Real Madrid will pursue Manchester City star Erling Haaland in the January transfer window. Los Blancos have not been operating with a traditional number nine up front this season. The La Liga giants have Vinicius Junior and Rodrigo as twin attacking threats, but not as recognized strikers. Per AS, Real are still pursuing Kylian Mbappe, but are worried about his reluctance to leave Paris Sa...Full Story »

Erik ten Hag said Manchester United have not been a crisis club this season -- despite negative headlines and a string of bad results -- after two Scott McTominay goals secured a 2-1 Old Trafford win against Chelsea. United won convincingly despite Marcus Rashford's demotion to the substitutes' bench, and the victory moves Ten Hag's team to within three points of reigning champions Manchester...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola joked that he will end managerial career if Manchester City repeat their treble feat in 2023-24. WHAT HAPPENED?The Spanish manager guided City to their maiden Champions League title last season and also bagged the Premier League and the FA Cup. However, Guardiola is well versed in the challenges of replicating such success in the 2023/24 season and emphasized the difficulty of a...Full Story »

Barcelona are considering signing a free agent goalkeeper as cover for Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Ter Stegen faces three-to-four months out after choosing to undergo back surgery this week. It leaves Inaki Pena as Barca's one senior keeper available, so forcing them into the market. As such, Ok Diario says they're studying the free agency market, with former Manchester United goalkeeper David d...Full Story »

Tottenham and Newcastle keen to get Iling-Junior from Juventus Tottenham and Newcastle are actively pursuing the signing of Juventus winger Samuel Iling-Junior in the upcoming January transfer window, according to Tuttomercatoweb. The 20-year-old, formerly part of Chelsea's youth teams, made the move to Turin in 2020. Iling-Junior has only featured 22 times for the Juventus first team, scori...Full Story »

Unai Emery insisted it was too soon to call his Aston Villa side Premier League title contenders after a 1-0 win over Manchester City lifted them above the defending champions and into third place.Leon Bailey’s deflected strike in the 74th minute proved to be the winner as Villa equalled a club record with a 14th consecutive home victory.Pep Guardiola said Villa could “definitely&rdq...Full Story »

Erik ten Hag dismissed any talk of Manchester United’s season being in crisis as he stressed “we are going in the right direction” following the 2-1 win over Chelsea.United went into the contest at Old Trafford on the back of Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Newcastle, their 10th defeat in all competitions this term.After Bruno Fernandes saw an early penalty saved by Robert Sanchez...Full Story »

Roy Hodgson pleaded for Crystal Palace supporters to stay onside after a 2-0 defeat at home to Bournemouth ended in a chorus of boos and an object being launched by a disgruntled fan in the boss’ direction.Headers in each half from Marcos Senesi and Kieffer Moore extended the Cherries’ unbeaten Premier League run to four matches, while Palace remain in search of just their second hom...Full Story »

St Johnstone boss Craig Levein savoured an “intoxicating” finale after striker Chris Kane put him through the wringer before scoring a stoppage-time winner against faltering St Mirren.The Perth side eked out a hard-fought 1-0 victory in the dying moments when the forward forced home the rebound after his initial penalty had been saved by Zach Hemming.Levein, who suffered a heart atta...Full Story »

Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi labelled teenager Jack Hinshelwood “Pascal Gross’ son” following his match-winning display in a 2-1 Premier League success over Brentford.England Under-19 international Hinshelwood marked his first senior appearance at the Amex Stadium by heading the second-half winner, just seconds after making a crucial goal-line clearance to deny Yoane Wissa.De...Full Story »

Under-pressure Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper is not thinking about losing his job despite a 5-0 defeat at Fulham.Alex Iwobi and Raul Jimenez bagged braces and Tom Cairney also scored to heap more misery on Cooper, who has seen his team lose their last four Premier League matches.Cooper said: “It was a painful night and a scoreline we deserve.“We didn’t show enough desi...Full Story »

Jurgen Klopp accused Amazon Prime Video presenter Marcus Buckland of being “ignorant” after he made a joke about Liverpool’s next game being on Saturday lunchtime.Klopp saw his side win 2-0 at bottom club Sheffield United thanks to goals from Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai at Bramall Lane.They return to action in less than 72 hours against Crystal Palace for a 12.30pm k...Full Story »

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers praised Oh Hyeon-gyu for seizing his chance after the South Korea striker hit a double in a 4-1 win over Hibernian.Oh got the final touch as Celtic opened the scoring from a fifth-minute set-piece and he ran on to Callum McGregor’s ball down the channel, brushed off Will Fish and slotted home in the 55th minute, shortly before making way for Kyogo Furuhashi.I...Full Story »

Philippe Clement wants to see a ruthless Rangers side following their narrow and nervy 1-0 cinch Premiership win over Hearts at Tynecastle.Abdallah Sima, on loan from Brighton, scored the crucial goal after 34 minutes – his 12th of the season – but also missed a chance with striker Danilo and left-back Ridvan Yilmaz, among others, wasting opportunities.The Light Blues remain eight po...Full Story »

Leon Bailey fired Aston Villa to a 1-0 win over Manchester City which equalled a club record with a 14th consecutive home victory and lifted them above the stuttering champions into third place in the Premier League.Bailey’s 74th-minute strike came thanks to a deflection off Ruben Dias but few inside Villa Park cared amid jubilant celebrations.Unai Emery’s first career win over Pep G...Full Story »

Scott McTominay’s brace sealed a much-needed victory for Manchester United and their under-fire manager Erik ten Hag against Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea.Wednesday’s Old Trafford encounter pitted together a pair of Premier League giants going through growing pains as they seek to become contenders again.United were under extra pressure heading into the match following reports ...Full Story »

Under-pressure Barry Robson said there was “no excuse” after his side suffered a 1-0 defeat to Kilmarnock in the cinch Premiership.The Dons enjoyed the better of the play and had a Bojan Miovski first-half effort ruled out for offside, but it was Killie midfielder David Watson’s superb 20-yard strike in stoppage time that gave the visitors the points.The Aberdeen fans made thei...Full Story »

Oh Hyeon-gyu capitalised on a rare start to hit a double as Celtic consolidated their position at the top of the cinch Premiership with a 4-1 victory over Hibernian at Parkhead.Oh got the final touch on Celtic’s opener from a fifth-minute set-piece before hitting the fourth shortly before making way for Kyogo Furuhashi.Matt O’Riley’s header and a Luis Palma penalty had extended...Full Story »

Substitute Kieffer Moore’s second-half stoppage-time header sealed a 2-0 victory for surging Bournemouth over a frustrated Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.Marcos Senesi put the Cherries ahead in the 25th minute with a nodded effort of his own in a first half that saw Tyrick Mitchell forced off in another worrying scene for the injury-plagued hosts.Jefferson Lerma came closest for the Eagle...Full Story »

Pressure continued to mount on Aberdeen boss Barry Robson as his side suffered a late 1-0 home defeat to Kilmarnock in the cinch Premiership.Midfielder David Watson curled home the only goal of the match in the second minute of stoppage time as Derek McInnes’ side got one over his former employers for the second time this term.Defeat saw the Dons’ winless league run stretch to four m...Full Story »