Rio Ferdinand sends Man City Premier League title warning to Liverpool

Manchester United at present is their inability to put together a run - but with Cristiano Ronaldo in their side, anything is possible.Speaking ahead of United’s Premier League encounter against Brighton, the former defender spoke about the problems currently plaguing the northwest club.Via BT Sport, the 43-year-old spoke about the side’s lack of consistency - but stated that Ronaldo still offers a threat going forward despite the attacker’s recent slump."That's the problem, the inconsistency,” he said.“Worrying about what Man Utd are going to turn up, what United team is going to come out in the first half compared to the second half, actually.“I keep saying the same thing, Jeckel and Hyde performances with each half. They've got to find some consistency.“This man here [Ronaldo]...

Manchester City fans are in a confident mood after seeing their team to take on Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League this evening.

Owen Hargreaves believes Manchester City are the best team remaining in this season’s Champions League, and are deserving of their tags as favourites.

Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero said Michael Owen is his favourite Liverpool player of all time.The five-time Premier League winner played against plenty of Anfield legends during his ten-year stay at the Citizens.Aguero turned out against the likes of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez, as well as current Reds’ heroes Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Salah.He faced off against the Reds on 22 occasions in his career, contributing seven goals and four assists in many memorable meetings against the Merseysiders. However, Aguero snubbed all the legends he starred against, stating Owen was his favourite ever Reds player.“Michael Owen” was Aguero’s firm reply when a fan tweeted him, asking who his favourite Liverpool player was.After bursting through the ranks at Anfield, Owen became one of the best strikers in world football at Anfield.He contributed an outstanding 158 goals and 53 assists in 297 appearances for the Premier League giants, between 1996 and 2004.

Sergio Aguero has waded in on the age-old debate about who is the best out of Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes, saying his former teammate is the greatest out of the trio. The former Manchester City forward was answering questions on Twitter when someone asked who he thought the best out the former Premier League stars was - and he bluntly responded with: “Lampard”.The three played for Liverpool, Chelsea, and Manchester United respectively, and owing to the fact they each played in a similar position and had a similar ability, football fans have debated for years who precisely was the best.

Kate Ferdinand has given fans a glimpse into her and husband Rio's Valentine's Day celebrations. The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 30, took to Instagram to reveal that she and former footballer Rio, 43, had opted for a cosy night in at their Kent mansion instead of a lavish night out this year.

Aston Villa are ready to launch a summer bid to land Leicester midfielder Wilfred Ndidi.Villa boss Steven Gerrard’s number one target is getting a high-quality defensive midfielder into the club.And he’ll have £50m at his disposal to get the man he wants.Brighton’s Yves Bissouma and Ndidi are top of his list and he’s desperate to land one of them.Villa have already failed in one bid to get Mali international Bissouma from The Seagulls.They submitted a formal £30m offer for the 25-year-old last month but hit a brick wall.Bissouma has 18 months left on his contract but with Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle also showing interest, Brighton could wait for a bidding war to start to get nearer their £45m valuation.Gerrard has already indicated that he’s prepared to revisit that in the summer, saying: "We put in a bid for Bissouma which was turned away, and we respected it."If a move is not right then we might have to be patient and that’s where we are right now.”But he also has Ndidi right up at the top of his wish list as he prepares for his first summer transfer window at the club since making the move south from Rangers.Nigerian international Ndidi signed a bumper six-year deal at Leicester in 2018 which ties him to the club until the summer of 2024.Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers would actively resist any moves for the player but knows The Foxes could be prone to a big enough offer.Villa’s ambitious board have already shown they are prepared to back Gerrard by sanctioning the £25m arrival of Lucas Digne and the sensational loan deal which brought Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona.And he’ll have a big summer war chest regardless of whether they decide to cash in on midfielders John McGinn and Douglas Luiz.Scotland

READ MORE: ITV's Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes' son and what he does for a living The 54-year-old’s nomination was announced today ahead of the annual ceremony which is set to take place in London on Friday, June 24. Klopp is a major supporter of the LGBT+ community, having backed Rainbow Laces while also sitting down with Liverpool supporters group Kop Outs in August 2021 to discuss the issue of fans singing homophobic chants after Norwich City's game with Liverpool was marred by chants directed at Billy Gilmour.

