Sunderland boss Gus Poyet believes Swansea City have benefited from maintaining a consistent tactical approach in recent seasons.
The Welsh club face Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday having claimed nine points from five Premier League games this season.
Although Garry Monk has only been in charge of Swansea since February, initially as a temporary successor to Michael Laudrup, Poyet has highlighted the value of several managers at the Liberty Stadium following the lead of Roberto Martinez, who introduced a slick brand of passing football during his time as boss between February 2007 and June 2009.
They have an advantage because other than the top seven the difference between teams [in the Premier League] is the quantity of time they have been playi…
Czechia head coach Ivan Hasek insisted he has players ready to replace Patrik Schick in their must-win final group game against Turkiye on Tuesday.
Shick, who became his nation s top scorer at the European Championships with his goal against Georgia, limped off shortly after scoring and is a doubt for their final Group F fixture.
Patrik has been with the physios and doctors for the last two days, Hasek said. He wasn t training. He s getting better, but we will see tomorrow.
Schick is a key player, one of the best scorers in Europe. But if he s not able to play, we need to replace him. And we have players who are able to replace him and they are ready and been working hard, added Hasek.
Poslední plnohodnotný trénink před zápasem s Tureckem je za n…
FIFA has suspended the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) with immediate effect after it failed to make changes to sporting law within the country.
The FIFA Executive Committee wrote to the KFA last month voicing its concern over the government s level of influence within the organisation and calling for it to avoid implementing a new sporting law.
The decision means neither domestic nor international sides can take part in any matches until the sanction is lifted.
A FIFA statement read: Today, 16 October 2015, the Kuwait Football Association has been suspended with immediate effect. The suspension follows the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee during its meeting on 24 and 25 September to give until 15 October 2015 for changes to be made to the sports l…
A Sevilla supporter was ejected from their LaLiga match with Real Madrid after allegedly directing racist abuse towards Vinicius Jr during the 1-1 draw.
The Brazil international played 88 minutes of the fixture at Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan where Madrid captain Dani Carvajal’s header 12 minutes from time cancelled out David Alaba’s own goal.
Vinicius Jr later posted on social media about being on the receiving end of racism during the match on Saturday night, which Sevilla have now confirmed was the case.
Parabéns ao Sevilla pelo rápido posicionamento e pela punição em mais um triste episódio para o futebol espanhol.
Infelizmente, tive acesso a um vídeo com outro ato racista na partida deste sábado, dessa vez praticado por uma criança. Lamento muit…
Patrice Evra has been given an initial one-match ban and the Marseille defender will face a UEFA hearing after his altercation with a fan before Thursday s Europa League match with Vitoria Guimaraes.
Marseille have already launched an internal investigation into the incident, which saw Evra red carded before kick-off after he appeared to kick a supporter.
Marseille lost the game in Portugal 1-0 and Evra, who was named among the substitutes by boss Rudi Garcia, will miss his side s trip to Konyaspor later this month.
In a statement issued on Friday, UEFA confirmed further punishment could be in the offing, with its Control Ethics and Disciplinary Body set to review the incident next week.
The statement read: Patrice Evra – red card for violent conduct �…
Middlesbrough F.C. midfielder Albert Adomah hopes the arrival of Stewart Downing from West Ham United will help the club s quest for promotion to the English Premier League.
The England international, 31, re-joined Boro in a deal reportedly worth up to £7 million earlier this month, and has since been replaced by Argentine maestro Manuel Lanzini.
The arrival of the Downing has given the Championship side a boost in the transfer market, which has already led to the re-signing of Chelsea defender Tomáš Kalas on loan for the 2015/16 campaign, and Adomah believes more quality signings will follow.
Stewart is a Premier League player and could ve stayed there, Adomah told Middlesbrough s official website.
But he s come back to his hometo…
Alan Pardew and Slaven Bilic have lavished each other with praise ahead of what the former has described as an unexpected top-of-the-table Premier League clash between Crystal Palace and West Ham at Selhurst Park on Saturday.
Palace went into the international break in good form, sitting fourth in the league having claimed back-to-back wins over Watford and West Brom.
London rivals West Ham are likely to provide a stern test, with Bilic s men unbeaten in their last five Premier League games and looking comfortable in sixth.
Speaking ahead of the visit of his former club, Pardew said: What you really hope for [after the break] is that we can keep the focus of the group. It s a tricky situation.
It is a top-of-the-table encounter, which is good for two…
Xavi has suggested Luuk de Jong could stay at Barcelona beyond the January transfer window after firing his side to three golden points against Real Mallorca.
De Jong s loan from Sevilla was expected to be terminated this month ahead of the forward joining fellow LaLiga side Cadiz for the remainder of the season.
However, the Netherlands international was required against Mallorca on Barca s return to action on Sunday due to a spate of COVID-19 cases in the Blaugrana camp.
After twice hitting the woodwork, De Jong headed in his second league goal of the campaign in the 44th minute to seal a 1-0 victory for Barca in Palma.
In doing so, he became the first Barca player other than Lionel Messi to hit the frame of the goal twice in a single LaLiga game sinc…
Alvaro Morata deserves to be more than a bargaining chip for Real Madrid, according to former Juventus team-mate Giorgio Chiellini.
Madrid confirmed on Tuesday they would exercise the buy-back clause included in the deal that took Morata to Turin in 2014.
However, his future remains unclear with his agent Juanma Lopez having claimed there is still interest from Premier League clubs.
Chiellini is confident Morata can make an impact at the Santiago Bernabeu and hopes he is not used as a pawn by the Spanish giants.
Alvaro is a special guy. I m sorry to be greeting him as a former team-mate but I m happy for him and I hope he stays at Real Madrid, said the centre-back.
He deserves to be the nine of Spain and Real Madrid. He does not deserve to be a …
Alfredo Morelos leads the list of five out-of-contract players confirmed as leaving Rangers this summer.
The Colombia striker, winger Ryan Kent, veteran goalkeeper Allan McGregor, midfielder Scott Arfield and defender Filip Helander will depart the cinch Premiership outfit.
The Ibrox club also announced that veteran midfielder Steven Davis, whose contract is also expiring, “remains in discussions to continue working with the club’s medical team to support his return to full fitness following a long-term ACL injury suffered in December 2022”.
can today announce Scott Arfield, Filip Helander, Ryan Kent, Allan McGregor and Alfredo Morelos will leave the club upon the expiry of their contracts this summer.
The players have given excellent service will…