Wayne Farry

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  • Solari set to be sacked and Mourinho is back in the mix

    Solari set to be sacked and Mourinho is back in the mix

    Solari’s days were always numbered, even before Madrid’s Champions league elimination. Real Madrid are reportedly set to sack manager Santiago Solari and appoint Jose Mourinho as manager of the club for the second time. According to a report by Madrid media outlet Telemadrid, Solari could be sacked as soon as within the next few hours […]

    7 years ago

  • Manchester City face possible Champions League ban over alleged violations of Financial Fair Play

    Manchester City face possible Champions League ban over alleged violations of Financial Fair Play

    The investigation was announced by UEFA on Thursday. UEFA announced on Thursday evening that the Investigatory Chamber of the independent UEFA Club Financial Control Body had launched a formal investigation into Manchester City over potential Financial Fair Play breaches. While UEFA are yet to state which exact period of time their investigation will focus on, they […]

    7 years ago

  • Aberdeen fans unfurl banner in Spanish aimed at Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos

    Aberdeen fans unfurl banner in Spanish aimed at Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos

    Morelos is an interesting man. While playing football, Alfredo Morelos is extremely likely to kick you up the arse, stamp on your foot and elbow you in the head. Occasionally he’ll even do things such as scoring lots of goals. The Rangers striker is essentially the personification of the Old Firm derby, full of violence […]

    7 years ago

  • Liverpool receive positive injury update on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

    Liverpool receive positive injury update on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

    The news will be music to Liverpool fans’ ears Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is expected to make his long-awaited return from a serious knee injury in the next week. The former Arsenal midfielder has been out of action since suffering ruptured knee ligaments in the Champions League semi-final against AS Roma last season. 11 months […]

    7 years ago

  • Scott Parker reveals the managerial advice he received from Alex Ferguson

    Scott Parker reveals the managerial advice he received from Alex Ferguson

    Parker was announced as Claudio Ranieri’s replacement on Thursday Scott Parker has discussed the emotions he has experienced in the days since being named as Fulham’s caretaker manager. The Cottagers sacked Italian manager Claudio Ranieri on Thursday after nine defeats in his previous 10 games, with club owner Shahid Khan saying in the aftermath: “If Scott […]

    7 years ago

  • Manchester United may miss up to 10 players for Crystal Palace match

    Manchester United may miss up to 10 players for Crystal Palace match

    They are down to the bare bones Manchester United could be without as many as 10 first players for their match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Wednesday. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side come into the game after a 0-0 home draw with Liverpool which saw three of their players go off injured in the […]

    7 years ago

  • Kepa Arrizabalaga apologises for final incident after being fined one week’s wages

    Kepa Arrizabalaga apologises for final incident after being fined one week’s wages

    Despite the fine, Kepa is unlikely to be dropped by Maurizio Sarri Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has been fined by the club for refusing to follow his manager’s instructions during the Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City on Sunday. The Spanish goalkeeper was at the centre of controversy after refusing to be replaced by […]

    7 years ago

  • “I like that” – Mourinho backs Kepa

    “I like that” – Mourinho backs Kepa

    Mourinho is no stranger to contentious incidents. Jose Mourinho has praised Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for showing his “personality” during the controversial Carabao Cup final which saw the Spaniard refuse to follow his manager’s instructions and be substituted off the pitch. The incident occurred at the end of extra-time in the league cup final between […]

    7 years ago

  • Liverpool fan shows basic misunderstanding of away goals rule in radio call

    Liverpool fan shows basic misunderstanding of away goals rule in radio call

    The away goals rule divides opinion among people in football. Introduced to provide a form of balance to teams traveling to far flung places for away fixtures – taking into account the distance travelled, quality of pitches and unfamiliarity with pitches abroad – the rule was conceived to encourage away teams to attack when not […]

    7 years ago

  • The crest and name of Major League Soccer’s newest team has been released

    The crest and name of Major League Soccer’s newest team has been released

    They will be joining Major League Soccer in 2020. MLS’ newest team has been revealed for the first time as Nashville Soccer Club, after an unveiling ceremony at the city’s Marathon Music Works. It was announced in 2017 that Nashville would be getting an MLS team, a year after Nashville SC were formed. The club […]

    7 years ago

  • Solskjaer’s approach to Callum Hudson-Odoi offers counterpoint to Chelsea crisis

