Marcus Rashford has signed a new four-year contract with Manchester United, the Red Devils have confirmed.
Rashford s new deal includes the option for a further 12-month extension and sees the England international earn a pay rise to a reported £300,000 per week.
The 21-year-old, who has made 170 appearances for the club, was one of the few United players to impress in an underwhelming 2018-19 campaign that saw manager Jose Mourinho replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
He scored 10 Premier League goals, his best return yet, as well as converting the late penalty that completed United s stunning Champions League comeback against Paris Saint-Germain.
United missed out on Champions League qualification last term and Rashford is determined to lead the club back…
New Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta will be assisted by Freddie Ljungberg, Albert Stuivenberg and Steve Round, the club confirmed on Tuesday.
Ljungberg served as interim boss following the departure of Unai Emery, including taking charge of the 0-0 draw away at Everton while the recently appointed Arteta watched on from the stands.
The duo held talks after the game at Goodison Park and Arteta revealed on Monday that the Swede would be staying on at the club as part of his revamped coaching staff.
Now the Gunners have announced the appointments of Stuivenberg and Round, while goalkeeping coach Inaki Cana Pavon joins from Brentford.
I am delighted to have this talented group of coaches alongside me, Arteta said. They bring a great mix of experienc…
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri insists his team will not do a Chelsea and collapse following their Premier League title win.
The Blues won the league in 2014-15, but slumped to a disastrous 10th-place finish last season winning only 12 of 38 matches with Jose Mourinho sacked in December and Guus Hiddink seeing the club through to the end of the campaign.
Following their shock Premier League win, Ranieri s men are again being written off – the bookmakers have them as seventh favourites to come out on top – but the Italian does not see Leicester crumbling.
When I build something, it is never destroyed, the 64-year-old told reporters ahead of Sunday s Community Shield against Manchester United at Wembley.
My philosophy is to watch your hous…
Gareth Southgate believes the experience of players in the Premier League s big six will only benefit his England squad heading into the World Cup.
Eighteen of Southgate s squad play for clubs who finished in the top six last term, with Leicester City duo Jamie Vardy and Harry Maguire the only outfield players to not to do so, although Chelsea s Ruben Loftus-Cheek spent 2017-18 on loan at Crystal Palace.
And Southgate insists that the mentality of the top-six teams is a huge boost to England s chances of progressing in the tournament.
I think it’s big, he said, shrugging off suggestions that his squad is raw and inexperienced.
We are seeing that with Manchester City having a core of four English players most weeks, United having a core of English play…
Harry Kane scored a late penalty to rescue Tottenham a 2-2 draw against bottom-of-the-table Norwich City in Saturday s Premier League clash.
The England international marked his 200th appearance in the competition by winning and then converting a spot-kick with seven minutes remaining at Carrow Road.
Mario Vrancic s first Premier League goal had earlier given Norwich a first-half lead and Teemu Pukki had one ruled out by the video assistant referee for a contentious offside.
Christian Eriksen s free-kick temporarily restored parity before Serge Aurier comically put into his own net, but Kane spared Spurs blushes somewhat in the closing stages.
FULL-TIME: Goals from and see us come from behind twice in the second half to take a point at Carrow Road.
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George Burley will remain as Scotland manager despite having failed to lead his squad to the play-offs for next year s World Cup, the Scottish Football Association (SFA) confirmed on Tuesday.
A 1-0 home defeat by the Netherlands last week ended Scotland s chances of reaching the World Cup finals and was widely expected to trigger the dismissal of Burley, who had ruled out resigning in the wake of what was a deeply disappointing qualifying campaign.
But it appears Burley has convinced his SFA bosses to give him a second chance following talks at Hampden.
Burley, who replaced Alex McLeish at the helm of the national side in January 2008, has arguably not enjoyed his fair share of luck as Scotland manager with fixture scheduling, some controversial refereeing decis…
For the first time in history, River Plate finished last in the Argentinian Primera Division. At Estudiantes De La Plata, River only managed a 1-1 draw.
Both sides had something at stake in this game as Estudiantes needed a win to qualify for a Copa Libertadores berth while River hoped to leave the bottom spot on the final day of the Apertura tournament.
Tuzzio put River in the lead after 55 minutes but Boselli equalised 14 minutes later and 1-1 would also turn out to be the final score.
Estudiantes playmaker Juan Sebastian Veron was sent off with eight minutes to play.
River prove that one season can be very different from the other, as the Buenos Aires outfit won last season s Clausura. By doing so, they do get access to the 2009 Copa Libertadores.
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Middlesbrough have signalled their intent to get out of the Championship this season with the signing of David Nugent from Leicester City.
Nugent has agreed a three-year contract at the Riverside Stadium after an undisclosed fee was agreed between the two clubs, and the 30-year-old will look to replicate his promotion with Leicester in 2013-14.
During his time at the King Power Stadium Nugent scored 49 goals in three seasons at Championship level, something Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka will hope to see more of as Boro look to bounce back from play-off final disappointment in May.
I am delighted that David has agreed to join us because everyone knows what a good player he is, Karanka told the club s official website.
We have worked really hard to …
Italian midfielder Thiago Motta could be leaving Paris Saint-Germain in the January transfer window, according to his official representative.
The 32-year-old appears to be unhappy by the latest criticism directed towards him and is reportedly thinking about the Parc des Princes exit.
Motta s agent has moved to reject claims suggesting the club chiefs are not satisfied with the midfielder s latest performances, but hinted his client would be ready to leave if that were the case.
“PSG leaders have never told me that they were not happy with Thiago,” agent Alessandro Canovi told Journal du Dimanche.
“But, if that is the case, why wait until June to part ways. There is a transfer window now.”
Meanwhile, La Gazzetta dello Sport has suggested …
Mario Balotelli would be well suited to a move to Marseille according to agent Mino Raiola, who said the Italian striker can marry well with the Marseillais mentality .
Reports have linked the Nice target man with a €10 million switch to Marseille that would bring an end to his two-year spell at the Allianz Riviera.
Balotelli has scored 33 Ligue 1 goals in 51 appearances for Les Aiglons, but Nice slumped to a disappointing eighth-placed finish in the 2017-18 season.
Marseille, meanwhile, finished fourth and reached the Europa League final under head coach Rudi Garcia , and Raiola told RMC that a move to OM could be on the cards.
We have good relations with Marseille, I know the director very well, said Balotelli s agent. We re going to see it s too …