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Rio Ferdinand signs Roberto De Zerbi for Manchester United (Image: Rio Ferdinand Presents)Rio Ferdinand has urged Manchester United to invite Roberto De Zerbi as their next permanent manager, following reports that the former Brighton manager had held private talks with the Old Trafford club. Ferdinand’s former teammate Michael Carrick was approved as interim manager on Tuesday and will remain in charge until the end of the season. The 2008 Champions League winner faces a huge task in convincing the board that he deserves a permanent position.Nevertheless, Ferdinand believes De Zerbi is the best choice to replace Ruben Amorim long-term. De…
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Maximilian Ibrahimovic is leaving the club where his father once played for another club.The 19-year-old winger, the son of football great Zlatan Ibrahimovic, joined Ajax on loan from AC Milan on Wednesday.Maximilian Ibrahimovic said: “It’s great that he also played at Ajax. I’m glad he has the opportunity to play here too and develop.””I want to write my own story. I’m my own person, my own player, I’m here to do my own thing. And I’m really looking forward to that.”According to reports in Italian media, Ajax will pay Milan a loan fee of 3.5 million euros…
Ammar Al-Khairi, president of Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad, is obsessed with signing Lionel Messi (he offered Messi an annual salary of 400 million euros in 2023).Lionel Messi reveals who he doesn’t rely on to babysit his childrenIf Messi accepts the deal with Al Ittihad, he will be offered a contract where he can earn as much as he wants, as much as he wants, even for life.Ammar Al KhairiSaudi officials have reiterated that money is not a barrier to seeing Messi in the yellow and black, insisting that Messi can personally choose his salary and contract length, saying: “If Messi…
Xabi Alonso was brutally sacked by Spanish giants Real Madrid the day after their side lost to Barcelona in the Super Cup, and the former midfielder has now spoken out about his departure.Alonso had many problems during his time at Real Madrid (Image: Getty Images)Xabi Alonso has admitted that life at Real Madrid was not what he “wanted” after leaving the Bernabéu. The Spaniard was sacked on Monday, a day after the Spanish Super Cup defeat to rivals Barcelona.A statement from Los Blancos read as follows: “Real Madrid CF would like to announce that, by mutual agreement between the club…
Michael Carrick gives his first interview as Man United interim manager (Image: MUTV)Michael Carrick has described his elation on returning to Manchester United as an “incredible feeling” and believes he is joining a “positive” dressing room. The club announced on Tuesday night that Carrick will take over as interim manager for the remainder of the season. Mr Carrick has been unemployed since being sacked by Middlesbrough in June last year.Despite leading Boro to the Championship play-offs in his first season at the Riverside Stadium, he was released after two lackluster seasons, finishing eighth and tenth respectively. The 44-year-old impressed Jason…
Manchester United have been encouraged to pursue Xabi Alonso as their next permanent manager after the former Liverpool midfielder left Real Madrid.Xabi Alonso could become Manchester United manager in the summer (Image: Jose Hernandez/Anadolu via Getty Images)Manchester United have been urged to consider Xabi Alonso as their next permanent manager this summer. Alonso is currently unemployed after parting ways with Real Madrid, and the club have confirmed this.Real Madrid announced that Alonso’s departure from the Santiago Bernabéu was “mutually agreed”, a decision taken less than a day after the club lost 3-2 to arch-rivals Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup…
Chelsea appointed Liam Rosenior as Enzo Maresca’s replacement earlier this month, but he was given a warning ahead of his first Premier League game in charge of the Blues.Liam Rosenior led Chelsea to a 5-1 win over Charlton (Image: Getty Images)Liam Rosenior is said to be aiming to qualify for the Champions League at the end of the season. The 41-year-old was appointed as Enzo Maresca’s replacement earlier this month after an impressive spell with Strasbourg.He led the Blues to a 5-1 victory over Charlton Athletic and enjoyed a dream start to life in west London. But it looks like…
Manchester United are being urged to appoint the Liverpool legend as their next permanent manager despite the backlash that could result. Michael Carrick will take charge of the Red Devils on an interim basis following the sacking of manager Ruben Amorim last week. The former Middlesbrough manager will remain in the dugout until the end of the season, at which point a permanent successor will be chosen.Keys wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Perfect. United should shake the world and appoint Alonso. And please don’t say his time at Liverpool rules him out – (Sir Matt) Busby played for them and…
The former United and England midfielder could be hired as caretaker manager, but there is a good chance he could sign a permanent deal if he takes the club to the Champions League.15:59, January 13, 2026Updated January 13, 2026 19:56Michael Carrick wants to make interim role permanent (Image: Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)This time last year, Michael Carrick’s Middlesbrough were preparing for a trip to Portsmouth, where they would face a side who had lost five of their last seven Championship games. Middlesbrough lost at Fratton Park and went on to lose five of their next six games, effectively condemning…
It wasn’t the most surprising development of the 2025/26 season, but Xabi Alonso’s reign as Real Madrid manager has come to an end. Alonso, who excelled as a breakthrough manager at Bayer Leverkusen and led the German side to their first Bundesliga title, left BayArena for the Bernabéu in the summer.But Alonso’s mission never got off the ground, with much of his time spent in the Spanish capital a one-step-forward, two-steps-back situation. A crushing defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup didn’t get him off to the best start as Real Madrid manager, and similar problems plagued Los…