Giovanni Van Bronckhorst is currently in talks with Rangers to replace Steven Gerrard in the managerial role, according to .
Gerrard was appointed to the job in 2018, and he led the team to the Scottish Premiership title without a single defeat in 2020-21. However, the former Liverpool captain accepted an offer from Aston Villa to replace the sacked Dean Smith and left Rangers last week.
Van Bronckhorst appears to be the favourite to take over at the Ibrox, with his vision seemingly well-aligned with that of the club, but as things stand at the moment, former Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes and ex-Rangers player Gennaro Gattuso are still being considered as alternative options. Contrary to some reports, the short-list does not include former Derby County and Chelsea boss, F…
Joleon Lescott does not believe the stories Pep Guardiola could be moving to Juventus in the near future. There were initial stories about such possibility, but former Man City player is obviously not a fan of them. The 36-year old played at Man City for five years, leaving the club in 2014, two years before Guardiola arrived.
“I don’t believe Pep Guardiola will move on until he has dominated Europe with Manchester City, Lescott told Sporting Bet this weekend.
You could say it’s unfinished business as he bids to take their football to a global level. Pep has created so much success at Manchester City in such a short space of time and I believe there’s more success to come.
“Everyone associated with the club wants Guardiola at Manchester City and the…
After a grand total of one day without Premier League football, the action returned on Saturday and there was a change at the top of the Premier League.
That s right, Chelsea slipped up again and handed the initiative to Manchester City and Liverpool, both of whom were victorious later in the day.
There was also a change at the bottom as Newcastle United left the foot of the table – at least until Sunday – meaning there are three sides all on 10 points in the relegation places.
Without any further ado, let s look at the best of the day s action with a pick of Opta s post-match facts…
West Ham 3-2 Chelsea: Blues dealt Hammer blow
Chelsea are off the Premier League summit as a result of their defeat at London rivals West Ham, who continue to c…
According to a report from AS, Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric is now set to remain at the club following an extended period of uncertainty regarding his future in the game. The Croatian had been heavily linked with a move to Inter Milan in Serie A, which came directly after Modric helped to guide Croatia into the 2018 FIFA World Cup final. Alas, following a pretty public saga, Luka couldn’t quite get the deal over the line.
The ball certainly seemed to be in his court given that many fans were dubbing him the best player in world football last year, although Real definitely seemed to be dragging their feet at times.
The 33 year old first moved over to the Santiago Bernabeu from Tottenham Hotspur in 2012, where he had spent the previous four years of his career.
It was meant to be Robert Lewandowski’s game.
The Bayern Munich striker is Poland s captain and their undisputed star. He scored 13 times in qualifying for Euro 2016, and plundered 42 goals in all competitions for his club in 2015-16.
Lewandowski appeared primed to lead his country to their first ever European Championship victory in their tournament opener against Northern Ireland in Nice on Sunday.
But it was not meant to be.
Northern Ireland boss Michael O Neill lauded Lewandowski before the match, and fielded a five-man defence and two holding midfielders in a nod to the qualities of Poland s talisman.
And the 27-year-old, quite incredibly, failed to register a shot on target throughout the 90 minutes, as he struggled from a lack of top…
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Sparta Prague and AS Monaco will face each other in the first leg of the Champions League Third Qualifying Round this week. The match will be held at Stadion Letna and will kick off at 6pm UK time on Tuesday evening.
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Sparta Prague got the better of Austrian club Rapid Vienna in the second qualifying round of the Champions League. The club from the Czech Republic won 3-2 on aggregate against Rapid.
Czech club Sparta lost the first leg of their tie against Vienna 2-1, but they recovered in the second leg to book their place in the third qualifying round. Pavel Vrba’s side are doing well in the domestic league and will head into the match against Monaco on Tuesday high o…
Manchester City completed an unprecedented clean sweep of domestic honours in English football this season.
But 20 years ago the club were operating in a very different reality and on the brink of ruin, having dropped down to the third tier for the first time in their history.
Having initially struggled with the status of being overwhelming favourites for the Division Two title, Joe Royle s side managed to scrape into the play-off final at Wembley on May 30, 1999 against Gillingham.
Goals from Carl Asaba and Robert Taylor had Tony Pulis and his underdogs 2-0 to the good as the 90-minute mark approached.
City, whose neighbours Manchester United had completed their own incredible comeback to win the Champions League against Bayern Munich in Barcelona four n…
Arsene Wenger refused to criticise Shkodran Mustafi s role in Manchester City s opening goal after Arsenal were thrashed 3-0 in Sunday s EFL Cup final at Wembley.
City ultimately cruised to victory at the national stadium, with Vincent Kompany and David Silva scoring after the interval, but the first half was a different story.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wasted a good chance to open the scoring, and Aguero edged City ahead when he latched onto a long Claudio Bravo punt and lobbed David Ospina.
Mustafi caught flak for his role in the goal, the German defender appealing for a foul to referee Craig Pawson rather than chase the striker, and former England defender Gary Neville lambasted spineless play from the Arsenal man.
He thought [so] yes, Wenger said if …
Manchester United s underwhelming home form continued but their 0-0 draw with a passive Manchester City at least prevented further misery following Champions League embarrassment.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came under increased scrutiny after United suffered a 3-2 defeat away to RB Leipzig in Europe on Tuesday, his team only showing some spirit once they were three goals down.
But in Saturday s Manchester derby they came up against a City side that rarely showed the levels of intensity displayed by the Germans in midweek, with Solskjaer potentially seeing the stalemate something of a missed opportunity.
City crafted the better chances even though they were far from their fluent best, but ultimately neither side deserved to make the breakthrough as they remain neck-and-…
Neymar missing the Copa America due to injury was widely expected to be a major blow to Brazil s chances of winning the tournament on home soil.
But instead, Tite s side have reached their first final since 2007 and looked the strongest, most consistent team in the competition.
There have been wobbles Brazil needed penalties to see off Paraguay in the quarter-finals and were similarly held to a 0-0 draw by Venezuela in the group stage.
The Selecao are overwhelming favourites to beat Peru in Sunday s final, however, especially as they hammered the same opposition 5-0 in their final round-robin match.
Tite has been able to address the loss of the Paris Saint-Germain star seemingly without any great difficulty, which poses an obvious question: Are Brazil be…