Portsmouth sealed a Sky Bet Championship return on Tuesday with a 3-2 win over Barnsley and several other teams still have plenty to play for as another enthralling domestic season draws to a close.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the promotion and relegation issues up and down the country.
Premier League
Neutrals are gripped by the first three-way title race in the top flight for a long time. Another twist occurred last weekend as champions Manchester City returned to the summit on Saturday, before Arsenal and Liverpool suffered shock home defeats on Sunday. With six games left, Pep Guardiola’s side hold a two-point lead over the Gunners and Reds.
At the other end, an intriguing relegation battle continues – on and off the pitch. Sheffield United, …
Argentina head coach Jorge Sampaoli is optimistic the 2014 runners-up can make an impact at next year s World Cup in Russia as he dismissed criticism from Diego Maradona.
Maradona played down Argentina s prospects after Sampaoli s men were drawn in Group D with Croatia, Iceland and Nigeria in Moscow on Friday, insisting the two-time world champions must improve having scraped through CONMEBOL qualifying.
Argentine great Maradona has been critical of Sampaoli since his appointment in June but the former Sevilla boss remains unperturbed.
It does not bother me. We also feel this way, Sampaoli told Omnisport.
I hope that as the time passes we will be able to have the chance to improve.
Sampaoli, with five-time Ballon d Or winner Lionel Messi at his…
Southampton have completed the signing of midfielder Jordy Clasie from Feyenoord on a five-year deal.
The Holland international, 24, becomes the Saints fifth summer recruit following the arrivals of Cédric Soares (Sporting CP), Cuco Martina (FC Twente), Juanmi (Málaga) and Maarten Stekelenburg (on loan from Fulham).
The move reunites Clasie with former manager Ronald Koeman, who handed the midfielder his Feyenoord debut in 2011.
“It feels good to be joining Southampton. It’s a nice club, and I’m happy to be here.
“It’s a big club playing in what I think is the biggest and most important league.
“Ronald being here is a big thing for me and that was important in me coming here, but even if he wasn’t here, I’d have co…
Roma have plans in place if Chelsea s reported swoop for Edin Dzeko and Emerson comes to pass.
The Premier League club have been linked with a surprising selection of strikers over recent days, with former Wolfsburg and Manchester City man Dzeko one of the men understood to be in their sights.
Left-back Emerson has missed much of this season due to rehabilitation from a cruciate knee ligament injury but Dzeko s departure would be immediately and keenly felt.
The 31-year-old Bosnia-Herzegovina international has scored 61 times in 117 appearances for Roma since joining on an initial loan from City in 2015.
Dzeko was named in the starting line-up for Sunday s crunch clash against Inter, amid speculation it could be his Roma farewell, and director of footbal…
The Mirror understands that Newcastle United have told Jack Colback that he can find a new club.
The twenty-eight year old made the controversial switch from Wearside to Tyneside when he signed from Sunderland in the summer of 2014.
He racked up eighty-five league appearances across his first three campaigns for the club but is yet to feature so far this season, while he hasn’t even been named on the bench for any of Newcastle’s games this term.
Prior to his switch to St James’s Park he played one hundred and thirty-five times for Sunderland, scoring five times while he also had two loan spells with Ipswich Town early on in his career.
Internationally, he was capped once by England’s U20s but is yet to gain any senior recognition.
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According to , Millwall are interested in signing Ryan Yates from Nottingham Forest in the January transfer window. It has been reported that the Lions were looking to secure the services of the 22-year-old midfielder in the summer transfer window, and that they remain keen on the youngster.
Yates has been on the books of Forest his entire professional club football career so far, although he has been out on loan at a number of teams over the years. The 22-year-old was on loan at Barrow, Shrewsbury Town, Notts County and Scunthorpe United.
According to , Yates has provided one assist in three Championship games for Forest so far this season. During the 2019-20 campaign, the 22-year-old made 16 starts and 11 substitute appearances in the league for the Reds, providing th…
Gennaro Gattuso has left his role as AC Milan head coach, the Serie A club have announced.
Gattuso revealed to Italian publication La Repubblica earlier on Tuesday that he would be resigning from his post after a frustrating campaign.
Having slumped out of the Europa League in the group stages, Milan narrowly missed out on securing Champions League qualification in Serie A.
And club great Gattuso, a two-time Serie A and Champions League winner as a player with Milan, has decided to move on, the Rossoneri confirming both parties came to a mutual agreement.
1.81 AC Milan averaged a 1.81 points/game in Serie A under Gennaro , less only than Juventus (2.44) and Napoli (2.13) over the same period (since 27/11/2017). Ringhio.
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LaLiga has announced the agreement of an investment deal between private equity fund CVC Capital Partners and Spanish top-flight clubs.
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and another unnamed club were among the teams to oppose the deal, which is worth €2.1billion and went ahead after 37 of the 42 combined clubs in Spain s Primera and Segunda divisions voted in favour with 32 the minimum number of votes required for the deal to go through.
The agreement involves LaLiga giving up a percentage of the revenue it generates from TV rights for the next 50 years, while Spanish clubs are provided with an immediate financial boost.
LaLiga president Javier Tebas receives a seven-year contract with the joint venture, leading to criticism regarding a potential co…
Bayern Munich head coach Julian Nagelsmann admits Tuesday s Champions League opponent Barcelona will miss Lionel Messi s extravagance but believes they are not much weaker without him.
Messi left Barcelona in the off-season to join Paris Saint-Germain after a glittering career at Camp Nou.
The Catalans have started life domestically without Messi with seven points from three games in LaLiga, while they will commence their Champions League campaign on Tuesday against Nagelsmann s Bayern in Barcelona.
Barcelona definitely don t have the extravagance of a Messi any more. But they also have other players who can play a very important role if you take Frenkie de Jong and Pedri for example, Nagelsmann said at the pre-game news conference.
We are ready for any…
Jurgen Klopp branded Wataru Endo a “real monster” on the pitch and backed the Japanese midfielder to make as much of a splash at Liverpool as James Milner did.
The 30-year-old’s arrival from Stuttgart for roughly 19million euros (£16.2m) may come as underwhelming after Liverpool missed out on big-money signings Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia to Chelsea this week.
Liverpool have seen a number of midfielders depart the club this summer including Milner, who joined on a free transfer aged 29 but went on to become a regular and is viewed by Klopp as a major reason for their success, including Premier League and Champions League glory, in the last few years.
Endo has put pen to paper on a four-year contract and although he is touch-and-go to make his debut agai…