Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly among the leading contenders, alongside Juventus and two other unnamed Premier League clubs, in the pursuit of Manchester City's Kalvin Phillips for a potential January transfer.The report from Gazzetta suggests that Phillips is seeking a new club as he is no longer in Pep Guardiola's plans at Manchester City.Juventus appears optimistic about their chances of secur

AS Roma coach Jose Mourinho admits he wants defensive additions this January market.Mourinho was speaking at his Europa League presser today.He said: "Our market will always be suitable for what we can do. I'm counting on it, I'm the coach. We are together, it's not that I want one thing, Tiago another, the owners another. We all want the same thing."I'm not jealous, but City paid 80 million (euro

Barcelona coach Xavi remains unconvinced signing permanently on-loan Atletico Madrid attacker Joao Felix.That's according to Okdiario's chief pundit Eduardo Inda, when speaking on El Chiringuito.Inda said: "There are two questions regarding Joao Félix. Barcelona already knows the price the player would have if he wants to buy him next summer."Atlético wants to get rid of him. The price t

Victor Osimhen is poised to sign a new contract at Napoli with a potential release clause of €130 million (£112m/$141m), in a major blow to Chelsea.WHAT HAPPENED?Fabrizio Romano reports that Napoli have reached an agreement in principle with Osimhen over a new contract. The striker's current deal expires at the end of next season, but the deal will add another year, to 2026, and is like

Man Utd out of Europe plus an update on Donny van de BeekWe start today's column with Manchester United and their defeat last night to Bayern Munich, which puts them out of the Champions League and out of Europe altogether as they finished bottom of their group.Once again, this is not good enough for a club of this size. The Man United standard has to be different, it's not just a normal good club

Relieved Stevenage boss Steve Evans praised his side’s character after beating Port Vale on penalties to progress into the third round of the FA Cup.Battling Boro overcame 2-0 and 3-2 deficits to set up a trip to minnows Maidstone.Ben Garrity’s brace put Vale two goals to the good before late efforts from Harvey White and Kane Hemmings, in the sixth minute of stoppage time, sent the ga

Erik ten Hag told his Manchester United players to make sure they get straight back into the Champions League next season after a dismal European campaign ended in an early exit at the hands of Bayern Munich on Tuesday night.Kingsley Coman’s 70th-minute goal, laid on by Harry Kane, gave the Germans a 1-0 win and ensured United finished bottom of Group A – beaten to second place by FC C

New Oxford head coach Des Buckingham is not concerned that, after the 1-1 draw at local rivals Reading, he has now failed in four attempts to gain his first League One victory.Both goals came shortly before the interval, with defender Ciaron Brown giving Oxford the lead in the 39th minute with a stooping header – only for former United loanee Sam Smith to equalise four minutes later.Buckingh

Sunderland caretaker Mike Dodds believes Jobe Bellingham can emerge from his superstar brother’s shadow and go “to the very top” himself after the teenager’s late winner ended Leeds’ seven-game unbeaten run.The 18-year-old headed his fourth career goal in the 78th minute to secure a 1-0 EFL Championship win over the third-placed Whites on the same night his elder sibl

Proud Scarborough boss Jonathan Greening hailed his players’ fortitude after they pushed EFL outfit Forest Green all the way again in a third meeting of the teams in this season’s FA Cup.The first-round tie was ordered to be replayed after Forest Green had been found guilty of failing to inform the FA they had received permission to play a loan player against the National League North