Declan Rice has no intention of signing a new West Ham contract this season regardless of the offer as the midfielder looks for a move to a Champions League club. The Hammers have offered the 23-year-old multiple new deals, including a jaw-dropping offer worth £200,000-a-week that would run for eight years, states Football Insider. The England international’s current deal at the Lon...Full Story »

Rochdale climbed out of the League Two relegation zone after a narrow 2-1 victory against Barrow at Spotland.The home side went close to an opening goal with Liam Kelly’s cross headed into the side-netting by Scott Quigley at the back post.Dale made the breakthrough in the 18th minute as Kelly curled a shot beyond Paul Farman in the Barrow goal.Joshua Gordon headed the ball onto the roof o...Full Story »

Aberdeen have close to a full squad for the cinch Premiership visit of Hearts.Midfielder Callum Roberts (hamstring) is the Dons’ only absentee.Cammy Devlin is suspended for a Hearts team whose injury problems escalated during their 5-1 defeat by Fiorentina on Thursday.Australia full-back Nathaniel Atkinson is a major doubt after aggravating a foot injury.Josh Ginnelly, Michael Smith and Ga...Full Story »

Chelsea are reportedly ready to try again for the potential transfer of Bayern Munich full-back Benjamin Pavard after looking at him in the summer. The France international will decide his future after the World Cup, but has been tempted to try playing in the Premier League at some point and could get that opportunity with Chelsea, according to Todo Fichajes. Pavard has had a fine career for...Full Story »

Scottish football’s European struggles continued as Hearts suffered a 5-1  defeat by Fiorentina in Italy.Hearts at least steadied the ship in the second half in the Europa Conference League in Florence after appearing to be on course for the sort of 7-1 thrashing handed out to Rangers 24 hours earlier by Liverpool.Stephen Humphrys made it 4-1 early in the second half to give about 4,0...Full Story »

Arsenal’s fine start to the season continued as Bukayo Saka hit the only goal of the game to see off Bodo/Glimt and put the Gunners in charge of their Europa League group.Mikel Arteta’s sit top of the Premier League and made it 11 wins from 12 in all competitions with a 1-0 victory in Norway.The Spaniard opted for a strong line-up, naming seven full internationals with the prospect o...Full Story »

Barcelona look set to miss out on the Champions League knockout stage for the second consecutive season after failing to beat Inter. WHAT HAPPENED? After a summer of pulling financial levers to compete with Europe's elite clubs, Barcelona are close to falling at the first hurdle in the Champions League. They shared six goals with Inter at Camp Nou and despite a late comeback, the Blaugrana's ...Full Story »

Substitute Mohamed Salah grabbed the fastest hat-trick in Champions League history as Liverpool thrashed Rangers 7-1 to complete a double over the beleaguered Light Blues.Jurgen Klopp’s side had cantered to a 2-0 win over a tentative Gers side at Anfield last Tuesday but there was initially more fight about the Gers this time and they took the lead in the 17th minute with a Scott Arfield d...Full Story »

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou admitted it was the same old story as his side’s hopes of Champions League progress ended with defeat by RB Leipzig.The Scottish champions again missed a series of chances as they fell to a 2-0 home defeat against the German side.Goals in the final 15 minutes from Timo Werner and Emil Forsberg left Celtic with one point from four matches and with no chance o...Full Story »

Michael Tidser scored the only goal of the game as Kelty Hearts beat Queen of the South to claim their third win in cinch League One.Tidser fired home from the edge of the box in the 34th minute while the visitors were denied an equaliser late on when Ewan Bange headed just wide.In League Two, Bonnyrigg Rose ended a four-match losing streak as goals from George Hunter and Kieran Mitchell earned ...Full Story »

Reece James handed England a World Cup injury scare as Chelsea went top of Champions League Group E with a 2-0 win over 10-man AC Milan.James cut a dejected figure when trudging off midway through the second half with an apparent leg problem, adding to both Chelsea and England’s injury concerns.Jorginho’s penalty and a fine Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang finish sealed Chelsea’s four...Full Story »

Celtic’s hopes of Champions League progression ended on Tuesday night after RB Leipzig hit two late goals at Parkhead.Former Chelsea forward Timo Werner headed the opener in the 75th minute and Emil Forsberg sealed a 2-0 away win nine minutes later.The defeat leaves Celtic bottom of Group F with one point from four matches and with no chance of making second place following Shakhtar Donets...Full Story »

Dundee United finally secured their first cinch Premiership win of the season with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Aberdeen at Tannadice.The Tangerines established a two-goal lead, netting twice just before half-time through Aziz Behich – the Australian’s first for the club – and Tony Watt.The Dons mounted a big fightback at the start of the second half but United netted a thi...Full Story »

Brendan Rodgers has “no doubt” he is the right man to resurrect lowly Leicester’s fortunes after a second-half collapse at Bournemouth piled pressure back on his position.Patson Daka fired the struggling Foxes into a 10th-minute lead at Vitality Stadium but they blew the chance to move out of the Premier League relegation zone by slipping to a 2-1 loss.Under-fire City manager R...Full Story »

Paul Hurst admits his Grimsby players will need to improve during upcoming games despite sweeping rock-bottom Crawley aside with a 3-0 victory at Blundell Park.Goals from Anthony Glennon, Gavan Holohan and Ryan Taylor did the damage as Grimsby picked up maximum points for the first time at home this season.Crawley had a goal disallowed for offside when the score was 1-0 and it proved to be a tel...Full Story »

Matt Bloomfield said he was “proud as punch” after securing his first league win as Colchester boss with a 2-1 triumph over Harrogate.The U’s took an eighth-minute lead when Kwesi Appiah latched on to Tom Dallison’s long punt forward and touched the ball past goalkeeper Pete Jameson before tapping home.And Frank Nouble doubled the advantage in the 37th minute, converting ...Full Story »

Colchester secured their first League Two win under new boss Matt Bloomfield with a 2-1 victory over visitors Harrogate.The hosts went ahead in the eighth minute when Kwesi Appiah latched on to Tom Dallison’s long punt forward and touched the ball past goalkeeper Pete Jameson before tapping into the empty net.Frank Nouble came close to making it 2-0 in the 23rd minute when his far-post hea...Full Story »

Two goals from Jordan Roberts ensured that Stevenage moved to the top of the League Two table as they recorded a 2-0 victory at home to Swindon.Roberts scored in each half to ensure the Boro’s unbeaten home run in the league now stretches to 10 games.The home side took the lead when Roberts stooped at the back post to nod home Danny Rose’s hooked cross after the visitors failed to cl...Full Story »

High-flying Norwich were beaten for the first time in 10 games as Preston came away from Carrow Road with a hard-fought 3-2 win.The visitors, who had only scored four goals all season before this fixture, almost doubled their tally in the space of 90 minutes after going behind to a well-taken early goal from Josh Sargent.Emil Riis equalised midway through the first half with a powerful header an...Full Story »

Grimsby picked up their first home win in League Two this season with a 3-0 victory that leaves opponents Crawley propping up the division.Anthony Glennon opened the scoring at Blundell Park with a stunning early free-kick before goals from Gavan Holohan and Ryan Taylor sealed the three points in the second half.Grimsby could hardly have wished for a better perfect start as Glennon curled his sh...Full Story »