Manchester City have confirmed another injury concern as Zack Steffen was not named in the 22-man travelling squad to take on Sporting in the Champions League in the last-16 first leg.

Manchester City are expected to make four changes to their line-up for the Champions League last-16 opener with Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday night (8pm).

Premier League career is brought down, a new chapter of management is normally turned.Steven Gerrard, Mikel Arteta, and Frank Lampard are the classic examples of players who returned to the very division they graced for so many years.The midfield trio are currently occupying the reins of Aston Villa, Arsenal, and Everton respectively, and are all looking to finish this unpredictable season strongly.However, not every former Premier League star is destined for a stint at one of the division’s top clubs.Star Sport consider 11 ex-Premier League stars who are now managing random minnows around the world.The former Chelsea and Fulham ace has been forced to take the long route in elite football management.Shortly after his retirement, Duff’s managerial career began in the Shamrock Rovers youth team, before he took up the same position at Celtic.After brief runs as the assistant manager at Celtic Park, and the Ireland national team, he was soon named as the permanent manager of Shelbourne.“The Limerick based side gained promotion to the Irish Premier League last season, which only kicked off on Friday.HAVE YOUR SAY! What other former Premier League aces who took on strange positions can you think of? Comment belowJohnny Jackson was appointed as manager of Charlton Athletic towards the end of December.The former Tottenham Hotspur ace has began his managerial career at the very stadium he retired at in 2018.He was named as the permanent replacement to Nigel Adkins, after a short but promising time as caretaker manager.After three losses in his first three League matches, shoots of recovery are apparent as he has since won three of his last five matches.The former Burnley and Bolton Wanderers is currently in charge of Indian Super

Manchester City fans were left in awe of Raheem Sterling once again as he put his side in front at Norwich in spectacular fashion.

Manchester City will be looking to extend their winning run in all competitions to three matches when they face relegation-threatened Norwich City at Carrow Road on Saturday teatime.

supports HTML5 videoCristiano Ronaldo left his followers baffled as he accidentally went live on Instagram from his private sauna.The Manchester United legend’s fans responded with goat emojis and plenty of confused replies as he stared into the camera without saying a word.In the video – which had 700,000 people tuning in – Ronaldo was seen entering the sauna and gazing at the screen.He also gave everyone a peek at his back garden, and poured water onto sauna stones to give off more steam.The sudden and bizarre live stream had some fans wondering if the 37-year-old star simply clicked the wrong button by accident.One United fan tweeted: ‘Ronaldo… 400 million followers on Instagram and he doesn’t even know how it works.’Another joked Ronaldo might actually be ‘a robot’, and even his former Red Devils teammate Rio Ferdinand seemed confused.Summing up everyone’s feelings, he asked: ‘What you doing bro. (sic)’And another fan who tuned in couldn’t wrap their head around the random turn of events, as they asked: ‘Why’s Ronaldo just baking off in a sauna in a shed not saying a single word on his Instagram live?’Ronaldo is no stranger to the sauna, as his former teammate Patrice Evra previously opened up on the star’s daily routine which included a steam.He recalled: ‘When he invited me for lunch… don’t ever go for lunch, because you are going to have one of the most boring lunches at Cristiano’s.

