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6:18 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hinted Phil Jones still has a future at the club despite being left out of his squad for the Premier League and Champions League. Jones, who still has three years left on his contract at Old Trafford, hasn’t featured since January because of

A pair of significant updates surrounding ongoings at Manchester United have been forthcoming online on Friday evening. ‘Won’t be ready’ The first concerns the fitness of Alex Telles. Brazilian stopper Telles of course made the move to Old Trafford from Porto on transfer deadline day. To this point, the 27-year-old has managed just a solitary

1:27 PM ET Juventus announced on Friday that Cristiano Ronaldo has tested negative for the coronavirus, 19 days after he was diagnosed as positive. In his absence, Juve have won just one of their four matches in all competitions, and were beaten 2-0 at home by Barcelona in the Champions League in midweek. – Serie

By Conor Laird Published: October 30, 2020 6:41 pm Last Updated: October 30, 2020 6:42 pm Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has provided his take on the challenge of opposite number Jordan Pickford, which left Virgil van Dijk with a serious knee injury. VVD blow Merseyside rivalries were of course renewed a fortnight ago, when Everton welcomed

9:24 AM ET Zinedine Zidane has said Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior have cleared things up after the French striker was apparently caught on camera criticising his Real Madrid teammate. TV footage showed Benzema telling full-back Ferland Mendy: “He does what he wants. Don’t pass to him, brother. He is playing against us,” in words

4:00 AM ET Ole Gunnar Solskjaer takes charge of his 100th game as Manchester United manager when Arsenal visit Old Trafford on Sunday. It has been a rollercoaster ride for the Norwegian since he replaced Jose Mourinho, initially on an interim basis, in December 2018. 2 Related There have been incredible highs, such as the

5:51 PM ET A flurry of goals either side of halftime from Edward Nketiah, Joseph Willock and Nicolas Pepe gave Arsenal a comfortable 3-0 Europa League win over Irish side Dundalk on Thursday that puts them top of their group after two games. – Olley: Arsenal need more production from recording signing Pepe The 2019

2:15 PM ET This year’s Champions League compressed group stage is a pedal-to-the-metal sprint — three straight midweek contests, two weeks off, then three more midweek affairs. The odds are shifting and swaying constantly, and they will do so again next week. One-third of the way through, let’s step back and see what has and

Arsenal vs Dundalk Arsenal returned to European action a short time ago. The Gunners have been drawn in Group B of the 2020/21 Europa League along with Molde, Dundalk and Rapid Wien. It would the latter of that trio who Arsenal faced last week, seeing off the Austrian outfit in a not overly convincing 2-1

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Burnley vs Chelsea Chelsea return to Premier League action on Saturday afternoon. The Blues’ last outing saw them put four past Krasnodar on Wednesday in a Champions League clash. Their league form, though, has been far for impressive of late. In fact, Chelsea have won just two of their six Premier League matches this term,

By Josh Barker Published: October 29, 2020 7:58 pm Last Updated: October 29, 2020 8:00 pm Leicester down Athens Leicester travelled to Greece on Thursday for a clash with AEK Athens as they looked to continue their fine start to their European campaign. The Foxes picked up a 3-0 victory over Zorya Luhansk last week

9:46 AM ET Jose Maria Bartomeu is no longer president of Barcelona. He resigned Tuesday after facing tons of public pressure — including, he says, “threats and insults” — and a de facto impeachment vote he would almost certainly have lost. One, perhaps superficial, reading is that this is a triumph for democracy — or,

By Conor Laird Published: October 29, 2020 5:47 pm Last Updated: October 29, 2020 5:54 pm An update on the fitness of West Ham United star Michail Antonio has been forthcoming online on Thursday. Irons impressing West Ham are set to return to action on Saturday evening. David Moyes’ outfit will make the daunting trip

8:00 AM ET UEFA this week released its annual report of the 2019-20 Champions League, which documents and analyses the technical and tactical aspects of the season that ended with Bayern Munich taking the top prize. Don’t worry, it’s a lot more interesting than it sounds. All readers, from the casual observers to the stats

By Tom Canton Published: October 29, 2020 11:41 am Last Updated: October 29, 2020 11:42 am Roman approves Roman Abramovich was seen in rare attendance of Chelsea’s 4-0 win in Russia against Krasnodar. The Russian owner of Chelsea’s visa issues have meant he has been unable to travel to the UK. However, playing in his

12:10 AM ET Jaroslaw Niezgoda scored twice and added an assist as the Portland Timbers clinched a Major League Soccer playoff berth with a 5-2 victory against the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday night. Diego Valeri, Eryk Williamson and Andy Polo also tallied and Yimmi Chara had three assists for the Timbers (10-5-5, 35

9:53 PM ET Kacper Przybylko and Cory Burke each scored one goal to lift the host Philadelphia Union past the Chicago Fire 2-1 on Wednesday. The Union, who began the night tied for first place with Toronto FC in the Eastern Conference, improved to 13-3-5 (44 points). They also moved to 8-0 at home this