Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell were gutted to be missing out on England s final Euro 2020 Group D game against the Czech Republic.
Mount and Chilwell are self-isolating for 10 days after coming into close contact with Billy Gilmour, their Chelsea team-mate who was man of the match for Scotland in their 0-0 draw with England at Wembley last Friday before testing positive for coronavirus.
The England duo have since returned negative PCR and lateral flow tests but are isolating in line with advice from Public Health England.
Gilmour has had to miss Scotland s decisive group clash with Croatia at Hampden Park on Tuesday, but no other member of Steve Clarke s squad has been ruled out despite their bubble being compromised, indicating none of the party have breached tou…
Is one of football s biggest transfer sagas coming to an end?
Manchester United wanted Jadon Sancho at the start of 2020-21 but a deal with Borussia Dortmund did not materialise.
However, Premier League giants United appear to be closing in on the England international ahead of the 2021-22 campaign.
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Jadon Sancho will join Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund, according to Fabrizio Romano.
United have long been interested in Sancho, who had previously attracted attention from Liverpool and Chelsea.
But Romano says an agreement is really close , with final details expected to be completed in the next few days .
Tonight Jadon Sancho’s camp and intermediary feelings are the s…
Brunei is set to return to the biennial tournament of Southeast Asia after being absent for the past 10 years due to sanctions from FIFA.
The Under-23 Brunei national team will be sent by the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) to compete in 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Indonesia.
The team is scheduled to play in Group B stage along with Vietnam, Laos, Philippines, Timor Leste and Myanmar.
The Wasps first match will be played on November 5 against Timor Leste at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
FIFA banned Brunei two years ago after the government abolished the former Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (BAFA) unilaterally.
The Government then formed a new association in December 2008 but was never recognised by FI…
Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon will equal the legendary Dino Zoff as Italy s third most-capped player in Tuesday s friendly against Uruguay.
Buffon, who made his international debut in 1997, has made 111 appearances for the 2006 World Cup winners.
Zoff made 112 appearances for the Nazionale from 1968 until 1983 and Buffon is proud to equal the illustrious shot-stopper.
Only two or three years ago I started to realise that I could really catch him. But when I made my Italy debut back in 1997 it was just a dream for me, Buffon told UEFA.com.
Too much water needed to pass under the bridge for me to reach that historic figure. Zoff is a real legend, I m very proud to reach this milestone.
The Juventus shot-stopper saved a spot-kick in Italy s 2-0 fri…
Massimiliano Allegri wants one more push from his Juventus players in the Supercoppa Italiana against Napoli before the mid-season break.
The Serie A champions, and current league leaders, face the Coppa Italia winners in Doha on Monday, and Allegri is keen to earn his first trophy since replacing Antonio Conte.
Juventus have won the last two Supercoppas, while Allegri last won the competition in 2011 with former club Milan.
Having guided his new charges to the top of the table and progressed in Europe, the head coach wants a cup win to cap off an impressive first six months at the helm.
After remaining top of the league and getting to the Champions League last 16, the Super Cup is our third target of the season, he said.
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Convicted rapist Ched Evans deserves a second chance according to the Maltese football club that have offered him a contract.
Hibernians FC, currently the runaway leaders in the Maltese Premier League, are willing to give the 26-year-old former Sheffield United striker a route back into professional football, with a deal to play for them until the end of this season.
The driving force behind the deal appears to be Stephen Vaughan Hibernians vice-president and former owner of English club Chester City.
Technical director Jeffrey Farrugia confirmed that Hibernians are waiting on confirmation from Evans representatives in order to complete the move.
Speaking to Sky News, Farrugia stated that the player being found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman in 2011…
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has not yet sorted out the Reds defensive shortcomings
I have never tried to hide my admiration for Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, even as a fan of the team from across Stanley Park.
I have admired the affable German boss since his time at Dortmund when he overcame German overlords Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.
His football philosophy is one of playing passing football with the emphasis on attacking football. He managed to perfect that in two glorious campaigns with BVB.
However, despite his Liverpool team progressing since his arrival, the Reds still have a major problem in defence. The Merseysiders defensive deficiencies were there for all to see in the Reds 3-3 opening day Premier League draw at Watford.
Defence ha…
Tony Fernandes has no intention of going on a spending spree on transfer deadline despite QPR s precarious position.
QPR chairman Tony Fernandes has ruled out splashing the cash on transfer deadline day and believes QPR have the quality to avoid relegation.
Fernandes has invested heavily since becoming the majority owner of the London club back in 2011 and brought in the likes of Steven Caulker, Leroy Fer, Sandro and Rio Ferdinand after returning to the Premier League by winning the Championship play-offs last season.
Harry Redknapp has been linked with a move for Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor ahead of Monday s transfer deadline as he attempts to guide Rangers out of the relegation zone.
Fernandes, though, is not expecting to be active in the tra…
Thierry Henry, France and Arsenal s record goalscorer, believes Anthony Martial is a better player than he was at the same age.
Martial, 21, moved to Manchester United from Monaco in 2015 for a fee that could rise to as much as £58million at the time making him the most expensive teenager in history.
Henry was 21 and already a World Cup winner when he moved to Arsenal from Juventus in 1999, before going on to surpass Ian Wright as the Gunners most prolific marksman.
Despite his excellent early-season form for United with five goals in nine appearances across all competitions despite only four starts Martial was left out of Didier Deschamps squad for France s World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria and Belarus.
Blessed with blistering pace and regularly us…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola claimed he is not here to entertain after his side destroyed Stoke City 7-2 on Saturday.
Two goals from Gabriel Jesus and one each for Raheem Sterling, David Silva, Fernandinho, Leroy Sane and Bernardo Silva saw City move two points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League.
The win also saw City become the first team to score 29 goals in their first eight top-flight matches of a season since Everton back in 1894-95 and prolonged their unbeaten run to 16 games in all competitions.
But Guardiola insists it was the result that mattered, even though he accepted it was probably the club s best performance since he took charge last year.
29 Man City are the 1st top-flight team to net 29 goals in their first…