Jose Mourinho s words of advice to Dele Alli have been well publicised ever since the release of the Tottenham-focused All Or Nothing documentary series in 2020.

I am 56 now and yesterday I was 20. Time flies. One day I think you will regret it if you don t reach what you can reach, the former Spurs boss told Alli, who for the first time in his rough career was, at the start of the 2019-20 season, enduring a rough patch of form.

I am not expecting you to be the man of the match every game. I am not expecting you to score goals every game. I want just to tell you that you will regret it. You should demand more from yourself.

Less than 18 months after the documentary aired, Alli s Tottenham spell was over, moving to Everton on what was initially a free transfe…

Whenever Manchester United come up against a team managed by David Moyes, it provides the perfect opportunity to look back on the Red Devils rather turbulent recent history.

Moyes was, of course, the original successor to Alex Ferguson. The Chosen One , as the infamous banner read, and, to many, a harbinger of mediocrity.

That s slightly unfair on Moyes as although United won the title just before he ascended the Old Trafford hot seat, he was left with an aging squad that needed replenishing, plus the club s deep reverence for Ferguson ultimately stopped them moving with the times.

For years, Ferguson essentially operated as a head coach, recruitment director and sporting director rolled into one. The Scot was so effective and influential that, once he d left, Un…

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola wants more from Kevin De Bruyne who he says is not playing at his top level despite a stunning goal in Saturday s 3-1 win over Brighton and Hove Albion.

The two-time Premier League Player of the Season fired in City s third goal with a curling right-foot shot from just beyond the box to seal the points in the 75th minute.

Since De Bruyne s Premier League debut for City in September 2015, he has scored more goals from outside the box than any other player in the competition in this period (24).

The goal was the 31-year-old Belgian s second of the Premier League season while he has also contributed nine assists, yet Guardiola is expecting more.

He can be better. He s not playing at his top level, not yet, Guardiola told r…

AC Milan boss Paulo Fonseca was in an angry mood following his side s 2-1 loss away to Fiorentina on Sunday, suggesting the decisions to give three penalties turned the game into a circus .

Remarkably, all three spot-kicks were saved during the match. The home side initially saw Moise Kean s penalty kept out by Mike Maignan, while David de Gea then saved from Theo Hernandez who was later sent off and Tammy Abraham either side of half-time.

But after the game, Fonseca s attention was on the performance of the officials rather than the goalkeeping.

I don’t like to talk about refereeing but this isn’t football. Football is about contact and a mere touch shouldn’t be enough to award a penalty, he told DAZN.

Just a simple touch can lead to a penalty, w…

Pernille Harder s hat-trick handed Bayern Munich a winning start to their Women s Champions League campaign, beating Arsenal 5-2 in Group C.

Harder, who scored 24 times in 48 appearances for Arsenal s London rivals Chelsea, once again haunted the Gunners, striking her first goals in the competition in almost two years.

After three games in the Women’s Super League, Arsenal sit sixth, having won once and drawn twice, with the latest defeat piling more pressure on head coach Jonas Eidevall.

The Gunners started brightly at the FC Bayern Campus and took the lead in the 30th minute when Katie McCabe s delivery was swept home by Mariona Caldentey.

However, the hosts drew level two minutes before the break when Georgia Stanway s searching ball picked out th…

Aston Villa are interested in signing Nico Williams from Athletic Bilbao in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Villa could loss Moussa Diaby in the coming days to the Saudi Pro League, and the Villans, who will play in the UEFA Champions League next season, have identified Williams as a potential replacement.

TEAMtalk has reported that Villa have held talks with Williams’s agents over a move, but Unai Emery’s side face stiff competition from Chelsea and Barcelona. Both the Blues and the Blaugrana are also in touch with the entourage of the 22-year-old winger, who helped Spain to UEFA Euro 2024 finals.

Williams is one of the best young wingers in Europe and has been superb for Bilbao for a while. The 22-year-old scored five goals a…

Lionel Messi revealed I don t know if it s my best World Cup after his inspirational performance against Croatia helped Argentina reach another final.

Messi opened the scoring from the penalty spot before providing a remarkable assist for Julian Alvarez s second goal at Lusail Stadium, where Lionel Scaloni s side will face France or Morocco in the showpiece on Sunday.

The Argentina captain has now found the net five times in Qatar – moving him level with Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe in the race for the Golden Boot.

The 35-year-old surpassed his tally of four when he guided his nation to the final in 2014, where he won the Golden Ball for the tournament s best player despite narrowly missing out on glory following a 1-0 defeat to Germany.

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Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane believes the French Football Federation (FFF) would be making a big mistake by allowing Karim Benzema s ban from international football to move into the European Championships in June.

Benzema was suspended from representing France at any level by the FFF until the legal investigation into his involvement in an alleged plot to blackmail international team-mate Mathieu Valbuena has been concluded.

France is the host of Euro 2016 and Zidane believes his country will be severely hurting its chance of a home triumph by not selecting Benzema.

France cannot afford to ignore a player of Benzema s calibre, Zidane told Le Foot.

When we look at his numbers and everything he does on the field, we cannot let a play of this level go…

Switzerland striker Josip Drmic will miss Euro 2016 after undergoing surgery on a knee injury.

The 23-year-old came on as a substitute during Hamburg s 1-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday and sustained cartilage damage.

The club confirmed the diagnosis on Tuesday, adding in a statement: The Swiss must be operated on and will be out for the rest of the season .

Drmic, who is on loan from Borussia Monchengladbach until June and has subsequently played what will likely be his last game for Hamburg, vowed to battle back to fitness as soon as possible.

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Kevin De Bruyne came back to haunt his old club as his fine strike handed Premier League leaders Manchester City a 1-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday.

Against no side has De Bruyne scored more Premier League goals than he has against the Blues (five), with this total the most against Chelsea by any player who has previously played for them in the competition.

Elsewhere, Manchester United threw away a two-goal lead at Aston Villa to draw 2-2, with Philippe Coutinho sealing a point on his debut following his loan move from Barcelona.

Wolves beat Southampton 3-1 and Norwich City piled the pressure on Rafael Benitez with a 2-1 win over Everton, while strugglers Newcastle United and Watford played out a 1-1 draw.

Here, Stats Perform unpacks the pick of the Opta …