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TRENDING RUMORS

- Manchester United and Newcastle United have joined the race to sign Brentford wing back Michael Kayode, TEAMtalk reports. The 21-year-old is also wanted by Manchester City, after impressing in his first full season in west London. The Italy U21 international has gained plenty of attention for his long throws, which have caused problems for defenses up and down the Premier League this term. Brentford paid around £15 million to sign Kayode permanently in the summer following a six-month loan from Fiorentina, but will now demand a fee in excess of £50M from any interested clubs. Alongside Premier League interest, several European giants have scouted Kayode in recent months, including Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.

- Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea are keeping a close eye on Dusan Vlahovic's situation at Juventus, Footmercato reports. The Serbia forward has entered the final six months of his Juventus contract, and as such is expected to depart the club this summer. There is interest in the player from within Italy, with AC Milan on the lookout for a new No. 9. However, the Premier League is also a potential landing spot for Vlahovic, who has been sidelined by injury for much of the season so far. Across his time at Juve, he has scored 46 goals in 117 Serie A games.

- Arsenal are one of several clubs attempting to sign Bayern Munich's Leon Goretzka on a free transfer, according to the Daily Mirror. The Gunners are said to have had their inquiries over a January move knocked back by the German club, but that could all change at the end of the season. Goretzka's current contract is set to expire in June, opening the door to a potential summer transfer. Atlético Madrid are long-term admirers of the 31-year-old, alongside Napoli and Juventus. However, with Goretkza wanting to challenge himself in the Premier League, Arsenal might well emerge as the front-runners in the months to come.

- AFC Bournemouth are set to sign Álex Jiménez on a permanent deal after the fullback triggered a clause in his loan from AC Milan, Sky Sports News reports. The Cherries are set to pay Milan £16.8M (plus £4.5M in add-ons) for Jiménez, who has been a regular in the Premier League this season, with 21 appearances to date. Once the transfer is complete, his contract at Bournemouth will run until June 2031.

- Sandro Tonali could demand a move away from Newcastle United if the club fails to qualify for the UEFA Champions League, according to Football Insider. Recent reports linked the Italy international with a move to Arsenal on deadline day, although such a move failed to materialize. Nevertheless, with clubs from around Europe tracking his development, the Magpies could be forced to let their star midfielder go in the summer if European football isn't secured next season.

EXPERT TAKE

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DONE DEALS

- Orlando City have signed defender Iago Teodoro from Flamengo. He joins fellow Brazilians Luis Otávio and Tiago Souza as winter signings for the MLS club.

OTHER RUMORS

- Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique is set to snub Manchester United and sign a contract extension with the reigning European champions. As things stand, the Spaniard believes United is "not the right project for him". (Daily Mirror)

- Paulo Dybala and Lorenzo Pellegrini will have to take pay cuts if they want to stay at Roma. (La Gazzetta Dello Sport)

- Lyon midfielder Tyler Morton is a summer target for Newcastle United, while Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest are also tracking his development in France. (Ekrem Konur)

- Sporting defender Ousmane Diomande has an exit clause in his contract which can be triggered at the end of the season. (Ekrem Konur)

- Chivas are in talks to sign Nashville SC winger Jonathan Pérez. An offer has been lodged, and negotiations are said to be progressing in the right direction. (Tom Bogert)

- The transfer of Eintracht Braunschweig captain Sven Köhler to FC Zürich is a "done deal". (Sky Germany)

It's another weekend of European soccer, and this Saturday has been full of great matches!

The day began in the Premier League with Manchester United making it four wins in a row under coach Michael Carrick with a 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in a rematch of the UEFA Europa League final.

Then league leaders Arsenal defeated Sunderland 3-0 thanks in part to Viktor Gyokeres' second-half brace, and Cole Palmer's hat trick carried Chelsea to a 3-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux. Elsewhere, Aston Villa traveled to AFC Bournemouth and shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw, and Burnley suffered a big blow to their hopes of survival in losing 2-0 to West Ham United.

Finally, LaLiga leaders Barcelona won 3-0 over Mallorca, while in the Championship, Wrexham fell 2-0 to Millwall and Tom Brady's Birmingham City defeated Leicester City 2-1.

Take a look back at the highlights from another great day of European action, and join us again tomorrow!

Manchester United beat 10-man Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 to cement their place in the top four for another weekend. A 29th minute sending off for Cristian Romero left a despondent Spurs facing an uphill task, one they couldn't manage as they failed to win in their seventh straight Premier League game.

