Manchester United last night completed the signing of Swedish defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica on a four-year deal.

Jonny Hayes is poised to join Celtic after Aberdeen accepted a bid from the Scottish champions for the Irish winger.

Champions Chelsea will start their 2017/18 Premier League campaign at home to Burnley.

Jordan Pickford is poised to become the most expensive British goalkeeper of all time after Everton agreed a £30m (€34.1m) fee to take him from Sunderland.

Irish visitors are shying away from London as the favourite city-break destination, while landmark destinations such as Madame Tussauds and the London Eye have reported a drop in visitors following recent terror attacks.

FA Cup fifth round

Jose Mourinho has vowed not to over-rotate and risk throwing away Manchester United’s FA Cup chances.

In 2014 Dan Gordon was approached by a production company to direct a film-length documentary about George Best but the English director’s research had already begun inadvertently two years earlier.

Man United 3 - St Etienne 0: Manchester United’s claim to be the only English team still in with a chance of winning four trophies this season — a bit of a stretch when it comes to the Premier League of course — is still technically intact after Zlatan Ibrahimovic underlined their hunger for silverware with a first-leg Europa League hat-trick against St Etienne.

A row over a child wearing a Manchester United jersey saw a man getting struck on the face with a hurley and yesterday the culprit was given an 18-month suspended sentence.

Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United will end up “in trouble” if they continue to fight on all fronts.

Antonio Conte has hailed the ‘fantasy’ Cesc Fabregas has brought to Chelsea’s pursuit of the Premier League title.

Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare is looking forward to the “massive challenge” of facing Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Spurs scout and former Cork City player Brian Carey dreams of unearthing the next Jamie Vardy, a player he admired at non-league level for his blistering pace, writes Liam Mackey.

Last week’s truncated set of fixtures left some Fantasy Premier League managers delighted. Others... not so much.

Jose Mourinho believes the fixture schedule shows Manchester United have "lots of enemies".

Ireland U21 boss Noel King has strenuously denied pursuing Northern Ireland-born players for his squad following allegations made by Michael O’Neill.

Jose Mourinho has accused Paul Pogba’s critics of being blinded by envy as the Manchester United manager launched a staunch defence of the world’s most expensive player.

Manchester United have been charged with failing to control their players during Monday’s FA Cup quarter-final at Chelsea, but Marcos Rojo has avoided sanction for his apparent stamp on Eden Hazard.