Theo Hernandez's contract talks with AC Milan are at a standstill and Manchester City are considering a summer move for the left-back, TEAMtalk understands.Left-back is a position Pep Guardiola is keen to strengthen and Hernandez has been shortlisted alongside Juventus' Andrea Cambiaso.Hernandez's contract with Milan expires in 2026 and an extension is unlikely. Given his recent poor performances,

Tuttosport says Arsenal, West Ham and Juventus are all interested in the left-back.However, AC Milan have stolen a march on rivals by opening talks with De Cuyper's agent this week.The Belgium international has a deal to 2028 with Club Brugge, which rate him in the €25m class.The left-back has scored one goal and six assists in 38 competitive matches this season.De Cuyper has scored one goal

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca asked supporters to “trust the process” following a protest against the club’s owners that preceded their 4-0 win over Southampton.About 200 fans gathered outside Stamford Bridge with banners and smoke flares before kick-off to voice opposition to the running of the club during the nearly three years since the BlueCo consortium fronted by Todd Boeh

Brendan Rodgers acknowledged that Daizen Maeda is likely to attract the attention of bigger clubs after the Japan attacker scored a double in Celtic’s 5-1 win over Aberdeen at Parkhead.Maeda opened the scoring in the 24th minute with a goal from close range before further efforts from returning Portuguese winger Jota and skipper Callum McGregor gave the home side a comfortable 3-0 lead.The D

Graham Alexander hailed an improved second half as Bradford ground out a hard-fought win at Bromley to continue their excellent run of form in League Two.Bobby Pointon’s low strike seven minutes from time was all Bradford needed to seal the win and move up to second place.Alexander said: “That was a difficult game tonight, we had to deal with a lot of balls into our box that put us und

Mat Sadler insisted he was proud of his Walsall side despite seeing them surrender a two-goal lead in the dying minutes to draw 2-2 at Cheltenham.The Saddlers had opened up a seemingly comfortable advantage through Ellis Harrison’s strike inside a minute and Albert Adomah’s 79th-minute effort.But ex-Walsall forward George Miller pulled one back in the 90th minute and Jordan Thomas leve

Michael Duff ordered his Huddersfield players to “look in the mirror” after their Sky Bet League One play-off hopes took another dent with a 2-1 defeat at Wigan.First-half goals from Dale Taylor and Owen Dale were enough to give Wigan three deserved points, although they had to dig in during the second half after Callum Marshall pulled one back five minutes after the restart.Injury-hit

Michael Carrick played down the significance of Middlesbrough’s first win in six Championship games on his own position after his team’s 3-1 victory at Stoke.A run of five defeats had upped the pressure on Carrick but goals from Marcus Forss, Finn Azaz and Tommy Conway put smiles back on Boro faces.Victory lifted them up to 11th – four points from a play-off place – while S

Marco Silva hopes the “future is going to be bright” for Ryan Sessegnon after he helped Fulham to a 2-1 victory over Wolves on his first Premier League start of the season.Fulham hit the front with 58 seconds on the clock after Andreas Pereira picked out the run of Sessegnon and he was able to slot past Jose Sa.Wolves responded in the 18th minute through Joao Gomes’ second goal a

Jack Currie’s early sending-off divided opinion between the two managers after Birmingham beat 10-man Leyton Orient 2-0 at St Andrew’s.Currie’s red card in the 12th minute, for a late challenge on Tomoki Iwata, changed the game, allowing Blues to cruise for much of the proceedings.Although the Os defended valiantly, and even entered the half-time break level, the pressure proved