Ole Gunnar Solksjaer is claimed to regret Manchester United’s signing of Cristiano Ronaldo last summer from Juventus. The Norwegian boss led his side to finish second in the table in 202-21, finishing five and seven ahead of both Liverpool and Chelsea. That summer, they moved to bring in two big signings in Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, before a late …

Stephen Appiah helped Juventus to close out the 04/05 season in style with a fine strike, dribbling by the defence before smashing it home. With Del Piero and Trezeguet having fired us into a 2-0 lead, Appiah weaved his way through the Cagliari defence before sending it straight into the far top corner of the goal, making it 3-0 on …

  Footage of the Real Madrid faithful making clear their frustrations with Kylian Mbappe once more has surfaced online on Sunday evening. French international Mbappe, of course, was widely expected to take his talents to the Spanish capital this summer. On the back of a transfer saga spanning several years, the understanding across the media was that the 23-year-old had …

Rome (AFP) – Silvio Berlusconi will return to Italian football’s top table for the first time since selling AC Milan after his club Monza were promoted to Serie A on Sunday. Monza won a thrilling play-off against Pisa 4-3 to ensure top flight football for the first time in their history.  Serie A was the goal set by the 85-year-old …

  An insight into Liverpool’s plans to bounce back from the predicted departure of star attacker Sadio Mane has been provided on Sunday evening. The name of wide-man Mane has of course taken its place front and centre in the English media headlines across the day to date. This comes with the Senegalese widely understood to have informed those in …

By Samindra Kunti in Paris May 29 – Japan are keen to host the 2023 Asian Cup, the president of the Japanese Football Association (JFA) Kozo Tashima confirmed to Insideworldfootball. China withdrew from staging the continental championship because of the Covid-19 crisis. “It’s one year before the tournament, so it’s not easy to host 24 teams,” Tashima told Insideworldfootball on …

Saint-Étienne (France) (AFP) – Saint-Etienne, one of France’s biggest clubs, were relegated from Ligue 1 on Sunday after losing a penalty shoot-out in their play-off against Auxerre, who return to the top flight after 10 years away. Their defeat was greeted by a pitch invasion by angry Saint-Etienne fans and the intervention of French police who used tear gas to …

Ethan Horvath played an important role for Nottingham Forest during part of its 2022 schedule and on Sunday the American goalkeeper got to celebrate his first-ever promotion of his club career. Horvath played the final moments of Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 victory over Huddersfield Town at Wembley Stadium as Steve Cooper’s side earned promotion to the English Premier League. The Colorado …

Liverpool (AFP) – Thousands of fans lined the streets of the city as double cup-winners Liverpool returned home for an open-top bus parade on Sunday that took place amid a flood of conflicting emotions. Winning both the League Cup and FA Cup in the one season, as Liverpool did by twice beating Chelsea on penalties in two Wembley finals, would …

  An absolutely chaotic scene unfolded in France this evening, on the back of the showdown between Saint-Etienne and Auxerre. After a 1-1 stalemate between the two sides in the first-leg of their promotion/relegation playoff in Ligue 1, the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard acted as the venue on Sunday, as Saint-Etienne and Auxerre went toe-to-toe for a place in the top-flight of …