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Sir Alex Ferguson has outlined what it takes for a youngster to cut the mustard at the top level after helping David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Gary and Phil Neville become successes for Manchester United

Vinicius was absent from the Ballon d'Or ceremony as Real Madrid boycotted the event over Rodri's triumph and the Spanish midfielder's comments about the Brazilian since haven't gone down well with Neymar

Many have tipped Ruben Amorim to restore Manchester United to the glory days they enjoyed under Sir Alex Ferguson - who won 13 Premier League trophies - but Jamie Carragher feels he could face a tough start

Arsenal were understood to be in negotiations with Espanyol for Joan Garcia but couldn't agree a transfer fee and ended up bringing in Bournemouth goalkeeper Neto on a season-long loan deal instead

Manchester City have lost four in a row, a streak which is unheard of in the Pep Guardiola era. Can they end that skid against Spurs?

Lewis Hamilton looked furious after a handful of mistakes cost him in Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifying, saying "it is what it is" after being asked what went wrong before finishing in 10th place

Ruben Amorim was linked with a host of players even before he even officially got to work at Manchester United and it's likely he will want to strengthen his squad in January

Neymar has waded into the row between Rodri and Vinicius Jr after the Manchester City midfielder told the Real Madrid star to "pay attention" in order to improve as a footballer

Conor McGregor's rival Khabib Murmagomedov - who defeated the Irishman by submission in 2018 - responded to the news by simply posting a screenshot of the headline on his Instagram story

Eric Dier became a favourite at Bayern Munich under Thomas Tuchel last season but has found regular game time much harder to come by under his successor Vincent Kompany - who is yet to hand him a start