Former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan has told talkSPORT he thinks an independent select committee should be brought in to appoint a successor to the Premier League’s executive chairman Richard Scudamore. The Premier League has yet to find a replacement for Scudamore, who stepped down from the post in November 2018. Jordan labelled Scudamore’s post…
Unai Emery has refused to confirm whether Denis Suarez will start Arsenal’s next Premier League match, also revealing the deadline day signing trained alone on Monday. Arsenal confirmed the loan capture of Barcelona midfielder Suarez on the final day of the January transfer window, and he debuted three days later as a second half substitute…
Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League for the first time in two months with a 2-0 win at Everton. The champions were seven points behind Liverpool a fortnight ago but are now back on top of the pile on goal difference, although their rivals do have a game in hand. Aymeric…
Sir Alex Ferguson once tried to sign Paolo Maldini from AC Milan but was told to in no uncertain terms to ‘forget it’. The legendary Italian defender was a one club man during his career and played an unbelievable 902 times for AC Milan in a career that spanned from 1985 to 2009. His association…
Chelsea have no chance of winning the Premier League title even if they beat Manchester City on Sunday, according to Blues boss Maurizio Sarri. Pep Guardiola has claimed that any of the top five could still win the title, despite 14 points separating league-leaders City from fifth-place Manchester United. But Sarri insists his side are…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan made his Arsenal comeback earlier this week having missed a host of games with a foot injury, turning out for the club’s U23s side. The Armenian ace was forced off at half-time during the Gunners’ Carabao Cup defeat to Tottenham on December 19 and has been sidelined ever since. The former Borussia Dortmund winger…
Cardiff City have offered to pay to take Emiliano Sala ‘back to rest’ in his native Argentina, the club’s owner Vincent Tan has told talkSPORT. The football world has offered their condolences to Sala’s family after the devastating news of the striker’s death. Dorset police confirmed on Thursday that the body recovered from the plane…
The January window has slammed shut, but it’s not too late to make changes to your Fantasy Premier League team ahead of gameweek 25. A host of new players enter the game after a busy month of business, but are any of them worth a punt? Plus, we have our first double gameweek of the…
Royston Drenthe seemed to have the world at his feet at the age of 20. He was named the player of the tournament at the under-21 European Championship in 2007, signed for Real Madrid and scored a wondergoal in his debut against Sevilla. From there, though, he never lived up to the enormous amount of…
Eagle eyed viewers believe Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy swore behind Claude Puel’s back in the wake of Sunday’s defeat by Manchester United. England international Marcus Rashford scored his eighth goal in 13 outings to earn a 1-0 victory at the King Power Stadium for Manchester United. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s 10th game in charge brought…