With the form of David De Gea the object of much criticism towards the end of the 2019/20 season, a debate has arisen on whether Dean Henderson, who spent the campaign on loan at Sheffield United and performed extremely well, could replace the Spaniard as the first-choice goalkeeper at Old Trafford.
Here s former United defender Gary Neville with his views on the matter.
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Wolfsburg manager Steve McClaren has admitted the club needs change after they crashed out of the DFB Pokal.
Wolfsburg lost 3-1 to Bundesliga 2 side Energie Cottbus on Wednesday and McClaren s immediate future at the club has been put in jeopardy by their wavering on-field fortunes, which sees them in 13th place in the Bundesliga and without a win in their past eight games in all competitions.
It was just not good enough today; it was not good enough throughout the whole first half of the season, McClaren said after the round-of-16 defeat.
I am disappointed and frustrated. We have hit bottom. The club needs changes now. No-one knows what will happen in the next days.
Wolves general manager Dieter Hooness said he cancelled a trip to decide on McClaren …
Spain boss Vicente del Bosque made no excuses for his side s 4-0 loss to Portugal, admitting they were outplayed by their Iberian neighbours.
A brace from Helder Postiga along with goals from Carlos Martins and Hugo Almeida saw Portugal humble the world champions with a brilliant attacking display in Lisbon on Wednesday.
Spain have been the best team in the world over the last three years, winning the 2010 World Cup and the 2008 European Championship, but del Bosque admitted they were outclassed by Portugal.
We have to accept the defeat. We couldn t have played any worse. They were very effective on the counterattack and did us a lot of damage, del Bosque said.
We had a very weak second half and I have to recognise that Portugal have been better than u…
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Two sides who will be desperate to end 2018 on a high, Italy will face off against The United States when the two struggling nations meet at the Luminus Arena in Genk on Tuesday night.
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Starting with the 2006 World champions, while Italy may have turned to former Premier League-winning boss Roberto Mancini over the summer, it has been an incredibly poor year for Gli Azzurri. Playing out a 0-0 draw with Portugal last time out, the Italians have now managed to record just one win in their last seven outings. Although the Blues may have managed to secure their spot in League A for this year s inaugural UEFA Nations League, fans in Italy will certainly be demanding a lot more. It will be their form i…
One particular piece of play early on in City s comfortable 3-1 derby win over United last time out caught Weaver s eye.
In the first few minutes of the game, someone rolled him the ball back and he trapped it under his foot, he said. He s about two yards off his line in the middle of his goal. There s a [United] player about four yards away from him.
He s clipped it with his left foot over one of the strikers and dropped it into Kyle Walker s chest at right-back.
Most goalkeepers would have just hoofed it out of play. Occasionally he will get caught but, to watch him… it s taking goalkeeping to another level.
I ve watching him live quite a few times and he could probably play left-back if he wanted. He s got such good feet.
Weaver feels s…
Jose Mourinho defended the tactics used by Chelsea during their 2-0 win over Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday.
Goals from Demba Ba and Willian gave Mourinho s men a crucial victory at Anfield, a result that keeps their Premier League title hopes alive.
Liverpool now lead Chelsea by just two points, with the third-placed Manchester City who have a game in hand on both of their rivals a point further adrift.
Chelsea were happy to sit back and hit Liverpool on the counter-attack throughout Sunday s match, a tactic that irritated the hosts, who had their 25-game scoring streak in the league ended.
But Mourinho who also said captain John Terry has a chance of being fit for Wednesday s UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg with Atletico Madrid defended …
Former winger Suso is linked with a return to the Premier League with reportedly interested in the Spanish player.
According to Marca, the 23-year-old left-footed winger, who never quite managed to live up to the expectations and Anfield but saw his stock rise through the roof after a fine spell at, has been identified as one of the Spurs’ summer transfer targets.
Mauricio Pochettino is said to be a long-term admirer of the player who racked up seven goals and 11 assists during last season for Rossonerri.
The Spaniard has emerged as a transfer target for several European outlets, however, and the Premier League club faces fierce competition for Suso’s signature.
Pochettino is hopeful he could use the charms of the Champions League football and the …
Microsoft has announced the next set of additions to the Xbox Game Pass library, and it includes two games that are out right now.
Available today is the action-RPG Tales of Arise and the narrative adventure game Return to Grace, both of which are available across console, PC, and the cloud. On February 21, the zombie game Dead Island 2 was added to Game Pass. Then on February 22, Game Pass adds Bluey: The Video Game, which is based on the TV series. Come from Sports betting site VPbet
On February 27, Game Pass adds the humorous killer shark game Maneater on console, cloud, and PC, while Madden NFL 24 adds cloud support that day (it was previously added to Game Pass on console).
February 28 sees the launch o…
Coming off the failure of the Wii U, Nintendo hit it out of the park with the Switch, putting up some of the best sales figures for a home console in its history. Despite these impressive numbers, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa isn’t resting, and he said he wants to avoid the big dropoff that most of Nintendo’s systems see once they’ve been out for a few years.
Speaking to Nikkei Business (and translated by Kotaku), Furukawa explained that with the exception of the Switch, Nintendo has seen its business take a “nosedive” when consoles have hit their midlife point Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Since the Switch is now four years old, it’s seemingly at least at its midlife point, but sales continue to be strong f…
Wayne Rooney s long-time England attacking partner Peter Crouch feels the Manchester United striker s achievements have been under-appreciated .
Since making his Premier League debut at the age of 16, Rooney has won five league titles, as well as the Champions League, the Europa League, the FA Cup and four EFL Cups.
The striker became United s all-time record goalscorer last season with a late free-kick against Stoke City, and sits second on the list of all-time Premier League scorers, behind only Alan Shearer.
His achievements are not limited to club football, either, the 31-year-old having overtaken Bobby Charlton as England s leading marksman in 2015.
Summer for me is about time with family .
— Peter Crouch (@petercrouch)
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