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[ad_1] Manchester United co-chairman Avram Glazer was invited into the dressing room following Sunday’s Carabao Cup win over Newcastle at Wembley. It was the first time that any of the Glazers have attended a United game since a November statement confirming their desire to explore ‘strategic alternatives’ – including a takeover. Indeed, the last time Avram, who sold class ‘A’ shares in United worth £70m in 2021, personally attended a game was back in August for the Premier League opening day defeat to Brighton. Avram along with brother Joel are the two Glazer family members most involved with United, although it has typically been JoelRead More →

[ad_1] Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has admitted that forward Darwin Nunez has aggravated the shoulder injury he suffered against Newcastle earlier this month. The Uruguay international was doubtful for the midweek clash with Real Madrid but ended up starting and scoring, before being substituted after the hour mark. Nunez did not appear to be struggling as he left the pitch and so it was a surprise that the 23-year-old was not included in Liverpool’s matchday squad to face Crystal Palace this weekend. Asked about Nunez’s absence, Klopp explained: “Darwin was okay with an injection against Madrid because there’s no structural damage. It’s very painful butRead More →

[ad_1] A Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe masterclass earned Paris Saint-Germain a crucial win in Le Classique on Sunday evening. The pair combined for all three goals on the night as PSG moved eight points clear at the top of Ligue 1. Marseille were surprisingly the much, much better team in the opening exchanges, playing with an urgency and enthusiasm that PSG seemed devoid of. OM’s best opening in the oening 20 minutes would come courtesy of that urgency, as Nuno Tavares burst through on goal after some powerful running down the right flank. Just before he could shoot however, Nuno Mendes launched himself inRead More →

[ad_1] Jonas Eidevall was left admiring a ‘brutally efficient’ Chelsea, after Arsenal again saw a series of chances go begging against the Blues during their 2-0 FA Cup defeat on Sunday. Arsenal dominated for much of the first half at Kingsmeadow, with Ann-Katrin Berger pulling off a number of fine saves to deny Frida Maanum, Katie McCabe and Caitlin Foord. Stina Blackstenius also blazed a glorious opportunity over when one-v-one. The Gunners were made to pay as Chelsea took the lead with their first real sighting of goal through Sophie Ingle. Sam Kerr added a second 10 minutes into the second half to condemn ArsenalRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United full-back Luke Shaw has described his side’s 2-0 victory over Newcastle United in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final as the ‘start’ of ‘our own history’ at the club. Shaw was at the club when Manchester United last won a piece of silverware back in 2017, but missed out through injury when a team led by Jose Mourinho lined up for the Europa League final against Ajax. The left-back was also absent from the squad that won the Carabao Cup earlier that season too. When United reached the final of Europe’s second-tier competition in 2021, Shaw played the full 120 minutes and scored hisRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United have won the Carabao Cup after being Newcastle 2-0 in an entertaining game at Wembley. It was the first trophy of the Erik ten Hag era at Man Utd and ends their five-year wait for silverware. Newcastle, meanwhile, have still failed to win a domestic trophy since 1955. The game was an absorbing one, with Newcastle starting brilliantly and passing through the Man Utd lines in assured style. However, they were unable to land a blow on the Red Devils, who slowly grew into the game and took the lead through a Casemiro header. Pledgeball’s Katie Cross & Canaries Trust’s Sarah GreavesRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United defender Millie Turner was presented with a special shirt on the pitch ahead of her team’s FA Cup victory over Durham, commemorating her landmark 100th appearance for the club just prior to the February international break. In that win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Turner became only the third United player to reach the landmark when she joined Ella Toone and Katie Zelem. The 26-year-old, who briefly spent time in the club’s youth system before starting her senior career at Everton, was recruited in 2018 when United’s first-team squad was reformed. She has been an important player throughout that time and has goneRead More →

[ad_1] Harry Kane has played in plenty of London derbies in his career, and the striker has scored in a fair few of them. While they only really have big rivalries with Arsenal and Chelsea, Spurs have a number of local (ish) derbies against sides with whom they share a city. Here’s how Kane has fared against them all for his club. Kane has scored in the majority of matches he has played for Spurs since bursting onto the scene in 2014, so it’s no surprise that he’s regularly found the back of the net in London derbies. In total, he’s played in 101 gamesRead More →

[ad_1] The League Cup holds a unique, almost paradoxical place in the hierarchy of the English footballing pyramid. Bowing out of the early rounds of England’s demonstrably second-tier cup competition scarcely prompts a crisis but as soon as you win the trophy it’s importance explodes. Alan Hardaker, the brains behind the tournament’s creation in 1960 – 89 years after the FA Cup launched – argued: “If the FA Cup is football’s Ascot, the League Cup Final is its Derby Day.” 23 different teams have hoisted aloft this particular pot but which club has charged down the final furlong more often than the rest? Liverpool snuckRead More →

[ad_1] In the Carabao Cup final between Manchester United and Newcastle, Loris Karius will make his first appearance in English football in almost five years. The German looked destined for the top when, aged 23, he signed for Liverpool in the summer of 2016. It was hoped that he’d be their first-choice goalkeeper for the foreseeable future. That didn’t work out, though, and he slipped into football obscurity. Here’s the full story of what exactly happened to him during his first spell on English shores. Karius joined Liverpool in the summer of 2016, being signed from Bundesliga side Mainz for a fee of just underRead More →