Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has hinted he wants to see Carney Chukwuemeka to leave. The midfielder has been linked with a Blues exit and failed to make the squad for Sunday's home defeat to Manchester City. Maresca said: "I think every case is different. "Carney is a very good player. The problem is, because of some injuries in the past, I think the best for him is to play 30 or 35 games in a...Full Story »

But now he's got a top-level mop - thanks to a new mane! Adrian Mutu posted this double image to show how his hair has changedMutu quit his last job as boss of Romanian top-flight club Cluj in April Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu, 45, has proudly unveiled the results of a hair transplant. The 77-cap Romanian stood out for his shaved head during a controversial spell in the Premier League....Full Story »

Pep Guardiola said it is a “privilege” to manage Manchester City after Erling Haaland scored his 91st goal for the Premier League champions to kick off their pursuit of a fifth consecutive title with a 2-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.The visitors dispatched their hosts with relative comfort as new Blues head coach Enzo Maresca saw his team struggle to create chances in his fi...Full Story »

Manchester City began their pursuit of a fifth consecutive Premier League title with a comfortable 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge to ruin Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca’s first game in charge.Erling Haaland scored for the third season in a row on the opening weekend to hand the champions the lead in the first half, finishing smartly after a clever touch from Bernardo Silva to create the chanc...Full Story »

Ian Evatt felt Bolton deserved more from their goalless draw with League One rivals Wrexham in front of the club’s biggest post Premier League crowd of 25,957.The frustrated Trotters boss also believed his team were denied a “stonewall” stoppage-time penalty for a shirt pull on skipper Ricardo Santos.Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo denied striker Dion Charles a potential seco...Full Story »

Ivan Toney wanted to play for Brentford against Crystal Palace but was left out ahead of a potential big-money move away.The England striker looks to have played his last game for the Bees, with boss Thomas Frank revealing his absence was due to “transfer interest”.Toney has been heavily linked with a lucrative move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli and the Bees, keen to pocket a potenti...Full Story »

Real Madrid have rejected a bid worth in excess of €100m (£85m/$110m) for Eder Militao from Saudi Arabia. Real reportedly reject mammoth bid Saudi Arabian club not named Militao deemed a key player WHAT HAPPENED?Per UOLEsporte, Real have received an offer worth in excess of €100m for Militao from an unnamed Saudi club. The defender missed a large part of last season beca...Full Story »

Jose Mourinho, now in charge at Fenerbahce, is looking to his former club Tottenham to help him in the transfer market. Jose Mourinho is moving ahead with plans to sign Giovani Lo Celso (Image: Getty) Jose Mourinho is reportedly planning a raid on his former club Tottenham after approving a move for Fenerbahce to sign Giovani Lo Celso this summer. The Portuguese boss is keen to bring in reinf...Full Story »

Not to say she's rested on her laurels this summer after fronting Eurosport's Olympic output, which cemented her position among the elite broadcasters. Reshmin Chowdhury has become a staple for TNT Sports viewersReshmin has interviewed the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo Fans of talkSPORT have already become accustomed to her knowledge and wit hosting GameDay Exclusive on Saturday ...Full Story »

Unai Emery hopes Jhon Duran will stay at Aston Villa after the striker climbed off the bench to sink West Ham, the club he wanted to join this summer.Colombian striker Duran was so close to moving to east London that he even had to be reprimanded by Villa after doing a ‘crossed Hammers’ gesture with his arms on social media.However, new Hammers boss Julen Lopetegui could not agree a ...Full Story »

Jhon Duran climbed off the bench to sink the club who spent half the summer trying to sign him as Aston Villa secured a 2-1 win at West Ham.Colombian striker Duran was so close to moving to east London this summer that he even had to be reprimanded by Villa after doing a ‘crossed Hammers’ gesture with his arms on social media.However, new Hammers boss Julen Lopetegui could not agree ...Full Story »

Eddie Howe has urged Newcastle to carry the siege mentality they demonstrated in victory over Southampton through the rest of the Premier League season if they are to achieve their dreams.The Magpies scrapped their way to a 1-0 win against the promoted Saints at St James’ Park despite playing with 10 men for 62 minutes after defender Fabian Schar was sent off.Asked afterwards if they could...Full Story »

Danny Cowley hailed a “great win” after Colchester’s 2-0 victory over MK Dons earned his side their first points of the new Sky Bet League Two season.Substitute Arthur Read opened the scoring with less than 10 minutes of normal time remaining before Jack Payne added a second in stoppage time against his former club.Cowley said: “I think it is a great win for us. A week is...Full Story »

Birmingham manager Chris Davies believes his team were the better side “by some margin” as the Blues defeated Wycombe 3-2 at Adams Park.After going 1-0 down through a Krystian Bielik own goal, strikes from Alfie May, Luke Harris and Willum Willumsson gave the visitors the victory, despite Sam Vokes’ 90th-minute consolation.Davies said: “We played well and I thought we wer...Full Story »

Bradford boss Graham Alexander insisted Andy Cook was wrongly denied a goal in their goalless draw against Salford.Cook thought he had broken the deadlock in the second half when his shot was cleared off the line by Stephan Negru, with the Bantams arguing the ball was already in.Alexander said: “It is over the line.“It’s a difficult job officiating games and the speed of it. Bu...Full Story »

David Artell admitted his relief at seeing Jordan Davies score a stoppage-time free-kick to earn Grimsby a dramatic win over Cheltenham after the Mariners had surrendered a two-goal lead.Goals from Wrexham loanee Davies and Charles Vernam had looked to have set Grimsby on their way to victory only for Cheltenham to hit back through goals from Luke Young and Matty Taylor.But Grimsby would end up ...Full Story »

Darrell Clarke insists his Barnsley side were “nowhere near good enough” despite a 2-1 win at Lincoln.Sam Cosgrove and Marc Roberts were on target for the Tykes before Ben House replied and the Imps Lincoln missed several chances to get something from the game.Clarke said: “Nowhere near good enough. I don’t paper over the cracks, the performance was poor. We were sloppy.&...Full Story »

Morgan Williams scored a second-half winner as Yeovil recorded a 1-0 National League victory at Braintree.Williams struck after 61 minutes to break the deadlock and reward Yeovil’s long trip to Essex with a first league win of the season.It was an impressive response after they were beaten at home by Hartlepool on the season’s opening weekend.Braintree’s early-season struggles ...Full Story »

Deflated Don Cowie admitted Ross County’s shock Premier Sports Cup exit away to fourth-tier Spartans was “a massive blow”.The Premiership side arrived at Ainslie Park buoyed by a six-game unbeaten run at the start of the season and with high hopes of progressing to the quarter-finals of a tournament they won in 2016.But they were humbled by League Two Spartans as Blair Henderso...Full Story »

Josh Barrett’s third-minute strike was enough for Aldershot to seal a 1-0 win at Halifax in the National League.Barrett curled Theo Widdrington’s backheel into the net in the opening moments to hand the visitors the advantage.Andrew Oluwabori had the opportunity to haul Halifax level on the stroke of half-time but his close-range header went wide.The home side pushed for an equaliser...Full Story »