Manchester City have activated the release clause in Atletico Madrid midfielder Rodri’s contract, the LaLiga club have announced.

It would be remarkable if a club that has been lambasted and mocked for failing to win a single trophy since the League Cup in 2008 began their collection with the biggest one of all.

As if Tottenham’s task in trying to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League is not hard enough, Mauricio Pochettino has to contend with an injury situation that means rookie right-back Kyle Walker-Peters will be thrown in against Lionel Messi and his Barcelona team-mates in the Nou Camp tonight.

Some people say TV has ruined sport but there’s a strong case to argue that the opposite is true, writes Brendan O'Brien

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Tottenham’s unfortunate habit of shooting themselves in the foot looks like costing them a place in the knockout phase of the Champions League, after Mauricio Pochettino’s men threw away a lead and all three points from a commanding position for the second European away game in succession.

Tottenham are in real danger of being eliminated from the Champions League at the group stage.

When Spurs last visited Eindhoven, the home of the Phillips electrical empire, it was a low-wattage Uefa Cup game, when Juande Ramos was in charge of a Spurs side that included the likes of Steed Malbranque, Pascal Chimbonda, and Jamie O’Hara.

The past week or so has been so tricky for some of Europe’s elite clubs that they might be looking forward to the Champions League as a welcome diversion, writes David Shonfield

A man who accepted €25 to give a lift to five people who mistakenly thought he was a taxi driver could face a fine of up to €5,000.

West Ham are back on the hunt for a “high-calibre” manager after opting not to extend the contract of David Moyes.

A man, believed to be from the Kilmallock area has died after his motorcycle crashed into a van.

Jose Mourinho has described Manchester United's Europa League pairing with FC Rostov as "a bad draw in every aspect".

I have to say that, all those centuries past, it was very far-seeing and considerate of his ancestors to arrange for the new England manager to come among us in 2016 with a ‘gate’ already appended to his surname, thus sparing journalists the effort of having to add the same four letters if – when? - his reign goes, as it were, south.

A student who died in a car crash might have been temporarily blinded by morning sunshine, say his family.

Roberto Martinez paid the price for Everton’s Premier League nosedive when he was relieved of his duties yesterday with one game of the season still to play.

Chelsea interim boss Guus Hiddink likes to see his players on the edge and says the club “needed a bit more rugby” after replacing Jose Mourinho in December.

The Bundesliga clash between Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund came to an extraordinary halt after 65 minutes when Roger Schmidt, the Leverkusen manager, refused to be sent off.

Louis van Gaal believes 2015 should largely be regarded as “a very good year” for Manchester United despite their current woes.

Arsenal will hope to be given either Zenit St Petersburg or Wolfsburg when the draw for the Champions League’s last 16 takes place in Nyon, Switzerland, today.

Louis van Gaal has backed Anthony Martial to end his goal drought and help Manchester United avoid an embarrassingly early Champions League exit.

Last week, giddy after Piggy’s last-minute bacon-saver at Watford, I allowed myself to write hopefully that a “qualification-clinching evening against PSV would cap five days of United hugely cheering us all up”. Sigh. When will I ever learn?

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Louis van Gaal has given Luke Shaw permission to stay away from Manchester United’s match against PSV in case he feels it will reopen the psychological wounds of his leg break in Eindhoven.

“No doubt as to the United fans’ hit chant of the autumn so far, then: “Attack, attack, attack!”