Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has hinted the club are ready to make a move for Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic. Arsenal are reportedly leading the way in the race to sign Vlahovic if he were to leave Fiorentina this month. And Arteta has not ruled out major signings in this window. Vlahovic has scored 16 goals in 19 Serie A appearances so far this season to back up his fine campaign in front of g...Full Story »

Manchester United are less than six months away from seeing midfielder Paul Pogba leave the club for free. The Red Devils, who resigned the French midfielder from Juventus back in 2016, have endured an up and down five years. Pogba, 28, along with his Mino Raiola led entourage have been a frequent thorn in his employer’s side. The French World Cup winner’s super-agent has never ...Full Story »

Newcastle United have completed the signing of Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid, the club announced on Friday. The England full-back returns to the Premier League after a successful two-and-a-half year spell in Spain. The defender has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal and becomes Newcastle's first signing since being taken over by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund...Full Story »

Elgin extended their unbeaten run in Scottish League Two to four matches after holding Edinburgh to a 2-2 draw at Ainslie Park.The point lifts Elgin, who twice led through goals in either half from Matthew Cooper and Kane Hester, 11 points clear of bottom club Cowdenbeath.Cooper turned home Russell Dingwall’s cross in the 14th minute but Edinburgh hit back before the interval through ...Full Story »

Rodolfo Borrell insisted Manchester City take the FA Cup “very seriously” after they comfortably beat League Two Swindon 4-1 to book their place in the fourth round.Bernardo Silva struck first in the 14th minute to open the scoring before Gabriel Jesus capitalised on a defensive error just before the half-hour mark.In the second half, City controlled the game and Ilkay Gundogan added...Full Story »

Manchester City comfortably beat League Two Swindon 4-1 to book their place in the FA Cup fourth round.Bernardo Silva struck first in the 14th minute to open the scoring before Gabriel Jesus capitalised on a defensive error just before the half-hour mark.In the second half, City controlled the game and Ilkay Gundogan added to the score with a direct free-kick in the 59th minute as they finished ...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest have been boosted for Sunday’s visit of Arsenal by the midweek arrivals of Steve Cook and Keinan Davis.The duo moved to the City Ground from Bournemouth and Aston Villa respectively and could make their debuts in the FA Cup third-round tie.Boss Steve Cooper will welcome their additions after Monday’s scheduled match with Barnsley was postponed due to ...Full Story »

Morgan Whittaker is set to go straight into the Lincoln line-up for their Sky Bet League One clash with Oxford.Whittaker signed on loan from Swansea on New Year’s Day and is now available for selection after completing an isolation period following a positive coronavirus test.Captain Liam Bridcutt is still struggling to fully recover from a knee injury and is rated at 50-50 by boss Michael...Full Story »

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is a doubt for Monday’s FA Cup third round clash against Aston Villa.The 28-year-old centre-back missed the 1-0 home loss to Wolves through injury and has yet to start training again.Fellow defender Victor Lindelof returned to training on Thursday after testing positive for coronavirus, but Paul Pogba (thigh) remains sidelined.Eric Bailly and Hanniba...Full Story »

Mansfield manager Nigel Clough is hopeful that a trio of players can return for his side’s FA Cup clash with Middlesbrough.Clough is hoping George Lapslie, Stephen Quinn and Harry Charsley can return to the fold after missing the 3-2 win against Hartlepool on Boxing Day.The Stags have had their last two games postponed due to Covid and Clough admitted his team have had “a couple more...Full Story »

Tottenham will be without Son Heung-min for the visit of League One Morecambe.The South Korean picked up a muscle injury against Chelsea in midweek and is out for the remainder of Spurs’ January fixtures.Harry Kane will be rested as Antonio Conte looks set to give his fringe players a run.A couple of unnamed players could still miss out with Covid-19 while Cristian Romero, Ryan Sessegnon a...Full Story »

A Covid-19 outbreak which caused the shut-down of first-team training for 48 hours will impact the side Liverpool put out at home to Shrewsbury in the third round of the FA Cup.It was likely a number of fringe players would have featured regardless but with only the academy sides able to train over the last couple of days, the reliance on youngsters is likely to be greater.That means the likes o...Full Story »

Newport welcome back Mickey Demetriou and Joe Day for their League Two clash with Salford.Goalkeeper Day and defender Demetriou have completed their Covid-19 isolation periods having missed last weekend’s draw with Walsall.That match yielded no new injury concerns, while Priestley Farquharson made his first appearance since suffering a knee injury in September and will hope for more minute...Full Story »

West Ham are still without injured defenders Kurt Zouma and Angelo Ogbonna for the visit of Leeds.Full-back Aaron Creswell could miss out again due to a back problem.Boss David Moyes also confirmed there are “one or two” Covid cases in the Hammers camp.Alphonse Areola could replace Lukasz Fabianski in goal as he has in the previous cup competitions.Leeds have suffered a fresh injury ...Full Story »

Boreham Wood boss Luke Garrard has been given a selection boost as the National League side look to reach the FA Cup fourth round for the first time in their history.Defender Will Evans will be available to return to the side to face AFC Wimbledon after completing the suspension he received in last month’s win at Woking.Goalkeeper Taye Ashby-Hammond will retain his place after the club sec...Full Story »

Swansea boss Russell Martin hopes to have a number of players back from Covid-related absences for Saturday’s FA Cup third-round tie with Southampton.The Swans have not played since December 11 after seeing Sky Bet Championship games against QPR, Millwall, Luton and Fulham postponed.Martin will still have some absentees due to health and safety protocols around returning to training and pl...Full Story »

Andreas Christensen could return after back trouble to ease Chelsea’s defensive issues in Saturday’s FA Cup third-round clash with non-league Chesterfield.Thiago Silva and N’Golo Kante will continue Covid isolation, while Trevoh Chalobah (thigh), Ben Chilwell (knee) and Reece James (hamstring) remain out of action.Cesar Azpilicueta avoided any injury in the midweek win ove...Full Story »

Wolves boss Bruno Lage is expected to make some changes for their FA Cup tie against Sheffield United.John Ruddy is likely to deputise for Jose Sa in goal while the likes of Ki-Jana Hoever and Fabio Silva could also be handed rare starting places. Rayan Ait-Nouri is fit again after a groin problem and the French defender could get his first outing for a month on Sunday.Lage, a former assistant m...Full Story »

Jamie Vardy and Jonny Evans have been ruled out until March and April respectively to add to Leicester’s injury woes ahead of the FA Cup game with Watford.The pair have hamstring injuries and Evans has undergone surgery to fix his problem.The hosts will also be without the injured Patson Daka, Ryan Bertrand, Ricardo Pereira, James Justin, Wesley Fofana and Caglar Soyuncu.Boubakary Soumare,...Full Story »

Cardiff defender Aden Flint has been cleared to feature in Sunday’s FA Cup third-round match against Preston after his red card in last weekend’s 1-1 draw at West Brom was overturned.Bluebirds striker Kieffer Moore remains sidelined due to an ankle issue and a positive coronavirus test, while midfielder Leandro Bacuna is in the middle of a three-game ban.Midfielder Ryan Wintle is exp...Full Story »