↩ Accueil

Vue lecture

Premier League and Afcon buildup, plus latest news – matchday live

  • News, discussion and buildup to the day’s action

  • Get in touch! Email us with your thoughts here

Wissa needs more time to get over knee injury

Yoane Wissa is still not ready to make regular starts for Newcastle but Eddie Howe is keen to find the Congolese striker more opportunities in the coming weeks.

I think with Yoane, we’ve got to look after him, he’s still relatively early in his return. He did really well in his one start against Fulham, I was really pleased with him that day and there’ll be other opportunities.

The problem for us is with our schedule playing every three, four days, I don’t think he’s in a condition where he could start regularly at the moment. Hopefully we can manage him to that point at some stage.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

© Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

© Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

  •  

Premier League, EFL and Afcon buildup and John Robertson tributes – matchday live

⚽ All the latest ahead of today’s festive fixtures
John Robertson, Forest and Scotland legend, dies aged 72
Fixtures | Tables | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Tom

A reminder that this is what CFG’s chairman, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, said back in 2019 when they bought Mumbai City:

We believe this investment will deliver transformative benefits to Mumbai City FC, to City Football Group and to Indian football as a whole. City Football Group is committed to the future of football in India and to the potential for Mumbai City FC within that future. We are very much looking forward to playing an active role in Mumbai City FC’s fan and local communities, and working with our co-owners to further develop the club as quickly as possible.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

© Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

© Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

  •