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ence Burnley moved to within touching distance over the European places with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Monday evening. In a game starved of clear cut opportunities, Ashley Westwood's wicked, in-swinging corner and Dwight McNeil's driving run and strike from the edge of the box were the Clarets' only moments of note in the first half, while at the other end, James McArthur was unable to cleanly connect with a dangerous Joel Ward cross. The deadlock was eventually broken...

Only winning La Liga or the Champions League will save Quique Setien's job at Barcelona, amid reports of a growing rift between the players and coaching staff at Camp Nou. 61-year-old head coach Setien signed on as head coach in January, following Ernesto Valverde's dismissal. While Valverde's was an equally divisive figure at Barcelona, he did leave with the club top of the table, having delivered consecutive league titles. Setien's Barça are now two points behind Real Madrid in the title...

José Mourinho's famously ruthless approach to management has earned him no shortage of trophies over his career, guiding him to league titles with four different clubs, and European titles with three. The downside, however, is that it has also seen him drop a few clangers on the transfer front. Has he dropped so many clangers that you can pick an entire Mourinho clanger starting XI? Well... 1. GK - Petr Cech Cech is the most high-profile goalkeeper let go by Mourinho OK so actually they're not...

With Saturday's 2-2 draw against Celta Vigo in Galicia, Barcelona handed rivals Real Madrid the advantage in the race for the La Liga title. Quique Setien's side took the lead twice, though agonisingly settled for a draw in the dying embers of the match. With two stalemates in three games, an apparent lack of killer instinct has handed the advantage to Los Blancos, who now hold a two-point advantage over their famed rivals. Barça face their toughest test since the restart as they host an...

Players leave clubs in search of silverware all the time. It's totally normal. However, for Arsenal, it's turned into a bit of a curse. The Gunners have been on a steady decline for a good (or bad) few years now, and they have seen plenty of their top stars jump ship to go and win trophies elsewhere, all while Arsenal have been restricted to the odd FA Cup. Arsenal fans don't really like talking about it, but there's no denying that there have been a whole lot of former players who have gone...

Leeds United have been dreaming of promotion back to the Premier League ever since the club was relegated in 2004. Despite a dismal display in their first game back against Cardiff after the three-month break, Marcelo Bielsa's men produced a scintillating performance in a 3-0 win over promotion-chasing Fulham to provide the best indication yet that the Whites are finally set for a return to the top flight. The Leeds team celebrate their win against Fulham at Elland Road With just seven games...

Leicester City had been one of the Premier League's most enjoyable sides to watch prior to football's suspension. Brendan Rodgers had his side playing some fast, exciting, attacking (and, of course, honest) football, and it was bringing results and entertainment in equal measure. After a post-Christmas dip in form, the Foxes' final game before football's three-month break saw them seemingly back to their best, as Jamie Vardy grabbed a brace in an emphatic 4-0 victory over Aston Villa. Vardy...

Watch out Phil Foden, there's a new wonderkid on the block. The Citizens have been doing some work behind the scenes during a crazy period for football, and it looks as if they're close to snaring one of Spanish football's most exciting youth stars of recent years. 18-year-old Pablo Moreno, a product of Barcelona's famous La Masia academy who currently plays his football at Juventus, is reportedly set to swap Turin for sunny Manchester to join Pep Guardiola, with City's Felix Correia moving in...

Manchester City wil rival Manchester United for Jack Grealish this summer, if Bayern Munich are prepared to match their asking price for wantaway winger Leroy Sane. Grealish has long been the subject of interest from United, with the Red Devils known to be prioritising moves for the Villa midfielder, Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho and Birmingham's Jude Bellingham this summer. However, they may have to contend with crosstown interest in the transfer market. Sane has rejected the offer of a...

The Serie A title race is closer than it has been for many, many years, with Lazio making a real push at dethroning Juventus and ending their near decade of dominance. The Old Lady are currently four points clear of Lazio, but the gap could be closed to just one point by the time Maurizo Sarri's men face relegation-threatened Genoa, with the Eagles taking on Torino in an earlier kickoff. With Juventus facing a real challenge for the first time in a number of years, Sarri's side have to be at...

