Wayne Rooney insists he never filed a formal transfer request at Manchester United after a bust-up with then manager Alex Ferguson.

The United captain fell out with Ferguson back in 2010 after he had been dropped from the starting XI, leading to suggestions he had formally demanded a move.

Rooney eventually signed a contract renewal instead, though, and he has now made it clear that he never requested an exit, hailing his former boss as the best ever in the process.

I went in to see him and I said, If you re not going to play me it might be better if I move on . And then all of a sudden it was all over the press that I d put a transfer request in, which I never did, Rooney was quoted as saying by the Daily Star.

I don t know what happened, why it pan…

Celtic F.C. defensive midfielder Victor Wanyama has ruled out the possibility of joining Premier League leaders Manchester United in January, citing the club s UEFA Champions League dream as one of his reasons for staying in Glasgow, .

Wanyama, 21, has been absolutely superb for the Scottish champions this season, with the latest reports suggesting that Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was planning to submit a £12 million bid for the Kenya international.

The 21-year-old insisted that he is fully focused on Celtic for the remainder of the 2012-13 season, while opening the door to for a potential move away from Celtic Park in the summer.

Wanyama has totaled 32 appearances, 31 starts, (in all competitions) for the Celts this season, tallying sev…

Ronald Koeman has included four uncapped players and recalled Eljero Elia from the wilderness in Netherlands provisional 30-man squad for friendlies against Slovakia and Italy.

PSV winger Steven Bergwijn, Club Brugge midfielder Ruud Vormer and goalkeepers Marco Bizot and Sergio Padt are all in contention for an international debut.

They could be joined in the final 23-man squad by Istanbul Basaksehir forward Elia, who has not been involved with the Oranje since 2015, when he was an unused substitute on three occasions. 

His five league goals in Turkey have led to links with the likes of Championship title-winners Wolves, and the 31-year-old has clearly done enough to catch Koeman s attention.

Huddersfield Town defender Terence Kongolo is also in the fram…

FIFA president Gianni Infantino was something of a surprise visitor behind the scenes at Kazan Arena on Sunday. The anticipation of the Confederations Cup s first real spectacle was enough to tempt him down from St Petersburg and bring more than 34,000 people into the stands.

He won t have been disappointed.

In a game not always bursting at the seams with quality, there was plenty of entertainment value. It will come as little surprise that Cristiano Ronaldo and Javier Hernandez were at the heart of it, although it will raise a few eyebrows that only one of them scored in the 2-2 draw.

Both were involved in the main moments, though. Ronaldo got the crowd roaring and set up Ricardo Quaresma s opener. Hernandez also missed a clear chance for a winner before Ronaldo…

Wrexham co-owners and Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are dreaming of taking the National League club to the Premier League.

Reynolds and McElhenney took over the fifth-tier English outfit in February and the United States-based actors have paid their first visit to Wrexham this week since purchasing the team due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Deadpool star Reynolds and It s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor McElhenney watched 10-man Wrexham battle from 2-0 down before losing 3-2 at Maidenhead United on Tuesday.

Fronting the media on Thursday, the pair are determined to lead Wrexham to the top flight of English football.

Thanks to those lucky supporters who were in attendance this evening!

We hope you enjoyed the night with Rob, Ry…

Juventus have completed the signing of Danilo from Manchester City, the full-back moving to Turin as part of the deal that sees Joao Cancelo join the Premier League champions.

Brazil defender Danilo has signed a five-year contract with the Serie A giants after completing a medical on Wednesday following his arrival in Turin a day earlier.

Cancelo – who signed from Valencia for a reported €40.4million in 2018 – has gone in the opposition direction, with Juve paying City €37m (£34.1m) for Danilo in a transfer worth €65m (£60m) in total.

City reportedly spent £26.5m to bring Danilo in from Real Madrid in 2017, though he played only 34 times in the Premier League across his two seasons in England.

The 28-year-old becomes the latest add…

In what was another questionable display from Manchester United on Monday evening, the former Premier League champions failed to make up any ground in the top-four chase as they slumped to a 1-0 loss against Wolves.

Suffering a deserved defeat at Old Trafford, Joao Moutinho s late strike with just eight minutes left on the clock was also enough to hand Ralf Rangnick his first defeat since taking charge in Manchester on an interim basis.

Still sat four points adrift of finding a route back into the Champions League spots, we have taken a look at the main talking points as United opened the New Year with what was a nightmare display on home soil.

Wolves deserve all the plaudits

Last seen prior to Monday s meeting at Old Trafford back on December 19th when playing…

Olivier Giroud has become France s all-time top goalscorer by netting the opening strike in a 3-1 win over Poland in the round of 16 at the World Cup, his 52nd for the reigning world champions.

Obviously aware that his place in the starting XI under Didier Deschamps is a consequence of the injury suffered by Karim Benzema, the 36-year-old says he and his teammates are playing for the Real Madrid star and others who missed the Qatar trip for similar reasons.

“We want to remember the boys that stay at home because they are injured. We are all together, we stick together and we are thinking about them. It’s a family our national team.”

Olivier Giroud says the France side are playing for the players who were injured.

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Hamburg have appointed Bert van Marwijk as the permanent successor to sacked manager Thorsten Fink.

The Bundesliga club confirmed the arrival of the 61-year-old Dutchman on Monday, with van Marwijk signing a two-year contract.

Fink was dismissed following Hamburg s 6-2 defeat to Borussia Dortmund nine days ago after collecting just one league win this season.

Temporary boss Otto Addo oversaw a 2-0 loss at home to Werder Bremen on Saturday that leaves Hamburg in 16th place in the German top flight.

Addo will remain in charge for the DFB-Pokal clash with Greuther Furth on Tuesday, meaning Van Marwijk s first game in the dugout will be Saturday s match at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Sporting director Oliver Kreuzer welcomed the Dutchman to the club and backed him to…

Andy Robertson says Liverpool cannot thank Jurgen Klopp enough while Virgil van Dijk was lost for words as the German signed off on an emotional day at Anfield.

Klopp oversaw a 2-0 victory over Wolves in his final game in charge of the Reds, who celebrated their much-loved boss.

The Anfield crowd filled up earlier than normal before kick-off to serenade the German, who leaves with a Premier League crown and Champions League glory to his name, and those tributes continued throughout Sunday s victory.

Two of those came from players he brought to the club and went on to play a crucial role in his side s success during just under nine years at the helm.

We can t thank Jurgen Klopp enough and all the players could do today was try to win for him, and we manag…