When Sir Alex Ferguson finally decided to retire, the search for his Manchester United successor was straightforward. Ferguson just picked up the phone and told David Moyes to get round to his house in Cheshire.
‘It was as simple as that,’ recalls Moyes, whose biggest concern when he broke off a shopping trip with his wife Pamela in the spring of 2013 was that he would be meeting Ferguson dressed in a pair of jeans. ‘He offered me the job
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The years of hurt counter has ticked into its 52nd year, but this summer England will head to Germany as favourites to win a first major tournament since 1966.
Gareth Southgate is blessed with arguably the strongest team the Three Lions have fielded in a number of years and there is palpable excitement to see the likes of Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden combine together.
That is to say nothing of exciting youngsters Kobbie Mainoo and Anthony Gordon,
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What do Mohamed Salah, Neymar, Kevin De Bruyne, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Lionel Messi have in common? Their contracts are all expiring in 2025.
While the summer transfer window looks set to be headlined by Kylian Mbappe and the saga of his potential switch from Paris Saint-Germain to Real Madrid, the world’s biggest clubs will be on alert as they attempt to navigate the contract situations of some of the best players in the world.
Who might move? Who looks likely
It rained all morning and it rained all afternoon and it rained all evening in Istanbul. But it did not rain enough to douse the fires of Hell. Manchester United endured the tortures of the old Ali Sami Yen stadium 30 years ago and last night they suffered the agonies of the damned in the new one.
United played some wonderful football and scored three superb goals in a stadium notorious for its intimidating atmosphere but two dreadful mistakes by
Tottenham Hotspur have rejected Bayern Munich’s latest bid for Harry Kane.
The German champions’ latest offer for the England captain fell short in terms of guaranteed cash to persuade Spurs chairman Daniel Levy to sell.
It came after Bayern set Spurs a
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has ignored Bayern Munich’s transfer deadline and instead joined his family
