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The 2025 Yashin Trophy has been awarded to Gianluigi Donnarumma. The Italian is in the running for the Ballon d'Or vote in his own right but following a stunning Treble-winning campaign with Paris Saint-Germain, he has been awarded with the Yashin Trophy, which is given to the best goalkeeper in the world. Donnarumma capped off his summer with a move to Manchester City, yesterday starring for the Sky Blues with a dominant performance in goal in a 1-1 draw with Arsenal.

Goal! - Drogheda United 1 Shelbourne 0 - Kareem gives the home side the lead against the run of play

They were the football team so good, so much fun, that Luis Enrique declared himself a fan, tuning in to watch them every week. But that was then and this is now, and now even their actual fans aren't sure they want to watch any more. There were 11,048 people at Montilivi this Saturday, out of the city centre and to the south beyond the Free City of Braavos and Kings Landing. There were at the start anyway; by the time Girona FC, the last and briefest of the great disruptors, conceded the fourth goal of another miserable afternoon most of them had already gone. The few who stayed chanted for the board to resign, just about audible over the catchiest club anthem in La Liga being belted out of huge speakers hung from scaffolding stands. It was the fifth time in a row Girona's supporters had seen their team lose here going back to May, a summer break, a new start, offering no break at all; instead, they were bottom of the table and had been battered again.

I think we can come out of the game stronger. I think in the first 20 minutes, you saw our plan. The impression I had was that when we had the ball, we could hurt Man City. I have to take the positives out of it. I take the positives out of those 70 minutes, during which we played 10 against 11 against a top team. We know we had a great sense of self-sacrifice, a great deal of determination, a great desire. We didn't want to give up, we didn't want to say defeat is inevitable.

The England international had even undergone a medical before a move to Anfield this summer but Palace decided to pull the plug on the transfer in the final moments as manager Oliver Glasner was not keen on selling his captain. The defender was upset after he failed to secure a move to one of the biggest clubs in the world.

Matias Almeyda's tenure in Seville began with consecutive defeats to Athletic Club and Getafe, results that raised doubts about the Argentine's first steps as a La Liga manager. Yet his side have found a measure of stability since, stringing together a sequence of positive results that has lifted them into mid-table and closer to the European places. After a lively 2-2 home draw with Elche, Sevilla went on to record back-to-back away wins, defeating Girona and most recently Alaves.

On paper not that much has changed. Gladbach remain winless (over 11 matches in total going back to last season) and are still second-bottom of the table, kept off the floor only by pointless Heidenheim. Yet Haris Tabakovic's goal potentially changes everything for the team and their interim coach, Eugen Polanski. After an enterprising performance, in stark contrast to what had gone before, the visitors were nevertheless heading for a narrow defeat when two of Polanski's substitutes combined.

I feel very good, I feel happiness. I feel like this is home, it's like family now,

"He started the season really well for us but he couldn't make it for [that] one," Skubala said of the 27-year-old Saint Lucia international.

Cole is probably the only one that we need to assess a little bit. The rest are okay, just recovering from last week. He already made a huge effort [against United] to try and play the game. He tried Saturday morning, he was not 100%, but he wanted to be there to help his team-mates in that kind of game.

Vitor Pereira had been handed a new three-year contract the day before the game but with the sale of key players, questionable recruitment and a horror run of results, a relegation battle seems inevitable. It means that Wolves are joint-fourth in the worst Prem starts ever

"Welly is still working his way back," said Still, who changed almost his entire line-ups for the win at Norwich and 1-0 victory at third-tier Northampton Town in the first round. "We've got a massive squad. Some players need to play, some players need an opportunity, so that's what's going to happen. "But we're never going to completely disregard it and put a load of Under-21s.

Unai Emery's position as head coach of Aston Villa is increasingly under the microscope, as reported by Spanish media sources. Despite leading the club to impressive highs last season, securing Champions League football for the first time in decades, Villa have endured a rocky start to the new campaign. With results falling far short of expectations, speculation is growing that Emery may soon face the exit door if performances do not improve swiftly.

Last month, Lyle Foster thought he had equalized for Burnley against Man United, but the flag went up for offside after he put the ball into the net. The VAR upheld the decision through semi-automated offside technology (SAOT), but the animation didn't really answer the question of how exactly Foster was offside. Both Foster and Fernandes seemed to have their sleeve highlighted in a similar way. Yet this decision was the reverse, with Fernandes shown to be onside.

Thomas Frank's team signed the former Fulham midfielder from Bayern Munich this summer in a loan move and since his move from the Bundesliga, where he struggled for playing time, the Portuguese midfielder has impressed for Spurs. In five Premier League matches this season, Palhinha has scored one goal but more than his goal contribution, his ability to bring stability to the midfield and add strength has worked wonders for the North London club.

He spoke to me and the team on Monday. He was surrounded by people who had given him some bad advice.

The pressure on Graham Potter at West Ham United has reached boiling point after a dreadful start to the 202526 season. With just one win in their first five Premier League games and mounting frustration from fans, the club hierarchy are reportedly exploring alternative options. Among the frontrunners to replace him is Nuno Espirito Santo, with the Portuguese coach being sounded out as a possible successor, according to The Telegraph.