After three games without a win, Paulo Fonseca s main focus is getting a first victory of the season against Venezia, without looking ahead to other big matches.
Fonseca is already under pressure, with Milan having collected only two points from three games, and with their first Champions League match at home to Liverpool on Tuesday followed by a derby clash with Inter next weekend, things could get even worse.
For now, though, the 51-year-old badly needs a win and, with the visit of Venezia to San Siro the priority, Fonseca has prepared his 14th-placed team to take on the promoted side, who have one point and are second-bottom in the standings.
They [games] are all important, even more so at this time. I am confident, as always. It s important to win on Saturda…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists the return of Michael Edwards as Fenway Sports Group’s chief executive of football has not made him change his mind about leaving at the end of the season.
The German has spoken to Edwards, with whom he had a very successful relationship as the club’s sporting director until he left in 2022, after his appointment was confirmed on Tuesday, but there will be no dramatic U-turn.
Edwards spent over a decade at Anfield, initially as performance director, and owners FSG targeted him for a new role to oversee the huge transition which will take place this summer when Klopp leaves as the club also need a new sporting director – expected to be Bournemouth’s Richard Hughes – as well as a manager.
Asked whether Edwards has as…
Eddie Howe has no doubt Loris Karius is in confident mood ahead of an unexpected Newcastle United debut in the EFL Cup final.
An improbable series of events have led to Karius being in line to make his Newcastle bow against Manchester United at Wembley on Sunday.
First-choice goalkeeper Nick Pope was sent off against Liverpool last weekend, while Martin Dubravka is cup-tied having spent the first half of the season on loan at Man United. He will only get a winners medal if his Newcastle team-mates lose.
Karl Darlow, who started Newcastle s cup campaign in goal, was also allowed to leave on loan, meaning Karius and Mark Gillespie – the fourth and fifth-choice options – will be thrust into the spotlight.
It is Newcastle s first major cup final since the…
Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic should control his emotions when he does not score, Bianconeri head coach Thiago Motta said after they beat PSV 3-1 in their Champions League opener.
Kenan Yildiz and Weston McKennie put Juve 2-0 up at the break and Vlahovic set up Nico Gonzalez for the third strike, but the striker failed to find the net himself on Tuesday.
Vlahovic was visibly upset when he missed two chances towards the end of the game as the 24-year-old remained goalless in a third consecutive game across all competitions.
Dusan always shows up in ideal conditions to train and play. I am happy with his work, Motta told Sky Sport.
He didn t score and it s true that the striker always wants to score, it is also right that he has this ambition, but he mu…
Manchester United teenager Kobbie Mainoo has been called up to the England squad for the upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Belgium.
The 18-year-old midfielder has been promoted into Gareth Southgate’s senior group for the first time having initially been named in the Under-21’s squad.
Mainoo, a former U17 and U19 international, has burst onto the scene at Old Trafford this season, racking up 20 appearances so far.
An addition to the squad…
Congratulations to Kobbie Mainoo, who has received his first senior international call-up!
— England (@England)
He joins the 25 other players who reported for duty at St George’s Park on Tuesday and get the chance to stake a claim for a possible place in the squad for the summer’s Eu…
A day after club great Frank Lampard was shown the door by Chelsea, Thomas Tuchel has been confirmed as the new head coach at Stamford Bridge.
Having departed Paris Saint-Germain in late December, the highly regarded tactician will now continue his coaching career in England.
Former Borussia Dortmund boss Tuchel won two straight Ligue 1 titles and steered PSG to the Champions League final last season, yet ownership decided the time was right for a change in the French capital.
Mauricio Pochettino s status as a free agent arguably persuaded PSG to act fast and the boot is now on the other foot for Tuchel, whose availability has allowed him to step straight in at Stamford Bridge.
1.67 Frank Lampard s points per game average of 1.67 is the 4th lowes…
Former Liverpool left-back Jose Enrique is pleased to see Manchester United back as Premier League title contenders – as long as the reigning champions can defend their crown.
The Reds trail United by three points at the top of the table heading into Sunday s crunch clash on Merseyside.
United are winless in four league games against Liverpool, losing on their last two trips to Anfield, but this will be their first meeting with the Old Trafford outfit leading the league since 2013, when Alex Ferguson oversaw their most recent title triumph.
Liverpool have since won the title once and finished as runners-up twice, while United have only once made the top two.
However, ex-defender Jose Enrique, who played for the Reds between 2011 and 2016, believes it is…
Lyon s resurgence under Rudi Garcia continued as the Ligue 1 club recorded a 3-1 Champions League triumph over Benfica.
Having lost 2-1 in the reverse fixture in Lisbon, Lyon put themselves in control when they moved into a 2-0 lead after 33 minutes of Tuesday s Group G encounter.
Depay s strike saw him become the first Lyon player since 2002 to score in four successive Champions League fixtures, with Joachim Andersen having headed the hosts into an early lead.
Substitute Haris Seferovic dragged Benfica back into contention with a VAR-awarded goal, but Lyon restored their two-goal cushion through Bertrand Traore, his superb effort in the final minute making sure Garcia s side moved within two points of group leaders RB Leipzig, who had won at Zenit earlier in…
Paul Pogba says Manchester United s young players must make the most of their chances in the first team as they are playing for maybe the biggest club in history .
Sunday s Premier League game against Everton at Old Trafford is due to be the 4,000th in a row in which the Red Devils have included at least one academy graduate in the matchday squad.
That run, which stretches back to 1937, has been kept alive by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s commitment to promoting youngsters into the first team this season.
Thursday s 4-0 Europa League defeat of AZ saw nine players with United academy backgrounds included in the squad.
Pogba, who joined United as a 16-year-old, is now encouraging the youngsters at Solskjaer s disposal not to take their opportunities to im…
Anthony Martial acknowledged he fell out of love with football at Manchester United before rediscovering his enjoyment on loan at Sevilla.
Julen Lopetegui s side staved off interest from Juventus and Barcelona to secure the services of Martial on loan in January after limited opportunities at Old Trafford this season.
Rangnick confirmed in December that the 26-year-old wanted to leave due to a lack of first-team chances – he had played the full 90 minutes of a game only once this season and featured for just eight minutes since the German s arrival.
Martial has since registered 297 minutes of action for Sevilla across all competitions, with Lopetegui s team second in LaLiga 10 points behind Real Madrid and still in contention for the Europa League.
Sev…