SPORTS

JOSE MOURINHO believes Manchester United can emulate Real Madrid’s successful development of youth players over the next few years. United have a host of talented young stars coming through at Old Trafford. Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Scott McTominay and Axel Tuanzebe are all members of United’s first-team squad and under the age of 21. Jose Mourinho has had ...

ANTONIO CONTE has questioned Tottenham’s ambition by suggesting they have lower expectations than their Premier League rivals. Tottenham have yet to make a signing this summer as the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United splash the cash. Antonio Conte has seen Chelsea invest around £130million on Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Antonio Rudiger after winning the title last ...

Diego Costa has taken pre-season training into his own hands with an improvised training session on a Brazilian beach. In a video uploaded to Costa’s Instagram account, he is seen exercising on the sand with the help of two assistants, one holding him back while the other feeds him the ball. Blues boss Antonio Conte opted to omit the player ...

Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) boss Ángel María Villar has resigned from his vice-president roles at FIFA and UEFA after his arrest as part of an anti-corruption investigation. The news was confirmed today by UEFA, European football’s governing body. It comes after sixty-seven-year-old Villar was suspended yesterday by Spain’s Government, following his arrest. He denies any wrongdoing but has been remanded ...

MANCHESTER UNITED fans have got all excited after Paul Pogba was pictured deep in discussion with Neymar prior to the Red Devils’ friendly against Barcelona. Barcelona forward Neymar is at the centre of a long-running transfer saga with Pairs Saint-Germain lining up a world-record £196million bid for the Brazilian. However, some Manchester United fans believe their club could sneak in ...

PAUL POGBA’S performance for Manchester United against Barcelona showed he is at the same level as Andres Iniesta and Toni Kroos. Those are the thoughts of Jose Mourinho. Pogba produced a typically all-action display and came close to scoring against Barcelona, but could not prevent the Red Devils from slumping to a first defeat of their pre-season tour. The Frenchman ...

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC could return to Manchester United’s first team before Christmas – and so confident is manager Jose Mourinho that he has ditched plans to sign a second striker. Ibrahimovic missed the end of last season after damaging knee ligaments, forcing him to have an operation in the United States. And his time at Old Trafford looked to be up ...

Former Marseille star Abedi Ayew Pele says ex-club president Bernard Tapie may have overstepped his boundaries with his antics to sign him in 1987. Tapie, in a recent interview, revealed how he scuppered the playmaker’s proposed move to Monaco by conspiring with an official of Les Monegasques to declare the Ghanaian HIV positive ahead of his medical to kill off ...

INTER MILAN’S president Erick Thohir admits Ivan Perisic’s future remains unclear, as Manchester United zone in on the winger. Manchester United want to sign Perisic but are yet to meet Inter’s asking price. The Serie A club want £48million for their star man, who has joined them on their pre-season tour of the Far East. United manager Jose Mourinho is ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly confident of signing Nemanja Matic, but Chelsea will demand £40million. Jose Mourinho revealed yesterday that he still wants to bring in two more players before the transfer window closes next month. One being a wide player and the other a central midfielder but he went on to admit that he may have to settle for just ...