Title favourites Manchester City head into the international break in pole position in the Premier League, but only three points separate the top five teams.
At the other end of the table, the three promoted clubs occupy the relegation places and face a tough fight for survival.
Here, the PA news agency compiles an end of term report card with a third of the season complete.
Good progress
Aston Villa sit top of the class in terms of progress made since the same stage last season. If Unai Emery’s side maintain their impressive home form a top-four finish might not be beyond them.
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou made the best start to a season by a new manager in Premier League history after 10 games as his side sat five points clear at the top. Despite …
Barcelona are close to reaching an agreement to sign Franck Kessie from AC Milan on a free transfer at the end of the season, according to multiple sources. Apparently, nothing has been signed as of yet but all the paperwork is being prepared at the moment.
Kessie joined Milan from Atalanta in the summer of 2019 for a reported fee of close to €25 million. Since the, he s gone on to make a total of 213 appearances in all competitions for the Rossoneri, scoring 36 goals and providing 16 assists for others to score. Though primarily a defensive midfielder, he is very capable of playing anywhere in midfield.
Milan were obviously keen to tie the 25-year-old down to a new contract, but Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez, as well as former Barcelona and Ivory Coast player Y…
Wolves coach Nuno Espirito Santo donated £250,000 to help fight poverty in Wolverhampton.
Nuno, who has been in charge of the Premier League club since 2017, made the donation to the Wolves Foundation to help it launch Feed Our Pack .
The project will support selected foodbanks in the city to reduce the impacts of food poverty, and support residents affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Wolves fans and the people of Wolverhampton have been fantastic to me since I arrived here almost four years ago, and I wanted to give something back and help the people who are struggling during the pandemic, Nuno said.
When you live in a city, you see and hear how people have been affected, but it is also a great city where people help and support each other and this …
Could Jose Mourinho find a new home at a third Premier League club?
According to one report, the ex-Chelsea and Manchester United manager is keeping a close eye on Tottenham and the uncertainty that lingers over Mauricio Pochettino s future.
The potential of a job opening in north London might even lead to him turning down a big-name former employer.
TOP STORY – MOURINHO SETS SIGHTS ON SPURS
Jose Mourinho has told friends he is confident of being offered a return to Real Madrid but may hold out for the Tottenham job, according to The Sun.
Zinedine Zidane is in his second stint in charge of Madrid, while Mauricio Pochettino has spent more than five years at the Spurs helm.
The report suggests it is the latter position that M…
Newcastle United are interested in signing Jack Harrison from Premier League rivals Leeds United in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Newcastle are among a number of clubs who are keen on securing the services of the former Manchester City winger.
Harrison, who can also operate as an attacking midfielder, initially joined Leeds from Manchester City in 2018. After spending three seasons on loan at Elland Road and helping the Whites win promotion to the Premier League, the 25-year-old made the move to the West Yorkshire club permanent in the summer of 2021.
The winger made 32 starts and three substitute appearances in the Premier League for Leeds this season, scoring eight goals and providing one assist in the process. Harrison made 34…
A 90th-minute header from Alexis Sanchez secured a stunning comeback from Manchester United as they came from 2-0 down to beat Newcastle United 3-2.
Pressure on Jose Mourinho had intensified after four games without a win in all competitions, although the club had dismissed reports he would be sacked regardless of Saturday s result.
It looked as though the manager s days could be numbered when Newcastle raced into a two-goal lead inside 10 minutes, but second-half goals from Juan Mata, Anthony Martial and substitute Sanchez sealed all three points in remarkable fashion.
Newcastle went in front for the first time in a league game this season only seven minutes in, as Kenedy ran onto Ayoze Perez s throughball, turned away from Ashley Young and curled past David de …
Tottenham bounced back from their north London derby defeat to Arsenal with a 3-1 win against Southampton, giving new Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl his first look at the job that lies ahead.
Spurs lost 4-2 at Emirates Stadium on Sunday but banished those memories with goals from Harry Kane, Lucas Moura and Son Heung-min inside 55 minutes to lift them above Chelsea to third in the Premier League.
Southampton, who gave Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino his first job in English football, sacked Mark Hughes following their Saturday draw with Manchester United and Hasenhuttl confirmed as the Welshman s successor earlier on Wednesday was in the Wembley stands to watch the club s eighth defeat of the top-flight season.
The visitors coached by Kelvin Davis in this match hit…
Mauricio Pochettino believes Enzo Fernandez has the confidence to begin showing his best form for Chelsea after the World Cup winner netted his first Premier League goals against Brighton.
The 22-year-old headed in his team’s first after 17 minutes before adding a second from the penalty spot after the break, as the hosts weathered the loss of captain Conor Gallagher to a red card in the 45th minute to claim a 3-2 victory at Stamford Bridge.
It was a first win in six attempts in the Premier League against Roberto De Zerbi’s side and saw the Argentina international, who signed from Benfica for a then British record £107million in January, finally break his scoring duck in the league on his 31st appearance.
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Cristiano Ronaldo s representatives have strongly denied an accusation that the Real Madrid forward concealed earnings and defrauded the Spanish tax authorities out of €14.7million.
Earlier on Tuesday, Prosecutors in Madrid filed a complaint to a court in Pozuelo de Alarcon that accused the four-time Ballon d Or winner of a voluntary and conscious breach of his tax obligations.
The complaint suggested Ronaldo had created a business structure in 2010 to conceal earnings from image rights between 2011 and 2014.
However, Gestifute – the company owned by the 32-year-old s agent Jorge Mendes – issued a statement detailing their client s arrangements for payments related to his image rights and insisted there has never been concealment, or the slightest intenti…
Arsene Wenger has endured a miserable season, with calls growing for the long-serving Arsenal manager to step down at the end of the current campaign.
His relationship with the Gunners fans may have turned sour in recent years but his longevity in the role he was appointed in 1996 means he continues to break records.
The latest was brought up on Sunday as his side saw off Watford at the Emirates to record Wenger s 700th win in all competitions at the Arsenal helm.
Here, we look at each of his landmark wins on the way to 700, assessing how he built Arsenal to the top of the Premier League and took them back down.
Win 1 12/10/1996 Premier League v Blackburn Rovers
Wenger took over early in the 1996-97 Premier League campaign after hi…