Romero's sending off was the first real talking point of the match, as he slid in, studs up into Casemiro's shin. The Spurs captain didn't argue as the referee brandished a straight red and will now miss a further four games (three for violent conduct, one for it being his second red of the season). For an injury-wreaked Spurs side, that was just the news they didn't want to hear.

Bryan Mbeumo soon made them pay on the scoreboard too, running onto a cleverly worked set-piece routine as Bruno Fernandes passed it to Kobbie Mainoo, who teed up Mbeumo for a pass into the far post from an unmarked position just inside the Spurs box.

United kept knocking on the door till Diogo Dalot's cross flew over Benjamin Sesko's head and onto Bruno's shin... cleverly, he did not attempt to take an awkward shot instead allowing it to bounce onto his shin as he directed it into far post.

Benjamin Sesko came on late to miss a glorious chance after an Amad and Bruno led counter ended up with the United captain crossing to Sesko in the box, but in acres he meekly headed it to Vicario's hands.

After the match, Bruno was all praise for manager Michael Carrick, as he made it four wins in four since returning to the dugout, a record that Ruben Amorim never matched in his one and a half years at the club.

You can relive the blow-by-blow account of just how it unrolled, with our live blog right here:

Thomas Frank has said that Tottenham Hotspur captain Cristian Romero apologised to his teammates after being sent off in the team's 2-0 defeat to Manchester United on Saturday.

The Argentine, who made headlines with an Instagram post for the second time in 2026 on Monday when he described the injury-hit Spurs team being left with only 11 available as "disgraceful" shortly after the transfer window closed.

Romero will miss Spurs' next four games due to the fact Saturday's red card was the second he has been shown this season. He will miss the north London derby on Feb. 22.

Goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Bruno Fernandes gave United their fourth straight win under new boss Michael Carrick but it was Romero's 29th-minute red card for a reckless challenge on Casemiro that was the turning point in the game.

The defeat leaves Frank's Spurs team still searching for their first win in 2026. They are nine points above the relegation zone with 18th-placed West Ham able to close the gap when they face fellow strugglers Burnley later on Saturday.

"Cristian, I think first and foremost, I think there's no intention to do the follow through and make a red," Frank told Sky Sports. "So I think he clearly goes for the ball. Unfortunately, the way the rules is, it's then a red. Christian apologised to his teammates in the dressing room."

Mbeumo's opening goal arrived nine minutes after Romero's sending off and it appeared to be made easier by the space he found at the edge of the area due to Romero's absence on the pitch.

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Asked if Mbeumo's goal would have happened if Spurs still had 11 players on the pitch, Frank replied: "No, because that was the area they could explore."

Frank then paused before continuing: "It can always happen, of course. Of course, you can play 10 against 11, but of course that was the area that then got a little bit more exposed."

Tottenham matches Romero will miss

Man United vs. Spurs (7 Feb, 2026) Live Score  ESPN

Manchester United host Tottenham Hotspur with the two teams at the opposite ends of the momentum spectrum, and you can follow it all live with ESPN (LIVE right below this short preview).

United, having won three of three Premier League games under Michael Carrick will be looking to keep that 100% run going for the new head coach. A win would help solidify their place in the top four early into the weekend and put the pressure on Chelsea and Liverpool ahead of their games. A draw, or a loss, though, and it opens up the table for the chasing pack.

Spurs, meanwhile, are on a run of six Prem games without a win but a sensational comeback last weekend to grab a draw against Man City will have them raring to go, and course correct in what has been a disastrous domestic campaign. Thomas Frank has struggled to field a steady XI, with injuries wreaking havoc with his squad, but he will hope that they can rediscover their brilliant away form from early in the season. In fact, of their seven league wins, five have come away from the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

Recently, Man United have been a favourite opponent of Spurs' (they won 3-0 at Old Trafford last year and haven't been beaten in their last 8 matches vs United), but this is a very different Manchester United they will run into today.

On an emotionally charged afternoon at Old Trafford, with the game being played a day after the 68th anniversary of the Munich tragedy, who can hold their nerve? We'll find out soon enough.

Manchester United's revival under Michael Carrick rolled on against Tottenham with goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Bruno Fernandes piling more misery on Thomas Frank and Spurs.

