Liverpool are refusing to meet Mohamed Salah's new contract demands. The Telegraph says Liverpool's owners FSG are not prepared to meet Salah's salary demands, leaving the door open for an Anfield exit. Egypt international Salah is in the final 18 months of his current contract, worth more than £200,000 a week, and is yet to sign an extension at Liverpool. Salah has been locked in talk...Full Story »

Manchester United are in talks with Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi about next season. Corriere dello Sport says United have made contact with Inzaghi and face competition from Atletico Madrid for the Inter Milan boss as he begins to learn English, a report from Italy has claimed. Reigning Serie A champions Inter have made an impressive title defence under new manager Inzaghi and have retur...Full Story »

Things are going from bad to worse for Thomas Tuchel at present, after he confirmed at Friday morning’s press conference that another Chelsea player has tested positive for Covid. At this point in the season, where the Blues are already 10 points behind Premier League leaders, Manchester City, a full-strength squad is the bare minimum that Tuchel requires to be able to chip away at that...Full Story »

Only Sir Alex Ferguson (27) and Arsene Wenger (15) have won it more times Pep Guardiola, Premier League Manager of the Month December 2021@ManCityES Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has been named as the Premier League Manager of the Month for December. It is the Spaniard's 11th Manager of the Month award which puts him behind just Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger on the all-time list. ...Full Story »

Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira sang the praises of goalkeeper Jack Butland after his side earned a 1-1 draw at rivals Brighton.Palace were second best for much of the evening at the Amex Stadium but remained in the contest thanks to a string of fine saves from Butland, including from Pascal Gross’ first-half penalty.The second-best Eagles looked set to escape Sussex with all three poin...Full Story »

Scottish Championship promotion rivals Partick Thistle and Kilmarnock shared the points in a 1-1 draw at Firhill.It looked like Killie would climb to the top of the table, above leaders Arbroath, when Oli Shaw put the visitors ahead from the penalty spot just before the hour mark.The spot-kick was awarded after Richard Foster was adjudged to have handled the ball.However, Ross Docherty struck th...Full Story »

Brighton overcame a missed a penalty and a disallowed goal to salvage a 1-1 draw with rivals Crystal Palace thanks to a late own goal from Joachim Andersen.Albion looked set to slip to a galling loss after Conor Gallagher’s seventh goal of the season gave Palace an undeserved second-half lead.But the Eagles were unable to snatch all three points in Sussex for the third successive season as...Full Story »

Liverpool striker Divock Origi has returned to light training but is not in contention for Sunday’s visit of Brentford.The Belgium international has been out for five weeks with a knee injury but is closing in on a return.Jurgen Klopp will select from the same squad which failed to score against 10-man Arsenal in Thursday’s goalless Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.Brentford’s ...Full Story »

Leaders Manchester City could again be without several players for the Premier League visit of Chelsea after suffering further cases of coronavirus this week.Ederson, Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fernandinho, John Stones and Jack Grealish all missed last week’s FA Cup win at Swindon but the club have not confirmed exactly who has tested positive. They have also not sai...Full Story »

Fulham manager Marco Silva will be without an unspecified number of players for his side’s Championship match against Bristol City on Saturday.Silva said he would have one more out than against Reading on Tuesday, but said the missing players were not injured. The club has had a number of players previously out due to coronavirus.The Cottagers will continue to be without Jean Michael Seri,...Full Story »

Aston Villa new signings Philippe Coutinho and Lucas Digne are in contention to face Manchester United.Barcelona loanee Coutinho is likely to be on Villa’s bench due to a lack of match fitness while Digne, who has signed from Everton, could replace Matt Targett at left-back.John McGinn is banned, Marvelous Nakamba and Leon Bailey are injured, Jaden Philogene-Bidace is rested and Trezeguet ...Full Story »

Colchester boss Hayden Mullins will have leading scorer Freddie Sears available for Saturday’s League Two clash with Barrow.Sears, along with Armando Dobra, missed Tuesday night’s 2-0 defeat at Forest Green through illness, but has since returned to training and both men are back in contention.Frank Nouble, Miles Welch-Hayes and Shamal George are also back on the training pitch after...Full Story »

Preston boss Ryan Lowe has revealed Izzy Brown is not expected to play again this season.The former Chelsea youngster ruptured his Achilles in the summer and is now likely to miss the rest of the campaign.Declan Rudd and loanee Josh Murphy remain out for the clash against Birmingham but Matthew Olosunde and Tom Barkhuizen hope to return.Connor Wickham has also left the club this week after the e...Full Story »

Fleetwood have signed Toto Nsiala ahead of the visit of League One leaders Rotherham.Defender Nsiala joined from Ipswich and could be involved having trained with his new team-mates on Friday morning.The Cod Army had more than 10 players missing for last week’s win at Doncaster due to a mixture of Covid-19 and injuries, and boss Stephen Crainey is hopeful some of those will return.Ged Garn...Full Story »

Colchester boss Hayden Mullins will check on Freddie Sears and Armando Dobra ahead of Saturday’s League Two clash with Barrow.The pair missed Tuesday night’s 2-0 defeat at Forest Green through illness and will be assessed.Wimbledon striker Corie Andrews made his debut in that game after completing a loan move, while defender Tom Dallison was an unused substitute following his switch ...Full Story »

Wycombe are still struggling with injury and illness for their Sky Bet League One clash with Oxford.Defender Chris Forino is the latest player to be admitted into the treatment room after he was ruled out of the 2-0 victory at Bolton.Ryan Tafazolli will continue to deputise in defence if Forino fails to recover in time.“We had no fit players at home, we brought everyone (to Bolton). We hav...Full Story »

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Home Secretary Priti Patel wants to extend the scope of football banning orders, which can already be imposed on people convicted of violence, disorder and racist or homophobic chanting, to also cover online hate offences. Marcus Rashford was one of the England players to receive vile racist abuse Credit: Reuters Priti Patel said the beautiful game had been 'marred by disgraceful racism from o...Full Story »

Real Madrid star Karim Benzema has taken to social media on Thursday, to send a simple message to Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez. Valverde makes the difference The latest edition of El Clasico was of course played out a little over 24 hours ago. The matchup came in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup, where the aforementioned Real and Barca locked horns for the 2nd time this season. ...Full Story »

Paulo Dybala looked set to extend his stay at Juventus, but the Argentinian has had a chance of heart and now favours a move elsewhere. He joins the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Paul Pogba, who are also out of contract come summer 2022, making them able to negotiate a contract with a new team during this month. Argentinian news outlet TyC Sports were one of the first to break the news that Dyb...Full Story »