Manchester United made a £100m attempt for West Ham United captain Declan Rice last summer. They eventually landed on Brazilian Casemiro, 30, as he arrived at Old Trafford from Real Madrid for £70m. But according to talkSPORT, United were not so lucky when it came to their mammoth offer for Rice as West Ham turned down £100m. And the reports are that it will take £120m p...Full Story »

Harry Kane is heading into the final year of his contract but Spurs have decided they will not sell their captain to another Premier League club. WHAT HAPPENED? Manchester United hold a strong interest in signing Kane in the summer transfer window but may be forced to look elsewhere. Tottenham have already decided they will not sell their captain to another Premier League team, according to T...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola insisted there was a long way to go in the Premier League title race but conceded Manchester City had missed an opportunity following their 1-0 defeat at Tottenham.Harry Kane’s record-breaking goal in the 15th minute earned Spurs a third win from their last four matches against the Premier League champions, who could have closed the gap on leaders Arsenal to two points.It pro...Full Story »

Harry Kane’s record-breaking goal fired 10-man Tottenham to a 1-0 win over Manchester City to further dent the champions’ titles hopes.Kane slotted home after quarter of an hour to break the deadlock and move past Jimmy Greaves as Spurs’ all-time leading marksman, having gone level with the late forward against Fulham two weeks ago.It proved enough to keep up Tottenham’s ...Full Story »

Keylor Navas immediately showed his class on his Nottingham Forest debut as he helped his new club to a 1-0 win over Leeds in a crunch clash at the bottom of the Premier League.The three-time Champions League winner with Real Madrid was part of Forest’s recruitment drive in January, making a loan switch from Paris St Germain, and he produced a string of saves in the first half to keep Leed...Full Story »

Chelsea head coach Graham Potter has provided his response to the recent jibes of his counterparts at Liverpool and Manchester City, regarding the club’s January spending. The subject of Chelsea’s winter reinforcement drive, of course, has proven the headline talking point in the English game for several weeks now. This comes with the Blues, on the back of a nightmare first-half ...Full Story »

David Moyes says England midfielder Declan Rice will blow the British transfer record “out of the water” if he ever leaves West Ham.The 24-year-old turned in a superb individual display as the Hammers fought back to claim a 1-1 draw at in-form Newcastle.Chelsea this week set a new mark of £106.8million in bringing in World Cup winner Enzo Fernandez from Benfica, but Moyes belie...Full Story »

Debutant Eoghan O’Connell scored a late winner as promotion-chasing Wrexham maintained their challenge at the top of the Vanarama National League with a 2-1 win at Altrincham.The hosts had looked like claiming a point after Miles Welch-Hayes cancelled out Ollie Palmer’s opener in the 81st minute but O’Connell had the final say five minutes later.Altrincham had the best chance o...Full Story »

Lucas Paqueta dented Newcastle’s Premier League charge as West Ham came from behind to draw at St James’ Park.The 25-year-old Brazilian, a summer target for the Magpies, clinched a 1-1 draw with a 32nd-minute equaliser after Callum Wilson had ended his 10-game drought with an early strike.A point was no more than the Hammers deserved after recovering from a dreadful start in front of...Full Story »

Oldham slid deeper into National League relegation trouble as they fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat at home to Halifax.Striker Emmanuel Dieseruvwe scored midway through the second half for the visitors, following up on the rebound after goalkeeper Magnus Norman had saved his penalty.Mike Fondop-Talum had earlier been sent off for Oldham over an off-the-ball incident.It leaves the home team in serious...Full Story »

New manager Sabri Lamouchi wants Cardiff to show more aggression if they are to move clear of the Sky Bet Championship relegation zone following a 1-0 defeat at Hull.Cyrus Christie’s 62nd-minute goal left the visitors – without a league win since November 5 – two points adrift of the bottom three, though Lamouchi was left rueful of Callum Robinson’s first-half penalty mis...Full Story »

Nathan Jones came out fighting after Southampton’s fans turned on him during the 3-0 defeat at Brentford, vowing to stamp his authority on the club.The Saints boss, appointed in November to steer them away from relegation, faced chants of ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’ and ‘get out of our club’ after they were left rooted to the foot of the table.After...Full Story »

Darrell Clarke challenged his Port Vale players to show “who is up for it” when they host Accrington in midweek following a “naive” performance in defeat by Wycombe on Saturday.Wycombe eventually cruised to what manager Gareth Ainsworth termed a “bittersweet win”, owing to his Vale connections, the visitors scoring three unanswered goals to move three points b...Full Story »

Both managers were happy to settle for a point after Northampton and Walsall played out a hard-fought 0-0 draw at Sixfields.The home side edged a scrappy first half before Walsall turned the tables in the second, but goalmouth action was at a premium throughout.Tom Knowles poked Walsall’s best chance wide of the target just after half-time, while Northampton had to wait until the final min...Full Story »

Bottom side Hamilton secured a much-needed point from a 1-1 cinch Championship draw at home to Dundee.On-loan Hearts midfielder Connor Smith handed the hosts an early lead as he picked out the top corner with a long-range strike after just five minutes of his home debut.Dundee began to dominate possession and Jordan McGhee came close to equalising after the half-hour mark although he headed just...Full Story »

Gillingham boss Neil Harris was thrilled with his side’s second-half response after sealing a 1-0 win over Crawley.Shaun Williams struck in the 48th minute to secure victory for the Gills, who still sit 23rd in Sky Bet League Two but have won three of their last four matches.Crawley had arguably been the better team in the first half, and Harris was pleased to see his side adjust in the se...Full Story »

Boreham Wood boosted their National League play-off hopes with a 1-0 victory over top-seven rivals Chesterfield.Nathan Ashmore kept Wood, coming off the back of two consecutive wins, in the game after an early Chesterfield blitz.After a reflex parry kept out a deflected effort, the goalkeeper produced a brilliant triple save and then tipped Jamie Grimes’ header over the crossbar.Ryan Colcl...Full Story »

In-form Gillingham extended their unbeaten run to four games as veteran midfielder Shaun Williams scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over Crawley.Crawley picked up from where they left off in last week’s victory over Salford, as Tom Fellows almost put them in front within 30 seconds when unmarked at the back post.Newly-appointed Town captain Ben Gladwin rounded Glenn Morris before the ex-C...Full Story »

Kyle Dempsey scored the only goal of the game as Bolton boosted their Sky Bet League One promotion hopes with a 1-0 win at home to Cheltenham.Dempsey’s curling right-foot shot 10 minutes from time ended an afternoon of frustration for Wanderers, beaten only once in their last 10 league outings.Cheltenham won the reverse fixture by the same scoreline last October and their game management r...Full Story »

Two late goals capped an incredible comeback by Birmingham as they snatched a dramatic 4-3 win against Swansea.American centre-back Austin Trusty was the hero, glancing in a header off a Hannibal Mejbri corner to leave home fans at the Swansea.com Stadium in disbelief.Going into the last minute of normal time the Swans appeared to be cruising to three points after dominating most of the match.A ...Full Story »