United have been reborn since the short-term appointment of their former midfielder, whose honeymoon period continued as triumphs against Manchester City, Arsenal and Fulham were followed up on Saturday lunchtime.

Bryan Mbeumo scored from a well-worked corner shortly after Tottenham captain Romero saw red for a reckless first-half challenge on Casemiro, with Bruno Fernandes wrapping up a deserved 2-0 victory against Carrick's old club.

United's first win against Spurs since 2022 increased their stranglehold on fourth spot and means fan Frank Ilett is in line for a long-awaited trim should the rejuvenated Red Devils rack up a fifth successive win at West Ham on Tuesday.

Tottenham host Newcastle that night looking to end a seven-match wait for a Premier League win, but Destiny Udogie looks to have joined their lengthy injury list for a match skipper Romero will miss following his latest red card.

The Argentina international made headlines at the start of the week by claiming it was "disgraceful" Spurs only had 11 players available after he went off ill during last Sunday's 2-2 draw with Manchester City.

Quite what Romero, or indeed under-fire boss Thomas Frank, will have to say after incurring a four-match ban for his second red card of the season will be interesting.

Tottenham's raucous fans had audibly backed their captain -- and repeatedly reminded United of May's Europa League final result -- at the start of a game that saw the 68th anniversary of the Munich air disaster marked impeccably.

Mbeumo slammed narrowly over and Guglielmo Vicario denied a 30-yard effort from Casemiro as Carrick's unchanged hosts started brightly, before holding firm during a spell of Spurs supremacy.

United came closest to an opener after that, with Matheus Cunha curling a wonderful first-time effort narrowly wide before Fernandes sent a snapshot bobbling off target.

An intense, end-to-end encounter was threatening to come to life, only for Romero to catch Casemiro on the ankle and change the dynamics in the 29th minute.

Referee Michael Oliver showed Tottenham's captain a straight red and the reshuffled visitors fell behind nine minutes later from a smart set-piece routine.

Kobbie Mainoo ran from the near post and met a low Fernandes corner with a flick back for Mbeumo to sweep home through a crowd to Old Trafford's delight.

Vicario's outstanding reflexes prevented Casemiro scoring a close-range header before half-time, with Amad Diallo seeing a close-range goal ruled out for offside four minutes after the restart.

Lively Xavi Simons slammed narrowly wide as Spurs looked to reduce the deficit shortly after the incline on their uphill battle increased as Udogie limped off to be replaced by teenage debutant Souza.

United went for the jugular and piled on the pressure. Vicario produced impressive stops to deny Luke Shaw and Diogo Dalot, before penalty appeals fell on deaf ears.

Cunha saw a goal ruled out for offside and Diallo was denied by a near post save by Vicario, who was unable to stop United adding a second in the 81st minute.

Dalot whipped over a fine cross that Fernandes managed to direct home in front of the Stretford End.

Michael Carrick finds himself up against Thomas Frank just five months on from interviewing the Tottenham Hotspur boss as Manchester United's head coach hunts a fourth win on the bounce.

The 44-year-old has enjoyed a dream start to his reign for the remainder of the campaign, with wins against Manchester City and Arsenal followed by last Sunday's thrilling 3-2 victory against Fulham.

Carrick's former club Spurs provide the next test on Saturday lunchtime, when the United boss will share the Old Trafford touchline with a coach he interviewed ahead of Frank's first Champions League game.

"Yeah, [life] certainly can change," he said looking back to the Amazon Prime interview in September. "I really enjoyed it, actually.

"We got on really well. It's the first time I've met him properly and we had a good chat just about general kind of football things.

"A little bit on processes and ideas, but he was really accommodating. I enjoyed it, so it will be good to see him again."

Frank joined Spurs last summer after impressing at Brentford but his position came under intense pressure during a poor start to 2026.

But there has been a slight uptick in performance of late, with last weekend's 2-2 draw at home to City part of a four-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

"They certainly bring a challenge," Carrick said. "I think you can see especially the way they finished the game the other day.

"They've had players injured and ins and outs, and a lot of changes to the team, which makes things a lot more challenging, a lot more difficult from their perspective. But they're getting players back.

"They've got really good attackers that look to stretch the backline and play forward and attack the box an awful lot. It's something we've certainly got to be aware of.

"A slightly different game to maybe what we have played over recent weeks in some ways, but we're looking forward to it.

"We're in a good place and the boys have worked well again this week. Again, feet on the ground, let's not get carried away with what has gone on. It's about what's next again, so a big challenge ahead but we're looking forward to it."

