Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca supports Reece James’ criticism of his team-mates, saying it is “absolutely” the sort of leadership he wants to see from the Blues captain. James, 25, was critical of Chelsea’s “poor performance” in the 2-1 defeat by Legia Warsaw at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. Though the Blues progressed to the semi-finals...
There can’t be another Danilo – £6m spent on a fee, millions more in wages and three more years left on his contract. There can’t be another Oscar Cortes, a lesser-spotted winger of questionable ability, who is at Rangers on loan with what is understood to be a must-buy clause said to be in the...
It had looked like United would make comfortable progress after goals from Manuel Ugarte and Diogo Dalot in a commanding first-half display had them in control. But they proceeded to throw away the two-goal advantage as Corentin Tolisso and Nicolas Tagliafico struck to level the tie and take the game to extra time. Even though...
Barry Ferguson says his Rangers future “needs to get sorted soon” as the club have a “lot of work to do” after their Europa League exit to Athletic Bilbao confirmed a trophy-less season. Goals from Oihan Sancet and Nico Williams at San Mames ended Rangers’ journey in the quarter-finals after Ferguson had guided them past...
Ferguson was boosted by the news that Bailey Rice, Leon Balogun, Vaclav Cerny and Ridvan Yilmaz all trained on Wednesday with the former coming off on a stretcher after surprisingly making just his second start for the club last week. And the interim Ibrox boss maintains Athletic are favourites to win the tournament having seen...
There are some fairly complicated permutations affecting next season’s European places, depending on where certain teams finish in the Premier League – and which trophies they win – this season. Kelly Somers makes sense of it all… Watch highlights of every Champions League game from 22:00 BST on Wednesday on BBC iPlayer and the BBC...
When Nico Williams led England a merry dance on a balmy summer’s night in Berlin last July, it capped the season of his dreams. Now he is determined to do similar damage to Rangers and keep Athletic Bilbao on course for their first European trophy. In the space of 100 days, Williams produced two showpiece...
