Luis Suarez’s behaviour over the course of his Liverpool career has damaged the club brand, according to managing director Ian Ayre.

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Frank Stapleton returned to his native Dublin yesterday and spent a considerable portion of the trip being led on a ramble back down Memory Lane and more, again being asked to look deep into a crystal ball.

David Moyes never thought replacing Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager was going to be easy and warned the transition may be a lengthy one.

Venerable US television broadcaster Charlie Rose snagged an hour-long interview with retired Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson which aired late Tuesday evening on his long-running nightly PBS show.

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There are All-Ireland home-comings, and then there was Clare last Sunday, a homecoming with a difference — certainly different to what we saw in the ’90s.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has no interest in turning his side’s Champions League clash with Bayern Munich into a personal battle with Pep Guardiola.

The pressure has been well and truly cranked up but manager David Moyes insists Manchester United will turn around their depressing start to his tenure.

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Arsenal have reported a rise in turnover and say their new commercial muscle was a significant factor in the signing of Mesut Ozil for a club record £42.5 million (€50m) fee.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers claims Luis Suarez has suffered from not playing football during his 10-match ban but does not expect that to have dulled the striker’s fighting spirit.

Manchester United skipper Nemanja Vidic has admitted Sunday’s 4-1 derby humiliation at Manchester City was a painful experience.

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