Tottenham won all four meetings against United last season, including May's key, if drab, Europa League final encounter in Bilbao.

Carrick hopes to end that run when the former midfielder takes on a side he spent two seasons with before moving to Old Trafford in an £18.6 million ($297M) deal back in 2006.

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Asked when he fell in love with United, the head coach said: "It was pretty instant.

"I've got really fond memories of Tottenham and being at the club. I was there for only a short time when you look back, but I really enjoyed it.

"Good team, Martin Jol was the manager and there was a lot of things I learned at the club in that short period of time.

"But, I've said it enough times, coming here was a jump and a big jump at the time. I certainly felt that pretty quickly and then I think once you step inside this place as a footballer, it turns you.

"So, pretty much from the first day walking into the dressing room and meeting the manager, from then on in that was me."

Thomas Frank has confirmed Cristian Romero remains Tottenham Hotspur captain, but has "no idea" whether he will still be at the club next season.

Romero made headlines with an Instagram post for the second time in 2026 on Monday when he described it as "disgraceful" that his teammates were left with only 11 available players after he was forced off ill during Sunday's 2-2 Premier League draw at home to Manchester City.

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Whilst Romero's comments are open to interpretation, they followed his strongly worded social media remarks about a lack of communication from key figures at the club in January, but Frank revealed the defender is still captain of the club.

The Spurs boss would not confirm if the Argentina international had been fined or disciplined on Thursday and also refused to give guarantees over Romero's long-term future despite the 27-year-old signing a new deal in August.

Asked if he expected Romero to be at the club next season, Frank said: "That's a question I have no idea about.

"Right now he is the captain, he has a long-term contract and we signed a new contract with him."

The social-media post was liked by Spurs players Xavi Simons, Conor Gallagher and Dominic Solanke, but Frank pushed back at suggestions the squad were in revolt due to the current injury crisis.

Frank added: "It's all contextual. Right now we have a few injuries. Of course injuries don't help but it's part of football.

"I think it's one person speaking up. We don't know if he speaks on behalf of all the players. That's your perception, so we don't know that.

"Secondly, we don't know if that's what he thinks. We can read into a text. I think we have a team and squad to compete but of course we have a few injuries that doesn't help us."

Even though Tottenham have suffered injuries to nine players in 2026, the club were not active on the final day of the winter transfer window.

"In the summer we made two good signings in Xavi Simons and Mohammed Kudus and a good loan in João Palhinha so it's not as though we don't want to loan players to strengthen the squad," Frank pointed out.

"It was a big signing with Conor Gallagher. I know the club is very ambitious."

Romero's latest social-media post followed January's remarks and last summer when in a tribute to Frank's predecessor Ange Postecoglou, the centre-back referenced "many obstacles that always existed and always will exist" on Instagram.

Put to Frank in general terms whether it matters if an employee is unhappy, as long as they perform, he acknowledged: "I think if you are generalising, as long as everyone does their job, then it is fair enough.

"I am pretty sure there are also some players who don't think I am the best bloke or whatever it is, but as long as they work hard and do everything they can on the pitch then I am happy.

"There is always a line you can't cross or can't cross too many times. I am not talking about the social posting. No matter who you are, what kind of job you do, we all know when we have stepped too far and it's problems."

Manchester United are all set to host Tottenham Hotspur on an emotionally charged afternoon at Old Trafford on Saturday. United will be looking to continue building on their sensational start to life under Michael Carrick and make it four wins in four. Spurs, meanwhile, will be looking to use a superb second half display against Manchester City to resuscitate their injury-hit domestic season, and what better way to do it than deliver a statement performance (and result) against an in-form Manchester United?

Here's everything you need to know about the match:

How to watch

The match will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1 in the UK, NBC in the U.S., Jio Hotstar in India and Stan Sport in Australia. You can also follow ESPN's live updates here.

