Champions League group stage clash with Rangers. Pictures and footage emerged on Tuesday morning of a new mural dedicated to Reds manager Klopp having been defaced with blue paint. The mural, based in Randolph Street, Liverpool, had been commissioned by BOSS Night and ...Full Story »

Lionel Messi will reportedly leave PSG for Barcelona at the end of the season Lionel Messi is reportedly set for a shock return to Barcelona next summer. The Argentine magician, 35, is expected to leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the current 2022/23 season, according to a 'close friend' of Messi's family. Argentinian journalist Veronica Brunati took to Twitter to drop the bombshell new...Full Story »