A new era is beginning at Manchester United, though even the man at the helm of it cannot be entirely sure when it will start. Ralf Rangnick’s appointment as interim manager was confirmed on Monday morning but whether he will be in...
Even before his first goal for his new club finally arrived in the last of the 90 minutes which made up his 15th appearance, he had already put in the most eye-catching performance of any player on the pitch. This was...
Manchester City player Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two additional counts of rape and Louis Saha Matturie, 40, with two additional counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. Mendy, of Prestbury, Cheshire, and Matturie, of Eccles, Manchester, will appear at Stockport Magistrates’...
Jadon Sancho, Kieran Trippier and Jesse Lingard have been dropped from England’s squad for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Albania and San Marino. Marcus Rashford and Jude Bellingham have returned having missed out on the October internationals, though Fikayo Tomori misses...
In the more swish rooms around Old Trafford, the widespread expectation was that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would be kept on. The word at the club was there would be no movement. That can quickly change – Jose Mourinho was sacked rather abruptly after defeat to...
England get going, Gareth Southgate gets one big decision right. For all the justifiable questions about some of the selections, and even aspects of the side’s performance in this first game at Wembley, England secured a valuable 1-0 win over Croatia...
If the 2020/21 Premier League season has ended with outcomes that now seem predictable, it didn’t really seem like that in the midst of the campaign. There has rarely been a term as changeable. The certainties from one month were rendered ridiculous...
Jurgen Klopp has defended Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s decision to field a weakened side against Leicester, which led to a 2-1 defeat to make Liverpool’s chances of making the top four more difficult – in addition to sealing the title for Manchester City. Speaking...
Manchester City chief Ferran Soriano apologised to the heads of England's football authorities for the distress caused by the Super League plans at Sunday's Carabao Cup final at Wembley. The Independent has been told by sources in the room that the Catalan...
Anyone that thinks football is back to the old status quo, or that nothing has actually changed, could not be more wrong. The sensational events of Tuesday night did not just kill ‘The Super League’. They killed the threat of...
