Wigan manager Paul Cook hailed his players for overcoming their poor away record to finish comfortably clear of the relegation zone. The Latics ended their first season back in the Sky Bet Championship with a 1-0 home win over Millwall. Joe Garner’s strike extended Wigan’s unbeaten run to five games, which has seen the club…
Lee Johnson has called for more transparency in club finances after his side lost out on a Sky Bet Championship play-off place on the final day of the season. Following Bristol City’s 1-1 draw against Hull at the KCOM Stadium, Johnson called for more regular checks on what clubs are spending under the profitability and…
Manchester United’s top-four hopes are over after Isaac Mbenza punished a shambolic display to earn relegated Huddersfield a memorable 1-1 draw in their final Premier League home match of a miserable season. Poor form meant Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side were always going to be relying on unlikely results elsewhere if they were to seal Champions…
Chelsea are on the brink of securing qualification for next season’s Champions League after their 3-0 victory at home to Watford. The Blues took advantage of Tottenham’s surprise defeat at Bournemouth to move up to third in the Premier League. They will remain there if they win their final league fixture at Leicester next Sunday.…
The Spanish goalkeeper’s current contract expires in summer 2020, but United have offered him a new deal worth £350,000 a week. De Gea, who has been heavily linked with a move to PSG, has yet to decide whether or not to extend his Old Trafford stay. But the Red Devils are keen for an answer…
Goals from Ezri Konsa, Neal Maupay and Marcus Forss saw Brentford end the Sky Bet Championship campaign with a 3-0 win against Preston at Griffin Park. The two highest-scoring teams to have finished outside the league’s play-off places both struggled to get going on the final day of the season. After separate stoppages in the…
Middlesbrough claimed a 2-1 win at Rotherham but it was not enough for them to snatch the final Sky Bet Championship play-off spot. First-half goals from Britt Assombalonga and John Obi Mikel put the visitors in a commanding position before Rotherham pulled one back through Michael Smith late on. Boro held on for the victory but Derby’s…
The PSV winger has enjoyed another excellent season for the Dutch outfit, scoring 17 goals as Mark van Bommel’s side battle for the Eredivisie title. The Mexico international has been linked with a move to the Red Devils on several occasions in recent years. But Lozano is reportedly on his way to Napoli after agreeing…
Blackburn played out a 2-2 Sky Bet Championship draw with Swansea in an entertaining end-of-season encounter. Neither side had anything to play for going into the game – but the supporters their money’s worth at Ewood Park. Comical goalkeeping allowed Darragh Lenihan to force home a 21st-minute opener that was cancelled out by Courtney Baker-Richardson’s…
Collin Quaner’s last-gasp strike earned 10-man Ipswich a morale-boosting 3-2 win over Leeds, who head into the play-offs in dire form. Marcelo Bielsa’s side go into the first game of a two-legged tie with Derby having thrown away automatic promotion after successive defeats to Wigan and Brentford were followed by a draw against Aston Villa…