Jadon Sancho is unlikely to feature when Manchester United host Nottingham Forest as Erik ten Hag hopes performance psychologist Rainier Koers can help to revitalise the winger.
Sancho last featured for United in a 1-1 draw with Chelsea on October 22 and was absent from Gareth Southgate s England squad for the World Cup in Qatar.
With the former Borussia Dortmund player subsequently left out of United s travelling party for a training camp in Spain, Ten Hag said he was not in the right status or fitness state to participate.
Having secured a place in the EFL Cup quarter-finals by beating Burnley on Wednesday, United return to Premier League action at home to Forest on Tuesday, but Sancho is unlikely to feature.
Asked whether the 22-year-old will play at O…
Former Barcelona and Argentina star Javier Mascherano has agreed to join Primera Division side Estudiantes.
The 35-year-old left Barcelona at the end of the 2017-18 season to sign a deal with Chinese Super League outfit Hebei China Fortune.
He has made 53 appearances for the club over the past two seasons but will now make a return to Argentina 14 years after leaving River Plate for Brazilian side Corinthians.
Estudiantes announced the deal on social media alongside a video of president and former Seleccion team-mate Juan Sebastian Veron dining with Mascherano.
¡Gracias por esta cena en Beijing con nuestro Presidente, donde se llegó a un acuerdo general para que te sumes a en los próximos días!!
— Estudiantes de La Plata (@EdelpO…
Granit Xhaka has detailed his happiness at Arsenal and says the club have something special planned as they continue their fine campaign.
A comeback victory over West Ham on Boxing Day extended the Gunners unbeaten run in the Premier League to nine games, with Mikel Arteta s side dropping just five points so far this term and holding a five-point lead at the top of the table.
The club have exceeded expectations with an improbable push for Premier League glory, and are reportedly eyeing further additions in the January transfer window in their bid to clinch a league title for the first time since 2004.
Xhaka has played an integral role in Arsenal s success this term, creating 22 chances and contributing four assists in 15 appearances, and has teased the club have …
Thomas Tuchel denied Chelsea s upcoming Champions League clash with Real Madrid provided a distraction after watching his team fall to a 4-1 loss to Brentford on Saturday.
The Blues opened the scoring three minutes after half-time through Antonio Rudiger, but a stunning Brentford comeback condemned them to their first Premier League defeat since January 15, as Christian Eriksen and Yoane Wissa added to Vitaly Janelt s brace.
Chelsea s remarkable collapse saw them concede four or more goals at home to a newly promoted side for just the second time in Premier League history, with the previous occasion also coming under Tuchel s management in a 5-2 loss to West Bromwich Albion in April 2021.
With the European champions due to host Madrid in a huge quarter-final con…
Sunderland are closing in on a deal for Chelsea full-back Patrick van Aanholt, .
The 23 year old has made only a handful of appearances for the Blues since turning professional, spending most of his time away from the club out on loan.
He spent the first half of the 2009/10 campaign with Coventry City before moving to Newcastle United later in the campaign, while the following two campaigns saw him have brief spells with Leicester City and Wigan Athletic respectively.
More recently, he has been in his native Netherlands with Vitesse Arnhem, turning out for them eighty-three times since joining them in January 2012.
He is now keen to secure a permanent move away from Stamford Bridge having accepted that he has no future at the club.
Sunderla…
FIFA has expelled Zimbabwe from the preliminary rounds of the 2018 World Cup for failing to settle payments owed to former coach Jose Claudinei Georgini.
The Zimbabwe Football Federation (ZIFA) employed the Brazilian coach between January and November 2008.
Georgini subsequently took the issue over non payments to FIFA, who passed a ruling stating that ZIFA must pay up the debt and warned they would face a ban if they refused.
However, FIFA stated that the payments were not made despite a grace period and subsequently football s governing body has decided to kick Zimbabwe out of the preliminary qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup.
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Sao Paolo coach Muricy Ramalho remains in intensive care after suffering heart problems in a training session on Thursday.
The 58-year-old was admitted to Hospital Sao Luiz Morumbi and is undergoing tests following a tachycardia a heart rate that exceeds the normal range but is expected to be discharged on Friday.
Ramalho has endured health issues in the past, having been hospitalised after suffering with kidney stones in 2009 and also had a hernia two years ago.
The vastly experienced Ramalho has also coached the likes of Santos, Palmeiras, Fluminense and Botafago in his 20-year coaching career.
Sao Paolo face Fluminense in the Brazilian Serie A on Sunday.
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Vinicius Junior acknowledged that he and his team-mates must improve following their goalless draw with Costa Rica in their opening game of the Copa America.
The nine-time champions were frustrated by their opponents at the SoFi Stadium, with Los Ticos becoming only the third CONCACAF side to keep a clean sheet against the Selecao Canarinho at the tournament after Mexico (2001 and 2007) and Honduras (2001).
Brazil registered 19 attempts at Patrick Sequeira s goal, but only three were on target, with Rodrygo (6) and Lucas Paqueta (5) having the majority of those chances.
Vinicius failed to make an impact on proceedings in Los Angeles and was replaced by future Real Madrid team-mate Endrick for the final 20 minutes.
The 23-year-old has now been substitut…
Manuel Neuer is determined to bag the full three points when Bayern Munich take on Werder Bremen on Saturday as the Bavarians look to extend their record start.
Pep Guardiola s men have been in sublime form in the opening months of the 2015-16 campaign and headed into the international break with a 100 per cent record after eight games.
Their fine run of form is a new Bundesliga record after eight matches of a season, beating their previous best of 2012-13.
Bayern will be looking to make it nine wins from as many games as the Bundesliga returns this weekend and Neuer is hopeful they can build on the fine results they have recorded at Werder in the past.
We re glad to be back, Neuer told the official Bayern website. We want to carry on where we left off b…
Erik ten Hag admitted Manchester United’s first-half performance in their 2-1 win at Sheffield United was not a fitting way to remember Sir Bobby Charlton.
United are mourning one of their greatest ever players following Charlton’s death aged 86 on Saturday morning and goals from Scott McTominay and Diogo Dalot ensured they remembered him with victory.
But Ten Hag’s side could not be much further away from the one that Charlton famously led to European Cup glory in 1968 as they were lacklustre against a team who have picked up just one point this season.
That meant everything ||
— Manchester United (@ManUtd)
Defender Dalot was the unlikely hero as he saved their blushes with a 20-yard curler 13 minutes from time after Oli McBurnie’s …