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Who Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City and Aston Villa could play next in the Champions League Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa have learned their fates for the next stage of the Champions League following the conclusion of the league phase. Liverpool had already guaranteed a top-eight spot and a place in the last-16 having won their first seven games in this year’s competition. Arne Slot’s side fielded a heavily rotated side in their final game and the Reds ultimately fell to a 3-2 away defeat PSV Eindhoven. Arsenal’s place in the top eight was all-but certain, but the…

Pep Guardiola during Manchester City’s Champions League win Pep Guardiola admitted his Manchester City team face a ‘really tough’ task to progress in the Champions League after being drawn against Real Madrid of Bayern Munich in the play-offs. Man City avoided an embarrassing Champions League exit by coming from behind to beat Club Brugge 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium. Needing a win to force their way into the play-offs, 2023 winners Manchester City had a mountain to climb when Raphael Onyedika put the visitors in front on the stroke of half-time. City were outside the top-24 teams in the…

Unai Emery sends message to Arsenal over Ollie Watkins transfer Unai Emery insists he does not want to lose Ollie Watkins and says Aston Villa will be ‘very demanding’ in any possible deal involving the striker after Arsenal’s failed £60m offer. The Gunners launched a stunning move for Watkins in the final week of the January transfer window but saw their opening bid worth £60m knocked back by Aston Villa. Mikel Arteta is a known admirer of Watkins and has turned to the England international as he looks for attacking reinforcements before the transfer deadline. Arsenal are expected to…

Owen Hargreaves hails ‘special’ Arsenal star after Champions League win against Girona Ethan Nwaneri earned more plaudits after his man-of-the-match performance in Arsenal’s 2-1 Champions League win over Girona. Nwaneri scored the game’s deciding goal with a superb finish from outside the box to rubber stamp Arsenal’s top-eight finish and secure the Gunners a spot in the last-16. Mikel Arteta’s side went behind early in the first half after Arnaut Danjuma capitalised on some questionable positioning from stand-in keeper Neto. However, Arsenal hit back from the spot through Jorginho’s penalty before Nwaneri scored his first Champions League goal on…

Andy Gray tells Arsenal to make £100m bid for January target Andy Gray has urged Arsenal to make a stunning £100m bid to ‘tempt’ Aston Villa to sell star striker Ollie Watkins. Villa rejected Arsenal’s opening £60m bid for Watkins but expect the Gunners to return with an improved offer. Mikel Arteta is desperate to sign a new striker before the January transfer window closes as he looks for attacking reinforcements ahead of what he hopes will be a successful title push in the second-half of the season. Gabriel Jesus suffered a season-ending injury earlier in the month but…

Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal sent Mathys Tel transfer message from Bayern Munich Bayern Munich have confirmed that Mathys Tel wants to leave the club in January amid transfer interest from Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. Tel has found it hard to get regular minutes in Vincent Kompany’s side, with the young Frenchman behind the likes of Michael Olise, Kingsley Coman, Leroy Sane and Serge Gnabry in the pecking order. That lack of playing time has led the 19-year-old, who is yet to score a goal in all competition this season, to consider his future with the German club.…

A Passenger jet collides midair with military helicopter in Washington DC during landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, the FAA confirmed. The incident is under investigation. The collision happened on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9pm local time. An American Airlines commercial jet crashed into Washington DC’s Potomac River after colliding with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter in mid-air just before 21:00 local time (02:00 GMT). Passenger jet collides midair with military helicopter in Washington DC The plane crashed in the Potomac River, which weaves through DC, according to the DC Fire and EMS Department.…

Trump administration rescinds memo to halt federal funding The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded a sweeping directive to freeze all federal grants and aid after the move was temporarily blocked by a federal judge. The funding freeze, which came into action on Tuesday, is believed to have disrupted tens of billions of dollars in spending across healthcare, education, disaster relief, housing assistance and other programs. A memo sent by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to government agencies included a series of yes or no questions including “does this program promote gender ideology?” and “does this program promote or support in…

US President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked a decision that would protect some 600,000 Venezuelans from deportation, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Wednesday. Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, had ordered an extension of the deportation relief from April 2025 to October 2026. What do we know about the Trump administration’s plan to deport Venezuelans? Noem told the Fox News broadcaster that she had rescinded the Biden administration’s extension, which also gave Venezuelans access to work permits through the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. Trump had already attempted to block the program during his first term in 2017-2021, but the…

US President Donald Trump unveiled a plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay, shifting focus from White House chaos after a funding freeze order was withdrawn. Trump said a new camp would hold up to 30,000 “criminal illegal aliens” at the Cuba facility, intensifying his immigration crackdown and second-term agenda.