West Ham confirm Scott Parker has joined as head coach and will take charge of tonight's game at Cardiff. Parker has signed a 2.5-year contract.
Parker will be assisted by first-team coaches Steve Potts, Gerard Prenderville and Billy Lepine, while Mark Noble will also be working closely with his ex team-mate.
🗣️ Parker: "My energy levels, my enthusiasm, my desire, my passion - it’s absolutely running through and that's the feeling I had as soon as there was a conversation that this was possible...
"More than anything, this is an opportunity that I am very excited about. I feel privileged and honoured to be the guy that wants to lead us back to the Premier League."
🚨🚨💣 MAJOR BREAKING!!
Michael Carrick will be given the chance to turn the situation at Manchester United AROUND. He STAYS in his job. #MUFC [@StevenRailston]
Scott McTominay on Michael Carrick in 2024: "The way his mind worked was four, five, six steps ahead. He could see maybe a few flaws in your game, and he'd see that before you've even noticed it yourself, and he's just training with you [as a player]." [High Performance Podcast] #mufc
🚨 BREAKING:
Alejandro Balde has received a FIRM PROPOSAL from Manchester United! The player also DOUBTS his immediate future at Barcelona for the first time. #MUFC [@HelenaCondis]
There is no shortage of issues regarding FIFA. Let me start by clarifying what some of these are from an FA perspective, in particular that of Jordan going into a World Cup for the first time.
We are a small country with a minimal budget for our FA and had to deal with enormous hurdles. First, getting our fans into the USA: not all were granted VISAS, even though they had tickets -which we also know were sold at exorbitant prices. Secondly, we are being taxed by the US govt through FIFA for our participation. Money that should go to players and staff. This was not the case for those who played and set up camp in Canada and Mexico. But we happened to be in the USA so now we face these huge costs in taxes for having participated.
Thirdly we have been waiting for reward money for our players since December for the Arab cup in Qatar, which is a FIFA event. The money our team should receive for having reached the final has not been delivered yet, while at the same time FIFA brags about how many billions they have in reserve.
It is clear the problem really is with leadership. For months, FIFA has been refusing to help us on any of these or other matters- until it was verbally communicated to me during the World Cup that if I endorsed Infantino it would go a long way to helping our FA out.
We pride ourselves in Jordan in upholding ethical values. We did not endorse him before and certainly will not now. But the whole situation amounts to blackmail and we refuse to give in to that.
🚨 There is a sense at Old Trafford that the pressure is off after completing the signings of Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans
Man Utd are in no rush to complete a third midfield signing and will take time to assess options. [@TyMarshall_MEN] #mufc