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Ronald Koeman believes Victor Wanyama has returned to training "a different person" from the man agitating to leave Southampton during the transfer window. The Kenya midfielder's request to leave St. Mary's amid interest from Tottenham was steadfastly rejected by Southampton, the south coast club retaining both Wanyama and Sadio Mane. Saints boss Koeman spoke with […]

Arsene Wenger has urged Arsenal fans to focus on getting behind the current players and not why the club failed to sign a replacement for injured forward Danny Welbeck before the transfer window shut. England forward Welbeck is expected to be out until at least Christmas after he underwent surgery on a knee problem which […]

Crystal Palace defender Joel Ward will be sidelined for up to four weeks with a knee injury. The 25-year-old right-back, who scored in Palace's 2-1 win at Chelsea a fortnight ago, suffered the injury in training. "Unfortunately we've lost Joel Ward this week," said manager Alan Pardew. "After his great performance against Chelsea he's got […]

Liverpool have been boosted by the return to training of striker Daniel Sturridge but it may still be too soon for him to feature in Saturday's trip to Manchester United. The England international has not played since April 8 and after a hip operation in May he has spent much of the summer on a […]

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has admitted that the fee paid for teenage French striker Anthony Martial was "a ridiculous amount of money", but added that it simply reflects the "crazy world" of football. Van Gaal said the 19-year-old, signed from Monaco for £36million up front and a possible total fee of £58.8million, had […]

Eden Hazard says Chelsea are finding life as Premier League champions challenging as "everyone wants to kill you". The Blues are eight points adrift of leaders Manchester City after four points in four games and suffered a rare home loss – Jose Mourinho's second at home in 100 league matches – against Crystal Palace before […]

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata expects teammate David de Gea to have a smooth return to Old Trafford. De Gea, who is with Mata on international duty with Spain in Skopje for Tuesday's Euro 2016 qualifier against Macedonia, will fly to England on Wednesday to join the Red Devils in training. The 24-year-old goalkeeper, who […]

Thierry Henry has been warned he will have to undergo a "psychological and mental transformation" if he wishes to succeed as a manager. The retired forward is presently working with Arsenal's under-18 team while undertaking his coaching badges. Henry became the club's record goalscorer after Arsene Wenger signed him from Juventus in 1999, and the […]

Gareth Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett insists the Wales international was never close to leaving Real Madrid this summer and he hopes to remain at the Bernabeu for the remainder of his career. Manchester United were linked with the 26-year-old but Barnett dismissed the rumors. "He was nowhere near leaving – that was all stupid paper […]

A leading medical lawyer expects FIFA to reinforce its support of the role of medical staff in treating players in the wake of the Eva Carneiro saga at Chelsea. On Friday, the world governing body's medical committee will discuss the matter after Carneiro and head physio Jon Fearn were catapulted into the spotlight when they were […]

Saido Berahino has reported back for training at West Brom, Press Association Sport understands. Berahino was expected back at the club's training base on Monday afternoon after being granted a period of leave following the fall out from his protracted move to Tottenham and he was there along with the rest of the Albion squad […]

Tributes have been paid to former Scottish footballer Ralph Milne who has died at the age of 54. The former Dundee United and Manchester United winger had been receiving treatment in hospital for liver problems. He is well remembered by Dundee United fans for scoring the first goal in a 2-1 victory over rivals Dundee […]

Tony Pulis will welcome Saido Berahino back into his West Brom squad – but will do so with some strong words for the controversial striker. Berahino was the subject of several bids from Tottenham during the transfer window and attempted to force through a move, first by submitting a transfer request and then with a […]

Karim Benzema has denied reports he came close to leaving Real Madrid for Arsenal this summer. The French forward was strongly linked with a move to the Gunners but he remained in Madrid for the start of his seventh campaign with Real. When asked about the rumors that he would join Arsenal, Benzema said to […]

Saido Berahino will back down on his strike threat and return to action with West Brom, according to players' union boss Gordon Taylor. Berahino tweeted his vow never to play under Baggies chairman Jeremy Peace again after the club rejected a number of bids from Tottenham towards the end of the transfer window. But with […]