According to , Manchester United have no intention of parting ways with Marus Rashford. They are completely relaxed about the situation as the 24-year-old England international has a year left on his contract, on top of which the club has the option of extending it by a year more.
With the message coming from Old Trafford quite clear, Paris Saint-Germain are not expected to follow up on their initial interest in the forward, at least for the time being, after they held initial talks with his representatives.
Despite having the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Mauro Icardi, as well as newcomer Huge Ekitike, at his disposal, PSG boss Cristophe Galtier is believed to be keen to add another attacker to his ranks.
In all competitions, Rashford has 93 goa…
Real Madrid maintained their 100 per cent record in LaLiga as they marked their return to the Santiago Bernabeu with a 2-1 win over Real Betis.
Madrid s opening three league games had come on the road, but the reigning champions transferred that form to home turf on Saturday.
Victory did not come easy, with Madrid unusually profligate in front of goal, while Thibaut Courtois error allowed Betis to cancel out Vinicius Junior s opener through Canales.
Rodrygo made the decisive breakthrough midway through the second half, however, condemning Betis to a first defeat of their LaLiga campaign.
Madrid needed just nine minutes to score their first home league goal against Betis since March 2017 when David Alaba picked out the run of Vinicius who, having beat the…
CF Montreal coach Laurent Courtois has been delighted by the way his players have adapted to his methods this season, though he joked he would still swap any of them for Lionel Messi ahead of Saturday s clash with Inter Miami.
Montreal sit 11th in the Eastern Conference standings with 12 points from their first 10 league games under Courtois, 12 adrift of early pacesetters Miami.
However, plenty of outside factors have impacted their start to the season, not least the fact they have played eight of their matches – including each of their first six – on the road.
Courtois is proud of the way his players have learned on the job, though he still believes there is more to come from them.
I keep telling them that I have no in-between. I m either going t…
With title rivals Manchester City and Liverpool in FA Cup action, the battle for Champions League qualification will take centre stage in the Premier League this weekend.
In-form Tottenham will get the action underway when they host Brighton and Hove Albion in Saturday s early kick-off, looking to win their fifth consecutive home match against the Seagulls.
Rivals Arsenal will then be looking to bounce back from consecutive defeats when they travel to Southampton, while Manchester United and West Ham host relegation-battling outfits Norwich City and Burnley later in the weekend.
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Andrea Pirlo was untouchable at the height of his playing career, a footballer whose grace and prowling presence drew widespread admiration and struck fear into rival teams.
As a coach, we can surmise but really it is a guessing game as to what we will be getting from Pirlo as the dugout rookie leads Juventus into the 2020-21 season.
On Sunday evening in Italy, the man who was a World Cup winner in 2006 takes charge of his first Serie A game with Juve, who play Sampdoria in Turin.
Maurizio Sarri s Juve reign lasted just one season, albeit another Scudetto-yielding campaign for the most successful club in the league s history. Pirlo will be expected to deliver at least that level of success, and encourage a swagger too.
He joins a host of significant …
Paris Saint-Germain will be out for revenge when they face Manchester City in a blockbuster Champions League clash.
City reached their first Champions League final last season by beating PSG 4-1 on aggregate last season and they will meet again in a Group A clash at the Parc des Princes.
PSG were held by Club Brugge in their opening game, while Premier League champions City hammered RB Leipzig 6-3.
Milan face Atletico Madrid in their first home match in Europe s premier cup competition since 2014.
Leaders Liverpool travel to Porto in the other Group B game with fond memories of their previous two trips, while Real Madrid entertain Sheriff in the battle between the top two in Group D.
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Inter boss Simone Inzaghi believes Hakan Calhanoglu doesn t realise how good he is after a stunning debut performance against Genoa on Saturday.
After joining from city rivals Milan in the close season, Calhanoglu marked his first appearance for the Nerazzurri with a superb goal and an assist for Milan Skriniar in his side s 4-0 win.
Those two goal involvements came inside the first 14 minutes – it took him nine games to achieve that at the start of his Milan career.
Arturo Vidal added a third in the second half before former Roma man Edin Dzeko marked his Inter bow with a header in the 87th minute.
Champions Inter have now scored three or more goals in four successive Serie A home matches for the first time since 2011, when did they did it in six…
Stefano Pioli is paying no attention to his poor record against Massimiliano Allegri ahead of Milan s crunch clash with Juventus at San Siro on Sunday.
Milan boss Pioli has lost 11 and drawn four of his 15 meetings with Allegri in Serie A – the longest winless run for one head coach against another in the three-points-per-win era
That includes a 1-1 draw in their most recent meeting four months ago when Ante Rebic cancelled out an early Alvaro Morata opener.
The Rossoneri are seven points better off than Juve with 22 games played, however, and Pioli is looking to end his disappointing run against Allegri in this latest encounter.
I don t like to look back too much, he said at Saturday s pre-match news conference. The past doesn t count, only tomorrow…
Pep Guardiola bemoaned Manchester City s lack of precision as they were held to a 1-1 Premier League draw by Aston Villa on Saturday.
City looked to be heading to the top of the table when Erling Haaland prodded home from close range five minutes into the second half.
The former Borussia Dortmund striker has now scored 10 goals in his first six Premier League games – the joint-fastest a player has reached that total, along with Mick Quinn in December 1992.
He is also just the fifth player to score in each of their first three away appearances in the Premier League, after Peter Beardsley, Jurgen Klinsmann, Francesco Baiano and Alen Boksic.
However, Leon Bailey s first Premier League goal since September 2021 ensured the spoils were shared, as the Jamaica…
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Hoping to extend on their unbeaten run when they return from the international break, Norwich will make the trip to Blackpool on Saturday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, while Blackpool might have opened September with a much-needed victory away at Huddersfield, it appears that was just a minor blip for Michael Appleton s side. Last seen heading into the international break with another downbeat display as they were hit with a 2-1 loss away at Millwall, the Orangers have now lost three of their last four Championship outings. With that run highlighted by a dreadful 3-0 drumming away at Rotherham, the former Portsmouth boss does find some pressure on his shoulders at Bloomfield Road. Marking their return to action this weeken…