Jose Mourinho bit his lip, but Paul Pogba showed no such reserve as he delivered a damning assessment of Manchester United’s dismal display as they slumped to defeat at Brighton.

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Jose Mourinho has said Manchester City might be a rich club that signs the best players but they "cannot buy class".

Pep Guardiola has suggested Manchester City would be reluctant to swap venues for their two Premier League fixtures against Tottenham this season, writes Andy Hampson

Jose Mourinho says he has never been happier with Paul Pogba as the Manchester United manager dismissed talk that tensions had come to a head this week.

Brighton owner Tony Bloom’s achievement of taking the club from League One strugglers to Premier League survivors is symbolised by tomorrow’s game against Manchester United at the Amex — but the fixture also underlines just how difficult it is to set long-term goals once you start to feel at home in the top flight.

There are now over five million Fantasy Premier League teams registered - and all the new managers got a taste of some of the many hair-pulling frustrations the rest of us have been enduring for years.

Jose Mourinho is not expecting to get what he wants this summer, but the Manchester United manager insists only bringing in one more player is “not a drama”.

With only eight days to go until deadline day, a host of players are yet to resolve their future and will have their agents on speed dial.

The organiser of the International Champions Cup says he understands Jose Mourinho’s criticism of the pre-season competition.

The family of the late Liam Miller have been “humbled” by the outpouring of support for a tribute match to the late football star, according to the event’s organisers — who have called on the public to follow through on this support by going to the relocated occasion.

Tickets for the Liam Miller tribute match in Páirc Uí Chaoimh are due to go on sale on August 13, it has been announced.

Manchester United’s troubled International Champions Cup campaign suffered another blow, with a 4-1 defeat to Premier League rivals, Liverpool, in Michigan on Saturday night.

The organising committee behind the tribute match for the late Liam Miller will today meet with the Cork County Board to discuss the logistics of the event, following the GAA’s decision to allow the occasion to go ahead at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Organiser of the Liam Miller tribute match and family friend Michael O’Flynn has said that there is interest in having the game televised, following the move by the GAA to open Páirc Uí Chaoimh for the game.

Latest:The GAA is expected to announce at noon today their decision whether or not to allow the Liam Miller benefit game to be played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on September 25.

A decision from the GAA’s Central Council is expected tomorrow on whether or not to host the tribute match to the late Liam Miller at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

The GAA are due to meet this weekend to consider whether to allow the Liam Miller tribute match to be played in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, according to reports.

Like almost everything he says or does, Eamon Dunphy’s decision to quit RTÉ as a commentator, to concentrate on podcasting, has already begun to spark debate and discussion among soccer aficionados.

The Minister for Transport, Tourism, and Sport, Shane Ross, has said he would love to see the tribute match for the late Liam Miller take place at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, and that he told the GAA president he wanted “an early solution” to the impasse.