Giggs reveals Solskjaer criticism of Mourinho’s Man Utd

Ryan Giggs has revealed that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer identified one problem earlier in the season with how Manchester United played under Jose Mourinho . The Norwegian has won all of his first six matches in charge of United after he took over from Mourinho, who was sacked in December. Under the Portuguese coach, United slumped …

Man Utd ready to listen to offers for £15m-rated Fellaini

Manchester United are reportedly prepared to sell Marouane Fellaini this month if they can recoup around £15m. The 31-year-old was a favourite for Jose Mourinho during his time at Old Trafford, but does not fit into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s plans. Fellaini was a regular under the Portuguese, albeit mainly from the bench, but has quickly fallen …

Benitez hails Newcastle character after FA Cup progress

Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez hailed the character of his players after the Magpies’ 4-2 extra-time victory over Blackburn in their FA Cup third-round replay at Ewood Park. The visitors – whose starting line-up showed eight changes from the 2-1 Premier League loss at Chelsea on Saturday – went 2-0 up early on via efforts from …

Former Liverpool winger Babel ‘excited’ to join Fulham

Ryan Babel is confident he can help fire Fulham to Premier League safety after joining the Cottagers from Besiktas. The 32-year-old Holland international, who made 146 appearances during his three-and-a-half year spell at Anfield, has signed a deal until the end of the season. The Cottagers are second from bottom of the Premier League after …

Spurs season (not) over with Kane ruled out until March

Tottenham face being without striker Harry Kane for at least 10 games after it was confirmed the England captain had damaged ligaments in his left ankle. Kane suffered the injury during the final stages of Spurs’ 1-0 defeat to Manchester United at Wembley on Sunday, after being caught in the middle of Phil Jones and …

EFL launch investigation into Leeds ‘spy’ at Derby training

Click:algaecide manufacturers The EFL has launched a formal investigation after Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa’s admission that he instructed a member of staff to spy on a Derby training session. Bielsa admitted before Friday night’s 2-0 win over Derby that he was responsible for sending the staff member to watch the Rams training on Thursday. Derbyshire …

‘Liverpool bought Coutinho from bargain basement for a reason’

South American football expert Tim Vickery claims Barcelona have abandoned their plans to play Philippe Coutinho in midfield following his move from Liverpool. The Brazilian is only a year into his contract at the Camp Nou following his £142million move from Liverpool last January. Coutinho has been struggling to nail down a regular place under new …

What is the United way? It didn’t even exist under Fergie

Anything to add? Send your mails to [email protected]   What is the United way? Firstly I don’t understand this “United way” claims. Manchester United didn’t have tiki taka or any unique playing style. I doubt any United fan can even mention anything specific that only United did that nobody else did, in terms of playing …

Milner names Liverpool’s player of the season so far

James Milner has named Alisson his Liverpool Player of the Season so far, praising the goalkeeper’s impact on and off the field at Anfield. Alisson moved to Merseyside from Roma in a big-money transfer last summer, taking over the goalkeeping duties from Loris Karius and Simon Mignolet – with the former The £65m outlay for the Brazil …

Toure ‘in love’ with defender ’10 times better’ than Pique

Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has named his ultimate XI and named the defender who was “10 times better” than Gerard Pique. The 35-year-old, who has designs on playing on for two more seasons, was a guest on Monday Night Football for Manchester City’s 3-0 win over Wolves last night. Toure, who left Olympiakos in December …