Brighton duo Shane Duffy and Adam Lallana are major doubts for Tuesday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea due to respective ankle and hamstring injuries.Captain Lewis Dunk is closing in on a return from a knee problem but will not be involved, while midfielders Enock Mwepu (hamstring) and Yves Bissouma (Africa Cup of Nations) also remain unavailable.Full-back Tariq Lamptey is fit to take ...Full Story »

As a footballer, you would think being one of the select few players to cross the Merseyside divide would be what people remember you for, but when it comes to Abel Xavier, that simply isn't the case. The Portuguese defender hit the headlines when he made the controversial move from Everton to Liverpool back in January of 2002, but that wasn't the only thing that got people talking. It was, in...Full Story »

CRISTIANO RONALDO chose to spend his Sunday relaxing in his pool wearing a pair of tiny swimming shorts as he recovers from injury. The 36-year-old missed Manchester United's 2-2 draw at Aston Villa with a thigh issue. Cristiano Ronaldo was relaxing in his pool as he recovers from injury But he seemed happy enough as he posted an envious photo of him in a pool onto Instagram. He simply capti...Full Story »

ANDREAS CHRISTENSEN is wanted by European giants Barcelona and Bayern Munich with both 'strongly interested', according to reports. The Chelsea defender is out of contract in the summer and looks increasingly likely to leave, despite the Blues' best efforts. Andreas Christensen, 25, is out of contract this summer with Barcelona and Bayern Munich both keen on the centre-back And Fabrizio Roman...Full Story »

Chelsea are honing in on a deal for Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong with the two clubs said to be just £8 million apart in their valuation of the player. The 24-year-old hasn't quite found his feet since joining from Ajax and the cash-strapped Catalan club are prepared to let the Dutchman leave this year. The emergence of youngsters Gavi, Nico Gonzalez and Pedri has strengthened mana...Full Story »

Chelsea are pushing to sign PSG left-back Layvin Kurzawa. The Frenchman played under Blues boss Thomas Tuchel at PSG. Sky Sports says Chelsea want a loan deal until the rest of the season. Tuchel only has Marcos Alonso available to play at left-back. Ben Chilwell is out for the season, while Ian Maatsen was unable to be recalled from his loan with Coventry City. Maatsen exceeded the amoun...Full Story »

Marcelo Bielsa saluted the desire of his Leeds players after Jack Harrison’s stunning hat-trick fired them to a 3-2 win at West Ham.Winger Harrison outshone the Hammers’ in-form wideman Jarrod Bowen as the Whites registered back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season.Leeds travelled to east London without nine first-team players – and lost two more before ha...Full Story »

Ange Postecoglou will assess Portuguese striker Jota ahead of the cinch Premiership game against Hibernian at Celtic Park on Monday night.The Hoops attacker has resumed training after recovering from a hamstring problem.New signings from the J-League, Yosuke Ideguchi, Reo Hatate and Daizen Maeda are available, while David Turnbull and Albian Ajeti (both hamstring), Giorgos Giakoumakis (knee), Ja...Full Story »

Let's start our 7M Daily Laugh today. Coutinho supersubMan Utd 2-2 Aston Villa     Man City 1-0 Chelsea     Lionel Messi won't play PSG's League Game Tonight. Messi is fine and recovering well from the Covid-19, but he is still under the supervision of the medical staff.Hopefully we will see him against Reims next week.Comeback Stronger, GOAT!     The Bund...Full Story »

FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED star Nani has joined Serie A side Venezia on an 18-month deal. And the Italian outfit labelled the 35-year-old 'one of the best wingers of his generation'. Nani has signed for Serie A strugglers Venezia He played 230 times for United between 2007 and 2015. And despite his 41 goals and 73 assists in that time, the 'best winger of a generation' tag might be a little ov...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel did not shy away from commenting about Romelu Lukaku’s performance during Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester City. In what will surely turn out to be a decisive Premier League title clash, the Citizens stretched their gap at the top of the Premier League table by 13 points after Kevin de Bruyne's wonderful effort on 70 minutes secured all three points for Pep Guardio...Full Story »

Newcastle to beat Man Utd to Haidara signing Manchester United could miss out on the signing of Amadou Haidara from RB Leipzig as Newcastle are set to make an offer. The Mirror reports Ralf Rangnick has been pushing for the Red Devils to buy Haidara and has talked Leipzig into a £33 million sale. United have been slow to make an official offer for the Bundesliga side, however, and their ...Full Story »

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo is determined to keep hold of Joao Felix. Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola had wanted Felix to join him in England before Atletico managed to sign him from Benfica, and Barcelona have also shown an interest in the No.7 in the past. But there's no chance of the forward leaving the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano, neither this January nor in the summer, s...Full Story »

Derby boss Wayne Rooney has revealed he has no control over which players leave the crisis-hit club this month and said they need urgent help if they are to avoid relegation.Rooney, who saw his side make it 13 points from their last five Championship games with a 2-0 home win over Sheffield United courtesy of two superb Tom Lawrence strikes, fears their unlikely survival bid could be scuppered b...Full Story »

Boss Ryan Lowe says Preston must develop a killer instinct to succeed this season after Birmingham’s late equaliser in a 1-1 draw ended his 100 per cent league record in charge.North End were two for two in the Championship since Lowe’s appointment in early December and looked on track for a third straight win when Patrick Bauer’s instinctive finish just after the half-hour mar...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Darren Moore hailed his side’s performance after goals from Sylla Sow, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Sam Hutchinson and Josh Windass gave them a 4-2 victory over Plymouth Argyle.The visitors responded through Adam Randell and Marvin Johnson’s own goal.Moore made five changes to his starting line-up and two of those who were recalled – Sow and Mendez-Laing ...Full Story »

Cheltenham boss Michael Duff said his team “did enough to win four games” after seeing Chuks Aneke snatch a last-gasp point for Charlton in a 1-1 draw.Dan Nlundulu opened the scoring for the Robins in the 43rd minute and they missed a host of chances to put the game beyond the Addicks’ reach at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium.Instead Aneke, who rejoined Charlton from Birmingham on Frid...Full Story »

Mansfield boss Nigel Clough was delighted to see Harry Charsley end the day as a super substitute with a second-half brace that hauled his in-form side into the League Two play-off spots following a 2-0 home win over Walsall.It was a sixth home league win in a row and their ninth in 10, and Clough said: “It was an enforced change unfortunately as Ollie Clarke felt his hamstring, but he cou...Full Story »

Carlisle manager Keith Millen praised his side’s desire to fight until the very end to secure a stoppage-time 1-1 draw with Crawley.Ashley Nadesan’s first-half effort seemingly sunk his former club before his missed penalty with 16 minutes left galvanised the hosts.Lewis Alessandra came off the bench for his first appearance in two months to bag a dramatic late leveller at Brunton Pa...Full Story »

Steve Cooper believes his players showcased their steely promotion credentials as Nottingham Forest escaped from the Den with a dramatic 1-0 win over Millwall.Lewis Grabban’s stoppage-time strike secured the points for the in-form visitors as Forest remained in firm touching distance of the Championship play-off places.Millwall dominated the opening period but after spurning a string of ch...Full Story »