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CHELSEA star Gary Cahill might have snubbed Fulham because he reckons Maurizio Sarri is on thin ice. That’s according to former Premier League full-back Stephen Warnock who says the veteran defender is playing the long game. Cahill was widely expected to move to Craven Cottage during the transfer window. However, a transfer failed materialise despite interest from Chelsea’s west London ...

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER should not get the Manchester United job full time even if he can lead his side to a top-four finish in the Premier League, claims Paul Ince. Solskjaer is now the favourite with the bookies to become the next permanent manager of Manchester United. The former striker has won eight of his nine games since taking interim ...

When Chelsea’s teenage winger Callum Hudson-Odoi first took to the school field as an 11-year-old, he caused quite a stir with one of the coaches, a former player himself. “Andy Martin, who used to play for Crystal Palace, came running back into the office and said: ‘You’ve got to come and see this lad play football – it’s remarkable,'” says ...

TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo crushed Tunisia’s Club Africain 8-0 on Saturday to achieve a record winning margin for an African Champions League group match. The five-time African champions overtook the mark set 18 years ago by Ivory Coast’s ASEC Mimosas when they beat CR Belouizdad of Algeria 7-0. Moroccan club Difaa el Jadida hold the record ...

Manchester United will now find it incredibly hard to ignore Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s claims to be the club’s manager on a permanent basis, according to Gary Neville. Solskjaer is unbeaten in nine matches – eight of which he has won – since taking over in a caretaker capacity from Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford in December. If the Norwegian continues ...

Maurizio Sarri has admitted that the Chelsea head coach’s job is tougher than he anticipated, but says he does not have a plan B as he bids to turn around the Blues’ ailing league form. Chelsea suffered an embarrassing 4-0 defeat at Bournemouth on Wednesday – their heaviest loss in the league for 23 years – which saw them drop ...

Unai Emery is considering giving a debut to Denis Suarez when Arsenal face Manchester City on Sunday, live on Sky Sports. The 25-year-old trained with his new team-mates for the first time on Friday after joining on loan from Barcelona until the end of the season. Suarez spent two seasons with Manchester City before moving to Barcelona in 2013 and ...

Maruoane Fellaini has left Manchester United to join Chinese Super League club Shandong Luneng on a permanent deal. Fellaini, 31, travelled to China on Thursday to discuss personal terms – having already undergone a medical – after the two clubs reached an agreement in principle. The midfielder has been at Old Trafford since being signed from Everton by David Moyes ...

Former Swiss international Ramon Vega has emerged as a possible challenger to Gianni Infantino for the FIFA Presidency at this year’s election in Paris. The election holds at the 69th FIFA Congress in Paris, France on June 5 this year. Vega, 47-year-old footballer turned financier, who won 23 caps for Switzerland, is reportedly weighing up a bid for the top ...

Real Madrid and Barcelona will go head to head in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. The two iconic teams were pitched together on Friday in a draw in Spain. The Spanish giants will now face off against each other three times within a month, with both legs of their cup clash before their Liga meeting on March 2. ...