Stephen Clemence pledged to lift the shackles on low-scoring Gillingham after they powered past Salford in a 3-1 victory.

Goals from Connor Mahoney, Tom Nichols and Dom Jefferies earned victory in Clemence’s first home league game at the helm.

Clemence has inherited the joint-least potent attack in Sky Bet League Two and the Gills had only scored more than one goal in a game only twice before this clinical performance.

“I told the boys that we can’t win every game 1-0,” Clemence revealed. “I’ve said we want to play more football and ultimately I want to win games.

“I have to say well done to the players, as they’ve taken on everything we’ve tried to give them over the past two weeks in training. I hope that gives them a confidence boost.…

Brighton and Hove Albion are interested in signing Crysencio Summerville from Leeds United in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Premier League club Brighton have enquired about a possible deal to secure the services of Summerville from Championship side Leeds.

Leeds are open to selling Summerville this summer, but the West Yorkshire club want as much as £35 million in transfer fees for the 22-year-old Netherlands  Under-21 international winger. The former Feyenoord star himself is keen on a return to the Premier League.

Summerville has been on the books of Leeds since 2020 when he joined from Feyenoord. The youngster scored 20 goals and gave nine assists in 44 starts and two substitute appearances in the Championship last season. S…

A fine imposed on Barcelona for a breach of UEFA’s financial reporting rules has been upheld following an appeal by the club.

Barca were fined 500,000 euros (£434,000) in July by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) First Chamber for wrongly reporting profits on the disposal of intangible assets, other than player transfers, in the financial year 2022 which were not considered as relevant income.

Now, the CFCB’s Appeals Chamber has rejected the club’s appeal and upheld the First Chamber’s initial decision and sanction.

UEFA has not said precisely what the profits wrongly reported by the club related to.

In 2022, Barcelona sold 25 per cent of their domestic television rights for the next 25 years to global investment firm Sixth Street. Sixt…

Vincent Kompany is relishing a special game when Bayern Munich face Eintracht Frankfurt in a battle of the Bundesliga s top two teams on Sunday.

Bayern top the table with 13 points after their first five games, with Eintracht just a point behind after recovering from losing their opener with four straight wins.

However, Kompany s side travel to Deutsche Bank Park seeking a response after two winless games.

After their perfect start to the Bundesliga campaign was ended by a 1-1 draw with reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen, they went down 1-0 to Aston Villa in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Nevertheless, Kompany is only looking forward.

It is a special game in Frankfurt against a very tough team, he told reporters during his pre-match press co…

Dani Carvajal has signed a contract extension with Real Madrid until June 2026.

The full-back could miss the rest of the 2024-25 season after sustaining a cruciate ligament injury in Saturday s 2-0 win over Villarreal.

Carvajal s contract was due to expire at the end of the campaign, but Madrid responded almost immediately by extending his stay with the club for at least a further year.

The 32-year-old, who has been with Los Blancos since the age of 10, has won six Champions League titles and four LaLiga crowns during his time at Santiago Bernabeu, while amassing 427 appearances.

Official Announcement: Dani Carvajal signs contract renewal.

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Speculation over Kylian Mbappe s future is finally over as he will be staying at Paris Saint-Germain.

The 23-year-old had widely been expected to join Real Madrid as a free agent, but it was confirmed on Saturday that the France forward has signed a new three-year contract with PSG.

Mbappe joined the Ligue 1 champions from Monaco, initially on loan, in 2017 and has become the capital club s leading light, despite playing alongside Neymar and, as of the 2021-22 season, Lionel Messi.

PSG were desperate to keep hold of the World Cup winner and have now got their wish.

Here, Stats Perform breaks down the key numbers and records behind Mbappe s PSG career to date.

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217  As he featured in PSG s starting XI against Metz, …

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo will have the hunger to score goals long after calling time on his playing career, says Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.

The Portugal international has picked up from where he left off since returning for his second spell at United in August, scoring nine goals in 11 appearances.

That includes a dramatic double last time out against Atalanta in the Champions League to make it five goals in four games in the competition, three of those after the 81st minute.

Ronaldo is two goals shy of 800 goals in all competitions for club and country, a milestone he could reach in Saturday s crunch Premier League showdown with City.

Former Sporting CP, Real Madrid and Juventus man Ronaldo has scored three goals in his last…

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Second-place Palmeiras return to Brasileiro action against Cruzeiro at Allianz Parque on Saturday, following a narrow defeat in their top-of-the-table clash with Botafogo on Wednesday.

Verdao slipped three points behind Fogo after the 1-0 loss, and they aim to prevent that gap from widening when they face their sixth-placed opponents in this weekend s gameweek 18 action.

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Abel Ferreira s men had notched back-to-back wins Botafogo but couldn t secure a third consecutive victory, falling 1-0 to Artur Jorge s side in round 17.

This result leaves Alviverde three points behind Botafogo who top the league and are challenging for the title after consecutive championship-winning campaigns by Palmeiras.

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Chelsea are on the verge of signing Samu Omorodion from Atletico Madrid in the summer transfer window, according to Fabrizio Romano. The well-known and well-respected journalist has claimed that Premier League club Chelsea will pay La Liga side Atletico an initial transfer fee of £34.5 million to get the deal done for Omorodion.

Romano wrote on : Last piece of the domino will be Samu Omorodion to Chelsea. Final fee paid by will be £34.5m.

“Small details of player’s terms negotiated right now but parties sure that will get done. 

“Gallagher to Atléti and Julián Álvarez to Atléti, also already done as revealed.”

Omorodion has been on the books of Atletico since 2023 when he joined Granada. The 20-year-old Spain Under-23 international forwar…

Pep Guardiola believes his Manchester City side face a challenge to get back to winning ways at Luton this weekend.

The champions have gone four games without a Premier League win for the first time since 2017 after successive draws against Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham were followed by defeat at Aston Villa on Wednesday.

They will be expected to put that behind them at Kenilworth Road on Sunday but the promoted Hatters have produced some battling performances on their top-flight return and Guardiola expects another.

The City manager said: “They are doing really well for the way they play. Top clubs like Liverpool and Arsenal have struggled to win against them and it will be no different for us.

“But at the same time we’re ready for the challenge…