Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has challenged his Manchester United players to rediscover their mojo as they bid to return to winning ways in the Premier League against Southampton on Tuesday.
The Red Devils title tilt has suffered a blow over the past week, a shock home defeat to rock-bottom Sheffield United followed up with a point from a 0-0 result at Arsenal on Saturday – their fourth goalless draw in the league this season.
They are now three points behind leaders Manchester City who also have a game in hand in the Premier League table, having sat top not so long ago.
United will hope to get back on track against a Southampton side they have not lost to in nine games, although they are looking to complete their first league double over the…
Kevin De Bruyne and Son Heung-min have joined Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold in being nominated for the Premier League s Player of the Season award.
De Bruyne, who won the award in 2019-20 despite Manchester City missing out on the title to Liverpool that season, is enjoying his best goalscoring campaign for the club.
He netted four goals in a 5-1 thrashing of Wolves on Wednesday, taking him to 19 in all competitions.
Salah is the only other past winner to be up for the award, having scored 22 goals and provided 13 assists (both league-high tallies) in another outstanding campaign as Liverpool battle City for the title.
Fellow Reds star Alexander-Arnold is also on the shortlist after racking up 12 assists in 31 appearances, as is T…
Mohamed Salah was affected by his contract saga in the latter stages of last season, according to Liverpool team-mate Virgil van Dijk.
Egypt international Salah signed a new deal at Anfield last month worth a reported £350,000 a week, making him the highest-earning player in the club s history.
That brought an end to months of speculation regarding the 30-year-old s future, having himself hinted that he may move away as he entered the final year of his previous deal.
Despite Salah finishing last season as the Premier League s joint-top goalscorer alongside Son Heung-min, Van Dijk believes the contract standoff took its toll on the Egypt star.
At the end of the season, from maybe April until the end, there was a lot of talk about his contract and stuff, …
Another transfer window has seen another huge outlay on fees, but not all great signings have to come at such a cost.
Paulo Dybala, Paul Pogba, Angel Di Maria, Antonio Rudiger and Boubacar Kamara have already moved as free agents in this window.
With just a couple of days to go before the deadline, there remain some notable names looking for clubs.
Let s take a look
Marcelo (34 years old – last club: Real Madrid)
It is not often the Champions League-winning captain of the previous campaign is without a club at the start of the new season, but that has been the case for Marcelo.
Admittedly, the left-back – a five-time European champion – was firmly behind Ferland Mendy in the pecking order last term, starting only seven games in all …
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard is focusing on returning to action as soon as possible and feels fortunate his injury is not worse than it is.
Odegaard injured his ankle while on Norway duty two weeks ago and has missed Arsenal s three matches since, including Wednesday s EFL Cup tie with Bolton Wanderers.
Mikel Arteta confirmed this week that the midfielder will be out for a while , but no timeframe has been given for his recovery.
Addressing his lay-off for the first time, Odegaard admits he was scared by the severity of the damage when first sustaining the injury.
It was a bad twist to my ankle, and I damaged some ligaments there, but it’s part of football and now I m just trying to recover as quickly as I can, he wrote in his programme notes for th…
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Winning LaLiga this season would show Barcelona s recovery process is on the right track , according to president Joan Laporta.
Barca have suffered from poor finances and disappointing performances on the pitch in recent years.
They last won the league title in the 2018-19 campaign, while a group-stage exit in this season s Champions League means their seven-year wait to claim Europe s top club prize for a sixth time goes on.
Barca are, however, enjoying a domestic resurgence under Xavi, who returned as coach after a legendary playing career with the club.
Boss.
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona)
Xavi is Barca s eighth head coach since Pep Guardiola left in 2012 and his team led LaLiga heading into the World Cup break.
The priority…
Gareth Bale insisted Major League Soccer is not a retirement league , and he hopes his move to Los Angeles FC will allow him to stay in contention for Wales at least until Euro 2024.
While his initial deal with LAFC is only a one-year agreement, it could be extended through to 2024, when Wales will be hoping to compete in the European Championship.
Bale left Real Madrid at the end of June after his contract was allowed to expire, with the forward – who was once the most expensive player of all time – enduring a difficult final few years at the Santiago Bernabeu.
His attitude and commitment to Madrid were often called into question by supporters, who routinely voiced their frustration towards him in recent years.
But Bale has continued to be worship…
Barcelona s nightmare has continued after it was confirmed Sergio Aguero is likely to be out until mid-October due to a calf injury.
Already having to contend with the unexpected departure of talisman Lionel Messi, Barca are in a dire financial situation heading into the new season.
They will now also be without one of their new arrivals for up to 10 weeks, though LaLiga s salary restrictions have meant Barca have not yet been able to register Aguero, who joined on a free transfer from Premier League champions Manchester City.
The 33-year-old left City after 10 years with the club, but his final season was hampered by injury and COVID-19 lay offs.
He managed only eight starts in 2020-21, playing 720 minutes in total across 20 appearances in all competiti…
Gareth Bale s unwanted piece of Premier League history has been taken by Oliver Burke after Sheffield United lost again at Burnley.
Tottenham winger Bale, a four-time Champions League winner with Real Madrid, previously held the record for the longest wait for a first Premier League win.
After his initial move to Spurs from Southampton in 2007, the Wales superstar went 24 matches without ending on the winning side.
Not until September 2009 did Bale play a part in a top-flight triumph, making a late cameo at left-back in a 5-0 defeat of Burnley.
The Clarets were the opposition again on Tuesday as Sheffield United s Burke attempted to avoid topping Bale s miserable mark.
But a 1-0 reverse courtesy of Ben Mee s header meant Burke, a 63rd-minute subst…