Serial Europa League winner and ex-Arsenal manager Unai Emery is edging closer to be given the Newcastle United job, according to reports. Emery now leads a two-man list, with Bournemouth legend Eddie Howe the second-choice behind the Basque boss, now at Villarreal. Newcastle are thought to be sorting personal terms with Emery ahead of his move, which includes agreeing to pay him as much mon...Full Story »

Sunderland boss Lee Johnson is confident his side can get their League One automatic-promotion bid back on track after a third consecutive defeat.Having lost 1-0 at home to Charlton and 5-1 at Rotherham, the Black Cats went down 3-0 to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.Theo Corbeanu, Florian Kamberi and Lee Gregory struck for the Owls to leave Sunderland fifth, five points off second-placed Pl...Full Story »

Three goals in five second-half minutes from Luton saw Middlesbrough boss Neil Warnock beaten on his record-breaking 1,602nd match as a manager.With Warnock overtaking Dario Gradi’s record of most games managing English league clubs, he saw Boro go ahead through 18-year-old striker Josh Coburn on his full debut.But Sonny Bradley, Elijah Adebayo and Harry Cornick struck to condemn Boro to a...Full Story »

Rotherham missed the chance to move second in League One after Conor Washington’s late goal secured Charlton a 1-1 draw at the Valley.Mickel Miller had fired the Millers ahead in the first half before Washington struck seven minutes from time.Both sides threatened without scoring in the opening stages, with Washington glancing a header wide while Michael Ihiekwe had a header of his own loo...Full Story »

Sunderland’s League One automatic-promotion bid suffered another blow as Sheffield Wednesday condemned them to a third consecutive defeat with a 3-0 win at Hillsborough.Having lost 1-0 at home to Charlton and 5-1 at Rotherham, the Black Cats went down to goals from Theo Corbeanu, Florian Kamberi and Lee Gregory.Corbeanu opened the scoring in the 13th minute, curling a low shot beyond Thorb...Full Story »

Cheltenham defender Lewis Freestone scored his first career goal as they held Portsmouth to a 1-1 draw at Fratton Park.The visitors struck first after six minutes when Freestone capitalised on Pompey midfielder Louis Thompson’s mis-hit a clearance from a corner.Portsmouth levelled the game on 31 minutes through Reeco Hackett.Scott Flinders punched away a cross to deny John Marquis from clo...Full Story »

Joseph Laumann will take charge of Barnsley for the first time as the Championship’s bottom two sides prepare to meet at Oakwell.Laumann has stepped in for two games on a caretaker basis following the dismissal of Markus Schopp this week after seven successive defeats.Striker Carlton Morris continues to be absent with a knee injury while Callum Styles is also a doubt as he battles to recov...Full Story »

Manchester City midfielder Rodrigo Hernandez has once again proved he is not your typical footballer by completing a degree in business administration and management. The Spaniard enrolled on a Business Studies and Economics course at Castellon University and stayed in student accomodation while he was playing professionally in La Liga for Villarreal. And even as his career has progressed to...Full Story »

Eden Hazard is ready to fight for his place at Real Madrid. Marca says despite rumours of a potential departure due to his poor form this season, Eden Hazard is not willing to leave Real Madrid in the winter transfer window. The Belgium international has yet to rediscover his form at Los Blancos, but he is aware that to achieve his goal of establishing himself in the starting line-up he shou...Full Story »

Word stemming from the media on Monday night suggests that the Antonio Conte to Tottenham saga has reached its conclusion. Nuno out/Conte in Speculation hinting at the potential arrival of serial winner Conte in north London has of course proven rampant over the day to date. This comes with Daniel Levy and co. having pulled the trigger on the dismissal of Nuno Espirito Santo, just four mont...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper could name an unchanged team against Sheffield United.The Reds battled impressively to score deep into stoppage time and snatch a draw at QPR on Friday night.Loic Mbe Soh is closing on a return from a thigh injury but the game will come too soon for the defender.Loanee Jordi Osei-Tutu (hamstring) is still rehabilitating with parent club Arsenal and has not eve...Full Story »

Peterborough striker Jonson Clarke-Harris is in contention to start as the Posh welcome Huddersfield to the Weston Homes Stadium on Tuesday.The 27-year-old, top scorer in League One last season, came on as a second-half substitute in Saturday’s 3-0 loss at Swansea and may start for the first time since serving a four-match ban for historic offensive social media posts.Harrison Burrows was ...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday defender Dominic Iorfa is a doubt for Tuesday night’s League One clash with Sunderland.Iorfa missed the Owls’ 2-2 draw with Cheltenham at the weekend after sustaining a knock, and manager Darren Moore told the club website his chances of being involved against the Black Cats are 50/50.Sam Hutchinson is also being assessed after sustaining a muscle problem and has ...Full Story »

Viktor Gyokeres is set to lead the Coventry attack and attempt to show what former club Swansea missed out on last season.Gyokeres made only two league starts during a disappointing three-month loan spell in south Wales, but the Sweden striker has scored nine goals in 15 appearances since making a permanent switch to Coventry from Brighton in July.Coventry are fourth in the Sky Bet Championship ...Full Story »

Former Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham and Sevilla star, Javier Hernandez, has opened up on the depression that has caused his marriage to Sarah Kohan to end. Now plying his trade at Major League Soccer outfit, LA Galaxy, the ‘Little Pea’ discussed the issues surrounding his grandfather’s death and how that affected the rest of his life. “I ...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund are 'confident' of keeping Erling Haaland next season. The Norway striker has been linked with a number of clubs after becoming a bonafide star in Germany. Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Real Madrid have all been linked with Haaland. But according to Bayern Munich legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Dortmund chief Hans-Joachim Watzke believes he can r...Full Story »

A furious Jose Mourinho stormed out of his post-match interview after Roma's 2-1 defeat against AC Milan out of fear that he "won't be on the touchline next week". Mourinho's 43-game unbeaten home record in Serie A is over following the loss at Stadio Olimpico, in which his Giallorossi side fell a goal behind after 25 minutes. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who previously played under the Special One at ...Full Story »

Xavi's arrival at the Camp Nou dugout could take longer than expected, despite Joan Laporta getting to work on it as soon as the decision was taken to dismiss Ronald Koeman. Both parties want a deal to be done, but Xavi's current club, Al Sadd, are reluctant to allow the Catalan coach to depart. As MARCA have been told, the Qatari club are angry with how Barcelona have treated the deal as do...Full Story »

David Moyes reflected on a great week for West Ham but refused to get carried away after victory at Aston Villa left the club in the Premier League’s top four.Hammers boss Moyes saw his team defeat London rivals Tottenham last weekend and reach the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup with a penalty shoot-out victory against Manchester City, before a 4-1 rout of 10-man Villa took the Hammers ...Full Story »

Brighton came from two goals down to secure a deserved point and deny Liverpool victory in an incident-packed game at Anfield. Captain Jordan Henderson fired the Reds ahead from 18 yards moments after Alisson had denied Solly March at the other end following Leandro Trossard's defence-splitting pass. Yves Bissouma, making his first start since 19 September after recovering from a knee injury...Full Story »