Wayne Rooney was once roasted by his millions of Twitter followers after his account appeared to like a series of porn videos.Ahead of Manchester United's trip to Hull City at the end of August in 2016, fans spotted that several posts from an X-rated adult account were in the list of likes appearing on Rooney's account.The posts were from an account aptly named 'Daily Sex Videos', with one of the videos the account liked captioned: "Look at that ass..."He was quickly teased by his millions of followers before his spokesman said that he had in fact liked the videos by accident and they were a slip of the thumb.Fans joked Rooney had "declared himself a fan" of the content by liking the videos, whilst others bombarded his wife, Coleen, to draw her attention to his mishap.The incident is one of a number of testing moments for the couple, although the videos were quickly removed from Rooney's list of liked posts.Rooney's spokesman was also quick to play down the incident, telling the Mirror at the time: “He was clearing unwanted items from his Twitter feed when he accidentally pressed ‘like’ instead of ‘delete’ on this one.”Despite the pre-match distraction of Rooney's antics on Twitter, United went on to beat Hull, with Marcus Rashford grabbing a stoppage time winner in a 1-0 win.What is Wayne Rooney's greatest ever Twitter moment? Let us know in the comments section below.It is not the only time the former England captain's Twitter account has entertained fans, following a host of infamous tweets in the past.Perhaps his most iconic post came in 2011 when he asked his former United teammate Rio Ferdinand whether he wanted a lift to training.Rooney wrote: "Hi rio do u want picking up in the morning pal."He has also called out

Former centre-back Rio Ferdinand believes Manchester United have enough about them to secure a top-four finish this season - but has conceded that nobody in pursuit of the final Champions League spot is taking charge of the situation.

Ricky Hatton in the ring.Steven Gerrard has showed a lot of faith in the Aston Villa ace and has given him a key role in midfield.Dean Smith gave the youngster his big break last season and he made 22 appearances in the Premier League and that has continued into this year with the Liverpool legend now at the helm.Ramsey has impressed many and there is even talk of a potential call-up to the England squad but this is not his first brush with sport.In fact, his father was a professional boxer who became ABA Champion in 1989 and took on Hitman Hatton twice.While Mark ‘Razor’ Ramsey lost on both occasions, in 1998 and 1999, he gave him a fine fight when many had considered the then-young hotshot as the clear favourite.When Jacob was two, Mark hung up his gloves to concentrate on family life - his elder daughter would also go on to become a talented dancer.But the ring did not beckon for his son despite his boxing past - instead, aged just five, young Ramsey would take to the football pitch.He joined local Birmingham team Beacon Colts for after-school sessions but his father would always be in the background supporting.As the Englishman got older, his dad would test him with some boxing drills to help develop his fitness further.And it has paid off with the now-aged 20-year-old looking a real specimen of a player in the Premier League.On Wednesday night against Leeds United, the England Under-21 international stole the show with two beautiful goals after combining with Philippe Coutinho.It led to BT Sport pundit and ex-Villa star Joe Cole waxing lyrical about the wonderkid in the studio.“This man here, a star is born,” said Cole. “He is poetry in motion when you watch him run.

Premier League star Craig Noone worked as a roofer on Steven Gerrard's extension in 2008 whilst playing non-league.Now shining in the A-League at Melbourne City, Noone enjoyed a six-month spell in the English top-flight with Cardiff City after rising through the ranks as an amateur footballer.On the books at boyhood club Liverpool until he was 15, Noone joined up with Wrexham upon release from the Reds but only lasted 12 months in north Wales before being let go once again. It was at this time that Noone was training as a roofer, almost giving up on his dream of turning professional while turning out for non-league sides Skelmersdale United, Burscough and Southport.Working part-time, Noone received an unlikely call to say his firm would be working on an extension for Liverpool captain Gerrard who was paying for a conversion."He was getting a gym and a games room built on the back of his house and we did the roof and the panels on the side," Noone told The Daily Express."My boss picked me up one morning at 7am and said, ‘We’re working on Steven Gerrard’s house today’.

Liverpool superstars lighting up Aston Villa’s training sessions these days. The arrival of Brazilian star Philippe Coutinho has inevitably caused quite a buzz around the place. But France international Digne, a £25m arrival from Everton last month, says it’s Steven Gerrard who is also making people stand back and stare.

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has suggested that Mino Raiola's handling of Paul Pogba's future has increased levels of negativity being hurled at the midfielder.

An international teammate of Kevin De Bruyne has been tipped to join Manchester City.