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Manchester City can take a major step towards securing Premier League title glory if they can inflict more misery on Manchester United in Wednesday’s pivotal derby.

Manchester United

Starting with the hosts, coming off the back of a humiliating 4-0 hammering away at Goodison Park on Sunday, Manchester United have very publically started to stall following Ole Gunnar Solskaer s permanent arrival last month. Losing four of their last five matches across all competitions and also crashing out of the Champions League at the Nou Camp last week, the Red Devils have some serious ground to make up if they intend to secure another top four finish. Now sat down in sixth and three points …

Ajax are attempting everything in their power to keep Manchester United target Erik ten Hag, according to the club s technical manager Gerry Hamstra.

Ten Hag has been repeatedly linked with the permanent United job, which will become available at the end of the season when Ralf Rangnick moves into a consultancy role.

The Dutchman and Mauricio Pochettino appeared among the favourites for the Old Trafford role, though reports in the last week suggested Ten Hag has all but agreed on a deal.

Hamstra, who is the highest technical director at the Eredivisie champions after Marc Overmars departed earlier in the year, insists Ajax have left no stone unturned in their attempts to retain Ten Hag.

We have done everything we can and are doing everything we can to…

Leganes have announced that the signing of Rodrigo Tarin from Barcelona on a three-year deal. The youngster s future has been up in the air for months now, and while moving away from the Champions of Spain was likely difficult, he ll still be able to play La Liga football after Leganes were able to maintain their top-flight status last season. The 21-year-old spent nine years with Valencia s youth team from the age of six, before eventually moving to the Nou Camp back in 2011.

Since 2015 he s made more than 40 appearances for Barcelona s B-team, but he s never been able to ascend into the senior team s line-up. The desire to take a step up in competition likely led to Tarin s decision to jump ship, as it didn t seem like he d be getting the opportunity he desired any time soon.…

Luis Enrique is the right man for the Spain job, according to Michel Salgado.

The former Barcelona coach was appointed as the nation s new head coach on Monday, signing a two-year deal.

Luis Enrique replaces Fernando Hierro, who took on the role on the eve of the World Cup following Julen Lopetegui s sacking ahead of his move to Real Madrid.

The 2010 champions were dumped out of the tournament by hosts Russia in the round of 16, but former Spain international Salgado feels Luis Enrique has a better chance of succeeding than Hierro, who was parachuted into the role in difficult circumstances.

It is one of the fairest appointments there is, it is one of the best Spanish possibilities, Salgado said at a FIFA event. 

He has shown in Barcelona w…

Players of the United States Women s National Team have reached a landmark agreement with governing body U.S. Soccer, ending a long-running legal battle over equal pay for the country s female footballers.

After a six-year legal battle led by the players of the USWNT, who have won the last two editions of the FIFA Women s World Cup, U.S. Soccer has committed to providing an equal rate of pay for it s men s and women s national teams, including World Cup bonuses, subject to agreements with the teams respective unions.

The agreement will also see the players split a lump sum of $22m, roughly one-third of what they originally sought in damages, and provides for a fund of $2m to support players after their playing careers and to aid charitable initiatives around the women s…

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has his belief that Simon Mignolet will be staying at the club, despite not getting much game-time.

The Belgian goalkeeper arrived to Anfield from Sunderland back in 2013, and since then he has stood between the posts 204 times. Loris Karius was given a chance of pushing him out of the starting XI twice and failed, but Mignolet definitely lost his place with the arrival of Alisson Becker last summer. It has now been a year and a half since he was considered as Klopp s first option, and his future has been the subject of speculation on several occasions.

However, the German tactician insists that at a club like Liverpool, who have won the Champions League this year and finished a single point behind Premier League winners Manchester City, …

Newcastle suffered late Champions League heartbreak as Kylian Mbappe’s last-gasp penalty denied them a famous victory over Paris St Germain.

The Premier League side, who won the reverse fixture 4-1, were heading for a memorable night in the French capital after Alexander Isak’s first-half goal.

They were on the way to securing the three points which would have put qualification to the knockout stage into their own hands until Mbappe stepped up from the spot in the eighth minute of added time.

It s over at the Parc. Paris Saint-Germain snatched a point in the additional time and retained second place in Group F.

LET’S GO PARIS 1 -1 I

— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English)

The draw means it will be PSG who progress if they better …

Chelsea equalled their longest Premier League winning run by beating Crystal Palace 1-0 on Saturday for their 11th consecutive victory.

The league leaders were already guaranteed to be top of the tree at Christmas and a first-half goal from Diego Costa extended a run that stretches back to October 1.

Chelsea last won 11 on the bounce during their 2009-10 title-winning season and have been crowned champions each time they have previously topped the table on Christmas Day.

Costa s opener came at the end of a drab first half but marked a sparkling return to form for the Spain international, whose 13th Premier League goal of the season takes him beyond his tally for the entire 2015-16 campaign.

He got his head to an excellent Cesar Azpilicueta cross to get th…

Chris Wilder says he was pleased with Sheffield United s attitude to adversity after they came from behind to beat Wrexham 4-2 in the EFL Cup first round on Tuesday.

William Boyle gave the Red Dragons the lead just before the half-hour mark, but the Blades were back on level terms six minutes later thanks to Auston Trusty s equaliser.

Lewis Brunt s own goal, coupled with strikes from Louis Marsh and Anis Ben Slimane put United in a commanding position with five minutes remaining, meaning Sebastian Revan’s late goal was nothing more than a consolation.

Despite going behind, United were the dominant side, having 20 shots, eight of which were on target, as they inflicted a third-straight EFL Cup defeat on Wrexham.

And Wilder, who made 11 changes from their…

Julian Draxler has accepted an offer to sign a new contract with Paris Saint-Germain, set to keep him at the club until the summer of 2024, according to .

The attacking midfielder, who joined the Ligue 1 side in 2017 from Wolfsburg for a reported fee of €36 million, has so far made 32 appearances in all competitions this term, scoring four goals and making seven assists. Most of his involvements in the matches of the French top flight have come off the bench, but head coach Mauricio Pochettino regards him as an important part of the future of the team.

Draxler s current deal expires at the end of the season, and he has been linked with other clubs, most notably Bayern Munich and Juventus, but it seems he ll be at the Parc des Princes for a good while longer.

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