Back on the grass

Aston Villa sporting director Monchi has admitted his interest in signing Real Madrid midfielder Arda Guler. Guler has struggled for minutes since his move to Madrid in 2023 and has started just six La Liga games this season – a fact which sparked a taunt from Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai during the international break. Rumours…

“When Sir Alex phoned me in 1999, I really wanted to join United,” revealed van der Sar. “But it was impossible at the time because I had already committed myself to Juventus. I am delighted to sign for United, one of the most famous clubs in the world.” United had released Roy Carroll and Ricardo…

MATCH DETAILS United: Onana; Fredricson (De Ligt 46), Maguire, Heaven (Mount 64); Dalot, Ugarte (Fernandes 46), Mainoo, Dorgu (Mbeumo 46); Amad (Zirkzee 82), Cunha; Sesko. Subs not used: Bayindir, Heaton, Leon, Casemiro. Goals: Mbeumo 75, Maguire 89 Booked: Fredricson, Zirkzee. Penalties: Fernandes (scored), Mbeumo (scored), Mount (scored), Dalot (scored), Cunha (saved), Zirkzee (scored), Mainoo (scored),…

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has backed Marcus Rashford to show that he is a “very good player” during a loan at Aston Villa, having fallen out of favour at Manchester United. Rashford is yet to start for Villa after sitting out almost two months prior to the late January move, but has generally impressed in…

During this spell, we have also beaten Southampton twice in 12:30 kick-offs, with both wins coming at St Mary’s. The other teams seen off were Wolves, Manchester City and Fulham, with the losses coming against West Ham United and Brighton & Hove Albion. The Hammers were managed by former Reds boss David Moyes, who will…

“We all recognise that the men’s first team fell well short of expectations last season, and we know many of the reasons for that as we went through the difficult process of changing our head coach, our style of play, and many other things around the club.  “We now feel in a much stronger position,…