Highly successful Portuguese coach Manuel Jose is set to take charge of Angola after quitting Egyptian giants Al-Ahly on Sunday.

An Ahly statement released in Cairo said Jose would be in charge of the Cairo Red Devils for the last time at the end of this month when the club play an African Confederation Cup match in Luanda.

Jose and former Brazil, Portugal and Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari have been linked with struggling Angola, hosts of the biennial African Nations Cup next January.

Scolari was considered favourite for the task of rebuilding an Angolan team that has slumped dramatically after reaching the World Cup finals for the first time three years ago.

But an Angolan football official told AFP in Luanda recently that Scolari was not on their…

Championship side Yeovil Town have cancelled Michael Ngoo’s loan spell with the club,.

The 6ft 6in striker moved to Huish Park from Liverpool for the season during the summer, but has been sent back to Anfield having failed to score in seven league appearances for Gary Johnson’s men.

He is yet to make a first team appearance for the first team with the Merseyside cub, but made eight appearances in the NextGen series during the 2011/12 campaign, scoring once.

He had a more successful loan spell with Heart of Midlothian last season, netting four times in fifteen Scottish Premier League games, and once in the Scottish League Cup.

Internationally, he has represented England at U19 and U20 levels, and played in all three of England’s group games at …

High flying Monaco begin their Coupe de la Ligue campaign with a tricky encounter away at fellow top-flight outfit Reims on Wednesday.

Claudio Ranieri s side have made an unbeaten start to their Ligue 1 campaign, extending that run with a 2-1 against Lyon on Sunday, and they will look to take that form into the cup fixture at the Stade Auguste-Delaune.

They will be keen to improve on last year s performance in the competition, when they suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Troyes in the round of 16, as they go in search of a second trophy success in the tournament, having defeated Sochaux 4-1 in the 2003 final.

Elsewhere in the last 16, Montpellier who finished runners-up to Marseille in 2011 face a visit to Ligue 1 strugglers Sochaux.

Jean Fernandez s charges enjoyed a…

Real Betis have completed the signing of William Carvalho on a five-year contract.

Carvalho becomes the latest high-profile player to leave crisis club Sporting CP, who sacked coach Sinisa Mihajlovic after nine days in charge last month.

The Portugal midfielder, who started four games at the World Cup, helped his national side to become Euro 2016 champions.

Carvalho was reportedly close to joining West Ham last August, leading to a legal row between the Premier League side and Sporting.

But despite the 26-year-old since being linked with clubs including Inter and Everton, Betis confirmed his arrival on Friday.

Betis have also signed Japan international Takashi Inui, Sergio Canales, Pau Lopez and Joel Robles in preparation for the new LaLiga camp…

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With the chance to potentially break into the European spots this weekend, Real Betis will make the trip to a struggling Cadiz on Sunday afternoon.

Starting with the hosts, while Cadiz might have managed to snatch a shock point away at Barcelona last time out, it doesn t cover what has been a worrying rut for the La Liga debutants. While some in their camp might have been dreaming of a stunning European charge after an eye-catching start to the 2020/21 campaign, Los Piratas have come crashing back down to earth over the past six weeks. Freefalling down the table, Álvaro Cervera s side are without a win in their last seven matchups across all formats and have mustered just a single top-flight point in their last five appearanc…

One of Europe s top stars, Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, will not be taking part in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after Sweden failed to qualify Wednesday.

When it s over it s over. It s been a great journey even though the end is bitter, Sweden coach Lars Lagerbaeck said after his team failed to qualify.

Ibrahimovic, who scored in each of Barcelona s first five matches this year after leading his previous team Inter Milan to three Serie A crowns, failed to work his magic for the national squad throughout the qualifiers.

Instead, the 28-year-old went goalless at the weekend as Sweden lost 1-0 to Denmark in Group A, reducing their chances of a trip to South Africa to a long shot.

Sweden beat Albania 4-1 on Wednesday but Portugal, who beat Ma…

The Uruguay star insists he is not worried about where he will play his football next season and is only focused on playing for his country

says he is angered by persistent rumours surrounding his future as he looks to fire to victory in their Confederations Cup third-place play-off against on Sunday.

The Napoli striker has been linked with a whole host of clubs across Europe, with Real Madrid and Manchester City both reported to hold a strong interest in acquiring his services.

But the 26-year-old has grown tired of the persistent rumours and has refused to discuss his future anymore in a bid to focus on his next international test.

Your talking at the beginning didn t disturb me but now I have to confess these rumours are bothering me, he told repor…

Jose Mourinho says Manchester United youngster Axel Tuanzebe could be a beneficiary of Memphis Depay and Morgan Schneiderlin s January departures.

Depay and Schneiderlin have joined Lyon and Everton respectively this month, leaving United with reduced numbers ahead of a busy run of fixtures. 

Mourinho has given Tuanzebe, a defender, the chance to be involved in first-team training and thinks the 19-year-old is close to making his breakthrough.

Tuanzebe is yet to make his United debut, but did make the substitutes bench twice for Premier League matches in 2015.

Mourinho told MUTV: He can [be involved in the upcoming games]. We lost Morgan Schneiderlin and Memphis Depay, two players who didn t play many minutes or many matches for us.

They were tw…

A new contract for Paulo Dybala will be announced in a few weeks , according to Juventus chief executive Giuseppe Marotta.

Dybala joined Juve from Palermo on a five-year deal in 2015 and his impressive performances have seen him linked with moves to Real Madrid and Barcelona.

However, Marotta is confident of extending the Argentina international s stay in Turin and expects news on the matter in February.

We re talking with his people, I don t think there will be any problems. The announcement will probably be made in a few weeks, Marotta told Sky Sport Italia.

Paulo is happy here and we re glad to have him with us, that s why there s every opportunity to move forward together.

Dybala refused to shake coach Massimiliano Allegri s hand after bein…

Christian Eriksen was pleased by the way Manchester United dealt with the “extra pressure” and bounced back from the back-to-back defeats that jeopardised their top-four ambitions.

This has been a promising first season under Erik ten Hag, who has won the Carabao Cup and taken the Red Devils to June’s FA Cup final against Manchester City.

United have also improved markedly on last year’s Premier League performances and have long looked set to secure a return to Champions League football.

Back-to-back defeats at Brighton and West Ham allowed Liverpool to close the gap, but Ten Hag’s men got back to winning ways by triumphing 2-0 against Wolves on Saturday afternoon.

Our Old Trafford momentum continues

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