Phil Foden believes England are enjoying “great times” and is relishing being among a wealth of attacking options, even if they mean he is not a certain starter at Euro 2024.
The Manchester City forward started England’s 3-1 win over Italy at Wembley on Tuesday night as the hosts secured qualification to next summer’s finals in Germany.
The Euro 2020 runners-up will no doubt be among the favourites to win the tournament after another strong showing throughout the qualifying campaign.
“These are definitely great times for England,” said Foden.
“We’ve reached a final now and we want to keep doing that. We’ve had a taste for it and we want to be in the big games and the big occasions and we’ve got experience on the pitch to do that so we …
Gabriel Jesus threatened to turn from hero to villain but his Brazil team-mates sealed a 3-1 win over Peru at the Maracana and a ninth Copa America title.
Tite s men beat their final opponents 5-0 during the group stage but were under pressure when Peru skipper Paolo Guerrero cancelled out Everton s opener with a 44th-minute penalty.
Jesus, whose excellent wing play laid on Brazil s first goal, restored the advantage in first-half injury time.
That set the five-time world champions on course for their first major honour in 12 years, although a clumsy aerial challenge on Carlos Zambrano was enough to earn Jesus a second yellow card and set up a fraught finale until substitute Richarlison dispatched a final-minute penalty to spark buoyant celebrations.
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N’Golo Kante’s impending departure from Chelsea for Al-Ittihad and the prospect of several colleagues following him to the Middle East has thrust Saudi Arabia’s growing influence in football under the spotlight.
The potential flow of players from the big-spending Stamford Bridge club to the Gulf state has raised eyebrows in recent days amid allegations that the move could be a ploy to help it meet Financial Fair Play requirements.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look recent developments and how the Premier League could be affected.
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The Blues have spent over £600million on players since American businessman Todd Boehly completed his takeover in May last year, including a £106.8million January swoop for World Cup winner…
Former Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl has replaced the sacked Niko Kovac as Wolfsburg head coach on a long-term contract.
The 56-year-old Austrian, who has previously managed RB Leipzig and Ingolstadt in the Bundesliga, had been out of work since leaving then Premier League side Saints in November 2022.
Wolfsburg said Hasenhuttl would be unveiled as boss at a Monday press conference before overseeing his first training session on Tuesday, with a view to delivering an overdue win after recent results led to the dismissal of Croatian coach Kovac on Sunday.
Welcome, Ralph Hasenhüttl!
The Austrian takes over as head coach at the Wolves and signs a long-term contract.
— VfL Wolfsburg EN/US (@VfLWolfsburg_EN)
Kovac, 52, took over at th…
Niko Kovac accepts his job as Bayern Munich boss is under serious threat but has refused to quit following Saturday s 5-1 loss to former club Eintracht Frankfurt.
The Bundesliga champions had Jerome Boateng sent off nine minutes into the clash at Commerzbank-Arena and were made to pay as they suffered their biggest league defeat since 2008-09.
In-form striker Robert Lewandowski was on target for Bayern after Filip Kostic and Djibril Sow had put Frankfurt two goals ahead, but David Abraham, Martin Hinteregger and Goncalo Paciencia struck in the second half to pile the pressure on Kovac.
Bayern have now dropped points in half of their 10 league matches this term and are fourth in the table, four points adrift of surprise leaders Borussia Monchengladbach.
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Bristol City boss Liam Manning chose ‘not to waste his energy’ talking about the officiating after he watched his side suffer their fifth defeat in six Sky Bet Championship matches as they lost 2-0 at play-off chasing West Brom.
Tom Fellows opened the scoring for the Baggies in the 45th minute, before captain Jed Wallace doubled the hosts’ advantage within five minutes of the second half commencing.
City’s players – including goalkeeper Max O’Leary – took exception to the manner of the opening goal, claiming Albion forward Grady Diangana had blocked O’Leary’s view from an offside position. The goal stood and left Robins players and Manning himself bemused.
“You waste your breath on him [referee Tom Nield] to be honest,” he said. “I thought…
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel hailed his players after the English club took control of their Champions League last-16 tie against Atletico Madrid.
Olivier Giroud s stunning overhead kick secured a 1-0 victory over Atletico in the opening leg of the European matchup on Tuesday – the match played in Bucharest due to coronavirus travel restrictions between the United Kingdom and Spain.
Chelsea dominated proceedings against the LaLiga leaders as Tuchel continued his fine run since replacing Frank Lampard last month.
Former Paris Saint-Germain head coach Tuchel has conceded just two goals in eight games as Chelsea manager – the only coach in the club s history to concede fewer goals after eight games in charge is Jose Mourinho (one).
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Frank Lampard s appointment as the successor to Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea did not come as a surprise, despite the former midfielder s lack of experience.
Lampard always seemed set for management and he will have former team-mate Petr Cech in an upstairs role as Chelsea try to get the band back together.
Their glory days under Jose Mourinho may be starting to feel like a long time ago, with the Portuguese s former defensive midfielder Claude Makelele having also been tipped for a return.
But which other Mourinho pupils are making their way as managers, and how are they faring?
SERGIO CONCEICAO
Conceicao played under Mourinho for a brief time at Porto, helping them win the 2003-04 Primeira Liga, although he was not eligible to feature in …
Wayne Rooney has suggested Alex Ferguson committed tactical suicide during Manchester United s two Champions League final losses to Barcelona.
Rooney became a European champion under Ferguson when United beat Chelsea on penalties in the 2008 final in Moscow but they fell at the last hurdle in their bid to retain the trophy the following season – running into Pep Guardiola s formidable Barca in Rome.
United had the chance to avenge that 2-0 loss in the Italian capital at Wembley in 2011 but, despite Rooney cancelling out Pedro s first-half opener, superb goals from Lionel Messi and David Villa saw the Blaugrana run out deserved 3-1 winners.
Rooney was discussing how best to approach crunch European nights in his Sunday Times column, previewing the forthcoming …
Manchester United are interested in signing Kaoru Mitoma from Premier League rivals Brighton and Hove Albion in the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners United, are planning a bid for the Japan international winger in January.
Kaoru Mitoma has been on the books of Brighton since 2021 and has established himself as one of the best players for the Seagulls. The 26-year-old has made six starts and one substitute appearance in the Premier League for Brighton so far this season, scoring three goals and providing three assists in the process.
Manchester United are 10th in the Premier League table at the moment with nine points from seven matches, seven points behind Liverpool in fourth plac…