Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe lead the nominees for the Best FIFA Men s Player award, but Neymar and Paul Pogba have not made the shortlist.
Neymar finished third in the voting last year but, despite winning four domestic trophies with Paris Saint-Germain after leaving Barcelona, an underwhelming World Cup on his return from a fractured foot saw the Brazil superstar omitted.
Pogba shone at Russia 2018 as France won the World Cup for the first time in 20 years, but the Manchester United midfielder did not follow international team-mates Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann and Raphael Varane on to the list.
Varane is the only defender included, alongside his Real Madrid colleague Luka Modric the World Cup s Golden Ball winner.
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists the Premier League is still the best in Europe even though there will be no English clubs in the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since 2003.
With Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal already out, United s quarter-final exit on away goals against Bayern Munich on Wednesday ended England s interest in Europe s elite club competition at an unusually early stage.
After dominating the Champions League for much of the last decade, the Premier League s big four could be on the verge of surrendering their supremacy as some of Europe s other superpowers grow increasingly influential.
From the 2003-04 season until this term, at least one Premier League club had made it to the last four and the division had prov…
FA Cup holders Arsenal will play in one of five all-Premier League ties in the FA Cup third round when they host Sunderland, while Chelsea and Manchester United were also handed home fixtures.
Chelsea welcome Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe United to Stamford Bridge, while Sheffield United 2013 semi-finalists will visit Old Trafford.
Many Manchester United fans might also have an eye on Salford City, who will host Championship high-flyers Derby County if they progress past a replay against Hartlepool United.
The only non-League team definitely in the next round, Eastleigh will host the Championship s bottom club Bolton Wanderers.
The third-round ties will be played between January 8 and 11.
Draw in full:
Watford v Newcastle United
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As we move through the month of April there are still plenty of things left to be determined in English football s top tier from the title picture to the relegation battle and beyond. Many fans feel as if they know the direction of travel with some choosing to look ahead to the Euros already, but before we get to all of that, there s still a great deal of intrigue behind some of the remaining fixtures and that includes Manchester City vs Leeds United.
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Manchester City are the scariest team in world football right now and there isn t a particularly close second. They are on the verge of making history in the next few months as they pursue an unprecedented quadruple across the Premier Leagu…
Prince William blasted cheating footballers on Saturday and vowed to stamp out the deplorable scenes that have blighted our game .
William, the president of England s Football Association governing body, presented honours for sportsmanship ahead of the FA Cup final at Wembley.
Unfashionable as the word may sound, sportsmanship underpins everything good and worthwhile about our national game, said the 27-year-old, who is second in line to the throne.
What is so important about these Respect and Fair Play Awards is that they acknowledge and reward those who play fair and encourage fair play true sportsmen and women.
Everything about why I wanted to become president of the Football Association is encapsulated by what the winners this afternoon represent.…
The pressure will be on Rafael Benitez to record a winning start to his tenure at Real Madrid this weekend when they travel to Sporting Gijon in La Liga.
Three months after watching arch-rivals Barcelona sweep the board with the treble, there has been plenty of change in the Spanish capital, with Benitez replacing Carlo Ancelotti.
Legendary captain and goalkeeper Iker Casillas followed Ancelotti out of the door at Santiago Bernabeu, while Sami Khedira also joined Juventus.
Mateo Kovacic has been brought in as a replacement for Khedira in Benitez s squad, while he also has full-back Danilo and keeper Kiko Casilla at his disposal.
Benitez knows his new-look side must deliver a convincing victory over newly promoted Gijon to avoid his reign coming unde…
Southampton are interested in signing Harry Wilson from Liverpool in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that the Saints have registered their interest in the Wales international winger.
Leeds United, who will play in the Premier League next season after winning automatic promotion from the Championship, are also reported to be on the trail of the 23-year-old. The winger spent the 2019-20 campaign on loan at Bournemouth, who got relegated to the second tier of English football.
According to , Wilson made 20 starts and 11 substitute appearances in the Premier League during his loan spell at the Cherries, scoring seven goals in the process. While the 23-year-old has progressed well in recent years during his loan spells, it is hard to see the w…
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Looking to spring an upset at the Valley on Tuesday night, Exeter will make the trip to a struggling Charlton in midweek.
Starting with the hosts, while Charlton might have opened the 2022/23 campaign with their sights set on clinching a play-off spot, the Addicks find themselves in the midst of a rather public struggle. While Ben Garner s men might have been last seen over the weekend playing out a dull 0-0 stalemate away at Lincoln, the one-time Premier League outfit are battling it out at the foot of the League One table. Opening Tuesday s showdown at the Valley holding just a two-point buffer from slipping into the relegation zone, Charlton are also enduring a worrying seven-match winless run. With that extended blip …
(GSM) Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has hinted that he will one day return to his former club Barcelona.
The Cote d Ivoire international left the Catalan giants this summer in a big-money move to City.
Having helped Barca win every club honour available to them in 2009, it surprised many to see 27-year-old swap them for a side which had not won a major trophy since 1976.
Toure felt the time was right to move on given the emergence of Sergio Busquets, who not only replaced him in Barca s starting line-up but forced his way into Spain s World Cup-winning team this summer.
But Toure, who joined Barca from Monaco in 2007, claims he will re-sign for the Catalan club later in his career.
I will be back in Barcelona to play, not as a tourist, h…
Premier League giants have joined the race to sign Benfica midfielder Talisca, according to Milliyet.
The Red Devils boss has been keeping close tabs on the Brazilian for quite some time and he has decided to try and bring him to Old Trafford.
Talisca has been loaned to Besiktas, who have the option to make his transfer permanent, so chances are that Man Utd will be negotiating with the Turkish side rather than Benfica.
And it would appear as though the Black Eagles are ready to do business with the Red Devils as they are keen on signing Juan Mata.
Talisca, 23, is a goalscoring midfielder who has shown a great deal of promise since arriving to Europe from Bahia in July 2014, scoring no fewer than 32 goals since.
in the attacking midfielder, but…