Why Aston Villa are still relying on old guard – and can it last?

After the January return of Douglas Luiz – signed from Manchester City in 2019 – Villa are just one away, a left-back, from being able to field a team of Smith players. Add Lucas Digne, who joined under Steven Gerrard, and it will be a side without the initial input of Unai Emery, even if […]

Man Utd’s Ella Toone a major doubt for Women’s League Cup final

England international Ella Toone is likely to miss the Women’s League Cup final in March because of a hip injury, Manchester United boss Marc Skinner has confirmed. Earlier this month Skinner gave Toone a timeline of about six weeks to return – at that time there were still slim hopes she might return to the […]

Newcastle: Bruno Guimaraes set to be out for two months with injury

Newcastle United captain Bruno Guimaraes is expected to be out for a couple of months after sustaining a hamstring injury. The Brazilian hobbled off in the closing stages of Tuesday night’s 2-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur in just his second appearance since recovering from a separate ankle issue. Head coach Eddie Howe said at the […]

Scottish gossip: Mourinho, McTominay, Tavernier, Cathro, Araujo, Andersen

Celtic have no plans to make Benfica’s Jose Mourinho their next permanent manager as they seek a long-term replacement for interim manager Martin O’Neill. (Football Insider), external Former Dundee United and Heart of Midlothian head coach Ian Cathro, who has been named manager of the month in Portugal’s top flight after leading Estoril to seventh […]

Smith & Terland feature in UWCL best goals

Arsenal’s Olivia Smith and Manchester United’s Elisabeth Terland feature in the best goals of the week from the Women’s Champions League play-offs. Source link

Roberto Martinez on Premier League, World Cup, Belgium & Portugal

Portugal boss Roberto Martinez tells Kelly Somers about the different approaches required for managing a Premier League club and an international team – and discusses his time in charge of Belgium’s ‘golden generation’. WATCH: The Football Interview on BBC iPlayer Source link

Roberto Martinez on FA Cup win with Wigan, managing Cristiano Ronaldo and Belgium

Kelly: Let’s discuss your time with Belgium, because what an incredible group of players you had there – the ‘golden generation’, they said. What challenges did that job bring with it and what did you get from that period? Roberto: First and foremost was to cope with that tag of ‘golden generation’. It wasn’t a […]

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