Key Details

Kick-off time: Saturday, Feb. 7 at 12.30 p.m. GMT (7.30 a.m. ET; 6 p.m. IST and 11.30 p.m. AEDT)

Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

Referee: Michael Oliver

VAR: Paul Tierney

Injury News

Manchester United

Matthijs de Ligt, D: DOUBT, back

Mason Mount, M: OUT, knock

Patrick Dorgu, D/M: OUT, hamstring

Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur

Dejan Kulusevski, M: OUT, knee

Ben Davies, D: OUT, ankle

Kevin Danso, D: OUT, toe

Cristian Romero, D: DOUBT, illness

Pedro Porro, D, OUT, thigh

Micky van de Ven, D: DOUBT, knock

James Maddison, M: OUT, ACL

Lucas Bergvall: M: OUT, leg

Rodrigo Bentancur, M: OUT, hamstring

Mohammed Kudus, F: OUT, muscle

Richarlison, F: OUT, hamstring

Talking Points

United and the emotion of February 6

United host Spurs a day after the 68th anniversary of the Munich disaster. The club will, of course, honour the Busby Babes and all those who were on that ill-fated flight pre-match, and playing well on this kind of occasion is something that could drive this team and their head coach closer to their fans.

If they can channel the deep emotion that will be sweeping across Old Trafford on Saturday and set out to play "the Matt Busby Way" -- full of attacking intent and great wing play and that almost stubborn dedication to entertain -- that would be well received as the best tribute. Channel it right, and a win's there for the taking against struggling opposition, a win that would keep them in the top four going out of another weekend. And for Carrick it will lend more credence to calls to make his appointment permanent in the summer.

Let it overawe them, allow Spurs to dominate the game, and the doubts and cracks that are never too far away in this post-Ferguson era could well rise up again from all corners. With the top four (or five) race as tight as it is, that's something United can ill afford happening.

Solanke and Simons give Frank hope

Dominic Solanke's goals and Xavi Simons' guile gave Thomas Frank arguably his best 45 minutes as Spurs manager last weekend, when they came from behind to draw Man City 2-2. Solanke, sidelined for so long with serious injury issues, has been a much-needed boost for Frank's side, who've lacked sharpness up top for vast swathes of this season. That, plus his record against United -- he has scored five goals in his last five appearances against Manchester United in all comps -- will stand Spurs in good stead come Saturday.

More important, though, will be Simons. Playing in a free floating #10 role once the formation shifted from a disastrous three-at-the-back to a 4-2-3-1 in that second half against City, Simons ran the game with a combination of nifty passing and intelligent positioning. With the form that Casemiro and Kobbie Mainoo are in, he'll find those pockets much harder to find at Old Trafford, but if he can -- and draw out either Harry Maguire or Lisandro Martínez -- Solanke could well feast ahead of him.

Will Carrick mix things up with Sesko?

The only change Michael Carrick has made to his United XIs over his first three games back has been bringing in Matheus Cunha for the injured Patrick Dorgu last weekend. There is no real reason for Carrick to change up something that's clearly working -- the interplay between the forward line of Amad, Bryan Mbeumo, Bruno Fernandes and Cunha/Dorgu has been a joy to watch, but Benjamin Sesko made a real case for starting on Saturday with his cameo, and winner, against Fulham. It was the big Slovenian's fourth goal in four games, and the finish last weekend smacked off a forward with confidence coursing through him.

In his (very) short stint so far, Carrick has shown an ability to keep his attacking players happy even if they start on the bench, but Sesko's physicality and aerial threat provide an alternative that he could well be tempted to unleash from the off.

Can Spurs exploit holes highlighted by Fulham?

As solid as United have been under Carrick, Fulham stood toe-to-toe with them for parts of their last match, especially late in the second half. They did this by having runners in the channels, trying to take up pockets between the central midfielders and the centre-backs and not panicking under the United high press. Bypassing that first layer often left Fulham with favourable numbers in attack.

If Spurs can do that, get Simons on the ball and feed Solanke quickly, they could find some joy. Against Fulham, United conceded 1.94 xG, much more than they did against Arsenal (0.7xG) and Man City (0.45 xG) and theirs is the blueprint Thomas Frank will be looking to take inspiration from.

What do the numbers say?

Tottenham really like playing Man United these days. They've not lost to United in their last six Prem games (W3 D3), and indeed last eight games across all competitions (W5 D3). The last time United went that long without a win in just league competition was between 1914 and 1921. That eight game unbeaten run across all comps, meanwhile, is their longest ever run without defeat for Spurs against United.

Having said that, Spurs are really struggling in the league right now. They've not won any of their last six games (D4 L2)... however they travel to Old Trafford with hope. Five of their seven league wins this season have come away from home.

Michael Carrick, meanwhile, has won all three of his matches since returning as United manager. The last time United won four in a row was in Feb '24, under Erik Ten Hag.