Rashford praises ‘top manager’ Unai EmeryAston Villa confirm loan signing of PSG’s Asensio Marcus Rashford is extremely unlikely to play competitively for Manchester United again even if Ruben Amorim is no longer the head coach, with the relationship between the forward and his boyhood club near irreparable. Rashford joined Aston Villa on loan on Sunday for the rest of the season and the 27-year-old is expected to depart again in the summer, permanently or on loan, even if Amorim is no longer there. The England international has a contract at Old Trafford until 2028. Continue reading...

AS Monaco is pleased to announce the arrival of Moatasem Al-Musrati, until the end of the season, with a purchase option.

Delighted to have led AS Monaco to victory against Auxerre (4-2), Mika Biereth and Thilo Kehrer spoke in the mixed zone.

Ultra-clinical after the break, the Rouge et Blanc turned the tide to win for the second time in a row at the Stade Louis-II (4-2).

Neymar has returned to Santos, his boyhood club. BBC Sport looks back at his time with Barcelona, PSG and Al-Hilal, and considers what might happen next for Brazil's record scorer.

The draw for the Champions League play-offs has been made. AS Monaco will face Portugese side SL Benfica in the next round.

European playoff draws due to begin at 11am (GMT)Ten things to look out for this weekend | Mail Simon Uefa are still preambling. I have learned that one side of the draw will be silver and the other side will be blue. Uefa are going big on the preambles here, so I’ve got time to remind you of the basic rules. There are eight seeded teams and eight unseeded teams. The two seeded teams with the highest league finish will be drawn against the two unseeded teams with the lowest league finish and so on, until everyone’s paired up. So Atalanta will play Sporting or Brugge, and Borussia Dortmund will play the other one, while PSG will play Monaco or Brest and Benfica will get the other one. You can play teams from your own country, and teams you played in the group. Got it? Great. Continue reading...

Micah Richards has revealed that Luis Enrique was left unhappy with him during last season's Champions League when the pundit favoured Barcelona to beat his PSG side in the quarter-finals

Emery trying to bring PSG forward Asensio to VillaBrighton turn down £54.4m Al-Nassr offer for winger Aston Villa are weighing up a move for Matheus Cunha with Jhon Durán expected to finalise his transfer to Al-Nassr on Thursday, though they also want to sign a striker to support the Arsenal target Ollie Watkins. Wolves, who host Villa on Saturday, are adamant they will not countenance selling Cunha given the forward is a key player in their fight to avoid relegation and are hopeful the Brazilian will sign a new contract. Villa are also exploring alternatives, including a more like-for-like Durán replacement, but have no desire to sell Watkins, the subject of a bid worth about £60m from Arsenal. Continue reading...

Premier League clubs once again dominated transfer spending in 2024 as Manchester United spent more on transfer fees than anyone but Paris Saint-Germain to sign the likes of Manuel Ugarte

AS Monaco announces the permanent transfer of 22-year-old French defender, Chrislain Matsima, to FC Augsburg where he had been on loan...

Ousmane Dembele's hat-trick helps Paris St-Germain into the Champions League play-offs in a 4-1 win over Stuttgart, eliminating the German side in the process on matchday eight of the group phase at the MHP Arena.

If Stuttgart would have settled for a biscotto, they ended up with a soggy mush. A point apiece would have sent both them and Paris Saint-Germain through but this was nothing like the kind of measured, agreeable affair that would have satisfied everyone. PSG did not so much reach for the safety net of a playoff spot as fling themselves into it gleefully, producing their second free-flowing, fleet-footed display in a week to make nonsense of suggestions they would be the biggest gun to fall at this hurdle. Continue reading...

Aston Villa had done their bit, albeit not without a struggle, and now all they could do was wait. Morgan Rogers, fresh from completing his hat-trick in stoppage time, was among the Villa players huddled around the phone of fitness coach Moisés Del Hoyo praying Atalanta would not find a winner in Barcelona and divert Villa’s course. Everyone was jostling for a view. With the final whistle looming here, Unai Emery was busy relaying the latest to Leon Bailey, explaining how Villa would have to settle for a playoff next month if the Serie A side scored. Just as everybody had got to grips with the small print of the permutations, au fait with others’ goal difference, Villa Park released a communal cheer and the players dispersed. Villa had secured a place in the top eight and succeeded where Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain had failed. Continue reading...