Manchester United news: Fred spends week training alone to prove his fitness to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United midfielder Fred has been training alone this week in a bid to prove his fitness for his side’s crunch trip to Tottenham on Sunday. The Brazilian did not travel with the rest of the United squad for their warm-weather training camp in Dubai and instead stayed in Manchester in order to be with …

Harvey Barnes: Leicester City midfielder recalled from West Bromwich Albion loan spell

Leicester have recalled midfielder Harvey Barnes from his loan spell at West Brom, the Premier League club have confirmed. Barnes, 21, chipped in with nine goals and six assists for the Championship side this season, but the Foxes confirmed on Friday he has been brought back to the King Power Stadium. Barnes will be available …

UEFA open disciplinary proceedings against Chelsea over allegations of racist chanting during Europa League match vs MOL Vidi

Chelsea have had disciplinary proceedings opened against them over allegations of racist chanting at December’s Europa League match against Hungarian side MOL Vidi. UEFA, European football’s governing body, announced the news on Tuesday morning, based on ‘the report submitted by the UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector commissioned to conduct an investigation’. During the game with …

Chelsea transfer latest: Maurizio Sarri says it is ‘impossible’ to lose ‘important’ Willian, but tells Brazil star he must do better

Maurizio Sarri says Willian will not be allowed to leave Chelsea this month but he wants the Brazil winger to improve. Chelsea are believed to have a rejected a player-plus-cash offer of £50million and Malcom from Barcelona, who have reignited their interest in the Brazilian winger. The Camp Nou club tried to sign him last …

Premier League trio Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United chasing Lilian Thuram’s son, Marcus, after stunning start to the season

Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United are set to battle it out for Marcus Thuram – the son of French World Cup winner Lilian. Thuram Jr, 21, has hit 10 goals in 17 appearances this season for Guingamp and his form hasn’t gone unnoticed. The young forward scored the winner for the Ligue 1 basement side …

Every Premier League club’s highest home attendance of the 2018/19 season, so far

Brighton and Hove Albion broke their attendance record at the Amex Stadium on Saturday afternoon as they lost to Liverpool. Official figures state 30,682 supporters spent their day in Falmer to witness a Mohamed Salah penalty give the Reds all three points. Tenants since 2011, the Seagulls have seen the arena gradually expanded from its …

Tottenham Hotspur are finally banishing the demons of their mid-table past and are now Premier League high-flyers

Gone are the days of mid-table finishes for Spurs fans and @TalkingTHFC on Twitter is loving it. The transformation of Tottenham Hotspur from mid-table nothingness to Premier League high-flyers is one of English football’s greatest modern stories, and there is little you can say to convince me otherwise. The north London side finished 14th in the …

Manchester United star Marcus Rashford ‘could become as valuable as Kylian Mbappe’, says former Chelsea striker Tony Cascarino

Tony Cascarino believes Manchester United star Marcus Rashford could become as valuable as Kylian Mbappe. The England forward scored the only goal of the game as United beat Tottenham on Sunday to give Ole Gunnar Solskjaer his sixth successive victory as interim boss. Rashford, who has been starting ahead of Romelu Lukaku under Solskjaer, has scored …

Liverpool team news: Fabinho at centre-back? Predicted Reds line-up to face Brighton in the Premier League

Although they are four points clear at the top of the Premier League, Liverpool will lose momentum in the title race if they fail to get all three points when they face Brighton at the Amex Stadium on Saturday. The Reds have lost their last two games – the first a 2-1 defeat at Manchester …

Liverpool supporters hail Fabinho after brilliant Brighton display – ‘He’s better than Dejan Lovren and it isn’t even debatable’

Liverpool supporters were delighted on Saturday night as their side claimed all three points against Brighton and Hove Albion with a 1-0 scoreline. They reserved special praise for one man though as they toughed it out to get their Premier League title charge back on track. A defeat to Manchester City had got some fans …