The Football Association is investigating allegations that Manchester City paid £200,000 to Jadon Sancho’s agent when the player was 14, Press Association Sport understands. German magazine Der Spiegel claimed City made the banned payment to agent Emeka Obasi in relation to the deal that took the youngster to the club from Watford in 2015. Under…
A breathless day of FA Cup third round action concluded with five fixtures all kicking off at 5.30pm. Teenager Joe Willock scored a brace in Arsenal’s 3-0 victory at Blackpool, while Crystal Palace required a late Jordan Ayew goal to scrape past ten-man Grimsby Town. However there was no such joy for Newcastle, who were…
Mohamed Salah has been crowned the 2018 African Player of the Year. The Liverpool forward retained the trophy for the second year in a row, beating teammate Sadio Mane and Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the award. The ‘Egyptian King’ picked up his trophy at a glitzy award ceremony in Dakar, Senega. He became the…
Click: Arsenal head coach Unai Emery admits January signing Denis Suarez is still not ready to play 90 minutes. The 25-year-old Barcelona midfielder moved to the Emirates Stadium on deadline day on loan until the end of the season. Suarez, who played in the youth teams at Manchester City and under Emery during a loan…
Tottenham Hotspur advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a comfortable 7-0 win over Tranmere Rovers. The visitors found it tough going at Prenton Park for the opening 40 minutes, but went ahead through a moment of magic. It was the unlikely figure of Serge Aurier who scored it, producing an unstoppable…
A devastated Ruben Loftus-Cheek limped off the pitch for Chelsea just minutes before half-time in their FA Cup match with Nottingham Forest. The midfielder appeared to be in tears as he made his way off to be replaced by Eden Hazard after 43 minutes. The extent of the injury which forced him to come off…
Arsenal legend David Seaman believes the match-defining VAR incident in Tottenham’s Carabao Cup win over Chelsea highlights a ‘grey area’ in the use of technology. Harry Kane scored the game’s only goal from the spot after the video assistant referee overruled an offside call in the build-up to the penalty decision. While there was little…
Stoke City have sacked manager Gary Rowett with immediate effect, the Championship club have confirmed Rowett was appointed by the bet365 Stadium club last May and leaves after just eight months in charge with Stoke in the bottom half of the second tier table. A club statement read: “Stoke City have terminated the contract of…
West Ham United are through to the fourth round of the FA Cup after they beat Birmingham City 2-0 at the London Stadium. Marko Arnautovic netted the opener after two minutes and the second came from Andy Carroll after 90 minutes. And the colossal forward’s header earned him a huge amount of supporter from the…
Paul Merson thinks Tottenham will “be like the Harlem Globetrotters” against Chelsea now the “pressure is off”. Their 2-1 defeat to Burnley last time out means they are six points off Premier League leaders Liverpool with 11 matches to play, when it could have looked much more promising for Mauricio Pochettino’s men. And Merson is…