    Solskjaer’s approach to Callum Hudson-Odoi offers counterpoint to Chelsea crisis

    It’s been another good start to the week for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Manchester United manager went into Monday evening’s FA Cup tie with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge knowing that a second consecutive defeat would not do his credentials for taking the job full time any favours. United had been comfortably dispatched by Paris Saint-Germain […]

    7 years ago

  • Fulham youngster facing prison time over missed military service

    Fulham youngster facing prison time over missed military service

    The youngster faces prison time or a fine for missing military service in Singapore. Fulham player Ben Davis has missed mandatory military service in Singapore and has been threatened with time in prison by the country’s Ministry of Defence. National service either in the military, police or civil defence force is mandatory for all men […]

    7 years ago

  • Paul Pogba leads from the front for Manchester United in ruthless win over Chelsea

    Paul Pogba leads from the front for Manchester United in ruthless win over Chelsea

    When you’re in form, you’re in form Manchester United arrived at Stamford Bridge on Monday night knowing that, for the first time since the departure of Jose Mourinho, there was real pressure on them. The comprehensive defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League second round tie on Tuesday last week […]

    7 years ago

  • Leeds United receive heavy fine for spygate scandal

    Leeds United receive heavy fine for spygate scandal

    Let’s hope that will be the end of this entire fiasco Leeds United have been fined £200,000 by the EFL for their role in the spygate controversy which dominated English football at the start of the year. The Yorkshire club were found to have breached Regulation 3.4. which states that “in all matters and transactions relating […]

    7 years ago

  • Jose Mourinho spotted doing promo work for Russian ice hockey team

    Jose Mourinho spotted doing promo work for Russian ice hockey team

    It’s good to try new things when you have time on your hands between new jobs. When deciding what to do next after losing your job can be an exciting prospect if you have the right mindset and the comfort and time afforded by millions of pounds in severance pay. Why allow yourself to get […]

    7 years ago

  • Paul Ince tries to explain his Solskjaer comments, digs a bigger hole

    Paul Ince tries to explain his Solskjaer comments, digs a bigger hole

    He was widely ridiculed for his initial comments, but why would that stop him? When Paul Ince told his fellow BT Sport pundits over the weekend that he – as well as a number of other former Manchester United players – could have done the job that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has at the club since […]

    7 years ago

  • Man United will be delighted with the transfer fee they got for Marouane Fellaini

    Man United will be delighted with the transfer fee they got for Marouane Fellaini

    The Old Trafford hierarchy will be pleased with the fee Fellaini has commanded. When Jose Mourinho was sacked by Manchester United in December, it was hoped by supporters that one of the new manager’s first tasks at the club would be to scrub away the malaise the Portuguese coach had left behind. Few players represented […]

    7 years ago

  • Five first-time passes creates a Barcelona goal from the heavens

    Five first-time passes creates a Barcelona goal from the heavens

    Barcelona Are Very Good At Football Example #3134352. Barcelona went into Wednesday night’s Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg against Sevilla trailing by two goals after a disastrous first leg at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium. Ernesto Valverde’s side had been flat in that first leg and fans were rightly concerned about elimination. These concerns were legitimate […]

    7 years ago

  • Italian manager gets five-month ban for horrendous headbutt on opposition coach

    Italian manager gets five-month ban for horrendous headbutt on opposition coach

    The Serie C disciplinary tribunal handed the AS Lucchese coach the ban after the incident on Sunday. Giancarlo Favarin, the head coach of Serie C side AS Lucchese, has been handed a five-month ban from the sidelines after headbutting the assistant manager of rivals Alessandria, Gaetano Mancino. The headbutt took place in the final minutes […]

    7 years ago

  • Philippe Coutinho ‘set for crisis talks’ and United fans are dreaming

    Philippe Coutinho ‘set for crisis talks’ and United fans are dreaming

    The dream move has not gone according to plan. Barcelona forward Philippe Coutinho is reportedly set for crisis talks with the club’s manager Ernesto Valverde, to discuss the Brazilian’s lack of playing at the club this season. Coutinho joined Barcelona for a massive fee of £142 million in January 2018 and despite an impressive second […]

    7 years ago

  • Idrissa Gueye hands in transfer request after stingy PSG offer

    Idrissa Gueye hands in transfer request after stingy PSG offer

    The Senegalese international could be on the move. Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye has reportedly handed in a transfer request at the Merseyside club after the side rejected a £21.5 million bid from Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain. Marco Silva’s team have insisted that the midfielder is not for sale, but it is understood that PSG […]