News Bournemouth host Newcastle on Wednesday night in desperate need of the points to steer themselves away from the Premier League drop zone. The Cherries are winless in their previous six league outings, a poor run of form which has seen them plummet down the table into the drop zone. Since football’s return, Eddie Howe’s men have been completely outclassed by Crystal Palace, and while their performance at Wolves was a little more encouraging, they ultimately left empty-handed. New kit, same...

Nike have dropped the new, futuristic-looking Flight ball which promises a 'measurable' 30% truer flight compared to its predecessors. The striking, almost brain-like appearance of the ball - which will feature in the Premier League, La Liga and beyond for the 2020/21 season - has been eight years in the making, with thousands of lab hours, testing from over 800 professional athletes, 68 geometrical iterations and even one robotic leg going into to the process at the Nike Innovation Lab. The...

Juventus have confirmed Gianluigi Buffon and Giorgio Chiellini have put pen to paper on new deals that will keep the pair at the club until 2021. Both Buffon and Chiellini's contracts were set to expire at the end of June 2020, but the veterans have extended their stay in Turin for a further year. 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ | Una fantastica notizia: @gianluigibuffon & Giorgio @chiellini hanno rinnovato per un altro anno con la Juventus! ✍️❤️⚪⚫https://t.co/gxubRWKqaV pic.twitter.com/EgV25GfLrj —...

Sheffield United will keep goalkeeper Dean Henderson on loan for the remainder of the delayed 2019/20 after reaching an agreement with parent club Manchester United. Henderson’s initial loan at Bramall Lane was due to expire this week, which ordinarily would have been well after the end of the campaign. But the unique circumstances this season has thrown up ensured that a special temporary extension needed to be agreed. Henderson has enjoyed a strong season with Sheffield Utd There were no...

cial Following a week in which: - Liverpool WON their first league title in three decades. - Bayern Munich WON their first league title in 12 months. - Arsenal WON their first game of football in a lifetime. We, with a martini glass in one hand and an edible in the other, rank the current 15 best teams in Europe using quotes from Netflix OG classic 'Grace and Frankie'. 15. Borussia Dortmund (Down 9) BVB were thumped in their final game of the season "I played by all the rules! Why didn’t you...

In football there are two main reasons why transfer policy goes badly. The first involves knowing what you want, but not having the means to get it, and often settling for less. This is a pretty simple dilemma that all but about seven of Europe's top teams will be familiar with - a case in point would be Spurs wanting Sergio Agüero in 2012, but through lack of means ending up with a 32-year-old Louis Saha. Ok, that was a rather extreme example. Most clubs have certain constraints to work...

The FA Cup quarter finals took place over the weekend, with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City booking their place in the last four at the expense of Norwich, Sheffield United Leicester and Newcastle. It was victory all round for the visitors as United recorded a 2-1 victory at Norwich and Arsenal beat Sheffield United by the same scoreline, while Chelsea won 1-0 at Leicester and City secured a 2-0 win over Newcastle. So what did we learn from the FA Cup quarter finals?...

Manchester United are in a good place right now, arguably a better place than they have been in at any point since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. Saturday evening marked a 14th game without defeat as the team booked a place in the FA Cup semi-finals for only the third time since 2011. But this remains a work very much in progress and the positive steps made in recent months are still relatively early in the process. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must choose his starting XI carefully United deserve credit...

Who'd have thought that being out of Cristiano Ronaldo's shadow would be so fun? Real Madrid hitman Karim Benzema is loving every second of being his side's talisman, after taking some time to grow into it last season. He has already bagged 22 goals in all competitions and added his tenth assist of the season with a sumptuous backheel pass for Casemiro against Espanyol. Just a casual backheel assist from Benzema, no big deal! ? Casemiro finishes and Madrid lead just before half time ⚪...

Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino, who remains out of work, has become an ambitious target for Portuguese giants Benfica. Pochettino was sacked by Spurs in November following a poor run of form that had begun the previous season, although it was still only six months after the Argentine had guided the club to its first ever Champions League final. Pochettino was sacked by Spurs in November It is thought that the agreement as part of Pochettino’s dismissal entitling Spurs to...