Manchester City are closing in on the signing of midfielder Claudio Echeverri from River Plate, a source has told ESPN. City have held formal talks with the Argentine side and are nearing an agreement for the 17-year-old midfielder. If a deal is reached, it's likely that Echeverri would be loaned back to River Plate until at least the end of the Premier League season. It would be a similar arr...Full Story »

Birmingham manager Wayne Rooney admitted he could have replaced his whole team at half-time after a 3-1 Championship defeat to Stoke at St Andrew’s.First-half goals from Jordan Thompson and Lynden Gooch put Stoke 2-0 ahead and Andre Vidigal made it three before Jay Stansfield’s 69th-minute consolation as Stoke ended a nine-match winless run and moved above Blues on goal difference.Ro...Full Story »

Norwich head coach David Wagner admitted he would be having words with Borja Sainz, whose early red card potentially cost his side in the 1-0 Championship defeat against West Brom at The Hawthorns.Winger Sainz was sent off in the 34th minute for two bookable offences within five minutes – the second for a needless dissent – after twice going close to giving the Canaries the lead.Bran...Full Story »

Notts County returned to winning ways with a comfortable 3-0 League Two win over Doncaster at Meadow Lane.Two goals in the first half from Dan Crowley and Macaulay Langstaff gave the Magpies a commanding lead at the break, with Aaron Nemane adding a third early in the second half.Despite the hosts early dominance, it was Rovers who could have taken the lead when Jodi Jones was penalised for a pu...Full Story »

Daniel Farke was left disappointed by his Leeds team’s “lazy” performance after falling 2-1 to Preston in a spicy contest at Deepdale.High-fliers Leeds lost the opportunity to grab any points on the road after keeper Illan Meslier was shown a red early after the break for pushing Preston striker Milutin Osmajic in the face.With the Montenegro international rolling around on the...Full Story »

Michael Beale said his first match in charge of Sunderland “couldn’t have gone any worse” after seeing his new side humbled 3-0 at home by Coventry.The former Rangers and QPR boss was appointed as Tony Mowbray’s permanent successor at the start of the week but saw his team finish well beaten on home soil following goals from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Callum O’Hare and Kas...Full Story »

Solihull Moors ended their four-match losing run in the Vanarama National League by coming from behind to win 2-1 at Oxford City.The match appeared to be heading for a draw with neither side able to seize control, only for City’s Zac McEachran to strike in the 59th minute.The goal came after slick build-up play with McEachran and Josh Parker combining in a one-two that carved the visiting ...Full Story »

Dominic Solanke completed a last-gasp hat-trick to earn Bournemouth a 3-2 win at Nottingham Forest and ruin Nuno Espirito Santo’s first game in charge at the City Ground.Forest had looked like overcoming the controversial first-half red card of Willy Boly to earn a worthy point after Chris Wood had headed them level in the 74th minute.But Solanke, who had earlier scored twice in seven minu...Full Story »

Norwich moved to within two points of the Championship play-off zone with a comfortable 2-0 win over lowly Huddersfield at Carrow Road.The Canaries were dominant throughout and finally made their superiority count with second-half goals from Sam McCallum, his first for the club, and Borja Sainz.The win made it five in eight games for David Wagner’s in-form side, who suddenly look like genu...Full Story »

Accrington moved to within a point of the play-off places in Sky Bet League Two with a 2-1 win over Walsall.The Saddlers had won their previous two league games but goals from Tommy Leigh and Joe Pritchard secured victory for Stanley.The home side took the lead after nine minutes when Pritchard charged forward and Jackson Smith could only push his shot into the path of Leigh, who slotted home hi...Full Story »

Manchester United are said to be very unlikely to keep Sofyan Amrabat at the end of the season. The midfielder, who plays for Morocco at international level, arrived in the summer from Fiorentina. United signed a loan with an option to buy agreement with the Italian club. The Red Devils are likely to let that lone expire without signing Amrabat permanently, per The Sun. An insider said, pe...Full Story »

Rangers moved to within two points of cinch Premiership leaders Celtic with a comfortable 2-0 win over 10-man St Johnstone at Ibrox.Philippe Clement, who had picked up his first trophy as Rangers boss on Sunday after the 1-0 Viaplay Cup final win over Aberdeen at Hampden Park, watched helplessly as luckless striker Kemar Roofe went off after just 16 minutes with another injury.However, replaceme...Full Story »

Everton manager Sean Dyche insists he is more concerned with the mentality shown by players in choosing to take a penalty in a shoot-out than he is by the style employed.The Toffees exited the Carabao Cup on spot-kicks for the fourth time in six years after Amadou Onana’s weak, placed effort to put them through with their fifth and final regulation effort was saved by Fulham’s Bernd ...Full Story »

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Pep Guardiola has challenged his Manchester City players to "close a little circle" and win a clean sweep of trophies under his management with the Club World Cup. City have won the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, Super Cup and the Community Shield since Guardiola took over as manager in 2016. The only one missing is the Club World Cup, whic...Full Story »

West Brom head coach Carlos Corberan was frustrated as Stoke held his side to a 1-1 Sky Bet Championship draw at the Hawthorns.The Baggies had to settle for a point against their managerless visitors, who frustrated their hosts.Lynden Gooch gave Stoke a surprise lead after 12 minutes when his cross looped over Alex Palmer and into the net.Brandon Thomas-Asante restored parity after 35 minutes bu...Full Story »

Morecambe manager Ged Brannan admitted he had mixed feelings after on-loan Burnley striker Michael Mellon netted twice in the 5-0 demolition of Doncaster.The 20-year-old moved to 13 goals in League Two for the season with his brace in Brannan’s first win in charge of the Shrimps.While delighted with the overall performance, he fears Mellon’s hot streak in front of goal may count agai...Full Story »

Phil Parkinson praised a “colossus effort” from Wrexham after they beat his former club Colchester 2-1 despite playing for more than an hour with only 10 men.Wrexham had taken a fourth-minute lead through Elliot Lee, who fired home at the second attempt from eight yards, following Ben Tozer’s long throw.But the hosts’ George Evans was sent off in the 26th minute following...Full Story »

Brendan Rodgers felt compelled to apologise to the Celtic fans for the first time after a performance as he admitted his side lacked desire in a 2-0 home defeat by Hearts.A free header from Lawrence Shankland and Stephen Kingsley’s 25-yard free-kick put Hearts two ahead inside 30 minutes and there was little sign of a Celtic comeback as they fell to consecutive league defeats for the first...Full Story »

Arbroath ended a run of seven successive Scottish Championship defeats with a 2-1 victory at Inverness.The Red Lichties took the lead in the 29th minute when Jay Bird fired left-footed into the bottom corner from Scott Stewart’s cross for his seventh goal of the season.Billy Mckay maintained his fine form by levelling for Inverness 10 minutes later with a neat finish from Cameron Harper&rs...Full Story »

Goals in each half from Kane Thompson-Sommers and Millenic Alli earned FC Halifax a 2-0 win at Gateshead and moved them a point behind their opponents.The away side opened the scoring 10 minutes before the break when Thompson-Sommers fired in a superb curling effort.Gateshead almost found an instant equaliser but Regan Booty’s first-time effort from inside the box was blocked on the line.H...Full Story »