Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could not even transform Manchester United’s fortunes, according to former Red Devil Rio Ferdinand.
United crashed out at the Champions League last-16 stage at the hands of Atletico Madrid, whose 1-0 victory at Old Trafford sealed a 2-1 aggregate win for Diego Simeone s side on Tuesday.
That meant United have failed to make a Champions League semi-final since 2011, when they eventually lost to Barcelona in the final at Wembley under Alex Ferguson.
The nature of the loss to Atleti brought the direction of the club into sharp focus, but Ferdinand believes more systemic change at the club is pertinent, as opposed to squad investment.
Ralf Rangnick remains in interim charge of United until the end of the season, and Ferd…
Former Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris is closing in on a move to Los Angeles FC.
Lloris has made 447 appearances for Spurs but not played for the club since April after he made clear his desire to take on a new challenge at the end of last season.
Boss Ange Postecoglou gave the green light for Lloris to leave this summer and, while no transfer materialised, Tottenham are in talks with MLS outfit LA over the veteran goalkeeper making the switch to America, the PA news agency understands.
The deal could be wrapped up by next week if discussions continue to progress as planned and the World Cup winner would leave on a free transfer.
Spurs signed Lloris from Lyon in 2012 and he went on to become a stalwart for the Premier League club, taking the captaincy unde…
Pep Guardiola acknowledged a win over West Ham would put Manchester City on the brink of the Premier League title, telling his team not to be distracted by speculation over his future.
City need just four points from a trip to West Ham and a home encounter with Aston Villa to win their fourth league title under the former Barcelona boss, while three points could be enough after Guardiola s men opened up a significant goal-difference advantage over Liverpool with a 5-1 win at Wolves.
The defending champions became the first team in English top-flight history to win five successive games by three goals or more with that victory, in which Kevin De Bruyne became the fourth different City player to hit four goals in a Premier League game, after Edin Dzeko, Sergio Aguero a…
Arsenal are interested in signing Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot in the summer transfer window, according to . Rabiot is out of contract at Italian club Juventus at the end of the season, and Premier League outfit Arsenal are keen on bringing him to the Emirates Stadium at the end of the season on a free transfer.
The report has claimed that Arsenal are among the clubs who have held talks with Rabiot’s agents over a new deal. The 28-year-old signed a new contract with Juventus only in the summer of 2023, and the Italian giants are keen for the France international midfielder to put pen to paper on a new deal.
Rabiot has been on the books of Juventus since the summer of 2019 when he joined on a free transfer after leaving Paris Saint-Germain. The midfielder has won …
Everton are interested in signing Wilfried Gnonto from Leeds United in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Everton have had a bid for Gnonto already turned down this summer, but the Merseyside club are still keen on the 20-year-old winger.
TEAMtalk has noted that Gnonto is open to joining Everton this summer, but the Italy international winger will not publicly try to force an exit as he did last summer because he doesn’t want to damage his relationship with Leeds again.
Gnonto has been on the books of Leeds since 2022 and has established himself as one of the best and most important playerd for the West Yorkshire club. The young winger scored eight goals and gave three assists in 22 starts and 17 substitute appearances in the Champi…
Xherdan Shaqiri has agreed to leave the Chicago Fire two and a half years on from his record-breaking transfer to the MLS club.
Former Bayern Munich, Inter and Liverpool winger Shaqiri joined the Fire from Lyon in February 2022 in a reported $7.5million deal, then a club record fee.
Shaqiri, who won the Champions League at both Bayern and Liverpool, scored 14 goals in 69 regular-season matches for Chicago.
However, the 32-year-old had not played for the club since May due to appearing for Switzerland at Euro 2024. He subsequently retired from international football.
Shaqiri does not appear ready to quit the club game, though, explaining this mutual agreement served to further his career elsewhere.
I believe this is the right time for me to explor…
Danny Devine admits he has allowed himself to dream about the prospect of becoming a two-time Scottish Cup winner with Inverness.
The 30-year-old defender is one of only two members of the current squad who played a part when Caley Thistle enjoyed the greatest day in their history by defeating Falkirk in the 2015 final.
Aaron Doran was the other player who featured in John Hughes’ triumphant team eight years ago, and now the pair are desperate to experience similar glory this weekend by helping the cinch Championship side stun treble-chasing Celtic in Saturday’s showdown at Hampden.
“What we did in 2015 was massive, especially for the city of Inverness, being up in the Highlands and everything else that brings with it,” Devine told the PA news agency.
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Lautaro Martinez has signed a new five-year deal with Inter Milan, the Italian club announced on Monday.
Martinez, whose previous deal was due to expire in a little under two years time, is now tied to the reigning Serie A champions until 2029.
Inter confirmed the news on their official website, five days out from the start of their Scudetto defence away at Genoa.
Argentina international Martinez has scored 129 goals in 282 appearances for the Nerazzurri since joining from Racing Club in July 2018.
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The 26-year-old topped the scoring charts in the Italian top flight last season with 24 goals in 33 games 31 of those being starts.
That was eight goals more than next-highest top-scorer Dusan Vl…
Saturday s MLS clash between the Philadelphia Union and Inter Miami will require both teams to cope without key players, but Jim Curtin is viewing it as an opportunity.
Miami will be without Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez for the match, with the duo preparing to represent Argentina and Uruguay, respectively, at the Copa America.
Philadelphia, meanwhile, will have to make do without 10-goal leading scorer Daniel Gazdag, who is part of Hungary s squad for Euro 2024.
Asked about the difficulties of coping without Gazdag, Curtin pointed out that Miami will also need to adjust and highlighted 20-year-old midfielder Jack McGlynn as an example of a player who could stand to benefit.
He s not a 10 but he has the passing range to unlock a defence, Curtin said of M…
Blackburn have announced Joe Rankin-Costello has signed a new four-year contract at the club.
The 23-year-old has committed his long-term future to the Ewood Park outfit, having joined as a youth player in 2014.
Rankin-Costello made 24 appearances and scored twice in the Sky Bet Championship last season, as Blackburn narrowly missed out on the play-off places to Sunderland on goal difference.
The right-back, who has also played in midfield, told Blackburn’s website: “I’m buzzing. Last season was a bit of a breakthrough for me in terms of staying fit and playing well, so I’m happy.
“We were near the play-offs last year and we seem to be improving year-on-year and moving in the right direction, so hopefully we can push for the play-offs again this…