Manchester City may have had the upper hand over Manchester United domestically in recent seasons, but they will never usurp the Red Devils as the biggest club in the world, according to Peter Schmeichel.
United won the FA Cup last season, but have struggled to replicate the dominance of the Alex Ferguson era since the legendary Scot s retirement at the end of the 2012-13 campaign.
The past three seasons have seen United finish seventh, fourth and fifth, placing below City – who last won the title in 2014 – on each occasion.
But Schmeichel, who made 398 appearances for United and enjoyed a brief spell in the blue half of Manchester, believes there is little contest when it comes to global standing.
There s no doubt, nobody can argue that Manches…
Monaco midfielder Joao Moutinho revealed he was minutes away from signing with Tottenham from Porto.
The Portugal international was set to link up with compatriot Andre Villas-Boas at White Hart Lane, a move heavily expected in August 2012.
However, Moutinho stayed at Porto – and less than a year later he joined Monaco in a deal reportedly worth €25million.
Ahead of facing Spurs in the Champions League on Wednesday, the 30-year-old said he was close to joining the club.
It’s true, I was a few minutes from signing for Spurs, Moutinho told UK newspapers.
Here I am at Monaco and the focus is on putting in a performance to help us through to the next stage of the Champions League.
Spurs might be slight favourites but this is a very eq…
Goncalo Ramos helped himself to a double as Paris St Germain went 11 points clear at the top of Ligue 1 after a 4-1 win over Lyon without needing to call upon Kylian Mbappe.
The France international was left sitting on the bench as Ramos struck twice after Nemanja Matic’s own goal and Lucas Beraldo’s strike, with Ernest Nuamah replying at the Parc des Princes in a dress rehearsal for next month’s Coupe de France final.
Victory strengthened the champions’ grip on the title, with Monaco, who had Eliesse Ben Seghir and Wilfried Singo sent off in stoppage time, having earlier gone second after winning 2-0 at Brest to leapfrog them.
It s over at the Parc!
THIS IS PARIS
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English)
The home side, who have n…
The organisation of the Qatar World Cup will again be called into question after an issue with FIFA s ticketing system left England and Iran fans struggling to get into Khalifa International Stadium.
Ahead of the opening Group B game, and the second match of the tournament, on Monday, thousands of supporters were unable to gain entry to the ground in time for kick-off.
This was due to a problem with the FIFA Ticketing app.
There were thousands of empty seats when the game started, with the venue gradually filling up during the first half.
In a statement released just prior to kick-off, FIFA said: Some spectators are currently experiencing an issue with accessing their tickets via the FIFA Ticketing app. FIFA is working on solving the issue.
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Vicente del Bosque says Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo must be neutralised if Spain are to continue the defence of their European crown.
The Real Madrid forward has stamped his authority on Euro 2012 scoring three goals, including one in the victory over Czech Republic, on the way to securing his side s presence in Wednesday s semi-final against Spain in Donetsk.
Although Del Bosque stressed that Paulo Bento s side were more than just a one-man team, he admitted special attention would be paid to quelling the threat of the 27-year-old, who scored an astonishing 60 goals last season in all competitions.
We have to try to deactivate him. We played against him at the last World Cup and we showed we knew how to stop him, said Del Bosque, whose team beat Portugal 1…
West Brom boss Alan Pardew blamed VAR for causing injuries to his players and confusing the fans in his side s 3-2 FA Cup win over Liverpool at Anfield.
The video referral system was used to overturn a goal for Craig Dawson and award a penalty for a foul on Mohamed Salah in a frenetic first half on Saturday.
Both decisions appear to have been correct, but the delay in the action while referee Craig Pawson waited for feedback from the video assistant, as well as the uncertainty for supporters in the ground, led to more criticism of the way the technology is used.
Pardew felt the stoppages contributed to muscle problems for his players, with Hal Robson-Kanu and Kieran Gibbs both forced off in the first half and Jonny Evans and Jake Livermore struggling in the closi…
Former England captain David Beckham slammed FIFA over bribery allegations sweeping through the world governing body, which led to the resignation of embattled president Sepp Blatter.
Blatter announced his shock resignation on Tuesday amid fresh allegations of corruption involving FIFA secretary Jerome Valcke, having only been re-elected to a fifth term four days earlier.
The world governing body has been embroiled in more allegations since Blatter decided to step down, with disgraced former FIFA ExCo official Chuck Blazer revealing in a testimony on Wednesday that he and others agreed to accept and facilitate bribes as part of the bidding process for the France 1998 and South Africa 2010 World Cups.
Beckham, who was a member of England s failed bid to host the 2…
Michel Bastos agent has confirmed the Brazilian is in discussions with two Premier League clubs but denied that he is Fulham-bound.
Le Parisien reported that the 29-year-old will complete a seven-million-pound transfer to Craven Cottage from Lyon today after agreeing personal terms.
But Goal.com has learned that another Premier League club is also in contention to sign the versatile left-sided player who has won 10 international caps, with Liverpool rumoured to be interested.
At this moment we have different options for him but I think it is close, Bastos agent Emmanuel De Kerchove told Goal.com.
He is discussing with two clubs in England and Fulham is one of them. But at the moment I would prefer not to say the other one. We will see what happens as …
AC Milan attacking midfielder Suso says the Supercoppa Italiana against Juventus will be the biggest game of his career.
The 23-year-old feels the match is more significant than his Premier League debut for Liverpool, his former club, against Manchester United in September 2012.
Suso has impressed for Milan under Vincenzo Montella this season and has been an ever-present in the league ahead of Friday s Supercoppa in Qatar, where his side will hope to repeat their league victory over Juve from October.
This is certainly the biggest game of my career, Suso told Gazzetta dello Sport.
Next comes the European Under-19 final [for Spain] and my debut in the Premier League wearing the shirt of Liverpool against Manchester United that was a crazy feeling.
Republic of Ireland international Greg Cunningham is headed for the exit door at Championship club Bristol City, after helping the club get promoted.
Cunningham, a former Manchester City player and owner of four international caps, started just nine times in 24 appearances last season as Bristol City cantered to the League One title.
Manager Steve Cotterill revealed left-back Cunningham, 24, was set to sew up a new home imminently.
Greg Cunningham is discussing a move with another club that will probably go through on Monday, Cotterill told Bristol City s website.
Greg had very little playing time last year with the emergence of Derrick Williams and Joe Bryan, so we ve decided to let him move on.
I know that leaves us short on numbers, but we…