Erik ten Hag praised Manchester United’s collective efforts defensively after David de Gea collected the Golden Glove award for the goalkeeper with the most Premier League clean sheets.

United’s 1-0 win at Bournemouth brought De Gea his 17th shut-out of the campaign, taking him clear of Liverpool’s Alisson Becker, as well as helping the team to within a point of Champions League qualification.

De Gea has been at fault several times this season, most recently in gifting West Ham a goal in a 1-0 defeat at the London Stadium and as the team crashed out of the Europa League against Sevilla.

Yet against Bournemouth he gave a reminder that his shot-stopping ability and reflexes remain undiminished, making three excellent saves from Dominic Solanke, David Brooks a…

Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon believes it would be wise to offer Gareth Bale a new deal at the club.

Reports over the weekend suggested Bale could be in line for a two-year extension to his current deal – which still has three years left to run – and accompanying pay rise.

The Wales international became the top-scoring British player in La Liga history on Sunday when he scored for the 43rd time in 76 appearances for Madrid during the 4-0 win over Sevilla.

Bale has 15 goals in 18 Liga games this season – an excellent return on the back of a testing second campaign at the Santiago Bernabeu, where his stock fell with the Madrid support and he was link with a move to Manchester United.

His form this time around comes despite persistent tro…

What the papers say

Newcastle are considering a January move for Bayer Leverkusen defender Jonathan Tah, according to The Sun. Manchester United and West Ham are also keen on the German international, 27.

RB Leipzig have opened the door for Timo Werner to exit the club, according to the Evening Standard. The former Chelsea forward, 27, has started only two games this season.

The Standard also reports that Chelsea are the latest club to take an interest in 18-year-old South American midfielder Gabriel Moscardo. The Corinthians teenager has already attracted interest from Arsenal and Liverpool.

Jadon Sancho is unlikely to be allowed to leave Manchester United on the cheap. The Daily Mirror says the club will not sanction a cut-price January deal for the England wi…

Market: Bosnia Herzegovina win

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Knowing that they face what is a must-win qualifying showdown on Tuesday night, Bosnia Herzegovina will welcome Luxembourg to Zenica.

Starting with the hosts, while Bosnia Herzegovina might have opened their EURO qualifying adventure with a thumping 3-0 win against Iceland on March 23rd, Faruk Hadzibegic s men have come crashing back down to earth. Marking their return to Group J action over the weekend as they slumped to a routine 3-0 loss at the hands of European heavyweights Portugal, the Dragons have now lost three of their last four appearances across all competitions. However, knowing that they face what is a must-win showdown when they return to Zenica on Tuesday night, Bosnia should be excited by their continued…

Thomas Tuchel expressed his delight with a controlled and serious performance that guided Chelsea into the FA Cup final.

Chelsea reached a third successive FA Cup final, matching the feat achieved by Arsenal between 2000-01 and 2002-03, with a 2-0 triumph over Patrick Vieira s Crystal Palace at Wembley.

Substitute Ruben Loftus-Cheek opened the scoring in the 65th minute with his first goal in any competition since November 2020, before Mason Mount sealed semi-final success with 14 minutes remaining.

The 2021-22 campaign now marks Mount s new-best scoring season, with his 12th strike this term surpassing his 11-goal haul for Championship side Derby County in 2018-19.

Tuchel, who has progressed from each of the 11 semi-final ties in his managerial career…

England s Euro 2022-winning defender Demi Stokes respects players from France, Spain and Nigeria for taking a stance on conditions in women s football ahead of the World Cup.

The preparations of several teams for the tournament in Australia and New Zealand – which begins on July 20 – have been impacted by disputes between players and coaches or federations.

Earlier this year, France dismissed head coach Corinne Diacre after a group of players – including captain Wendie Renard – refused to represent Les Bleues under her.

The Lyon skipper has since been recalled by Diacre s successor, two-time Africa Cup of Nations winner Herve Renard.

Meanwhile, 15 players told the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) they would no longer play under Roja boss Jorge …

Duncan Ferguson suffered his first defeat as Everton s interim manager as Leicester City booked their place in the EFL Cup semi-finals with a 4-2 penalty shoot-out victory at Goodison Park.

Carlo Ancelotti is reportedly close to taking over at Everton, who had beat Chelsea and drawn with Manchester United under Ferguson, whose side fought back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 in normal time to set up penalties.

After quickfire goals from James Maddison and Jonny Evans had put Leicester in control, Everton rallied through Tom Davies and Leighton Baines stoppage-time stunner.

But Baines could not repeat his heroics from the spot as he, along with Cenk Tosun, failed to beat Kasper Schmeichel the Premier League s leading scorer Jamie Vardy ensuring Leicester s place in the…

Pep Guardiola would not confirm that Manchester City will be signing Erling Haaland, but he teased that  everybody knows the situation .

Haaland has been linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium from Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season, with City said to be ready to trigger the striker s release clause, believed to be around €75million (£64.2m).

Speaking at a media conference ahead of his team s trip to Wolves in the Premier League, Guardiola explained he could not talk about any transfer, but did say it was because the two clubs involved told him not to.

Everybody knows the situation, Guardiola told reporters.  I shouldn t talk because I don t like to talk about the future or next season.

Dortmund and Man City told me I m not allowed to sa…

Alvaro Morata scored a lethal hat-trick as Real Madrid won a LaLiga thriller 4-2 at Leganes to leapfrog Barcelona and return to the top of LaLiga.

Madrid raced into a three-goal lead, James Rodriguez striking after 15 minutes before Morata followed up with a quickfire double to reach 10 top-flight goals for the first time in his career.

Close-range strikes from Leganes duo Gabriel Pires and Luciano Neves reduced the deficit to one just after the half-hour mark as the hosts battled back.

But Morata became the first Spanish player to score a league hat-trick for Madrid since Raul achieved the feat in 2009, his header from James delivery early in the second half taking a huge deflection off Martin Mantovani and ending the match as a contest.

The victory came…

According to a recent report from Mundo Deportivo, Italian giants Juventus are believed to be interested in entering the race to try and sign Chelsea star Willian. The Brazilian is heavily expected to leave the club during next summer’s transfer window, with his contract talks at Stamford Bridge stalling in recent days. While it was already well known that Barcelona would be making a move to try and sign him, it now appears as if Juve aren’t afraid to dip their toe in the water either. 

While Willian has always been noted for his unique style of play and consistency on the ball, there are some critics who believe it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world if he left Chelsea. If nothing else they’d likely receive a sizeable fee for his services, which could go towards …