Arsenal midfielder Martin Ødegaard will not play in Norway’s Nations League matches against Slovenia and Kazakhstan as he needs time to get match fit after recovering from his ankle injury, the Norwegian Football Federation said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old came off the bench in added time during Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat at Inter Milan in the Champions League last week — his first appearance since suffering the injury while playing for…
Liverpool defender Andy Robertson has vowed to prove his critics wrong after losing his place in the starting lineup to Greece international Kostas Tsimikas. Robertson admitted he felt “written off” following a disappointing individual display in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal last month, in which he was at fault for Bukayo Saka’s opening goal. The 30-year-old was withdrawn shortly after the hour mark at the Emirates and was named on…
PFA chief executive Maheta Molango has told ESPN that leading players including Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden “need to be protected” from the risk of burnout and excessive workload shortening their careers, adding there will be a “price to pay” if football’s schedule continues to intensify. And with high-profile players already talking about the prospect of strike action to resolve the matter, Molango said that “everything is possible…
HARRSION, New Jersey — NJ/NY Gotham FC’s 2-1 NWSL quarterfinal victory over the Portland Thorns at Red Bull Arena on Sunday had all the pomp and circumstance of a playoff game: United States international Rose Lavelle scored a late, dramatic game-winner in front of a club-record crowd for the defending league champions. But the key to Gotham’s victory on Sunday was consistent with a theme from throughout the squad’s season;…
Rúben Amorim is facing a further delay before officially starting as Manchester United’s new head coach as the club await confirmation of his visa, a source has told ESPN. United announced Amorim as their new boss on Nov. 1 “subject to work visa requirements.” Amorim, 39, is set to arrive in Manchester on Monday, but a source has told ESPN he is still waiting for the official green light to…
If you thought the recent surprises in the Premier League were just a blip, this weekend proved the up-is-down feeling is here to stay for a while longer. Manchester City lost again, this time to Brighton, Manchester United actually looked kind of good in a win over Leicester, and Arsenal had to settle for a draw with Chelsea. When this season started, who would’ve thought that’s where we’d be 11…
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Manchester United first-team coach Darren Fletcher has been given a three-match extended touchline ban for confronting the match officials during last month’s 2-1 win at home against Brentford, the Football Association (FA) said on Friday. The former United midfielder was also fined £7,500 ($9,705.75) for his protests when Brentford scored the opener at the stroke of half-time to go 1-0 up. United protested when Ethan Pinnock scored when the home…
France Football, the magazine that organises the Ballon d’Or award, has revealed the margin by which Manchester City midfielder Rodri controversially beat Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior to the prestigious individual prize. Rodri won the Ballon d’Or with 1170 points, just 41 more than Vinícius (1129). Vinícius and his Madrid teammates, as well as the club’s coaches and executives, refused to attend the ceremony in Paris on Oct. 28 after learning…