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Sporting CP are increasingly confident that they will be able to extract as much as €100m (£86.5m) for Viktor Gyokeres, considerably more than his many suitors initially thought, according to a report in Portugal. Gyokeres has emerged as one of Europe’s deadliest strikers during his two years in Lisbon with a staggering record of almost…

One Red who won’t be available this weekend is former Everton defender Gabby George, who will serve a one-match suspension having picked up her fifth yellow card of the WSL season in the victory at Villa Park. The availability of Sandberg, who came on for George at left-back last weekend, is sure to be even…

United finished October with a 100 per cent record, following wins against Sunderland, Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion. Hopefully, we can take this form into next month – and the signs are positive. The Reds are unbeaten in our last seven November fixtures, winning five of these, with our last defeat in the penultimate…

TEAM NEWS Skinner held his pre-match press conference on Friday morning. Thursday was a day off for his squad, following their arrival back from Italy in the early hours. The boss said that, although he hadn’t yet seen the players, he didn’t think there were any new fitness issues to report. Jayde Riviere missed out…

“There’ll be a couple of players that will be out,” began Skinner, delivering an update on our team news in his MUTV chat. “So, Leah Galton has an ongoing back issue which means she’ll miss this game. “Tooney has a bone stress response in her hip, so she will miss a few weeks. We wish…

After the completion of the league phase, 12 teams will advance – four directly to the quarter-finals and the rest to the knockout-phase play-offs. The draw to set the knockout bracket will be held on Thursday 18 December. The teams ranked 13th to 18th will be eliminated, but as we now know, due to 13th-placed…