I have written many times in my editorials about the fact that I like Bournemouth head coach Eddie Howe’s honesty and approach to the game. However, for all he has done for the Cherries, which has been fantastic, they now look to be on a downward turn.
Money wasted in recent years
The Cherries have spent much of their existence as a football club in the lower leagues of English football, some of those years on the precipice of financial ruin. However, their recent years in the Premier League has seen the club from the south coast splash the cash, well relatively compared to previous years.
A good example is the Cherries £16million purchase of winger Jordon Ibe from Liverpool in 2016. Granted at the time he was a highly-rated youngster when he made the move. However,…
Jose Mourinho says he couldn t care less about Paul Pogba s assessment of their relationship towards the end of his time at Manchester United.
Mourinho was dismissed by United midway through the 2018-19 season after two-and-a-half years in charge.
His relationship with members of United s squad was said to have deteriorated, with an apparent training ground argument with Pogba coming after the midfielder was stripped of his vice-captaincy role in September 2018.
Speaking ahead of United s game against Burnley on Sunday, Pogba suggested current Red Devils boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a better man-management style than Mourinho.
What I have now with Ole is different, he wouldn t go against the players, Pogba told Sky Sports. He wouldn t go against the pl…
Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo insists he is very happy with Mauricio Pochettino despite reports the coach wants to leave the club.
It has been claimed Pochettino, who only took over from Thomas Tuchel at Parc des Princes in January, has told the Ligue 1 giants that he wishes to terminate his contract.
The Argentine, whose contract runs until next year with the option of a further 12 months, has been linked with a return to Tottenham or a move to Real Madrid to succeed Zinedine Zidane.
However, it has also been reported that Pochettino would be prepared to stay at PSG for another season if required as he does not wish to sour his relationship with a club where he spent two and a half years as a player.
Speaking to Europe1, Leonardo said: M…
Borussia Dortmund are actively searching for options to replace Jadon Sancho, who seems more likely to leave the Signal Iduna Park next summer by the day. That s according to Sport Bild, who add that the Bundesliga side are currently considering Javairo Dilrosun of Hertha Berlin and Ferran Torres of Valencia as potential candidates.
Sancho arrived to Dortmund for very little money as a youngster who wasn t getting enough game-time for his development, but since then he has set the Bundesliga alight with his pace and trickery on the ball. In the 56 games he s played in the black-and-yellow so far, the 19-year-old scored 17 goals and laid on a further 26 assists. These performances haven t gone unnoticed, of course, and not only has he broken into the England senior team, but his…
Philippe Troussier made a successful return to Africa as CS Sfaxien accounted for rivals ES Tunis 1-0 in CAF Champions League on Saturday.
Troussier had been away from African football for six years following his decision to quit the Morocco national team in 2008 but the recently appointment Frenchman returned to oversee Sfaxien s Group B triumph.
Mohamed Ali Manser was the hero for Sfaxien in the all-Tunisian affair at the Stade Taieb Mhiri, scoring in the 77th minute for his fifth goal in four games.
The three-time CAF Confederation Cup champions, who parted ways with former coach Hamadi Daw recently, are now second in Group B with seven points from four games.
Sfaxien are one point adrift of Algerian leaders ES Setif, who they face in the final round, …
Harry Kane hoped to put his World Cup heartbreak behind him as he was named in Tottenham s starting line-up for Monday s trip to Brentford.
Kane missed a late penalty for England in their 2-1 quarter-final defeat to France in Qatar earlier this month.
With Tottenham and Brentford set to play the first Premier League game since the World Cup ended with Lionel Messi and Argentina beating Les Bleus in last week s final, it had been speculated that Spurs boss Antonio Conte would rest players who had featured in the latter stages of the tournament.
However, Kane was included in the team to face the Bees, along with other World Cup participants Son Heung-min, Ivan Perisic, Eric Dier and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Captain Hugo Lloris was named on the bench, with Fra…
UEFA has confirmed it will investigate the abandonment of Tuesday s Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania.
Referee Martin Atkinson was forced to call a halt to the Group I match at Stadion Partizana following a pitch disturbance towards the end of the first half, with the score reading 0-0.
A drone flew over the ground, carrying a flag featuring Albanian national symbols.
Serbia defender Stefan Mitrovic jumped to bring the flag down and an unsavoury melee between players from both sides soon escalated as a number of supporters entered the field of play.
Following an initial suspension of play and the deployment of riot police around the pitch, the match was abandoned.
A short statement from European football s governing body confirmed an…
Switzerland started their Euro 2024 involvement in a very good way, by beating Group A rivals Hungary 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne in the opening round. Their victory follows that of Germany over Scotland by 5-1 in the tournament opener the previous evening.
Switzerland were ahead in the 22nd minute through Kwadwo Duah, and having assisted that goal with a brilliant pass, Michel Aebischer doubled their lead in the 45th. A deft header from Barnabas Varga assisted by Dominik Szoboslai in the 66th offered hope for Hungary, but Breel Embolo put the game beyond their reach by scoring Switzerland s third goal in the third minute of second-half stoppage time.
The teams
Both coaches set their teams up in a 3-4-2-1 formation.
Hungary b…
Messi on target as Barca cut gap to just one point
Another weekend in La Liga, another row, but this time it wasn’t the referees, goal line technology or red cards, it was something else entirely, it was well, the weather.
Deportivo delayed
It all started on Friday night with Deportivo, who saw their clash against Real Betis called off after heavy rains and winds damaged part of the roof at the Estadio Riazor. The game was postponed amid safety fears and it was not the only match to be hit.
Madrid face fixture pile-up after postponement
The chaos continued on Saturday as ’s game at Celta Viga, scheduled for Sunday, was also called off. Or was it? Confusion reigned for hours with Zinedine Zidane’s men desperate to get the game on even though the Estadio…
Liverpool continued their Merseyside derby dominance over Everton with a 3-1 victory at Anfield on Saturday, a result that could have big implications in the race for Champions League football.
Sadio Mane, who scored a last-minute winner at Goodison Park in the reverse fixture, struck early on with his 13th Premier League goal of the season.
Defender Matthew Pennington, playing in his first Everton match of the season, responded for the visitors just before the half-hour mark but Philippe Coutinho promptly restored the hosts lead with a wonderful finish.
Liverpool lost Mane to injury after the break, although that did not damage Jurgen Klopp s men, Divock Origi striking within four minutes of coming on to replace him to seal a crucial victory and star man C…