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Sam Allardyce’s six-month reign as Everton manager was brought to an expected end on Wednesday after a relatively successful period at the helm.

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Life at Selhurst Park right now represents the direct antithesis of plain sailing. Roy Hodgson has a big job on his hand as at Crystal Palace.  Crystal Palace are struggling, there’s no two ways about it. Lying bottom of the league, the only team in the division without a single point following Bournemouth’s win over Brighton on Friday night, times are …

Newcastle have secured the signature of Spanish U-21 international Mikel Merino on a season-long loan deal from Borussia Dortmund. The midfielder becomes the Magpies fifth signing of the summer transfer window. Before moving to Germany in 2015, Merino made over 60 appearances for his hometown club Osasuna. However, he only made nine appearances last season and new manager Peter Bosz has deemed him surplus …

CCTV footage has emerged of Ross Barkley being assaulted in a Liverpool bar in the early hours of Monday morning.  Barkley was pictured out after Everton’s thrilling 4 – 2 win over Leicester at Goodison Park on Sunday – a game in which the 23-year-old provided an assist for Romelu Lukaku with a stunning cross. It appears from the footage …

Since hanging up his boots and making his bow as a pundit with BT Sport, Paul Scholes has been vocal in his criticism of his former club, Manchester United.  The former midfielder was especially critical of United’s performance the past couple of seasons during the reign of Louis van Gaal. Each week it seemed Scholes was having a fresh pop …

Let’s get one thing clear about Barcelona’s incredible 6-1 triumph over Paris Saint-Germain last week. This was not a story of scintillating football. Nor were PSG filleted by a series of mesmeric manoeuvres that no team could possibly hope to withstand. This was not simply another Lionel Messi masterclass, complete with deft touches and intricate wizardry. In fact, this wasn’t really about …

Antonio Conte has signed a new three-year contract at Chelsea, according to Italian outlet TuttoMercatoWeb (via the Daily Express) The Italian has enjoyed remarkable success at the club so far. Indeed, it is widely accepted that Chelsea’a lead atop the Premier League is so unassailable that a domestic double is the new goal for Conte’s charges. The 47-year-old’s original deal was intended to keep …

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has blasted certain members of the football community in the wake of his side’s FA Cup win over Southampton, saying that many of them would like to see him “in jail somewhere without any heating”. As reported in The Guardian, Wenger believes he is vilified by his critics to an unfair extent. The manager has been under …

It was in the 2008/09 season, where Liverpool went to Old Trafford and returned to Merseyside with all three points following an emphatic 4-1 victory. Among the goals for Liverpool were Fernando Torres, who levelled the game shortly after Cristiano Ronaldo gave the hosts the lead, Steven Gerrard, from the spot, Fabio Aurelio and Andrea Dossena sealed the win in injury …

James McCarthy seems to be firmly back in Everton boss Ronald Koeman’s plans. After an injury-plagued season, the Irish midfielder put in an impressive performance in Everton’s 2-1 win over Arsenal on Tuesday night. Although it will take more than one game to win the full backing of his manager, Tuesday can certainly allow the Glasweigen to gather some momentum. …

Marcus Rashford has spoken candidly about his new role at Manchester United, learning from Ibrahimovic and his dedication to becoming as good as he possible can. Rashford, of course, will always be considered a child prodigy. Manchester United’s youngest ever scorer in European competition is a tag not easily earned despite many insisting that it is the mark of someone …

With Manchester United enduring a nightmare season so far, it is clear the next few transfer windows will be key if Jose Mourinho is to succeed at Old Trafford, where both David Moyes and Louis van Gaal failed. Rumours are in full circulation as to who Mourinho will target and who he feels are not the required standard. The Sun report …

Few things have been truly remarkable about Manchester United’s season so far. Their impotency in front of goal, mediocre league performances and ambivalence towards the Europa League all seem familiar, even expected. Their insistence on playing slow, ponderous football, however, has been remarkable, especially given that they bought one of Europe’s premier attacking threats last season in Henrikh Mkhitaryan. The …

There haven’t been many goals in the Premier League today, but Xherdan Shaqiri’s double for Stoke is certainly the talking point. The Swiss wide-man lit up a dull encounter at the KC Stadium with his delicious first, with Mark Hughes side struggling to break down a stubborn Hull side. The former Bayern Munich man worked his way onto his left …

Steve Parish, the chairman of Crystal Palace, has bemoaned missing out on the opportunity to bring Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere to Selhurst Park for a season-long loan. It was only in the dying days of the transfer window that Wilshere, who having had an impressive start to his early career at Arsenal has recently been plagued by injuries and found …

The countdown is on for the next transfer deadline day with football managers up and down the UK scrambling to make those final additions to their squads in the hope they’ll yield rich dividends on the pitch. Transfer deadline day has become something of a mini soap opera within a greater soap opera, with millions of pounds being lodged into …

Jürgen Klopp felt a shiver of footballing deja vu after Liverpool were defeated by Sevilla in the Europa League final last May. The Spanish outfit won their third successive Europa League after Coke’s quick-fire, second half brace hushed angry cries from Liverpool fans of penalties that might have been. Hopes of the club competing in Europe had been vanquished before the Reds had the opportunity …