Liverpool lead race for £90m Jude Bellingham with Erling Haaland saga boosting hopes Liverpool have not been put off by a £90m price tag slapped on Jude Bellingham by Borussia Dortmund, and are making plans to bring him to Anfield next summer while their rivals focus on Erling Haaland Liverpool are pushing ahead in their quest to sign Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund with the E...Full Story »

The France striker's quick-fire double set PSG on their way and added his name to the record books Kylian Mbappe reached another milestone in his already glittering career by becoming the youngest player to reach 30 Champions League goals, breaking the previous record held by PSG team-mate Lionel Messi. The France striker needed just 70 seconds to open the scoring against Club Brugge at Parc...Full Story »

American youngster training with ArsenalColorado Rapids youngster Dantouma Toure is training with Arsenal, reports American Soccer Now. The 17-year-old winger is spending the MLS offseason training with several European teams most recently at Ranges. And Toure, who was born in Guinea but has played for the U.S. at the youth level, is now training with Arsenal after making his MLS debut in Ju...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Darren Moore hailed goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell after the 10-man Owls earned a 0-0 draw at Portsmouth.Peacock-Farrell made a number of fine saves as Wednesday survived the dismissal of Massimo Luongo to escape with a point.Moore said: “Bailey made tonight look easy with his positional sense.“I’m really pleased with how the game went. It is diff...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was delighted with the way his much-changed side dealt with AC Milan in the San Siro to set a new record by becoming the first English club to win all six Champions League group matches.Goals from Mohamed Salah, his 20th of the season, and Divock Origi secured a 2-1 win after Fikayo Tomori’s 29th-minute opener.Klopp had made eight changes from the last-gasp w...Full Story »

Tranmere boss Micky Mellon was delighted to see his side bounce back in style with a dramatic 1-0 victory at struggling Oldham.Rovers were thumped 4-0 at Leyton Orient in the FA Cup on Saturday, but they produced an impressive response, with Charlie Jolley slotting home a 90th-minute winner at Boundary Park.Mellon, whose side are two points off the League Two play-offs, said: “We needed to...Full Story »

Leyton Orient manager Kenny Jackett could not disguise his satisfaction after watching his side inflict a 4-1 defeat on fellow promotion chasers Swindon.The visitors had arrived with the best away record in League Two having won seven and drawn two of their nine matches and only conceded seven goals  on the road but they were put to the sword by Orient duo Harry Smith and Aaron Drinan.Both ...Full Story »

Northampton boss Jon Brady said his players did what they set out to do by ending Exeter’s 20-match unbeaten home record with a 2-1 win at St James Park.Jack Sowerby’s deflected shot put the Cobblers in front, but Padraig Amond headed Exeter level five minutes after the restart.However, Northampton won it on 74 minutes when they were awarded a soft free kick that Exeter felt shouldn&...Full Story »

Rotherham manager Paul Warne felt his rampant side could have scored even more in their 5-1 hammering of Gillingham.Warne’s team are now 19 games unbeaten but had to come from behind to smash former manager Steve Evans’ side, who were also reduced to 10 men.The visitors raced ahead on five minutes with their first goal in five games. It came from a well-worked move featuring Stuart O...Full Story »

Newport manager James Rowberry admitted his team’s 3-2 win had been a “rollercoaster” while Sutton head coach Matt Gray was left feeling “physically sick” by the last-gasp defeat.In a see-saw League Two encounter on a freezing cold Rodney Parade night, Sutton went to the break 2-0 to the good despite a red card for their captain Craig Eastmond.Two stunning goals fro...Full Story »

Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth believed his team were at their best during the first half of their 2-1 victory against Burton.The Chairboys looked like a team feeling the benefits of a 10-day break as they controlled the first 45 minutes at Adams Park before holding out to move up to second in Sky Bet League One, behind leaders Rotherham on goal difference.By contrast, Burton struggled to shak...Full Story »

John Yems praised his ‘walking wounded’ Crawley players after they ground out a 1-1 draw at Walsall.The Red Devils have a dozen first-team players missing through injury while top scorer Kwesi Appiah was absent through illness and Jake Hessenthaler also limped off in the first half.Despite that, they responded instantly to going behind to Brendan Kiernan’s cool finish as Tom Ni...Full Story »

Joey Barton admitted his Bristol Rovers side had to be more disciplined after they finished the 2-1 defeat to third-placed Port Vale with nine men.Sam Finley was dismissed for an off-the-ball incident in the 15th minute and Cian Harries was red-carded for a 77th-minute foul on Ben Garrity that denied a scoring opportunity.Vale led 2-0 at the break thanks to Garrity, who volleyed home from the ed...Full Story »

Paul Tisdale admitted his Stevenage side have “serious work to do” if they are to climb away from the League Two danger zone following their 1-1 draw with fellow strugglers Scunthorpe.Boro got off to a flyer in the 48-year-old’s first league game in charge as Luke Norris curled home a fine sixth-minute strike but it was quickly cancelled out by Myles Hippolyte’s close-ran...Full Story »

Lee Johnson celebrated his one-year anniversary as Sunderland manager in style as his side thrashed Morecambe 5-0.Johnson marked 12 months in the Stadium of Light hot-seat on Sunday and while his side were unable to serve up a victory at the weekend as they drew with Oxford, they turned on the style three days later to climb to third in the League One table, just two points behind leaders Rother...Full Story »

Stephen Crainey was non-committal on his future after his first victory as Fleetwood’s interim manager.After watching his team dismantle 10-man Bolton 3-0, helped by Harrison Biggins’ late double, the Scot was happier talking about Fleetwood’s badly-needed three points.“There is no update,” he said after Town moved to within one point of Sky Bet League One safety wi...Full Story »

Thrilled Cambridge boss Mark Bonner described his side’s thumping 5-0 win at Cheltenham as a “big result”.Joe Ironside scored a second-half hat-trick as the U’s thrashed the only team to finish above them in Sky Bet League Two last season as both clubs made the step up to the third tier.“Few teams will win here and score that many against them and I’m really p...Full Story »

Oxford boss Karl Robinson called on his side to be more ruthless after surviving a scare at struggling Doncaster.United looked to be on course for a comfortable triumph when Mark Sykes netted after 16 minutes.While they dominated the remainder of the half, they could not extend their advantage and were punished when rejuvenated Doncaster equalised through academy graduate Branden Horton.But Jame...Full Story »

Mansfield manager Nigel Clough hailed his side’s fighting spirit after the narrow 1-0 home win over struggling Carlisle.Despite a bright start and an early goal, the Stags looked leggy and tired so soon after Saturday’s sparkling FA Cup win at League One side Doncaster and Carlisle were unlucky not to steal a point.“In the context of having our three best strikers out, plus no ...Full Story »

Johnnie Jackson felt Charlton produced their most complete performance since he took caretaker charge as they beat Ipswich 2-0 at The Valley.The Addicks dominated from the opening whistle and it was only the heroics of keeper Christian Walton that stopped Tractor Boys interim manager John McGreal – stepping in after the dismissal of Paul Cook on Saturday – from suffering a really hea...Full Story »