Matt Ritchie s first Premier League goal since May 2016 gave Newcastle United a shock 1-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday and struck a potentially decisive blow in the title race.
Jose Mourinho s side suffered a second successive defeat on the road and only their third in 29 league meetings with the Magpies to stay 16 points behind league leaders Manchester City.
Mourinho had failed to win in six previous visits to St James Park in England s top flight and his players rarely looked likely to bring that run to an end in another hugely disjointed display.
Chances were scarce throughout the contest but Anthony Martial and Alexis Sanchez wasted clear openings, while Romelu Lukaku had a goal disallowed, before Ritchie capitalised on some slack defending in the 65…
West Ham United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Tammy Abraham from Premier League rivals Chelsea in the summer transfer window, according to . Chelsea are willing to sell the England international striker, but they want as much as £40 million as transfer fee for him.
That is proving to be a problem for the clubs interested in the Chelsea no.9. West Ham are willing to buy the England international striker, but they have told the Blues that they will pay £30 million and not £40 million. Chelsea could decide to let the striker leave on loan with an obligation to buy.
Abraham made 12 starts and 10 substitute appearances in the Premier League for Chelsea , scoring six goals and providing one assist in the process. The England international made 25…
Everton moved into the top half of the Premier League after goals from Kurt Zouma and Dominic Calvert-Lewin sealed a 2-0 victory over Bournemouth on Sunday.
Majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri said in midweek that Everton being 11th in the Premier League is just not good enough and Zouma s 61st-minute header got them going in the right direction at Goodison Park.
Substitute Calvert-Lewin struck deep into second-half stoppage time for a result that may help ease the pressure on boss Marco Silva, who was backed by Moshiri despite a run of four defeats in five matches.
Wolves could send the Toffees back into the bottom half by beating Manchester City on Monday, while Bournemouth have now been victorious only once in their past seven top-flight outings.
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According to Mundo Deportivo, Paris Saint-Germain are pursuing the idea of making a bid for Toni Kroos. The Real Madrid midfielder is widely considered to be one of the best in his position in Europe, although he hasn t exactly enjoyed a strong start to the season with Real in the sense that the whole squad has been struggling to piece together any kind of real consistency.
Thomas Tuchel is interested in adding some real quality to the French champions midfield, especially given that they want to start challenging on a European front as well as just domestically. Kroos is viewed as the ideal candidate for that role, and the general belief is that PSG s owners would be more than happy to stump up the cash for the move.
The 28 year old has been with Real ever since joinin…
The Chelsea Pride fan group condemned homophobic chants that were heard during the first half of the Blues Premier League game against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
Moments after Chelsea took the lead in Sunday s contest, a chant of Chelsea rent boys was audible in the ground and on Sky Sports television coverage.
The chant was defined in January 2022 as a hate crime by the Crown Prosecution Service, with Chelsea welcoming that decision at the time.
It has not been eradicated, though, and remains a slur occasionally aimed at Chelsea players and supporters.
Chelsea Pride, which describes itself as the club s official LGBTQ+ and Friends Supporters Group, said such a chant was unacceptable.
The group said in a statement: We totally condemn th…
Son Heung-min can count himself unlucky after the Tottenham star missed out on a nomination for the PFA Player of the Year.
Spurs forward Son scored 23 Premier League goals in the 2021-22 season, sharing the competition s Golden Boot award with Mohamed Salah.
The Liverpool talisman is included on the list of six nominees, alongside team-mates Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane.
Son s strike partner Harry Kane does make the cut, while Kevin de Bruyne is the sole representative of champions Manchester City.
His team-mates Bernardo Silva and Rodri may also consider themselves hard done by, having both enjoyed wonderful campaigns.
The nominees for the 2022 Men’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year!
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Erling Haaland is one of the most in-demand players in Europe.
Clubs from across the continent are queuing up to sign the Borussia Dortmund forward.
Real Madrid, however, are firmly placed to make a move for the Norwegian.
TOP STORY – MADRID STILL EYEING HAALAND
Real Madrid believe a deal to sign Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland could be done next year, according to the front page of Friday s Marca.
Kylian Mbappe – out of contract in 2022 – has dominated headlines as Madrid target the Paris Saint-Germain forward.
But Madrid have not forgotten about Haaland, who is also reportedly wanted by Manchester United, Manchester City, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
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Southampton F.C. midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin has revealed that he will only leave St Mary s for UEFA Champions League football.
The France international, who joined Southampton from Strasbourg for a fee of just over £1 million in the summer of 2008, was hoping to leave the club last summer but no deal materialised.
Schneiderlin is now said to be attracting interest from North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur ahead of the re-opening of the transfer window in July.
However, Schneiderlin has made it clear Spurs is not an option, insisting he will only leave the Saints for Champions League football.
I think my decision is made. I learned a lot last season, Schneiderlin told French radio station RMC. The goal is to stay in Engla…
Juventus revealed annual losses of €209.9million as the Italian giants defended their involvement at the forefront of the failed European Super League project.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic saw income plummet for the Serie A club during the 2020-21 financial year, Juventus said on Friday.
Juventus said it had covered the losses with its share premium reserve, meaning the club s overall net debt stood at €389.2million, just €4million higher than at the end of the previous year.
The Turin club had reported annual losses of €89.7million for 2019-20, and the club said it estimated direct and indirect adverse effects of the pandemic from March 2020 to June 2022 to amount to €320milion, based on an assumption that economic normality would steadily r…
According to a report from Daily Telegraph, Marcos Rojo looks set to be the first departure from Manchester United’s defence as they attempt to bolster their back line for the remainder of the season. The defensive situation at Old Trafford has been their biggest issue for quite some time now, but the question has always been what steps are going to be taken in order to fix it.
The Argentine defender Rojo, who turns 29 in March, has been at the club since 2014. In that time he’s fluctuated between being a key member of the first team, and being someone who is only called upon for cup matches and things of that nature.
Rojo made the jump over to English football back in 2014 from Sporting, in a move that also seemed to cement his place in the Argentina national team.…