    7 years ago

  • Emiliano Sala search is being called a ‘recovery not rescue’ effort

    Emiliano Sala search is being called a ‘recovery not rescue’ effort

    The statement was made by Channel Islands Air Search on Wednesday The search for the plane which disappeared over the Channel Islands while carrying Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala is now a recovery effort rather than a rescue operation, according to the Channel Islands Air Search. Sala, who became Cardiff’s record signing after agreeing a £15 […]

    7 years ago

  • Paul Pogba told to “stop driving like a w**ker” in note left on windshield

    Paul Pogba told to “stop driving like a w**ker” in note left on windshield

    The note was accompanied by a parking ticket on Pogba’s Rolls Royce. Paul Pogba returned to the Rolls Royce he parked at a train station near Manchester on Monday to find a note asking him kindly to “Stop driving like a wanker”. The note, left on the car which had been parked overnight at the […]

    7 years ago

  • Final audio message from Emiliano Sala released with permission of his family

    Final audio message from Emiliano Sala released with permission of his family

    The message was sent by the Cardiff City striker prior to take off from Nantes. An audio message sent by Cardiff City’s missing striker Emiliano Sala prior to his flight from the French city of Nantes to Cardiff has been released to Argentine media with the permission of his family. In the verified audio, which […]

    7 years ago

  • Danny DeVito delivers message of support for Arsenal at National Television Awards

    Danny DeVito delivers message of support for Arsenal at National Television Awards

    Danny DeVito loves the Gunners. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Star Danny DeVito is an international treasure. The septuagenarian actor has for a long time been loved by everyone who knows him and, whether it’s responding to fans online or issuing his support for progressive causes, seems like an all-around nice guy. DeVito is currently […]

    7 years ago

  • Manchester United’s Class of 92 pick their Premier League dream team

    Manchester United’s Class of 92 pick their Premier League dream team

    Few people will disagree with the Class of 92’s team. Manchester United’s Class of 92 have played with and against most of the greatest footballers to grace the Premier League. Coming through the Red Devils’ youth setup in the early 1990s and establishing themselves as some of the league’s best players throughout that decade, they […]

    7 years ago

  • File on Bielsa’s desktop lets slips Leeds’ interest in gem of a winger

    File on Bielsa’s desktop lets slips Leeds’ interest in gem of a winger

    There was much to take in from Marcelo Bielsa’s press briefing on Wednesday. There had been initial and eventually incorrect reports that Bielsa may have in fact been intending to resign from his post as Leeds United manager, but in the end the Argentine coach gathered journalists for the sole purpose of getting the whole […]

    7 years ago

  • Marcelo Bielsa ‘set to resign’ as Leeds United manager, according to reports

    Marcelo Bielsa ‘set to resign’ as Leeds United manager, according to reports

    Bielsa’s successful spell at Elland Road could be set to end prematurely. Marcelo Bielsa is set to resign as manager of Leeds United, according to a report in Onefootball. The Argentine coach has been a revelation in the Championship since taking over Paul Heckingbottom in the summer, and has led to the club to the […]

    7 years ago

  • Chris Smalling says going vegan has “provided lots of positives”

    Chris Smalling says going vegan has “provided lots of positives”

    Smalling previously credited a vegan diet with helping him “recover quicker.” Manchester United defender Chris Smalling opened up on Wednesday on how his vegan diet has helped him as a footballer. Smalling previously discussed the benefits of veganism in terms of recovery, having switched to a plant-based diet on the advice of his wife Sam. […]

    7 years ago

  • Football League launch formal investigation into Leeds over ‘spygate’

    Football League launch formal investigation into Leeds over ‘spygate’

    An investigation has been launched after Bielsa’s admission that he spied on Derby training. The English Football League has launched a formal investigation into the Leeds United ‘spygate’ row after the Championship leaders’ manager Marcelo Bielsa admitted before Friday’s 2-0 win over Derby County that he knowingly sent a member of club staff to spy […]

    7 years ago

  • Arsenal head of recruitment Sven Mislintat to leave club over transfer strategy

