FA to investigate Manchester City's signing of Sancho

The winger’s move from Watford will be looked into by the FA following claims made by Der Spiegel, which City deny The Football Association is set to investigate the deal that took Jadon Sancho to Manchester City from Watford in 2015 over an alleged payment made to the player’s agent. German publication Der Spiegel claims …

Leicester confirm Rodgers appointment from Celtic following Puel sacking

The former Liverpool boss has been appointed as the Foxes’ new manager, leaving his post at the Scottish champions Leicester City confirmed the appointment of Brendan Rodgers as their new manager on a deal until June 2022. The Foxes sacked Claude Puel on Sunday following a 4-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace, with Rodgers and …

Emery applauds Ozil's 'spirit' despite bench role

The German is enduring a difficult season for Arsenal, but his manager thinks he has recently shown good spirit Arsenal coach Unai Emery applauded Mesut Ozil’s “spirit” during his cameo against Southampton despite being benched for the start of the match. Ozil has had a bit-part role at Arsenal this season under Emery, starting only …

Chelsea Team News: Injuries, suspensions and line-up vs Tottenham

The Blues have played four cup games in a row but are finally back to league action after their thumping against the champions three weeks ago Chelsea’s most recent league game was a 6-0 defeat to Manchester City, but they have since recovered in four successive cup games across three competitions. Although the Blues have …

Man City Team News: Injuries, suspensions and line-up vs West Ham

Everything you need to know ahead of the Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday Pep Guardiola has to contend with a glut of injuries when his Manchester City side to Premier League action against West Ham on Wednesday. Sunday’s Carabao Cup final victory over Chelsea came at a cost, with both Aymeric …

City players can learn from 'incredible' Zinchenko – Guardiola

The Ukraine international produced a heroic display in the Carabao Cup final as the club collected the first major trophy of the season Pep Guardiola has heaped praise on full-back Oleksandr Zinchenko and said the rest of his Manchester City players could learn a thing or two from the Ukraine international. Zinchenko, who joined City …

Guardiola unsympathetic to jaded City stars amid quadruple chase

The defending champions host West Ham as their Premier League aspirations take priority in the next week Pep Guardiola will not accept any complaints of tiredness from his Manchester City players as they prepare to turn their attention back to retaining their Premier League title. City were taken to extra time and penalties by Chelsea …

The oldest & youngest Premier League managers

Crystal Palace’s Roy Hodgson will create history when he takes charge of the Eagles against Leicester as he will become the competition’s oldest boss Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson became the oldest boss in the history of the Premier League on Saturday, when he led his side to a 4-1 win against Leicester City at …

Batistuta snubbed Real Madrid & Man Utd because he would have been 'bored scoring 200 goals'

The iconic Argentine striker attracted interest from the world’s top clubs throughout his distinguished career but always wanted to challenge himself Gabriel Batistuta has admitted to having snubbed Manchester United and Real Madrid during his iconic career as he would have got “bored scoring more than 200 goals”. The legendary Argentine was one of the …

'He needs confidence' – Suarez not ready for full Arsenal game, says Emery

The Gunners boss could hand the on-loan midfielder his first start on Wednesday, but says he is not prepared for a whole 90 minutes of action Denis Suarez is still not ready to feature for a full 90 minutes in the Premier League, says coach Unai Emery. Midfielder Suarez, 25, joined Arsenal on loan in …