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Liam Rosenior is meeting with Chelsea's sporting directors on Monday ahead of his expected appointment as head coach, the Press Association understands

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#Breaking Darren Fletcher will take charge of Wednesday's Premier League game against Burnley

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#Breaking Ruben Amorim has been sacked as head coach of Manchester United, the Premier League club have announced

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Arne Slot said he felt unable to risk Hugo Ekitike in Liverpool's dramatic 2-2 draw at Fulham with his attacking options stretched thin

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Daniel Farke says #LUFC v #MUFC is “more than a game” in his programme notes & expressed annoyance with the scheduling

“It is very disappointing that the scheduling of this fixture, at the earliest opportunity on a Sunday, after playing on the Thursday evening beforehand, has happened. It is not good given how many players we have missing and especially as Manchester United have had two days extra rest”

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Ruben Amorim says Manchester United need to ignore the Elland Road noise and focus on their performance at rivals Leeds

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Pep Guardiola has reiterated his desire to stay on at Manchester City amid fresh rumours surrounding Enzo Maresca

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Virgil van Dijk denied the tweaks made to make Liverpool less vulnerable had impacted their attacking abilities

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Danny Rohl wants Rangers to exploit any Celtic nerves with a flying start to Saturday’s Old Firm clash at Parkhead

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Ruben Amorim expects to again be without eight players as #MUFC head to #LUFC: "No different issues. We are going to see tomorrow. We have one more training. I don't think that anyone is going to recover but we will see"

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At Carrington (in the wrong jacket 🥶) for Ruben Amorim’s press conference previewing #MUFC’s trip to Leeds

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Mikel Arteta insisted it is time for Arsenal to break their New Year’s Day hoodoo by landing the club’s first Premier League title in more than two decades

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Huge double blow for St Mirren - Jonah Ayunga and Mark O’Hara both ruled out for 2-3 months

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Enzo Maresca’s departure from Chelsea came after he informed the club he had been in contact on multiple occasions with Manchester City about taking over from Pep Guardiola, the Press Association understands

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#BreakingNews Enzo Maresca has left his position as Chelsea manager, the Premier League club have announced

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Rodri and Jeremy Doku could feature as @ManCity head to Sunderland tomorrow

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Championship leaders Coventry were beaten 2-0 at home by Ipswich in the 6pm kick-off #COVIPS

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Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim says injured skipper Bruno Fernandes is already pushing to return and joked he might be after his job as his leadership extends to watching team-mates train even after undergoing treatment

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Tottenham boss Thomas Frank hailed his players for a "huge mentality effort" after a gritty 1-0 win at Crystal Palace

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. @Arsenal moved back to the top of the @premierleague table with a nervy 2-1 win against Brighton at the Emirates

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https://t.co/uRmGHZN11W