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MANCHESTER UNITED caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has divulged details of his private conversation with Sir Alex Ferguson. Solskjaer, who has been handed the reins at Old Trafford until the end of the season, spoke to his former manager this week after news of his appointment broke. Sir Alex, who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013, gave his advice on how ...

MANCHESTER UNITED sacked Jose Mourinho because they feared a squad mutiny against the manager. Four players were ready to QUIT the club unless executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward wielded the axe. It is understood Woodward was concerned a mass exodus would be triggered if he remained loyal to the floundering Mourinho. The January transfer window is just a matter of days ...

The interim manager at Old Trafford is not ruling out a busy month of spending in the new year as he plans for his first match in charge at Cardiff Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hinted that Manchester United will be making moves in the January window and has vowed he will “have an input” over the club’s transfer dealings. The ...

The Colombian reportedly wants to return to Real Madrid but refused to speculate about his future James Rodriguez insisted he is only thinking about Bayern Munich as the star midfielder denied reports of a rift with head coach Niko Kovac. Bayern are in no rush to use their option to buy James, who is in the second and final season ...

The Belgian forward appears to be unavailable for the Norwegian first match in temporary charge of the Red Devils on Saturday   Romelu Lukaku is set to miss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first game in charge of Manchester United against Cardiff City on Saturday. The former United striker was asked about the Belgian’s availability at his first press conference and revealed that the former Everton forward ...

In this first press conference as caretaker boss, the Norwegian said he’ll use lessons learned from Sir Alex Ferguson to reinvigorate Paul Pogba & Co. The familiar sunny disposition. The baby-faced appearance, albeit with tinges of grey in the hair these days. Watching Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stroll around Manchester United’s AON Training Complex was almost like being caught in a ...

Arsenal say they have identified an “image” of the spectator who threw a bottle that hit Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli in Spurs’ 2-0 League Cup quarter-final victory over their bitter North London rivals on Wednesday. The England midfielder — who scored a delightful goal to put Spurs 2-0 up — was hit on the head as he took a throw-in ...

The Black Stars of Ghana ended the year on the 51st position on the latest FIFA rankings for December released on Thursday. The four times-African champions have not engaged themselves in any game since November’s rankings and so maintain at 51 globally after gaining 1412 points. Ghana, however, ranked as the sixth-best team on the continent. Senegal are still Africa’s topmost team with ...

Karionbangi Sharks coach William Muluya has named an 18-man squad to face Asante Kotoko on Saturday in the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup first qualifying round return leg clash. Muluya has included striker Sydney Lokale who has made a return injury from injury. The Kenyan side are seeking to knock out the Ghanaian giants after a first leg 0-0 draw last ...

Ghana international Kwadwo Asamoah is set for an early Christmas break after being ruled out of Inter Milan’s clash against Chievo due to suspension. The midfielder picked his fifth caution of the season against his former club Udinese, ruling him out of Inter’s final game of the year. This means Asamoah will have more time than expected to rest, prepare ...