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Liverpool walked away from negotiations with Manchester United managerial candidate Ruben Amorim due to differences in philosophies and playing style. Amorim, 39, recently agreed a deal with the Old Trafford hierarchy, barely 24 hours after Erik ten Hag was dismissed from his role and Ruud van Nistelrooy was placed in temporary charge. The Sporting Lisbon manager has an outstanding reputation having won two consecutive Primeira Liga titles. When Xabi Alonso ruled himself out of the Liverpool role, Amorim was the next favourite and even held talks at Anfield. However, his vision clashed with that of the United hierarchy, who did…
Liverpool manager Arne Slot has admitted fitness issues continue to plague summer signing Federico Chiesa, but denied rumours the winger could be loaned out in January. Having been frozen out by Juventus, Chiesa sealed a £10m move to Anfield in the summer, but he has seen just 78 minutes across three appearances so far this season and has not featured in a matchday squad for over a month. Reports in Italy recently suggested Liverpool could send Chiesa back to Italy on loan in the January transfer window and, while Slot firmly brushed off the speculation, he acknowledged Chiesa is locked…
Ten Hag was dismissed from his post on Monday after a dismal start to the campaign at Old Trafford, with the Red Devils 14th in the Premier League following Sunday’s 2-1 loss to West Ham United and without a win three games into the Europa League campaign. Slot battled the former Ajax boss four times in the Eredivisie but the duo only squared off once in the Premier League following the former’s appointment at Liverpool. The Reds inflicted a damaging 3-0 defeat on United at Old Trafford at the start of September and Ten Hag failed to recover. Speaking ahead…
Manchester United are set to appoint the Sporting manager as their new boss after wielding the axe to bring Erik ten Hag’s sorry spell at the club to an end on Monday. The Red Devils have suffered their worst start to a Premier League season and are 14th in the table after winning just three of their opening nine matches. And they have told Sporting they are willing to stump up the £8.3million required to end Amorim’s spell in Portugal in the hope he will be in his post at Old Trafford by the weekend. Ruben Amorim breaks silence on…
Novak Djokovic has spent much of the past decade at the top of the tennis rankings, but his days as the No 1 in men’s tennis are over. The Serbian maestro finished last year at the top of the ATP Rankings, ending the year with victory at the Paris Masters and the ATP Finals as he confirmed he was still the man to beat on the men’s tour. He won three of the four Grand Slam titles last year and looked set to defy the sands of time by continuing to fend off the next generation of stars. Yet 2024…
It is alarming how quickly the tide can turn. Rarely in football does the status quo remain unchanged for long, and so it is proving for Liverpool as their injury concerns steadily begin to mount. It was not so long ago that debate raged over how Arne Slot should divide minutes between his forward line to ensure no one was left aggrieved by a lack of game time. Now it is a question of which of the Reds’ attackers are in a position to go again ahead of a punishing run of four fixtures in the space of just 11…
Martin Odegaard is accelerating his recovery from an ankle injury to deliver a timely fitness boost to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. There is also hope that both Gabriel Magalhaes and Jurrien Timber, who limped off during Sunday’s draw against Liverpool, will not be long-term absentees. Gunners captain Odegaard has been missing since damaging ankle ligaments when playing for Norway in September. But the key midfielder is taking a significant step towards fitness, with the 25-year-old scheduled to return to training on the grass this week. There is doubt over when Arteta will deem Odegaard to be fit for selection, however.…
Jannik Sinner has openly stated that he plans to continue playing tennis for another 15 years until he is between 35 and 40 years old. World No. 1 said he hoped his body could hold on and that he and his team would make choices that would extend his life. Sinner, who turned 23 in August, seems intent on replicating the Big Three’s incredible perseverance: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer. Sinner has won seven titles in 2024, including two majors, and has a 65-6 record so far in what has been an incredible season. Sinner stated in an…
Jannik Sinner has been plunged back into his worst nightmare over his failed drug tests and recent history tells us it will take a toll on him physically. After he pulled out of the Paris Masters with a virus, the Italian world No 1 is now battling to get back to full fitness for next month’s ATP Finals and that challenge will test him both physically and mentally. Sinner twice tested positive for an anabolic steroid in March but on August 20 an independent tribunal determined he was not to blame and imposed no punishment. The tribunal accepted Sinner’s explanation…
Novak Djokovic is closing on qualification for the ATP Finals in Turin – but will the seven-time champion play in the end-of-season event? Taylor Fritz became the fifth place to seal their play in the ATP Finals on Tuesday, as the American cemented his position after Andrey Rublev lost his opening match at the Paris Masters against Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo. The 7-6(6) 7-6(5) win for Cerundolo represented a hammer blow to Rublev’s hopes of making the ATP Finals, with the Russian struggling to find form and consistency at this vital stage of the season. Rublev is currently in the final…