The potential departure of Kylian Mbappe was the main talking point at Mauricio Pochettino's Saturday press conference, ahead of Paris Saint-Germain's match against Stade de Reims on Sunday. The Argentine revealed that he hasn't been told by Mbappe that the player wants to depart the Parc des Princes. "No, he hasn't said that he wants to leave PSG," Pochettino said, when asked if the forward...Full Story »

Manchester United have been handed a boost in their pursuit of Atletico Madrid’s Kieran Trippier as Red Devils right-back Diogo Dalot is reportedly set for a move to Borussia Dortmund. United have been chasing the England defender all summer in an attempt to provide Aaron Wan-Bissaka some competition.  Trippier left Tottenham to join Atletico in the summer of 2019 and became a La ...Full Story »

Semi Ajayi scored a last-gasp winner as West Brom snatched a dramatic 1-0 victory at Peterborough.The defender, making his first start of the season, struck in the fourth minute of stoppage time as Valerien Ismael’s unbeaten side finally shook off their battling hosts.Ajayi was left with a simple task to strike from close range after frontman Matt Phillips raced down the right and cut the ...Full Story »

Emi Martinez and Emi Buendia are planning to join Argentina for international duty against the wishes of Aston Villa and the Premier League.Goalkeeper Martinez has confirmed he will link up with his country while the PA news agency understands Villa’s record signing Buendia is also due to travel to South America for the World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia.Under curre...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel was delighted by 10-man Chelsea’s dogged defensive display after Reece James’ red card in Saturday’s hard-fought draw at Liverpool.A captivating end-to-end first half was followed by one-way traffic after the break on Saturday evening at a vibrant Anfield.Kai Havertz opened the scoring with a superb looping header, but Mohamed Salah levelled with a penalty during ...Full Story »

John Rooney first-half strike proved enough as Stockport claimed a narrow 1-0 National League victory over Southend at Roots Hall to record their first win of the season.The visitors started brightest and Arjan Raikhy had an effort from Macauley Southam-Hales’ throw-in well saved during the opening exchanges.Rooney made the decisive breakthrough after 16 minutes as he picked up a loose bal...Full Story »

Delighted Oldham boss Keith Curle saluted his battling side as they claimed a dramatic away win over promoted Sutton.The Latics left it until the 96th minute to clinch a breath-taking win at the VBS Community Stadium.And no wonder Curle was left purring with his side’s commitment right until the death.“We earned that win,” beamed Curle.“There was a great attitude in the g...Full Story »

Marco Silva insists there is more to come from his Fulham side after sweeping aside Stoke to maintain their unbeaten start to the Championship season.Silva’s side completed a comfortable 3-0 victory with goals from Harry Wilson, Bobby Decordova-Reid and Aleksandar Mitrovic.And the manager admitted the margin of victory should have been even greater.Silva said: “It was a very good per...Full Story »

Gary Rowett hopes he never has to rely on a last-minute winner again after watching Millwall do it the hard way against 10-man Blackpool at the Den.Jake Cooper’s last minute header hauled the hosts to a 2-1 victory after Callum Connolly was sent off with under 15 minutes of the Sky Bet Championship contest played.Shayne Lavery opened the scoring for Neil Critchley’s visitors just bef...Full Story »

Danny Cowley admitted his Portsmouth side paid a high price for their lack of cutting edge as they fell to a 1-0 defeat at Wigan.Pompey gave as good as they got for the majority of an entertaining encounter short on goal-scoring chances.But, while Ronan Curtis saw one effort saved by Ben Amos and sent another header over the top, Callum Lang buried the one chance that came his way 12 minutes fro...Full Story »

Darrell Clarke was delighted after Jamie Proctor’s brace gave Port Vale their first win of the season as League Two leaders Forest Green’s 100 per cent start to the campaign came off the rails.Proctor’s quick-fire first-half brace – in the space of four early minutes – stunned the league leaders and ended their winning start to the season.Vale boss Clarke joked: &ld...Full Story »

Northampton boss Jon Brady admitted to feeling “really deflated” after skipper Joseph Mills suffered a suspected broken ankle in Saturday’s goalless League Two draw at Crawley.Former Forest Green defender Mills was hurt in a 72nd-minute collision with Sam Ashford and was carried off on a stretcher and taken to hospital.Brady said: “I can’t say too much but he was ru...Full Story »

Manager Gary Bowyer said confidence is high at Salford as they secured their first victory of the season with a 3-0 defeat of Newport.The travelling Exiles, who lost 8-0 to Southampton in midweek, conceded after only 38 seconds when Tyreik Wright prodded beyond Joe Day.Conor McAleny doubled the Ammies’ advantage with a precise finish before strike partner Ian Henderson capped off an impres...Full Story »

Exeter manager Matt Taylor praised his 10-man team’s comeback at Harrogate, after he felt the hosts were wrongly awarded a penalty for the game’s opening goal.Even opposition boss Simon Weaver admitted that the 42nd-minute foul on Alex Pattison for Jack Muldoon’s successful spot-kick occurred outside the 18-yard area, with midfielder Harry Kite also receiving his marching order...Full Story »

David Martindale lamented an array of health issues within his Livingston squad as his bottom-of-the-table side lost their way in the second half of their 2-0 defeat away to cinch Premiership leaders Hibernian.The Lions manager revealed that striker Bruce Anderson suffered a diabetic fit on the park just before half-time, that two of his players vomited in the dressing-room at the interval and t...Full Story »

Steve Bruce admitted he had to accept the criticism which came his way as Newcastle saw a first Premier League victory of the season snatched from their grasp by Southampton.The Magpies turned in a woeful first-half display at St James’ Park and were fortunate to go in 0-0 at the break with their head coach having had to listen to chants of “We want Brucie out” from a section o...Full Story »

Hearts boss Robbie Neilson hailed “world-class” saves from goalkeeper Craig Gordon for helping his side seal victory over Dundee United at Tannadice.The visitors scored just before the break through Liam Boyce, following up after his penalty was saved, and at the death through Armand Gnanduillet to complete a 2-0 win.Between the goals, though, Gordon pulled off a series of stunning s...Full Story »

Sheffield United were left still searching for their first win of the Sky Bet Championship season after hanging on for a goalless draw at Luton.The Blades have struggled to adapt to life back in the second tier following their relegation last season and never looked like ending their quest for a victory at Kenilworth Road as the Hatters produced a dominant second-half display that was only lacki...Full Story »

Substitute Jack Rudoni scrambled home an equaliser in the fifth minute of stoppage time to earn AFC Wimbledon a point in a 2-2 draw at Ipswich.The result keeps the Tractor Boys winless in five games with three points from a possible 15 after they stormed into a 2-0 lead within two minutes of the second half.Former Dons striker Joe Pigott’s 52nd-minute penalty was followed up by a superb st...Full Story »

Veteran Crawley goalkeeper Glenn Morris pulled off several important saves as the Reds and Northampton took a share of the spoils in a goalless League Two draw at the Broadfield Stadium.Crawley had fallen behind in each of their previous four league and cup games and they had a close call in only the fourth minute.Sam Hoskins put striker Kion Etete through but the big Tottenham loanee was thwart...Full Story »