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One season at Lens, then nothing Will Still has spoken out. In an interview with Ligue1+, the AJ Auxerre manager looked back on the months after leaving RC Lens. The word he uses is brutal: empty. Still was appointed at Lens in June 2024 to replace Franck Haise. He lasted just one season. The Belgian-British…

Two set pieces, two goals The MKM Stadium had not seen Premier League action for a decade. Back in the top flight, Hull City beat Manchester United 2-0 this afternoon in the 2026-27 season opener. Both goals came from the same source: a badly defended dead-ball situation. In the 17th minute, a Hull corner was…

Twenty-four minutes of hope Killian Corredor scored twice against his former club this afternoon. Rodez, naturally. That is about all FC Nantes will want to remember from this one. Fourth minute, he opens the scoring. Balde levels it in the 15th. Corredor strikes again in the 24th. La Beaujoire believes. Nantes are on top, playing…

Forty-five minutes at Wembley, then three weeks out Jeremy Doku walked off at half-time of the Community Shield against Arsenal. City said at the time it was a planned change. The scan told a different story. The Belgium winger will be out for two to three weeks with a calf problem, according to the Manchester…

Colorado has taken on a different look in August The Colorado Rapids head to San Diego on a three-match winning streak. Their first road trip since that run began comes tonight, and this is where the whole thing gets tested. August has pulled Colorado right back into the race. Nine wins, 10 losses, one draw,…

One name on his list Franck Kessie has stopped listening to anyone else. Gianluca Di Marzio reports the Ivory Coast midfielder has made Juventus his priority and is turning down conversations elsewhere. Free after leaving Al-Ahli, the 29-year-old could sign anywhere tomorrow. He would rather wait for Turin. You can see why the door is…

A Spanish lead out of nowhere He has been without a club since the summer, and he is in no rush to grab the first thing offered. Foot Mercato, picking up reporting from La Opinion A Coruna, say Deportivo La Coruna have added Sofiane Boufal to their attacking shortlist. The Galician club could move within…

A ground that still has his number Six. That is how many Spanish grounds Kylian Mbappe has visited without scoring, and on Saturday night he goes back to one of them. The RCDE Stadium sits on that list alongside Elche, Las Palmas, Rayo Vallecano, Mallorca and Betis, according to Marca. Six blanks on a La…

68 minutes, and everyone in the north knows his name Khalil Ayari has not started a Ligue 2 match yet. Sixty-eight minutes across three substitute appearances, that is the entire body of work. It has been enough. The 21-year-old Tunisia winger is on loan at Dunkerque from Paris Saint-Germain, his first senior season in Europe.…