“The salary bill is fundamental. We were 40% above our competitors and that was a completely unsustainable situation. To date, we have already saved €159m (£133m/$179m) from the club’s wage bill.
Then there was of course a thrilling penalty shootout to decide it all. After 15 superbly taken spot-kicks, Manchester United youngster Anthony Elanga launched his effort over the bar to send Championship side Middlesbrough into the fifth round.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp remains relaxed about Mohamed Salah's contract negotiations, insisting what we all want is clear.
The form of the other goalkeepers is important, but Jordan showed again today [how important he is] with big saves at important moments.
There are some sad people in the world that have attached my name to such inappropriate, hurtful and totally false stories.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says Southampton's James Ward-Prowse is the best free-kick taker in the world.
Norwich will be desperate for victory when they travel to Selhurst Park to take on Crystal Palace in Tuesday’s Premier League clash.
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Just the previous day, someone at Liverpool had said he was going to ask me to go with him. I'd laughed it off. Now it was happening.
You'd have to have been a mad man to take that job, says Sky Sports News' Mark McAdam, who was on the club's staff at the time and has got to know Howe well in the years since.
Quina found the net with a left-footed drive which went in off the underside of the bar after Marshall got a hand to it.
The global impact made by Josh Cavallo's coming out story in football and the Progress Pride helmet worn by Lewis Hamilton in F1 are recognised in the shortlists for the 2022 British LGBT Awards.
Now we've got to look forward to get the club back to where it was. Emery has sympathy for SolskjaerVillarreal coach Unai Emery has sympathy for Solskjaer following his departure from United.
Rooney stressed he would not stand in the Frenchman's way. I think it's got to a point where it's probably better for him to move on.
Having come through the Chelsea academy as a striker and then dropped back into a number 10 role, central midfield has never been Musiala's favoured position, yet he adapted quickly.
It would be lovely for him to come back. I feel like he would want to. Some part of me in my head is thinking he wants to come back to Arsenal.
The former Arbroath loanee, however, had a hand in helping Livi move in front. He sent Devlin clear down the right who then crossed for Anderson.
Of course I am - I'm my own biggest critic. It's been a tough start but I'm determined to prove my worth.
Cadden has made more accurate crosses (40) than any other player in League Two this season, and ranks fifth for key passes (32).
The leaders' earlier 3-0 win in Andorra moved them six points clear before the Young Lions kicked off on Tuesday.
La Liga will make their plans to stage a game in Miami a reality, the Spanish league's president Javier Tebas has insisted.
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The Argentine demands collectivism and hard work to enact his Bielsa-inspired football of hard pressing and vertical lines.
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In essence, Wednesday's decision has raised the bar in terms of the number of Covid cases required to get a match postponed.
Both Russia and 2018 World Cup runners-up Croatia are assured of at least a play-off berth as third-placed Slovakia are on 10 points and have no chance of breaking into the top two.
It will be a struggle but those inside Carrow Road may just feel the cards have fallen in their favour as they put Smith in charge of their strategy for Premier League survival.
After his latest brace to temporarily lift the 2020 champions to within a point of leaders Chelsea, his manager was full of praise.
Adidas have also I'm not condoning a thing that he's done. I don't agree with what he has done at all.
When Lukaku joined Chelsea, Tuchel was immediately asked what this would mean for the 3-4-2-1 system that helped them back into the top four and to Champions League glory.
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Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard made a losing return to Anfield as Liverpool continued their pursuit of Premier League leaders Manchester City with a hard-earned victory.
I am super happy, we need him in this kind of shape. The goalkeepers are a strong group. Kepa is a big part of it and Kepa was a big factor today, in the first half especially.
But Arsenal believe his development in France shows that they were right to manage him the way they have, as it has allowed the defender to play regularly at a young age away from the relentless spotlight of the Premier League.
Paul Pogba has been ruled out of France's World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Finland after suffering a right thigh injury.
The only thing that has been missing are some of those quicksilver moments that made him so irresistible to City in the summer. The hope is that the floodgates will open in that regard now he has broken his goalscoring drought.
Carabao Cup news | FixturesManchester City will make changes for the trip to the London Stadium. Ferran Torres remains out.
Only a couple of weeks ago it felt as though Arsenal were favourites to land fourth place and a long-awaited return to the Champions League.
Chris Wilder says it is nonsense that he wants total control of a football club and insists he is excited to work alongside Middlesbrough's hierarchy in the pursuit of a Premier League return.
The incident was sparked by a grapple between Fulham defender Joe Bryan and Bournemouth midfielder Ryan Christie and prompted an angry reaction from both benches.
However, the Belgium international turned the game after coming on at Villa Park and also opened the scoring in the 1-1 draw with Brighton on Wednesday night, suggesting that the tide is starting to turn.
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The report, which includes all international transfers in 2021, has revealed that a total £375.6m was paid to intermediaries and European clubs accounted for 95.8 per cent of that spending.
The caretaker manager also pointed out this was not the first time United have adopted high-pressing tactics this season.
We had identified him, and I'd like to say convinced him, before he became French champion, he said. Even without winning the Ligue 1, he would have been at OGC Nice.
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