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England Under-21 manager Lee Carsley is hoping to ‘convince’ Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun to commit his international future to the Three Lions, having pulled out of this month’s junior squad. Balogun has a number of options at international level. He was born in the United States to Nigerian parents, but was raised in England from the age of two, making him eligible to represent all three. The 21-year-old has almost exclusively played youth international football for England aside from a handful appearances for the United States at Under-18 level. He has also expressed an openness to playing for Nigeria, but was reported to have travelledRead More →

Former Spain and Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has revealed a desire to work in the Premier League while unveiling himself as something of an Anglophile. Four-and-a-half years after he was first appointed, Enrique permanently left his post as manager of the Spanish men’s national team following La Roja’s galling World Cup penalty shootout defeat to surprise package Morocco in the round of 16. Enrique was first hired after Spain exited the 2018 tournament in Russia to the hosts on penalties at the same stage of the competition. Personal issues forced Enrique to take a leave of absence for nine months in 2019 but the formerRead More →

After their narrow 1-0 loss against the United States in the Concacaf Nations League, head coach Hugo Perez was asked about his future, specifically, if he would be open to coaching the USMNT. With El Salvador just losing out to a tough US side, thanks to a Ricardo Pepi goal in the 62nd minute that saw them knocked out of the Nations League, the Salvadorian-American manager was asked about potentially taking over the Stars and Stripes. The US job has been in limbo since Gregg Berhalter’s contract expired at the end of 2022. After three months and several controversies later, Berhalter still isn’t back inRead More →

The USMNT qualified for the Concacaf Nations League knockout rounds with a 1-0 win vs. El Salvador at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida.  Though Los Cuscatlecos didn’t make it easy, a goal from Ricardo Pepi propelled the American side through to the next round of the international tounament. It what a fairly difficult game for the US, as El Salvador went into the match tactically sound, specifically on the defensive side. They forced the Stars and Stripes to put six shots off target, which is a complete change from what the US put up during their 7-1 route of Grenada just a couple of daysRead More →

US women’s national team head coach Vlatko Andonovski explained the absence of Alyssa Thompson in the 26-player roster for the upcoming friendlies against the Republic of Ireland, revealing “we don’t want to add too much pressure on her.” Though only 18 years old, Thompson has been turning heads with her form lately, most recently scoring in Angel City’s opening-day 2-1 loss against Gotham FC. With the FIFA Women’s World Cup on the horizon, many believe that Thompson would earn another call-up to the USWNT during their last two friendlies before the tournament starts in July.  However, the latest roster drop sees Thompson’s name absent from theRead More →

Julian Nagelsmann and Mauricio Pochettino would both be open to succeeding Antonio Conte at Tottenham, but would prefer to wait until the summer to decide their next respective moves, 90min understands. Spurs confirmed on Sunday night that they had mutually agreed to part ways with Conte following a dismal run of results, notably capping off his tenure by labelling his players as ‘selfish’ in an explosive press conference after drawing 3-3 with Southampton. Conte’s former assistant, Cristian Stellini, has been placed in interim charge until the end of the season with the hunt for a new permanent boss underway – this search could be complicatedRead More →

Chelsea and Lyon go head to head in west London this week in the crunch second leg of their Women’s Champions League quarter-final tie. The Blues opened up a narrow 1-0 aggregate lead in the first meeting thanks to a sumptuous curling finish from Guro Reiten. But the teams have responded to that result in different ways. Chelsea were pegged back in the WSL title race by a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester City, a second loss this month after Arsenal beat them in the Conti Cup final. Lyon, meanwhile, took their frustration out on Guingamp in a 6-0 demolition that should atRead More →

Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay has challenged himself to score more goals after a prolific couple of games for Scotland during the international break. Three days after scoring twice in the closing stages of Scotland’s 3-0 victory over Cyprus in the nation’s opening match of the qualifying campaign for the 2024 European Championships, McTominay bagged another brace at Hampden Park against Spain in a famous triumph for Steve Clarke’s hosts. McTominay had scored a grand total of one international goal in his first 36 caps for Scotland – several of which were spent at centre-back, admittedly – before these goal-laden few days. Only Denmark’s RasmusRead More →

The Europa League final may not be a bucket list event that, say, the Champions League or World Cup finals are, but UEFA’s secondary club competition will mean a whole lot to those supporters whose sides progress into the showpiece event. Just eight teams remain in this season’s iteration of the competition with several European behemoths of yesteryear still going strong. Manchester United, Juventus, and AS Roma sit among the favourites to at least reach the final in Budapest. While the final at the Puskas Arena is still some time away yet, tickets for the event are set to go on sale soon. Here’s everythingRead More →

Bori Fati, the father of Barcelona forward Ansu Fati, has delivered a punchy interview questioning his son’s lack of playing time while hinting at a possible move away. Fati made his Barcelona debut in August 2019 as a 16-year-old, becoming the club’s second-youngest player in the history of the Spanish top flight. The fleet-footed forward continued to topple age-related records for appearances and goals – both at club level and with the senior Spanish national team – until he suffered a serious knee injury in November 2020. It wouldn’t be until September 2021 that Fati returned to the pitch but various muscular problems have doggedRead More →