Valencia want Juan Mata from Manchester United on free transfer

Gabriel Heinze has been sacked by Atlanta United after just seven months as head coach of the Major League Soccer team.

The former Argentina international, who played for clubs including Manchester United, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, was unable to convert his top-level experience into success on the touchline in MLS.

Heinze departs after his team won just two of their opening 13 games in the regular season, losing four and drawing seven times to sit 10th in the 14-team Eastern Conference.

A 1-0 defeat to New England on Saturday sealed Heinze s fate.

He was appointed in December 2020, and a recent stand-off between the coach and star player Josef Martinez, a former MLS Cup MVP, went down badly with supporters.

A statement from the club s…

Infold and Papergames have a new story trailer available for Infinity Nikki as pre-loads are live before the official launch. It finally offers some answers on what’s happening in Miraland and how Nikki figures into all this (sort of). Check it out below.

As it turns out, there used to be an entity named The Wishing One, and wishes were considered good. However, a catastrophe occurred, and wishes became taboo. Enter Nikki about 1000 years later, a person from another world who’s seemingly capable of restoring Miraland to its former prosperity, though mysterious enemies (with fabulous hair) opRussia Lottopose her.

The trailer showcases more of the gameplay and outfits that Nikk…

Eric Abidal is the latest high-profile casualty at Barcelona as the fallout from their humiliating 8-2 Champions League elimination by Bayern Munich continues.

The Frenchman, a former Barca player, had been sporting director for two years and was axed on Tuesday, 24 hours on from Quique Setien losing his job as head coach.

While many expressed sympathy for Setien s situation on Monday given he was only in the job for seven months, it s unlikely Abidal will be afforded the same understanding.

Although Barca won LaLiga in 2018-19, their transfer dealings over the past two years – and, to be fair, before Abidal assumed the sporting director role – have been a regular source of criticism.

Following Abidal s departure, we graded all of the players brought …

Dundee United have trolled their next-door neighbours after Dundee blamed climate change for a raft of postponements.

Dundee club secretary Eric Drysdale pointed to the impact of global weather issues after their cinch Premiership encounter with Rangers was postponed on Wednesday night for a second time.

United used their official X account to take a light-hearted dig at their city rivals as they posted photographs of Jim Goodwin and his squad training on their pitch ahead of their cinch Championship encounter with Morton at a sunny Tannadice.

The perfect climate for fine-tuning |

— Dundee United FC (@dundeeunitedfc)

The caption read: “The perfect climate for #MORUTD fine-tuning”, and was followed by a sunshine emoji.

The two cl…

Pep Guardiola has insisted a lack of trophies does not stop Mauricio Pochettino from being considered among the world s top managers.

Paris Saint-Germain boss Pochettino has been widely tipped as the leading contender to take over at Manchester United following Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s sacking on Sunday.

Pochettino arrived at the Parc des Princes in January and missed out on Ligue 1 and Champions League success in his first half-season in charge.

However, the Argentinian has lifted the Trophee des Champions and Coupe de France this year – his first cup triumphs following five trophyless years with Tottenham.

With speculation mounting that Pochettino is interested in the United job, Guardiola has defended the ex-Espanyol and Southampton coach s major troph…

Winston Reid appears to be edging closer to a move away from West Ham United with his wage demands making a January sale almost certain, .

The centre back has been one on several key performers in an impressive start for Sam Allardyce’s side, who currently sit fourth in the Premier League after taking twenty-six points from their opening fifteen games – a tally they didn’t reach until February last season.

His contract is set to expire at the end of the season, so the Hammers may well cash in when the transfer window reopens with both Arsenal and Liverpool interested in securing his services.

Since arriving at Upton Park from Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland in the summer of 2010, the New Zealand has made one hundred and fourteen appearances in all …

Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani spent the international break in Uruguay stepping up his recovery, but he remains a doubt to feature against Chelsea on Sunday.

A tendon problem has prevented Cavani from featuring for United since a substitute appearance in the Red Devils 2-2 draw with Atalanta on November 2, missing the losses to Manchester City and Watford that spelled the end of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s reign, as well as the most recent victory over Villarreal.

The 34-year-old also missed out on the chance to represent his country, with Uruguay slipping to defeat against Argentina and Bolivia, putting their World Cup qualification hopes in jeopardy and leading to the sacking of Oscar Tabarez as head coach after 15 years in the role. 

The veteran strik…