Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United manager, still believes that his side are the best in the world, let alone Manchester. The Norwegian was part of the club during some of its highest points and believes that there is enough credit left in the bank from that era to help the Red Devils stay on top – at least, symbolically – for a few more years. Asked whether he could imagine rivals Manchester City surpassing United in the future, the club legend answered in the negative. However, he did say that the Citizens have to be respected for what they’ve built over the…
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The Magipies are expected to appoint Eddie Howe as their new senior team manager after agreeing a deal in principle with the former Bournemouth boss – reports The Athletic. Howe will assume the vacant position in the coming days, following Newcastle’s long, drawn-out managerial search that almost yielded a very different result. Newcastle were reportedly close to an agreement with the current Villarreal and former Arsenal boss Unai Emery, only for the Spaniard to turn them down at the eleventh hour. The Spaniard was supposedly the owners’ top choice for the vacant position – which Graeme Jones held on an interim basis for the time…
Al Sadd manager Xavi Hernandez will leave his post to take up the vacant job at his former club Barcelona, confirmed the Qatar-based side. Barcelona have paid Al Sadd a small compensation worth five million euros to release Xavi from his contract; The Spaniard is now free to take over the managerial role vacated by Ronald Koeman recently. Turki Al-Ali, Al Sadd’s CEO, confirmed the news to the world via the club’s official Twitter account. He said the following: “Xavi informed us a few days ago of his desire to go to Barcelona at this particular time, because of the…
Antonio Conte got off to a winning start in his new job as Spurs beat Vitesse Arnhem 3-2 in their fourth UEFA Conference League group game, in a match that also saw three red cards. Appointed by Tottenham as their new manager on November 2, the Italian – wasted no time getting his ideas across to his new team. Spurs lined up in his preferred system against Vitesse Arnhem in the UEFA Europa Conference League, which meant a switch to three-at-the-back and two marauding wing-backs. However, it was Tottenham’s attacking trident of Harry Kane, Lucas Moura, and Son Heung-min that looked to have benefitted the most…
If one drama evades Barcelona, another arrives within a split second. Having sacked Ronald Koeman just under a fortnight ago, the Catalan club have been looking for a new manager and are currently fixated on one of their own in the former captain Xavi Hernandez to return and reincarnate its lost glory. However, Xavi’s current employers, the Qatari club Al Sadd, are unwilling to let the man leave. The Spaniard has been in Qatar since quitting the Blaugrana in 2015. Having represented the club for four years as a player, he took the managerial role in 2019. He has won seven…
On November 3, Indian captain Sunil Chhetri became the first football player to win the Major Dhyanchand Khen Ratna award a few days ago. The third highest goal-scorer in international football among active players had a stellar career that spanned 16 years, including multiple individual and team accolades. The striker played a crucial role in bringing attention towards Indian football with his social media activity. He made his debut against Pakistan in 2005, and went on to represent the Indian national side 125 times since then, scoring 80 goals. At the club level, he had a stellar career at Bengaluru FC, having made…
Karim Benzema was at the double as Real Madrid beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 to take another huge step towards qualification to the Champions League knockout stages. Elsewhere, Inter Milan swept aside minnows Sheriff thanks to three second-half goals. Benzema scored his first in the 14th minute after some excellent pressing by Vinicius Jr, who stole the ball off Marlon inside the Shakhtar box, before laying it on a plate for the Frenchman to score. However, the Ukrainian side equalized through Fernando in the 39th minute; the striker smashed a volley into the roof of Thibaut Courtois’ net from close range after being set up by Alan Patrick. Benzema restored Real Madrid’s…
RB Leipzig and Paris Saint Germain played out an entertaining 2-2 draw in their latest UEFA Champions League clash. Elsewhere, dominant Manchester City brushed aside Club Brugge with a 4-1 win. Former Paris Saint-Germain midfiedler Cristopher Nkunku put RB Leipzig in front against the Parisiens in the eighth minute as he scored with a diving header from the centre of the box, converting a cross from striker Andre Silva. Silva himself had the opportunity to double Leipzig’s lead just a couple of minutes later as he was brought down inside the box by Danilo Pereira. However, he had his effort saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma. PSG capitalized on…
The Reds secured their berth in the knockout stages with a routine 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid, with Trent Alexander-Arnold playing a starring role. Liverpool are through to the R016 in the UEFA Champions League following a win over Atletico. Diogo Jota scored the opening goal of the game in the 13th minute, heading in at the back post a pin-point delivery by Alexander-Arnold. The right-back was central to most of what Liverpool created in the opening phases, and it was his line-splitting pass that Sadio Mane latched onto to put his side 2-0 up with just 21 minutes on the board. Liverpool’s task…
Once again for Manchester United this season, Cristiano Ronaldo chipped in with a late goal that avoided them a defeat and won them points. In their Champions League trip to Atalanta, the Portuguese forward scored twice, in the first half stoppage time and second half stoppage time, to make sure they drew with the Italian team 2-2. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has been riding on the edge in the last few weeks with United, was elated with the forward scoring those clutch goals, but also emphasized that they shouldn’t be happy with the result as they conceded two avoidable goals.…