Gillingham continue to have injury problems ahead of their Sky Bet League One clash with Sunderland.Having hoped to have Ryan Jackson and Mustapha Carayol available for last weekend’s game against Wycombe, boss Steve Evans is waiting to find out whether either will be fit this time.Left-back David Tutonda will definitely be out after sustaining a hamstring injury during the 2-0 defeat at A...Full Story »

Preston will be without Ali McCann when they host Derby.The midfielder suffered an ankle injury in the defeat at QPR prior to the international break. It is hoped he will return before the end of the month.Sean Maguire and Patrick Bauer are being monitored but Preston boss Frankie McAvoy is hopeful the duo will be involved.Matthew Olosunde (Achilles) and Ched Evans (foot) are nearing returns but...Full Story »

The Bayern Munich star had asked to have his six-month jail term suspended. Lucas Hernandez has been summoned to voluntarily enter prison after breaching a restraining order Credit: Getty But today it emerged a Madrid court had rejected his request - and given him 10 days to enter prison voluntarily from 11am next Tuesday. Lucas, 25, will be told he can choose the Spanish jail where he wants ...Full Story »

Juventus are reportedly considering a move for Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva in January. Silva has been a key figure at Man City under Pep Guardiola. The Portugal international has been influential in the club’s recent domestic dominance, but doesn’t appear to be completely happy with life at the Etihad. As was reported by Eurosport in the summer, Guardiola publicly adm...Full Story »

Real Madrid are reportedly set to challenge Chelsea in the race to sign Aurelien Tchouameni from AS Monaco. Tchouameni, 21, is considered one of the most promising young midfielders on the planet, having already broken through into Didier Deschamps’ France setup despite his tender age. The Telegraph reported in the summer that the AS Monaco man could be an alternative for Chelsea if thei...Full Story »

Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek is struggling to fit into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first-team plans. Since joining the Red Devils last summer following a £35.1m move from Dutch side Ajax, the versatile midfielder has struggled to cement a place down in the English giants’ first-team. Continually overlooked in favour of Bruno Fernandes, van de Beek’s lack o...Full Story »

Manchester United do not want to lose midfielder Jesse Lingard for free next summer. Should the Red Devils fail to get the England international to commit to a new contract, Lingard, whose deal expires next summer, could move on in under 12-months time as a free agent. However, according to recent reports, the club's hierarchy would like to prevent that outcome, if possible, and could, there...Full Story »

Tottenham have identified Juventus striker Alvaro Morata as a possible successor to Harry Kane, say reports. The England captain's future was the subject of intense speculation over the summer, but he eventually stayed put in north London. However, Fichajes writes that Kane will soon ask to leave the club because he doesn't trust the project being built by manager Nuno Espirito Santo and spo...Full Story »

Boss Lee Carsley revealed his relief after 10-man England Under-21s’ narrow victory in Andorra.Emile Smith Rowe’s second-half strike sealed a 1-0 win in their Euro 2023 qualifier.Rhian Brewster was controversially sent off as the Young Lions struggled to find a breakthrough.They sit third in Group G, two points behind the Czech Republic and Albania, following last week’s draw i...Full Story »

Emile Smith Rowe saved 10-man England Under-21s’ blushes as the Young Lions laboured to victory in Andorra.The Arsenal midfielder scored his first Under-21s goal to help Lee Carsley’s side to a 1-0 win.Rhian Brewster was harshly sent off in the second half and the visitors looked like they would suffer again following Thursday’s 2-2 draw in Slovenia.But they ground out victory ...Full Story »

Ronald Koeman is going through a tough time at Barcelona right now, but he has received support from his fellow Dutchman Louis van Gaal. Van Gaal knows what it's like to be criticised at the Camp Nou and claimed that Barcelona tend to make foreigners the scapegoats when things go poorly. "History is repeating itself," he said during a Netherlands press conference when asked about the critici...Full Story »

Arsenal and Liverpool are set to enter into a bidding war for Olympiacos' 6ft 6ins Senegalese central defender Pape Abou Cisse when the January transfer window opens. Rafael Benitez's Everton are also understood to have an interest in the 26-year-old and all three clubs sent scouts to watch him in a recent Europa League clash with Fenerbahce, report SunSport. There is reported interest from ac...Full Story »

Newcastle United fans have been catapulted into dreamland after their newfound takeover on Thursday evening - with reports that their new owners are looking to sign five new players in January to boost the Magpies' season and potentially begin a new trophy-laden era at the club. Newcastle have yet to experience a Premier League title win and have been caught up at the wrong end of the table for...Full Story »

Goals from Antony Evans, Sam Nicholson and Harvey Saunders powered Bristol Rovers to a 3-0 win against Carlisle to ease the pressure on Joey Barton.A sedate opening half-hour drifted by, but the crowd was woken up 10 minutes before half-time when Evans isolated Danny Devine and darted beyond the defender before drilling a strike into the bottom corner.Chances were few and far between for Carlisl...Full Story »

Second-placed Boreham Wood maintained their strong form at the top of the Vanarama National League with a 2-0 victory over fellow high-flyers Dagenham and Redbridge.Only two points separated the sides at the start of the game but that is now five, with the Daggers suffering a third straight defeat.After a goalless first half, Boreham Wood opened the scoring four minutes after half-time, Gus Mafu...Full Story »

Paddy Madden’s third goal in as many games saw Stockport beat Aldershot 1-0 at Edgeley Park to climb into the top 10 of the Vanarama National League.Stockport started brightly but were denied a penalty after seven minutes when Mark Kitching went down in the area before John Rooney went close from a free-kick for the hosts.Tommy Willard fired into the side-netting as Aldershot managed to re...Full Story »

A full-blooded Manchester derby ended all square as United and 10-woman City drew 2-2 in the Women’s Super League.City were looking for victory over their neighbours to halt a run of three straight losses but were hampered by Georgia Stanway’s first-half dismissal for a shocking challenge on Leah Galton.That did not stop Khadija Shaw opening the scoring shortly afterwards but United ...Full Story »

Swindon gained the derby day West Country bragging rights after they beat league leaders Forest Green 2-0 thanks to second-half goals from Harry McKirdy and Tyreece Simpson.Swindon, who were missing five players on international duty, started brightly and thought they had nosed ahead on 15 minutes when Luke McGee spilled McKirdy’s strike and Simpson put the loose ball into the net – ...Full Story »

Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante returned to training on Friday. Kante has served his government imposed period of isolation and was back in training. He worked away from the main group today, working on his fitness with a number of individual drills, with the aim to integrate him back into things after the international break. With many of Thomas Tuchel's squad currently away on internation...Full Story »

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman is targeting Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek. The Dutchman is fighting for his future at Nou Camp after some miserable results, including a 3-0 defeat Benfica in the Champions League and a 2-0 loss at Atletico Madrid. However, he still has his sights on the transfer window and has several targets he would like to bring to Catalonia. The main prio...Full Story »