Ligue 1

Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney (L) and Manchester United’s English defender Phil Jones (R) arrive for a training session at their Carrington facility in Manchester, north west England on October 20, 2015 ahead of their Champions League football match against CSKA Moscow on October 21. AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images) …

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has been criticised for his decision to not start Manuel Ugarte against Southampton. The Red Devils managed to beat the Saints 3-0 after an earlier scare when the hosts won a penalty which was eventually saved by Andre Onana. However, with goals from Matthijs de Ligt, Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho, Ten Hag’s side …

One of the classic Champions League ties will take place on Tuesday evening, as Liverpool take on Milan at San Siro. It will be Arne Slot’s first chance to see how well his Reds side fare against the best that the continent have to offer, and with the Rossoneri beginning their Serie A campaign with only one win from their …

Manchester United made a number of changes to their squad this summer and one of the prominent ones was allowing Anthony Martial to leave the club. Having joined the Red Devils back in 2015, Martial became a fan favourite in the earlier part of his Man United career. He announced himself as a Man United player by scoring against Liverpool …

Arsenal have begun the process of trying to get key defender Gabriel Magalhaes to sign a new contract at the Emirates Stadium, according to Charles Watts. Speaking exclusively to CaughtOffside for his latest Daily Briefing column, Watts explained that things are still at an early stage on this deal, but the Gunners seem keen to ensure they can keep hold …

This week sees the Champions League begin again in earnest, with a new format for all players and managers to get to grips with – something that one Liverpool ace isn’t best pleased about. For whatever reason, UEFA in this case – but FIFA are guilty of it too – have looked to tweak the competition to, one assumes, make …

Tottenham Hotspur chairman, Daniel Levy, has never appeared to be the most popular person in that part of North London, and a recent decision has exposed his attempts to fleece away supporters attending European games in N17. Although Spurs missed out on the Champions League in large part due to an awful end to the 2023/24 campaign, they still managed …

The 2024/25 Premier League season is only four games old, but Man City’s Erling Haaland has already found his goalscoring groove. A player who has already broken all manner of goalscoring records including the most goals in a Premier League campaign, evidently finds it so easy to impose his natural game upon the English top-flight. In the same way as …

Football pundit and former Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp has a warning for Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou. Spurs have started the season slowly, after winning just four points from their first four matches of the season. Their latest defeat came against their arch rivals Arsenal in the North London Derby at the Tottenham Stadium, a match in which the Gunners were …

Arsenal star Bukayo Saka was forced off with an injury in the North London Derby against Tottenham at the weekend. The Gunners won the match 1-0, thanks to Saka’s assist to his teammate Gabriel, who scored a thumping header to secure a crucial win for Mikel Arteta’s team. Saka was instrumental once again for the Premier League giants, with the …