Jose Mourinho has revealed he is sure he will not end his managerial career with Manchester United because he still has ambitions for new experiences.
The Portuguese coach is in his second season at United after signing a three-year deal in 2016 and they look set to make a big improvement on their Premier League campaign from last year, sitting second in the table after eight games.
With United starting the season so well, there have been suggestions in the media that Mourinho is set to be offered a contract extension, as the club are reportedly wary of letting him enter the final year of his deal without his future decided.
Mourinho said in September that he is eager to stay for many years , but United fans hopeful of him potentially settling in like Alex Fergu…
Sergio Busquets is hopeful Robert Lewandowski will prove to be LaLiga s signing of the season after he joined the Blaugrana from Bayern Munich.
Lewandowski sealed his long-awaited move to Camp Nou on Monday, having expressed his desire to leave Bayern after scoring 50 goals in all competitions for the Bundesliga champions last season.
The 33-year-old has finished as the Bundesliga s top goalscorer in seven separate seasons, equalling the record set by fellow Bayern great Gerd Muller, and will now spearhead Barca s bid for a first league title since 2018-19.
Speaking to Inter Miami s media channels ahead of Barca s pre-season friendly against the Major League Soccer side, both Busquets and new team-mate Andreas Christensen heaped praise on the Poland striker.
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt s dramatic winner kept Hamburg in the Bundesliga courtesy of a 2-1 win over Wolfsburg at Volksparkstadion to condemn Andries Jonker s men to the relegation play-off.
A late Pierre-Michel Lasogga equaliser against Schalke last week kept Hamburg s hopes of snatching 16th place in the table off Wolfsburg alive, but they knew only a win on the final day would be enough to guarantee another year of top-flight football.
Wolfsburg looked well set as they drew first blood as Robin Knoche broke the deadlock in the 23th minute, beating goalkeeper Christian Mathenia with a strong header into the top left corner from Sebastian Jung s corner.
But the home side refused to throw in the towel and Filip Kostic levelled the scoring on the half-hour mark after…
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Hoping to break into the top-half of the Championship standings, Norwich will welcome Preston to Carrow Road on Saturday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, while Norwich might have continued to show some real inconsistencies since opening up the 2023/24 campaign, David Wagner’s side have claimed a recent boost. Last seen making an immediate return to winning ways as they suffered a 2-1 win away at Bristol City, the former Huddersfield boss has seen his squad win three of their previous four appearances. Heading into November’s international break landing an action-packed 3-2 victory against Cardiff, Wagner’s side will know the importance of making another Championship statement here. Facing an uphill battle in their bid t…
Villarreal winger Arnaut Danjuma had all but completed his move to Everton a few days ago. The medical was already done and all that was left was for the paperwork to be signed, when Tottenham Hotspur suddenly made their move and snatched the transfer away from the Toffees.
That is according to multiple sources, who now report that the 25-year-old Dutch international is scheduled to undergo another medical, with Spurs.
Danjuma will undergo medical tests as new Tottenham player later tonight — after medical tests completed as new Everton on Saturday.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)
Danjuma already has some experience of playing in England, having spent two years with Bournemouth before leaving for Villarreal in 2021. He played 14 matche…
Gylfi Sigurdsson s long-awaited move from Swansea City to Everton for a reported £45million ranks as one of the biggest deals in history between two Premier League clubs.
As teams in England s top flight, awash with vast riches from television money, increasingly operate in a different financial sphere to the most of Europe, such blockbusting switches domestic have become more common.
But where does Sigurdsson rank alongside the other occasions when Premier League sides have kept their ample wealth within the division?
ROMELU LUKAKU – Everton to Manchester United £75m
The man whose transfer provided at least some of the funds to lure Sigurdsson from south Wales, Lukaku set a new Premier League record with his move from Everton to Manchest…
Former ballboy Micah Hamilton and fellow youngster Oscar Bobb struck as a much-changed Manchester City ended the Champions League group stage with a 3-2 win at Red Star Belgrade.
Kalvin Phillips also joined the two 20-year-olds on the scoresheet with a late penalty after manager Pep Guardiola rotated his squad for the Group G dead rubber at the Rajko Mitic Stadium.
Manchester-born academy product Hamilton marked his debut with a superb strike in the 19th minute before Norwegian Bobb, filling in for compatriot Erling Haaland up front, added the second after 62 minutes.
Hwang In-beom pulled one back but Phillips gave City breathing space with his first goal for the club after a foul on Hamilton before Aleksandar Katai headed a late home consolation.
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Erling Haaland is the striker Manchester City needed and suggestions the Norwegian only scores easy goals are a lie , according to his team-mate Ederson.
Haaland has scored 32 goals in 31 appearances for City across all competitions since his move from Borussia Dortmund last year – more than any other player from Europe s top five leagues.
He has hit 26 of those goals in the Premier League, but with City struggling to pull clear of Arsenal and Manchester United in the title race, the 22-year-old has attracted criticism recently.
Arsenal great Thierry Henry suggested Tottenham s Harry Kane may have been a better fit for City, while former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said Haaland might have picked the wrong club .
However, Ederson believes Haaland …
Leeds United should consider selling star centre-back Pontus Jansson and allow youngsters the chance to impress, according to former manager Simon Grayson.
Marcelo Bielsa could face a fight over his most talented players following the failure to win promotion to the Premier League.
Young winger Jack Clarke has been linked to Tottenham, while Aston Villa are rumoured to be monitoring midfielder Kalvin Phillips.
Top scorer Kemar Roofe is also entering the final season of his contract and Grayson advised his ex-employers to focus first and foremost on retaining their crop of young prospects.
He thinks selling Jansson, who has been linked with Premier League clubs including Wolves and Newcastle United as well as Benfica, would not necessarily be a bad decisi…
Sergio Aguero scored a stoppage-time winner as Manchester City beat Bristol City 2-1 in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final on Tuesday.
Pre-match talk had focused on the quadruple chances of Pep Guardiola s men, but they had to come from behind at the Etihad Stadium despite the Catalan naming a strong side, Aguero coming off the bench to settle it.
Bristol City – who dumped Manchester United out in the last round – refused to be cowed and Lee Johnson s high-flying Championship team matched the runaway Premier League leaders in an enthralling first half, with the visitors going into the interval ahead courtesy of Bobby Reid s penalty.
Manchester City s centre-back pairing were both at fault, Eliaquim Mangala losing possession and John Stones mistiming …