Zigiotti talks season targets

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk defended himself after former Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney heavily criticised the Dutch skipper for his role in Paris Saint-Germain’s opening goal at Anfield on Tuesday night. Ousmane Dembele fired PSG in front on the night and level on aggregate in the second leg of the engrossing Champions League last-16…

CITY’S TEAM NEWS The visitors will definitely be without top scorer Erling Haaland, with the Norway international expected to be sidelined for between five and seven weeks after injuring an ankle in last weekend’s Emirates FA Cup quarter-final win at Bournemouth. Omar Marmoush, a big-money arrival from Eintracht Frankfurt in January, replaced Haaland at the…

The quarter finals of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup are set to take place this weekend as eight teams remain in the race for a ticket to Wembley Stadium. The fifth round of the FA Cup held no surprises as the usual suspects prevailed over the competition’s underdog contenders. The quarter-finals will be hoping to…

“It’s my house so it was a bit emotional, of course,” he told us. “It was two years without coming here so it was unforgettable, for sure. “I wish them [United] all the best, as always with a club like this, with the fans. They deserve the best. It’s been a period of struggles for…

The turn of the calendar year has seen some bright displays from some of the best midfielders in the Women’s Super League (WSL). Midfielders are the heart of football, tying together the defence and the attack in the search for success. Without our central maestros, the beautiful game would be far less beautiful. With ten…

So the following season started with similar trepidation, exacerbated by the fact Ferguson decided to sell Paul Ince, Andrei Kanchelskis and Mark Hughes, three hugely popular players, and entrust untried youngsters with getting the club back to winning ways. Time would show it was absolute folly to ever question the great man but the opening-day…