Seventeen months after hitting out at the lack of coaching opportunities in the FAI for ex-internationals, Ireland captain Robbie Keane will be pleased with the association’s new ambassador programme.

Hull v Aston Villa: tonight: Hull boss Steve Bruce has ridiculed reports linking him with a summer move to Fulham.

Sunderland v QPR: Tonight: Gus Poyet has urged his resurgent Sunderland team not to become the first to surrender a Premier League point to struggling QPR on their own pitch.

Manchester United still owe more than £100 million (€135m) in transfer fees for the players they purchased last summer, according to a London based investment director.

It will make Manchester United fans sad.

Jonny Evans admits Manchester United have failed to produce the kind of attractive football their fans have become accustomed to this season. 

Nothing moves faster than a Ferrari, right?

Preston 1 Man United 3

Spain’s 1-0 Euro 2016 qualifier win at home to Ukraine did little to suggest the once all-conquering La Roja side have got over losing their unbeatable aura at last year’s World Cup.

Given Robbie Brady’s personal experience of competitive matches at the Aviva, he’s surely due a upturn tomorrow against Poland. 

England 4 Lithuania 0 

There was a time when Liam Miller wondered if hailing from Cork would hold him back and block his path to becoming a Republic of Ireland international.

As John Terry confirmed a contract extension for another season, the Chelsea Pitch Owners hosted an evening with the Blues captain. Chelsea fan Trizia Fiorellino was there.

The greatest managers in football don’t just manage players, they manage a season — and Arsene Wenger, at last, seems to be getting this one right.

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini believes the club may need to splash out again this summer to keep pace with their rivals.

Manchester United 3 Aston Villa 1: Alex Ferguson was king of the mind games when he ruled Old Trafford as Manchester United’s all-conquering manager and now it appears some of that psychological warfare is being added to Louis van Gaal’s armoury.

Everton 1 Southampton 0: Everton finally removed any lingering doubt that they will still be competing in the Premier League next season but the talk afterwards was as much about those not playing as the players who secured a third successive league win for the first time in a year.

Louis van Gaal says Marouane Fellaini is undroppable on current form.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers accepts his side cannot afford not to turn up in another big game if their top-four ambitions are to survive.

Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels has denied making any promise to join Manchester United.