Manchester United are the easiest team to play against in the Premier League, says Gary Neville, as he reiterates his desire to see the Glazer family sell the club after the team were beaten 2-1 by Brighton in Erik ten Hag’s first game in charge.
Any summer optimism soon faded as two first-half
RB Leipzig have agreed a deal to re-sign forward Timo Werner from Chelsea, according to Sky in Germany.
According to Sky in Germany, a fee of £25.3m (€30m) plus bonuses has been agreed, with Werner expected to arrive in Germany this week.
Werner was set to return to RB Leipzig on a
Martin Boyle marked his Hibs return with a late goal to earn the Easter Road side a 1-1 draw with Hearts in the first Edinburgh derby of the new Scottish Premiership season.
Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring with his first goal for Hearts in the 22nd minute as he fired through the legs of Hibs keeper David Marshall.
Livingston secured their win of the Scottish Premiership season with a narrow 1-0 victory over Dundee United at Tannadice.
Cristian Montano scored the only goal of the game – his
Tottenham began their new Premier League season with a comfortable 4-1 home win over Southampton, despite the visitors taking a surprise lead.
Saints went ahead in the 12th minute through James Ward-Prowse’s superb downward volley but Spurs equalised just nine minutes later as Ryan Sessegnon scored his first
Sheffield United cruised past Millwall to pick up their first points of the new season with a convincing 2-0 win at Bramall Lane.
First-half goals from Iliman Ndiaye and Sander Berge sealed victory for Paul Heckingbottom’s men, who could have a third goal before the break only for Oliver Norwood
Jesse Marsch’s new-look Leeds got off to the perfect start as they came from behind to beat Wolves 2-1 at Elland Road.
Wolves dominated the second half, but were pegged back when Rayan Ait-Nouri turned Patrick Bamford’s cross into his own net (74) to give Leeds the three points.
Chelsea have signed Aston Villa 18-year-old Carney Chukwuemeka on a six-year contract for a fee in the region of £20m.
The midfielder made 12 Premier League appearances last season but only started twice and it is understood he is keen to get more top-flight game time.
Mikel Arteta has been surprised by Gabriel Jesus’ swift adaptation to life at Arsenal and is relishing harnessing the Brazilian’s “contagious” mentality.
The Gunners kick-off the new Premier League season
Sheffield United striker Oli McBurnie has denied a charge of assault by beating after an incident following the Blades’ Championship play-off semi-final loss to Nottingham Forest.
The Scotland international entered his not guilty plea to the amended charge on Thursday during an appearance at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court.
