Marcus Rashford is relishing a fresh start under Erik ten Hag after losing his way at Manchester United.
Rashford fell out of favour during a turbulent 2021-22 season for the Red Devils, making only 13 Premier League starts and scoring just four times in the top flight.
The 24-year-old underwent shoulder surgery last August and has not played for England since the Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy at Wembley 12 months ago.
Rashford is determined to reignite his career following the appointing of Dutchman Ten Hag as United boss.
It is an opportunity to refresh. I am ready to go again, Rashford said.
We can do a lot together. For me, it is a fresh start, something I am looking forward to.
Ten Hag feels refreshed after a good break before fl…
Diego Simeone described Jan Oblak as the best goalkeeper in the world after his star turn in Atletico Madrid s 2-0 win over Celta Vigo on Saturday.
Atletico bounced back from last weekend s disappointing 2-0 defeat to Barcelona as goals from Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata earned all three points.
It could have been a very different outcome, though, if not for Oblak producing three stunning saves to keep Celta at bay.
And Simeone was in no doubt that the Slovenia international – who joined from Benfica in 2014 – is comfortably the best in the world in his position.
He is the best goalkeeper in the world, he said. We are fortunate that he chooses to play at Atletico and that he is with us.
He has improved a lot and he has earned it. …
How he copes will be interesting. Does he quit, or give it one more shot elsewhere?
One possibility to appeal to the romantics is a return to Ajax. Second spells at Barcelona and with the Dutch national team show Van Gaal has no aversion to going back.
Frank de Boer, a star man on the field during Van Gaal s time with the Amsterdam giants, has left to seek new challenges elsewhere in Europe. But, since a fresh-faced Patrick Kluivert sunk Milan at Vienna s Ernst-Happel-Stadion, circumstances have changed beyond recognition for all concerned.
Ajax no longer dine at European football s top table. This season, they returned to the Austrian capital only to be knocked out of the Champions League before the group stage by Rapid Vienna. The irresistible swagger of Johan …
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is expecting Ander Herrera to make an announcement over his future soon, having been strongly linked with Paris Saint-Germain.
Herrera joined United in 2014 from Athletic Bilbao and won the club s Player of the Year award in 2016-17, but his contract expires at the end of the season.
He fell out of favour under Jose Mourinho, while he has struggled with injuries lately, but Herrera enjoyed a resurgence following Solskjaer s initial appointment in December.
United reportedly baulked at Herrera s contract demands, however, and PSG are reported to have agreed a deal with him for the start of next season, with Solskjaer expecting the 29-year-old to confirm what his future holds soon.
Speaking ahead of Sunday s vi…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic revealed his delight and slight surprise at seeing complete Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric handed multiple individual honours in 2018.
Former Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo had largely hogged the limelight at the Santiago Bernabeu in past seasons, but Modric was influential in the side s third consecutive Champions League and then inspired Croatia srun to the World Cup final.
The ex-Tottenham man s form saw him rewarded with the Golden Ball at Russia 2018 and then the coveted Ballon d Or, won by either Ronaldo or great rival Lionel Messi in each of the previous 10 years.
And LA Galaxy star Ibrahimovic, who came fourth in the 2013 Ballon d Or voting while with Paris Saint-Germain, was encouraged to see a different name in a different pos…
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The Premier League returns this weekend for yet another massive round of games that will surely only add to the excitement of the world s most competitive league. the table is incredibly tight right now meaning that a single win can quite often see a side rise a number of places in the table, and with this in mind Tottenham travel to face Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Crystal Palace have been struggling of late as they have slipped closer and closer to the relegation zone. After 27 games they have won six, drawn nine and lost 12, scoring 25 goals and conceding 42 times. In their last five they have only won once, drawing twice and losing twice which has seen them onto 27 p…
UEFA has confirmed it received declarations of interest from four potential bidders for hosting rights to Euro 2028 and Euro 2032.
The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland launched a joint-bid for Euro 2028 earlier on Wednesday, while a Russian official remarkably confirmed its own interest in holding either of the two tournaments.
Russia s teams are currently banned from UEFA and FIFA competitions following the country s invasion of Ukraine, but the 2018 World Cup hosts pushed ahead regardless.
Turkey has joined Russia in announcing to UEFA its willingness to stage the European Championship in either 2028 or 2032.
While the two countries are up against the UK and Ireland in the first of the two finals, Italy is the other interested party four years lat…
Mario Mandzukic has not been included in Juventus squad for Saturday s Serie A clash with Fiorentina as speculation continues over his future.
Mandzukic has not played for Juve this term having reportedly been deemed surplus to requirements by Maurizio Sarri, who also left the forward out of his Champions League squad.
Reports emerged this week linking the Croatian with a move to Qatari side Al-Gharafa, while offers from other leagues – including MLS – are also rumoured to be on the table.
The 33-year-old, who is said to be fully fit, looks to have taken a step closer to leaving Juve, with Sarri leaving him out of the squad to face Fiorentina.
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And now, the end is near. Arsene Wenger certainly did it his way at Arsenal, but his reign at the club is drawing to a close.
The Frenchman caught the footballing world by surprise on Friday by announcing he will leave the Gunners at the end of the season, ending his 22-year tenure.
During over two decades in charge, Wenger has won the Premier League three times and lifted the FA Cup on seven occasions.
However, it hasn t always been plain sailing during his time in England. There have been near misses, painful departures and disappointing defeats.
Here, we recall five moments Wenger would probably like to forget (and that is without even mentioning his shoving match with Jose Mourinho in 2014).
THE END OF THE INVINCIBLES
Arse…
RB Leipzig midfielder Amadou Haidara is the first player Ralf Rangnick, the newly appointed interim manager at Manchester United, wants the club to sign, according to .
At the age of 23, Haidara is a Mali international with 24 senior caps to his name so far. He mostly plays in a central, box-to-box role, though he has been deployed to provide protection to the back line as well. Having left his homeland in 2016, he joined RB Salzburg at first, and like many other players of the Austrian Bundesliga side, he spent a year on loan with FC Liefering first.
Haidara made the move to Leipzig for a reported fee of €19 million in 2019, when Rangnick was in charge at the German club. The 63-year-old now wants to bring in an energetic midfielder to help him implement his pressing…