Daniel Farke conceded it wasn t meant to be for Leeds United, following their Championship play-off final defeat by Southampton.
Farke s side missed out on an immediate return to the Premier League, as Adam Armstrong s first-half strike was enough to settle the contest at Wembley.
Leeds controlled large periods of the final and went agonisingly close to equalising later on when Daniel James rattled the crossbar, but they must now prepare for another season back in the Championship.
Nevertheless Farke, who missed out on becoming the third manager to win three promotions to the Premier League, was gracious in defeat.
It s football. Congratulations to Southampton, they were able to be effective today, he told Sky Sports. We had more possession, more shots a…
that David De Gea is set to be offered a new contract at Manchester United that would see his wages increase by £15,000 per week.
The Spain U21 international, who s current deal of £60k per week runs to 2016, has played every minute of the Premier League champion’s season so far, keeping three clean sheets.
He has recently been the subject of interest from Barcelona, who are on the lookout for a replacement for outgoing current number one Victor Valdes, who is set to leave the Nou Camp at the end of the season.
The 22 year old came through the youth system at Atletico Madrid, making his debut in a Champions League tie against Porto in September 2009.
De Gea swapped Madrid for Manchester in June 2011, for a fee in the region of £19m, making him …
Spanish striker Raul Gonzales Blanco has reportedly agreed a summer deal with New York Cosmos, .
The 36-year-old has less than two months left on his current deal with Qatari side Al Sadd and he was thinking about ending his playing career.
However, AS understands that Real Madrid legend has decided to embark on one last challenge and sign a deal with New York Cosmos.
The United States giants are playing their football in the second division and they have Euro 2008 winner Marcos Senna in their ranks.
After winning six La Liga titles and three Champions League trophies with Real Madrid, Raul moved to Schalke in the summer of 2010 and went on to score 38 goals in 66 Bundesliga appearances.
The Spaniard has since been playing for Qatari side Al Sadd…
He considers himself a young veteran and Matthew Spiranovic is ready to be Australia s defensive leader as part of a back four in Brazil.
It has been a stunning turnaround for the Western Sydney Wanderers star who, just six months ago, looked a long shot for a World Cup berth.
But after a superb A-League and AFC Champions League campaign, he is now all-but assured of spot in the 23 and will be the most experienced defender in Ange Postecoglou s defence.
Spiranovic, who debuted for the national team as a teenager in 2008, is still relatively inexperienced in international football with just 17 caps to his name in that time.
But after the omissions of Lucas Neill and Sasa Ognenovski from the preliminary World Cup squad, the 25-year-old is suddenly the old man of Au…
A year after shocking the college football world with his decision to play at Jackson State, former top-ranked recruit Travis Hunter announced he is entering the transfer portal.
Hunter s decision comes weeks after his former coach Deion Sanders left Jackson State to take the job at Colorado.
While Sanders made it clear that he expects plenty of former Jackson State players to follow him to Colorado, Hunter did not yet commit to playing for the Buffaloes.
The five-star recruit revealed the decision to transfer on his personal YouTube channel, saying I don t know what I am going to do next.
While Colorado is a possible landing spot for Hunter, Georgia, USC and Miami are reportedly also in the mix.
Hunter had originally committed to play at Florida…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been dropped for Borussia Dortmund s home match against Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga after missing a team meeting.
The Gabon forward s relationship with his employers has become increasingly fractured amid speculation he will leave Signal Iduna Park.
Reports emerged this month that a switch to Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande had been agreed, but Aubameyang remains a Dortmund player.
Dortmund confirmed on Sunday that he had been left out of the squad for disciplinary reasons , with coach Peter Stoger later clarifying: We had an important team meeting yesterday [Saturday] with every player, including injured guys. Aubameyang didn t show up, leading me to believe it s not that important to him right now.
He said…
Juventus consolidated their position at the top of Serie A as an own goal from Edoardo Goldaniga secured a 1-0 win at Palermo.
Mario Mandzukic, Miralem Pjanic and Gonzalo Higuain had all gone close for Massimiliano Allegri s men before Goldaniga deflected Dani Alves long-range strike into his own net early in the second half.
The visitors thus secured a ninth successive league victory over the Sicilian side, who have failed to score a single goal during a run of defeats that dates back to 2011.
Roberto De Zerbi s side did little to suggest that they could build upon their surprise midweek win at Atalanta, rarely troubling a Juventus defence that remained impressively resolute throughout.
The result marked the first time in their history that Palermo hav…
Everton manager Roberto Martinez has dismissed rumours of a potential swoop for full-back Seamus Coleman by Manchester United.
Republic of Ireland international Coleman has impressed many with his barnstorming displays from right-back this season, chipping in with a number of crucial goals.
The latest of those came in dramatic fashion on Saturday as his last-minute winner saw Everton to a 2-1 win over Cardiff City at Goodison Park to keep them firmly in the hunt for European football next season.
There had been speculation that former Everton boss David Moyes would bring Coleman to Old Trafford in the close-season, but Martinez brushed aside any reports of contact between the two clubs.
It must be a different Seamus Coleman because we ve never had any talks with …
Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has stated that he hopes Jan Oblak signs a new contract extension with the club, and also that the club are working in that direction. The 25 year old has made no secret of his frustrations with Atletico over the course of the last few months, and at one point, it seemed as if he d leave prior to the close of the summer transfer window. Alas, he remains a big part of their squad, and Simeone wants that to be the case for many more years to come.
Earlier in the year Liverpool and Chelsea both had their eye on Oblak, but were unable to get respective deals done with Atletico. The keeper has made over 100 appearances for the club since joining back in 2014, but as we look ahead to January and next summer, there could be a string of other big E…
A superb goal from debutant Carles Alena saved Barcelona from an embarrassing defeat as they drew 1-1 at Hercules in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last-32 tie.
Luis Enrique made 11 changes with Saturday s El Clasico in mind and watched his side endure a significantly more testing evening than he would have expected.
Barca barely produced a meaningful attempt in the first half and were stunned when David Mainz bundled home for the third-tier hosts shortly after the break.
The visitors needed a stunning goal from 18-year-old Alena to get back into the game – but they failed to push on to find a winning goal and have now won only two of their last six in all competitions.
Paco Alcacer s poor start to his Barcelona career continued as he made it nin…