Derby County forward Wayne Rooney is "angry and disappointed" after a friend, who had been told to be tested for COVID-19, visited his family home and later returned a positive result, his management team said. The Sun newspaper report that Rooney's friend Josh Bardsley went to the player's home on Thursday to give him a watch before Derby's Championship clash with Watford on Friday. Rooney ...Full Story »

Liverpool will be without Virgil van Dijk for the vast majority of the rest of the season with the central defender undergoing knee surgery. Liverpool will be without star centre-back Virgil van Dijk for a prolonged period of time as he is set to undergo knee surgery. Express Sport reporters have had their say on whether the Reds will still win the title in our latest Big Debate. Gideon Brooks...Full Story »

Edinson Cavani has not travelled with the rest of the Manchester United squad to Paris, and captain Harry Maguire was not there either. Edinson Cavani was not among the Manchester United team to fly out to Paris on Monday afternoon for their Champions League group stage clash with Paris Saint-Germain. It is unclear whether or not he has travelled to the French capital alone but he was not with ...Full Story »

Accrington have Dion Charles available again after suspension for their home game against Fleetwood.The striker comes back into the squad after serving a three-match ban and Stanley boss John Coleman could restore the 25-year-old to his starting line-up.Midfielders Mo Sangare (ankle) and Sean McConville (Achilles) are closing in on returns following their injury lay-offs.Coleman admits he is fac...Full Story »

Reading could hand a debut to new signing Tomas Esteves against Wycombe.Esteves arrived from Porto on loan last week and was on the bench during the Royals’ draw at Middlesbrough.Lucas Joao returned from a dislocated shoulder at the weekend and his fitness will be monitored.Felipe Araruna, Andy Yiadom and John Swift are likely to remain sidelined through injury for the Chairboys clash.Wyco...Full Story »

Paul Scholes has options if he wishes to make changes for his first home game as interim manager of Salford against bottom club Southend.Scholes’ first match in temporary charge, following the surprise sacking of Graham Alexander, was a late 1-0 defeat at Port Vale on Saturday.Centre-half Di’Shon Bernard, signed on loan from Scholes’ former club Manchester United on deadline da...Full Story »

Bradford will have Paudie O’Connor available for selection when they host Walsall in Sky Bet League Two on Tuesday.The defender was sent off at Forest Green last month but has completed his three-match ban and is available again to manager Stuart McCall.However, the Bantams are expected to be without Zeli Ismail and Gareth Evans, with the pair suffering from hamstring injuries.Both Levi Su...Full Story »

There had been a lot of rumours going around about how serious Virgil van Dijk’s injury was, so there was always going to be some hope that he’d simply had a false diagnosis and he wouldn’t be out for long. The reality is that he’s going to be out for a long time, with reports suggesting that he could miss the rest of the season. Obviously fans will be fearful in term...Full Story »

Neil Harris has urged Cardiff to maintain a clinical edge after Sheyi Ojo’s strike fired the visitors to a 1-0 win at Preston.Ojo’s first goal in England in almost three years was enough for the Bluebirds to prevail at Deepdale, with the Liverpool loanee unleashing a thunderous strike just after the break.The victory boosted Cardiff after an indifferent start to the season but mainta...Full Story »

Liverpool loanee Sheyi Ojo bagged Cardiff’s winner as they clinched a battling 1-0 win at Preston.The 23-year-old winger scored his first English League goal for 34 months as the Bluebirds edged a scrappy showdown and made it five unbeaten away from home in the league.Preston had a few good chances of their own but lacked a killer bite in front of goal as they slipped to a third league def...Full Story »

PEP GUARDIOLA drove to Manchester City's Premier League match with Arsenal in a modest electric Nissan. The car was a far cry from the supercars his players pulled up to the ground in. Man City boss Pep Guardiola was seen arriving at the Etihad in a modest electric Nissan Guardiola was filmed driving into the Etihad car park in a Nissan Leaf - which costs around £30,000 - with a notable ...Full Story »

Liverpool fear Virgil van Dijk could be out for the SEASON after breaking down in their 2-2 drawa at Everton. Van Dijk was taken to hospital after Saturday's dramatic 2-2 draw against Everton for a scan on his left knee following a dreadful challenge by Jordan Pickford early in the first half. The injury was clearly serious though Liverpool were furious at claims made by presenter Richard Keys...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola called Saturday’s 1-0 win over Arsenal an “important victory” as he admitted Manchester City are still some way short of their best.Raheem Sterling’s 23rd-minute goal proved the difference between the sides as Ederson made key saves from Bukayo Saka and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the first half.Even as Sergio Aguero clocked up 65 minutes in his first appea...Full Story »

Real Madrid suffered a shock first defeat of the LaLiga season as promoted Cadiz battled to an unexpected 1-0 win at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano.The visitors had almost snatched an early lead inside the first two minutes when Toni Kroos lost possession, which allowed Alex Fernandez to cross for Alvaro Negredo and his shot-on-the-turn was cleared off the line by Sergio Ramos.Thibaut Courtois s...Full Story »

Gareth Ainsworth could not understand why his Wycombe side had a goal disallowed at a crucial time before falling to defeat against Millwall.Not long after Jed Wallace’s penalty had cancelled out Scott Kashket’s bizarre opener – Wycombe’s first goal in the Sky Bet Championship – Joe Jacobson’s corner drifted all the way in, only for the strike to be ruled out....Full Story »

Luton boss Nathan Jones was frustrated by his side’s defending after they fell to a first home league defeat of the season against his old side Stoke.The Hatters had dominated the first half only to concede just 60 seconds into the second as Stoke’s summer signing Steven Fletcher opened his account for the club.Nick Powell added a second 10 minutes later to put the visitors 2-0 in fr...Full Story »

Boss Ian Evatt blasted his Bolton side after substitute Zak Dearnley’s stoppage-time goal earned Harry Kewell his first League Two win as Oldham manager.Dearnley kept his cool to drive an angled shot beyond Billy Crellin after breaking clear from his own half to secure a 2-1 away day success.The player, his team-mates and manager could not contain their delight but victory was well merited...Full Story »

Jake Buxton expects Kane Hemmings to blossom as a Burton striker following his first goal for the club in the 1-1 draw at Bristol Rovers.The 29-year-old summer signing opened his account for the Brewers in the 79th minute with a close-range finish after Joe Powell’s corner from the right had created a goalmouth scramble.That cancelled out James Daly’s 52nd-minute opener for Rovers af...Full Story »

Cheltenham boss Michael Duff felt his side produced a near-perfect away performance to win 2-0 at Southend.A 10th-minute penalty from Liam Sercombe and a 52nd-minute header from George Lloyd handed the Robins a comfortable victory at Roots Hall.And Duff was happy to see his side return to winning ways after suffering a surprise 3-1 defeat to Grimsby last time out.“We looked strong and it w...Full Story »

Barrow’s stand-in manager Sam Hird admitted the fall-out from boss David Dunn’s positive Covid-19 test proved “very disruptive” prior to a 1-0 defeat at Harrogate.Defender Hird, 33, was told that he and development coach Craig Rutherford would be taking charge of the Bluebirds little more than three hours before kick-off.Dunn had been isolating all week having shown tellt...Full Story »