Kick Off: Salah shares Christmas message, Man City stay top of UEFA 2023 ranking

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UEFA 2023 rankings: Man City stay top, Real Madrid 3rd, Man Utd & Chelsea drop

Man City stay at the top of the men's pile, but who else heads into 2024 leading the way in UEFA's various club and national-team coefficient rankings?

Salah faces backlash from Muslim fans after posting a photo of a Christmas tree

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has been criticised on social media by Muslim fans after he posted a Christmas message.

These things happen

Premier League’s most boring clubs revealed: Man United lead, Arsenal in top 5

MANCHESTER UNITED have been voted the most boring Premier League team by fans.

Premier League stars celebrate Christmas with WAGs and children

With a relentless run of festive fixtures this season, Christmas Day represents the only day without a fixture in a run of eight days of otherwise non-stop football.

🎅 Our Christmas gifts for football's biggest STARS: What will they be?

🎅 OUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE GAME'S BIGGEST STARS

🎅 Footballers share Christmas pictures: Neymar, Haaland, Lewandowski, Dybala...

Sack Ten Hag? Sancho - save or sell? Ratcliffe's £1.3bn in-tray at Man United

Now the tortuous deal has finally been completed for Sir Jim Ratcliffe to invest £1.3billion in Manchester United and take over football operations at Old Trafford, the INEOS owner can get down to work.

Greenwood enjoys family Xmas at home after jetting into Manchester with partner

Mason Greenwood enjoyed a family Christmas at home after jetting into Manchester with his partner Harriet Robson.

Who are the top Premier League scorers in Boxing Day history? Full list

The list of the highest scorers in Premier League games played on 26 December is brimming with the division’s overall all-time top marksmen.

Where teams who were top of PL at Christmas finished & what it means for Arsenal

The Premier League title race is hotting up and Arsenal have put down a marker by guaranteeing their spot on top of the tree for Christmas Day.

CHRISTMAS QUIZ! Can you remember what happened in sport this year?

Merry Christmas! The end of 2023 is drawing near and it's time to reflect on yet another unforgettable year of sport.

The terrible Premier League table since Todd Boehly took over at Chelsea

Todd Boehly has become an integral part of the Barclays soap opera since taking over as Chelsea owner in May 2022, acquiring precious few Premier League points despite spending £1billion on transfers.

PL Boxing Day fixtures winners and losers are named by supercomputer

It's the time of year when anyone struggles to predict the results amid the chaos of the Premier League's festive fixture list - but Opta's supercomputer has named who it believes will win Boxing Day's matches.

Arsenal stars are slammed for their treatment of mascots AGAIN

Arsenal's footballers have come under fire for their treatment of young mascots again after footage was posted online of their pre-kick-off routine away at Liverpool this week.

5️⃣ Festive Premier League Questions 🎄: Arsenal, City, Chelsea, United...

5️⃣ Festive Premier League Questions 🎄

Lingard offered to Ligue 1 clubs amid interest from Saudi Arabia and MLS teams

Former Manchester United attacking midfielder Jesse Lingard has been offered to several Ligue 1 clubs, including Paulo Fonseca’s Lille OSC, according to a report this Monday from Foot Mercato.

Alexia Putellas meets Infantino with a view to improving the women’s game

The Barcelona player was in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) where she attended the Club World Cup final and met with the head of FIFA.

Zakaria – from a peripheral figure at Chelsea to a key performer at Monaco

Denis Zakaria amidst the frequent managerial changes and the chaos at Chelsea played a peripheral role last season.

What they say

Neville: Man United will let you down and are inconsistent after West Ham defeat

After another league defeat for Man Utd, Gary Neville said the team will "let you down" and bemoaned their inconsistency , while Jamie Carragher labelled them as "boring".

Southgate hints he's ready to manage a top PL club after leaving the England job

Gareth Southgate has indicated he will look for a job around the top of the Premier League once his time as England manager is over.

Fixtures of the day

EPL

Burnley VS Liverpool 2023/12/26 17:30 UTC

Manchester United VS Aston Villa 2023/12/26 20:00 UTC

Saudi PL

Al Ittihad VS Al Nassr 2023/12/26 18:00 UTC