    Arsenal head of recruitment Sven Mislintat to leave club over transfer strategy

    Mislintat joined the club prior to Arsene Wenger’s final season at the club. Arsenal’s head of recruitment Sven Mislintat is set to leave the club due to fundamental disagreements over the club’s transfer strategy, just over a year after he was tasked with modernising the club’s recruitment towards the end of Arsene Wenger’s tenure at […]

    7 years ago

  • Northern Irish star warned after ‘moment of madness’ on Belfast street

    Northern Irish star warned after ‘moment of madness’ on Belfast street

    “Clearly he had drunk too much.” Northern Ireland and Oxford United winger Gavin Whyte is set to be reprimanded by his club after leaked footage emerged showing him performing a “lewd” sex act on the street. Oxford United have confirmed they will meet the player to discuss the matter. The footage, which has been widely shared […]

    7 years ago

  • Jermaine Jenas nails why David De Gea is the world’s best

    Jermaine Jenas nails why David De Gea is the world’s best

    David De Gea had a stellar match at Wembley Stadium on Sunday Manchester United dominated the first half against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday evening, but had goalkeeper David De Gea to thank for keeping a clean sheet as they held resolute to take home all three points. De Gea made 11 saves in the match […]

    7 years ago

  • Cesc Fabregas’ AS Monaco debut shows he could still do a job for Chelsea

    Cesc Fabregas’ AS Monaco debut shows he could still do a job for Chelsea

    When Cesc Fabregas left Chelsea, people understood his decision. The Catalan midfielder had been a peripheral figure during his final days at Chelsea as Italian midfielder Jorginho made the deep-lying playmaker position his own. Manager Maurizio Sarri made it clear quite early in the season that he preferred on-loan midfielder Mateo Kovacic to Fabregas, and […]

    7 years ago

  • Paul Pogba admits it was “really difficult” playing in Mourinho’s system

    Paul Pogba admits it was “really difficult” playing in Mourinho’s system

    Paul Pogba is a man reborn. Out of all the players who have benefited from the change of manager at Manchester United, Paul Pogba is probably top of most people’s lists. Marcus Rashford, Nemanja Matic and many others have improved, but none as much as Pogba. The Frenchman has been something of a mercurial figure […]

    7 years ago

  • Michail Antonio admits Marko Arnautovic wants to leave West Ham

    Michail Antonio admits Marko Arnautovic wants to leave West Ham

    Arnautovic has been strongly linked with a move away from the club. West Ham United winger Michail Antonio has told Sky Sports’ Goals On Sunday that his teammate, Austrian Marko Arnautovic, wants to leave the London Stadium. Arnautovic joined the Hammers from Stoke City in 2017 and has been something of a talisman for the […]

    7 years ago

  • Derby County catch member of Leeds United staff spying on training

    Derby County catch member of Leeds United staff spying on training

    There was a bit of controversy across the water this morning. Derby County on Friday confirmed that a man was spotted acting suspicious outside of the club’s training ground on Thursday.  The man is a member of staff at Leeds United and his presence prompted Derby County to contact the police. The Rams face Marcelo Bielsa’s […]

    7 years ago

  • Arjen Robben questions whether Virgil Van Dijk is ‘best defender in the world’

    Arjen Robben questions whether Virgil Van Dijk is ‘best defender in the world’

    Virgil Van Dijk is a very good footballer Since joining Liverpool from Southampton for a world record fee for a defender in January 2018, Virgil Van Dijk’s career has gone from strength to strength. While always highly rate at both St. Mary’s and his previous club Celtic, the Netherlands international captain has moved it up […]

    7 years ago

  • Tammy Abraham rejects Wolves in favour of helping Aston Villa gain promotion

    Tammy Abraham rejects Wolves in favour of helping Aston Villa gain promotion

    Chelsea had accepted a bid from Wolves for the on-loan striker. Striker Tammy Abraham has reportedly rejected a move to Wolverhampton Wanderers in favour of staying on loan at Aston Villa and helping Dean Smith’s side gain promotion back to the Premier League. The 21-year-old has been on loan at Villa Park since the beginning of […]

    7 years ago

  • Man United’s away date with Arsenal the pick of FA Cup fourth round draw

    Man United’s away date with Arsenal the pick of FA Cup fourth round draw

    The FA Cup fourth round always gives us one or two crackers Arsenal and Manchester United have been drawn together in what is probably the pick of the FA Cup fourth round ties. The two sides met at the beginning of December 2018 in a match which ended 2-2 and proved to be one of […]

    7 years ago