Todd Boehly has made his first appointment as Chelsea owner, drafting in Graham Potter from Brighton and Hove Albion to succeed Thomas Tuchel.
The decision to axe Tuchel just a week after the close of the transfer window was a bold call but problems have reportedly stemmed throughout the summer, with defeats to Southampton and Leeds United proving to be problematic, and a decision is said to have been made before the surprise defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.
In Potter, Chelsea have appointed one of the most highly-rated young managers within English football, the 47-year-old guiding Brighton to a ninth-place finish in the Premier League last season – the highest in the club s history.
He will inherit a talented and staggeringly expensive squad a…
Marcus Rashford must transfer his training-ground displays into matches if he is to hold down a starting spot for Manchester United, interim manager Ralf Rangnick has said.
The England international has this week been linked with a move away from Old Trafford, where he has spent his seven-year career to date, after reportedly growing frustrated.
He has struggled for playing time and was left out of United s XI for last weekend s defeat to Manchester City, despite the absence of a recognised centre-forward in the squad.
Rashford is pushing for a recall when United host Tottenham in the Premier League on Saturday, but Rangnick has not offered the academy product any assurances.
Instead, the German has challenged Rashford to prove his quality on the pitch w…
Memphis Depay and Martin Terrier both scored to give struggling Lyon a morale-boosting 2-0 win over RB Leipzig in Champions League Group G on Wednesday.
Lyon had not won a game since a 6-0 thrashing of Angers in Ligue 1 on August 16 which had increased the scrutiny on head coach Sylvinho.
However, Depay and Terrier struck either side of
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the break as Lyon ruthlessly exploited defensive sloppiness from the Bundesliga side.
The away win put Lyon level on four points with Group G leaders Zenit, while Leipzig are a further point behind in third place.
In-form Timo Werner spurned a great early chance to score for Leipzig when he arrived to meet Lukas Klostermann s low cross only for his finishing to let him down as he guided the ball wide.
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Wigan Athletic are interested in signing Zach Clough from Nottingham Forest in the January transfer window, according to . It has been reported that the Latics are working on a deal to bring the 25-year-old who can operate as a forward or as an attacking midfielder to the DW Stadium this month.
Clough has been on the books of Forest since January 2017 when he joined from Bolton Wanderers. Much was expected of the attacking player when he arrived at the City Ground, but things have not gone according to plan for the Englishman. The 25-year-old had loan spells at Bolton and Rochdale and is struggling for playing time at the Reds.
Wigan are fighting for survival in League One at the moment and are in danger of going down to League Two at the end of the season. The Latics a…
Former England striker Andy Carroll is one of three senior players set to leave West Ham when their contracts expire at the end of next month.
The 30-year-old forward, goalkeeper Adrian and ex-France star Samir Nasri will all depart London Stadium.
Carroll, who initially spent the 2012-13 season on loan at the Hammers from Liverpool, signed in a reported £15million club-record deal in June 2013.
That six-year deal had the option for a two-year extension, yet the former Newcastle United man has consistently struggled with injuries during his time at West Ham.
Carroll s best scoring season came in 2015-16 when he netted nine times in the Premier League, but he failed to contribute a single goal in 2018-19, making just three league starts.
Adrian al…
Claudio Marchisio has left Serie A champions Juventus after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
The 32-year-old midfielder, capped 55 times by Italy, made his first-team breakthrough in 2006-07 as Juve tackled Serie B in the wake of the Calciopoli scandal.
He spent the following season on loan at Empoli and returned to become a first-team fixture in Turin, making a total of 389 appearances, scoring 37 goals.
Marchisio won the first of seven consecutive Scudetti in 2011-12 and also has four winners medals from the Coppa Italia.
Injury problems have blighted him, however, particularly in the aftermath of a ruptured cruciate ligament suffered in April 2016.
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Looking to continue on their remarkable winning run, Manchester City will welcome Wolves to an empty Etihad on Tuesday night.
Manchester City
Starting with the hosts, coming past a plucky West Ham thanks to a 2-1 victory over the weekend, the mood in Manchester City s camp is at a red-hot high. Only continuing on what has been a remarkable purple patch, Pep Guardiola s side have won each of their last 20 straight matchups across all formats, a run that stems all the way back to December 15th. In fact, City are now unbeaten in 27 matches winning 24. It is their second-longest such run in their history, after 28 games between April and December 2017. Opening up the midweek fixtures already holding a 12-point buffer at the top of the tabl…
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Liverpool will be desperately keen to extend their 100% record in the Premier League this weekend as they clash with great rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Previously, Reds fans have been used to heading to Manchester with slight dread at the prospect but that could not be more different this time around as Jurgen Klopp s men aim to profit from their opponents awful start to the season.
Manchester United
The pressure is only cranking up on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United, and it does not look like their fortunes are going to improve against Liverpool. The Red Devils languish down in 12th position in the Premier League table. They have only won two games in the league all season …
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Bayern Munich have named Hermann Gerland as Carlo Ancelotti s new assistant coach, ending rumours the Italian was due to appoint his son to the role vacated by Paul Clement.
The Bundesliga champions had a vacancy on their coaching staff after giving previous assistant Clement permission to speak to Swansea City about taking over as manager following Bob Bradley s sacking.
Some reports had suggested Ancelotti would name his son Davide as his number two, but Bayern announced on Tuesday that 62-year-old Gerland had been given the job.
Gerland coached Bayern s reserves between 2001 and 2009 before moving up to help with first-team duties under Ancelotti s predecessors Louis van Gaal, Jupp Heynckes and Pep Guardiola.
Gerland s appointment effectively confirm…