Gabriele Cioffi has been named new coach of Udinese.Cioffi takes charge after today's dismissal of Andrea Sottil. He returns to the Zebrette after being in charge of season 2021/22. He has signed to the end of the campaign.Udinese announced: "Udinese Calcio is pleased to announce the appointment of Gabriele Cioffi as the new first team coach. He has signed a contract that will tie him to the club

Manchester City and Liverpool are on a collision course to do battle over the potential mid-season signing of Chelsea full-back Ian Maatsen.That's according to a recent report from TeamTALK, who claims the Blues' defender is a strong candidate to leave Stamford Bridge in January.Maatsen, 21, has less than two years left on his deal, and despite the club offering him the chance to extend his stay i

West Ham monitoring Sancho's situation at Man UtdWest Ham are keeping an eye on Jadon Sancho's situation at Manchester United and could come up with a bid for the out-of-favour player in January, according to 90min.Sancho, who is currently out of the first team after his public fallout with Erik ten Hag, is also wanted by his former club Borussia Dortmund.Man City and Liverpool to fight for Chelse

Manchester United are keen to re-sign David de Gea to a short-term contract.The experienced goalkeeper remains a free agent after coming off contract at Old Trafford over the summer.The Sun says United want to deal in De Gea as cover with Andre Onana to play for Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations in January.Onana's decision to come out of international retirement will leave United short, with A

Arsenal face a big transfer decision over the future of Aaron Ramsdale.The English goalkeeper had been Mikel Arteta's number one since he signed from Sheffield United in 2021 for £30 million (Sky Sports). However, recent weeks have seen the 25-year-old lose his place to summer signing David Raya.The former Brentford shot-stopper came in, and although he didn't immediately start, has recently,

Manchester United may opt against letting Harry Maguire go in the January transfer window.That is the view of transfer journalist Dean Jones, who believes the English centre-back could be in line for an unlikely Old Trafford revival.Despite being effectively frozen out by manager Erik Ten Hag, Maguire, 30, has managed to claw his way back into contention after injuries to Lisandro Martinez and Rap

Michael Flynn said Swindon need to stop giving points away if they are to sustain a promotion challenge.Connor Mahoney’s first-half goal earned Gillingham a 1-0 victory as the Kent side leapfrogged their rivals into the League Two play-off places.Flynn said: “We have to stop throwing points away.“We have absolutely dominated the game, but we gave away a poor goal. We know that Ma

David Wagner admits he needs to try and “find the ideas and solutions to get the confidence back” into his Norwich players after another defeat.The Canaries have now lost seven out of their last 10 matches in all competitions after Middlesbrough claimed a 2-1 win at Carrow Road.Sam Greenwood and Samuel Silvera gave the visitors a 2-0 lead before Jonathan Rowe pulled one back for Norwic

Erik ten Hag praised goalkeeper Andre Onana for putting a difficult start to life at Manchester United behind him and saving the day in a narrow Champions League escape against Copenhagen.Having kicked off Group A with defeats to Bayern Munich and Galatasaray, the Red Devils could ill-afford any slip-up against the Danish champions in Tuesday’s Old Trafford encounter.Onana was guilty of poor

Scott Lindsey lauded the character of his Crawley side after they dramatically salvaged a point to avoid a fourth successive defeat at Walsall.Danny Johnson opened the scoring for the hosts on 88 minutes before Danilo Orsi headed in a 94th-minute equaliser.Lindsey said: “Great character. The lads are disappointed with the second-half performance, had we have continued on the same vein of how