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Manchester United undecided on next managerial move after sacking Ruben Amorim

Darren Fletcher will take charge of team against Burnley on Wednesday

Ken Early: Amorim and Maresca departures evidence of football’s growing turf wars

For those within the football bubble, titles matter, and ‘manager’ implies more power than ‘head coach’

Seven games where it went wrong for Ruben Amorim at Manchester United

From European failure against Spurs to a FA Cup humbling by Grimsby Town and a sorry home draw with Wolves

Irish player tracker: Nathan Collins and Evan Ferguson on upward trends

Bosun Lawal making powerful case for international call-up

Enzo Fernández stuns Manchester City with last-gasp equaliser for managerless Chelsea

Chelsea hold their own at the Etihad under interim manager Calum McFarlane

Declan Rice double helps Arsenal stave off Bournemouth in five-goal thriller

Gunners come from behind to win at the Vitality

Nuno Espirito Santo apologises to West Ham fans after ‘embarrassing’ Wolves defeat

Aston Villa shake off Arsenal defeat to go second

Chelsea’s project is no flop despite managerial upheaval

Enzo Maresca got the sack because of his actions. That does not mean the club’s structure needs a complete overhaul

Premier League wrap: Manchester City held at Sunderland to sit four points adrift of Arsenal

Thomas Frank frustrated on Brentford return as Tottenham are held to stalemate

Leeds frustrate Liverpool in first goalless draw of Arne Slot’s reign

A drab scoreless draw was the first in 84 games under Arne Slot

Gabriel Magalhães opener sparks Arsenal’s second-half rout of Aston Villa

Mikel Arteta’s side take five-point lead into 2026

Manchester United booed off against Wolves as Bournemouth hold Chelsea

Boos ring out at both Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge

From Marc Guéhi to Ivan Toney – who could be on the move in the January transfer window?

Ten players likely to create headlines next month, including the ‘new Kevin De Bruyne’

Irish player tracker: Brentford’s Caoimhín Kelleher denies Bournemouth eight times

Hibernian’s Jamie McGrath steals the show at Edinburgh derby; Tyler Goodrham hits a cracker for Oxford United

Premier League round-up: Arsenal return to summit after edgy victory over Brighton

Rayan Cherki earns Man City crucial late win at Forest; Florian Wirtz nets first Liverpool goal to edge out Wolves; Super-sub Ollie Watkins scores twice as Villa beat Chelsea

Patrick Dorgu volley powers Manchester United into fifth as Newcastle misfire

Ruben Amorim rejigs team to play with a back four in the absence of captain Bruno Fernandes

Former Nottingham Forest and Scotland player John Robertson dies age 72

Robertson played an integral part in the club’s European Cup victories in 1979 and 1980

Thomas Frank hits back at Slot over claim of ‘reckless’ Van de Ven challenge on Isak

Swedish striker had surgery on Monday to repair an ankle injury that includes a fractured fibula

Troy Parrott back on the scoresheet, Caoimhín Kelleher cool under pressure

Evan Ferguson yet to convince Roma manager Gasperini

Morgan Rogers double sinks Manchester United and keeps Aston Villa on leaders’ heels

Villa just three points adrift of title leaders Arsenal

High-flying Aston Villa are primed for revenge against Manchester United

A defeat to the Red Devils cost Villa Champions League football last season, but they are unlikely to be stopped this time

Chelsea draw at Newcastle as Haaland scores twice for Manchester City

Premier League wrap: Jake O’Brien makes error as Arsenal beat Everton to go top

Liverpool hold off late challenge for dramatic win over nine-man Tottenham

Xavi Simons and later Cristian Romero were sent off for Spurs

Maresca plays dangerous game as confusion reigns from his Chelsea grenade

Club remain bemused by head coach creating speculation he has issues with the hierarchy and do not want drama

Enzo Maresca plays down Manchester City link and insists future lies with Chelsea

‘It doesn’t affect me,’ says coach, who has deal at Stamford Bridge until 2029

Tom Hicks met his match when he bought Liverpool

American businessman found out the hard way that owning a football club that was the heart of a city was no walkover

‘They wanted me to leave’: Bruno Fernandes hits out at Manchester United directors

‘Loyalty is no longer seen the way it used to be,’ says midfielder who has been subject of interest from Saudi Arabia

Fifa does not have to rip off World Cup fans to this extent

Gianni Infantino is deploying a deliberate strategy to benchmark the World Cup against the most expensive live event in sports

Mo Salah begins working his way out of the bad books

No such thing as cheap seats at next year’s World Cup final; Paul Pogba’s got the hump

Even for great players like Mo Salah, the end can come suddenly and without warning

The Liverpool player’s precipitous drop in form and output is not an unusual phenomenon in sport

Irish player tracker: Killian Phillips and Roland Idowu lift Scottish League Cup for St Mirren

The result meant disappointment for Celtic’s Irish contingent, with Liam Scales and Johnny Kenny on the losing side

Premier League round-up: Erling Haaland double keeps Manchester City on Arsenal’s tail at the top

Morgan Rogers grabs two as Villa fight back for win at West Ham; Nick Woltemade own goal gives Sunderland win in Tyne-Wear derby; Callum Hudson-Odoi scores two as Forest cut down Spurs

Mohamed Salah returns and sets up Hugo Ekitiké to help Liverpool beat Brighton

Premier League round-up: Arsenal leave it late against Wolves as own goals decisive; Cole Palmer on target as Chelsea beat Everton

Irish player tracker: Troy Parrott soars for leveller as Oisín McEntee breaks Celtic hearts

Finn Azaz also kept up scoring run for Southampton and Jake O’Brien weighed in with an assist for Everton

Mohamed Salah says he has been thrown under the bus and signals Liverpool exit

Forward launches astonishing attack on Arne Slot after draw with Leeds

Aston Villa score with last kick of the game to stun leaders Arsenal

Emi Buendia gets the winner as Villains continue their run

Team-by-team guide to Ireland’s potential World Cup group opponents

Mexico at home would be difficult opposition, while Son Heung-min is prolific in MLS

Magassa earns West Ham a vital point as Manchester United waste chance to go fifth

Red Devils had appeared to have scored the winner through Diogo Dalot

Wirtz delivers but lacklustre Liverpool are held by Sunderland

Draw does little to quell Liverpool’s worries as Sunderland let opportunity slip

Merino and Saka down Brentford to restore Arsenal’s five-point cushion

Arsenal restore five-point advantage with eighth clean sheet of the season

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