Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand says he will hide in his trophy room if Liverpool win the Premier League this season. Jurgen Klopp’s men currently sit top of the tree and could go seven points clear of nearest rivals Manchester City with a win over Leicester on Wednesday night. Following the Citizens’ defeat at Newcastle, rival fans have been forced to deal with renewed fears of a Liverpool title win. During a social media Q&A on Wednesday, Rio Ferdinand was asked where he plans to hide if the Reds do claim their first league title in 29 years. He replied: “In my trophy room.” Ferdinand will be far from alone…

RB Leipzig are reportedly prepared to double Timo Werner’s wages to fend off interest from a host of Europe’s top clubs. The 22-year-old has a number of admirers including Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. The forward has 45 Bundesliga goals in 81 games for Leipzig and has already been capped 23 times by Germany. He has 18 months to run on his current deal and the German club want to avoid him leaving on a free transfer in 2020. Liverpool are rumoured to want to sign Werner sooner rather than later and had scouts watch him score twice against Borussia Monchengladbach in December. But German newspaper…

Manchester City youngster Rabbi Matondo has completed his £11million move to Schalke. The Wales international, who made his debut against Albania in November, has put pen-to-paper with the Bundesliga club on a four-and-a-half year deal. Matondo becomes the latest British player to join a German team – following in the footsteps of Jadon Sancho and Reiss Nelson. City had initially rejected a £8.6m bid for their Under-23 star, who never made a senior appearance at the Premier League champions. The Premier League club accepted an improved offer from Schalke on Tuesday, with the deal understood to contain a buy back clause. Schalke coach Domenico Tedesco said: “He’s extremely quick and…

Anthony Martial was missing from Manchester United’s squad to face Burnley after suffering a slight injury in training. That’s according to caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was quick to assure fans who feared there were more insidious reasons France forward was absent. Martial has been in sensational form since the former Red Devils striker took over, playing with the sort of fearlessness which made him a firm favourite at Old Trafford. While it unsure what the nature of the injury is, Solskjaer explained to MUTV it is nothing too trivial. He said: “He got a slight injury in training, hopefully he will be back for next weekend but no…

The January transfer window is a time when mangers can tinker with their squad and add players to improve their sides for the second half of the season. Or in some cases panic buy in a desperate effort to stave off relegation. Not all players that are brought in are successes and the 2018 window was no different. Here is a round-up of all the January signings Premier League teams made last season and how they got on at their clubs. Arsenal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Borussia Dortmund (£57.38m) The Gunners have definitely started to see a return from their investment in the striker. He has 26 goals in 42 games…

Click:Ruby Scott Bread Shoes Manchester United are unlikely to lose any players before the January transfer window closes, interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claims. The Red Devils have been quiet throughout the winter window, with just a couple of loan exits agreed for two youngsters – Ethan Hamilton to Rochdale and Regan Poole to Newport. There has allegedly been little interest from the club in signing any players permanently as the Old Trafford managerial situation remains uncertain; Solskjaer is still only working on a contract until the end of the season. Rumours have emerged of first-team players departing United, however, with the likes of Matteo Darmian, the full-back, and midfielder…

Bayern Munich are reportedly ready to make a fresh bid of £40million for Callum Hudson-Odoi while RB Leipzig have also made an offer. Chelsea have already rejected a bid of £35million from Bayern as they chase the highly-rated teenager. The Blues were understood to have offered the winger a new contract worth £85,000-a-week in the hope he would stay with the club. Hudson-Odoi’s representatives have made it clear money would not be the defining factor in his decision. Bayern have made their admiration for the winger obvious, with sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic revealing the German club “really want to sign him”. Hudson Odoi’s current deal runs out in 2020, thus his value…

Mauricio Pochettino says Tottenham’s bid for Premier League glory is like a Formula One car that has no chance of winning a grand prix even if one of the best drivers is behind the wheel. Spurs could leap ahead of Manchester City into second place with a win against Newcastle – City play Arsenal on Sunday – and the manager’s analogy comes after Vincent Janssen was brought back into his 25-man squad, despite the Dutchman not having played for Spurs since August 2017. He was expected to leave, but the club have recently lost two of their best players in Harry Kane and Dele Alli to lengthy injuries and Tottenham’s standing…

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has rejected the chance to join Paris Saint-Germain, according to reports. Suddeutsche Zeitung claim the Germany midfielder does not want to move to Ligue 1 on a loan deal, with PSG hoping to add to their squad before Thursday evening’s transfer deadline. Neymar, the Brazil forward, has been ruled out for 10 weeks due to injury and Thomas Tuchel is considering replacements. Ozil will not be one of the options, however, as he’s rejected an offer from the Parc des Princes club. The 30-year-old has found himself out of favour at the Emirates this season, starting just 13 league matches since Unai Emery was appointed the…

Neymar has been ruled out for 10 weeks with a metatarsal injury, it has been confirmed. The Paris Saint-Germain forward is expected to miss both legs of their Champions League tie with Manchester United in the last 16 of the competition, should he not return until the end of the expected 10 week period. The Brazil international has 20 goals in 23 games for the current Ligue 1 leaders and will be a big miss for them. PSG released a statement on their website on Wednesday confirming the injury to his right foot. The statement read: “After detailed analysis by specialists, a consensus was reached of a conservative treatment of…