Tottenham Hotspur have been backed to fight for the Premier League title this season by a surprise source – legendary former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.Spurs beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park on Friday night and Ange Postecoglou's side remain two points clear at the top of the table, with the Gunners in second after thrashing Sheffield United 5-0 on Saturday and champions Mancheste

Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Fabian Ruiz during the January window.The 27-year-old has struggled for game time at the French club and moving to Tottenham could be ideal for him. He will be hoping to play regularly at the stage of his career and the north London outfit might be able to provide him with more game time.Tottenham are expected to part w

Erik ten Hag believes that his side is going in the right direction despite their home defeat to Manchester City.Currently sitting eighth in the league table, the Red Devils have had a torrid start to the season and have now lost five games.Although they were not expected to get a result against the treble winners, the manner in which they lost was telling.After conceding in the first half, Manche

Al-Ettifaq are ending their interest in Jesse Lingard.The former Manchester United and Nottingham Forest midfielder impressed in trials this month.But Lingard's personal terms have proved too rich and he has been informed the Saudis are now looking elsewhere.NOS says Ajax midfielder Steven Bergwijn, formerly of Tottenham, is on their shopping list.Al-Ettifaq are preparing an offer for the Holland

Man Utd eye move for Real Sociedad defenderManchester United are reportedly leading the race to sign Real Sociedad defender Robin Le Normand in January, according to Fichajes.Several top European clubs including Real Madrid are keen on signing the defender who has been in fine form for the Basque outfit. The report further claims that the player has been on Los Blancos' transfer wishlist since las

Michael Smith scored twice against his former club to give Sheffield Wednesday a 2-0 victory over South Yorkshire rivals Rotherham United – their first win of the season.In a derby encounter dominated by the home side, both goals came during the first 45 minutes. Rotherham never threatened to mount a comeback, only carving out a couple of decent chances.It was new manager Danny Rohl’s

Everton ended a difficult week on a positive note as Dominic Calvert-Lewin fired them to a 1-0 win at West Ham.The Toffees were playing their first match since the death of chairman Bill Kenwright on Monday at the age of 78.It had been emotional week, too, for Hammers manager David Moyes, who formed a close friendship with Kenwright during his 11-year spell in charge at Goodison Park.But while Wes

Aberdeen manager Barry Robson took responsibility after his side put in a laboured performance in a 2-0 defeat to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.The Dons failed to create anything of note as goals from Kyle Vassell and Marley Watkins either side of half-time gave Kilmarnock a deserved win.Robson admitted he should have made more than the one alteration from the side who threw away a two-goal lead to los

Kilmarnock moved up to fourth in the cinch Premiership with a deserved 2-0 victory over a poor Aberdeen at Rugby Park.Captain Kyle Vassell gave the home side the lead with a superbly taken goal on the stroke of half-time.And Marley Watkins extended their lead just after the hour mark after a mistake by Dons defender Stefan Gartenmann.Danny Armstrong also hit the crossbar for the impressive hosts w

Wolves boss Gary O’Neil called the decision to award Newcastle a first-half penalty in their 2-2 draw at Molineux “scandalous”.O’Neil was delighted by the way his players battled back, twice coming from a goal down to earn an impressive point through Hwang Hee-chan’s equaliser, but Wolves were once again left fuming at the officials on a busy afternoon for referee Ant