Barcelona presidential candidate, Victor Font says "Laporta has not submitted a role distribution chart; he has not explained how he will carry out his project. He is accompanied by several people, but he has said nothing.

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer explains making Bruno Fernandes captain instead of resting him. He had picked Fernandes and handed him the captain's armband because the midfielder would not allow his team-mates to "step it down a notch or two" because they are ahead on aggregate.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic names Ronaldo ‘Il Fenomeno’ as the best player of all time, “I always tell everyone who plays with me: Ronaldo is football. That Ronaldo is football,” said Ibrahimovic, referring to the Brazilian who played for Inter, Real Madrid and Milan.

Barcelona presidential candidate, Victor Font says "Laporta has not submitted a role distribution chart; he has not explained how he will carry out his project. He is accompanied by several people, but he has said nothing."

Ibrahimovic says he doesn't like something about basketball hero LeBron James and others who use their platform as sports stars to fight for social change.“What he does is phenomenal, but I don’t like it when people with a certain ‘status’ talk about politics. Do what you are good at. I play football because I am the best at it. If I was a politician, I’d have gone into politics.

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has been eliminated from all five of his UEFA Europa League knockout ties as a manager (all last 32) – with Liverpool in 2012-13 and 2014-15, Celtic in 2017-18 and 2018-19 and Leicester this season. Disappointment.

Genaro Gattuso on Granada: "If an Italian team behaved like them, the next day it would be in all the newspapers in Europe"

There are reports in Spain that Real Madrid want to appeal the yellow card given to Casemiro that rules him out of the Champions League tie with Atalanta.

Steven Gerard's side Rangers 9-5 Antwerp is the highest-scoring two-legged knock-out game in UEL history. A goal every 12.8 minutes over the two legs. 

Mikel Arteta singled out the under-fire Willian for praise after he played a key part in Arsenal’s comeback win over Benfica on Thursday.

Arsenal have now failed to keep a clean sheet in five of their six UEL home games under Mikel Arteta.Their only clean sheet at the Emirates was against Dundalk.

Borussia Dortmund’s sporting director Michael Zorc disagrees with Mino Raiola about the future of Erling Haaland. "It is clear that Erling Haaland can't and won't pick just any club after his time at Dortmund. "I can't even pick out 10 possible clubs. So, there is no dissent. It was a normal statement he [Raiola] has to give from time to time.

AC Milan's Franck Kessié dedicated his opening goal to Atalanta youth player Willy Braciano Ta Bi, who died earlier this week after a battle against liver cancer.

Laurent Koscielny gave an astonishing press conference yesterday in which he launched an assault on his team-mates, "I was brought up with values & we certainly weren’t brought up in the same way. On that, I am struggling a bit."

Gennaro Gattuso slammed Granada's tactics after Napoli crashed out of Europe on Thursday, insisting that an Italian team "would get slaughtered in all the papers" if they played in the same way.

Gary Lineker on Leicester defeat yesternight, "Flat night for Leicester and a very good performance from slavia prague. But if you’re going to lose in this most draining of competitions, now is the time to do so. Might well be a blessing in disguise".

Alfredo Morelos often hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons but his antics during Rangers' Europa League victory over Antwerp has brought him big priase from Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku. "Fair play to Morelos from Glasgow Rangers. Through on goal and stopping for an injury of the opponent.. great sportsmanship."

Gini Wijnaldum tribute to Alison Becker, "You’ll Never Walk Alone Alissonbecker, we’re all with you. May your father rest in peace".

Torino's Brazilian centre-back Gleison Bremer, 23, has emerged as Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp's top defensive target.

Bukayo Saka has now provided eight assists in the UEL since the start of last season, no player in the competition has provided more in that timeframe.

Manchester United plan to offer West Ham either English midfielder Jesse Lingard, 28, Serb midfielder Nemanja Matic, 32, or English defender Phil Jones, 29, in a potential deal for the Hammers' 22-year-old England midfielder Declan Rice.

Bernd Leno made his 100th appearance for Arsenal yesternight becoming the fifth German player to reach this milestone for the club after Jens Lehmann (200), Per Mertesacker (221) Mesut Özil (254) & Shkodran Mustafi (151).

Former Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri agreed to return to Stamford Bridge in January before the Blues appointed Thomas Tuchel as Frank Lampard's successor. 

Shola shoretie on his European debut, "What a feeling to make my European debut! To become United’s youngest ever player in Europe is an incredible honour and a proud moment for me and my family! On to the next round".

AC Milan are concerned a club will trigger the 50m euro (£43m) buy-out clause included in 23-year-old Algeria winger Ismael Bennacer's contract. 

Paulo Fonseca saw the right ‘attitude’ from Roma in their 5-1 aggregate win over Sporting Braga. ‘We want to go as far as possible’ in the Europa League.

Shola Shoretire has a bright future and will play in front of Man Utd's fans, says manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, after becoming their youngest-ever player in European competition.

Stefano Pioli analyses what has gone wrong at Milan after squeezing past 10-man Red Star Belgrade to the Europa League Round of 16. ‘We need to dominate the match more.’

Mikel Oyarzabal is the first visiting player to fail to score a penalty attempt at Old Trafford against Man Utd in any competition since Leighton Baines for Everton in October 2014 in the Premier League. Wayward.

Kalidou Koulibaly confesses Napoli ‘have no more excuses, our objective is the Champions League and we must do everything to get into the top four.’

Premier League referees are paying for their mistakes, with yearly performance-related bonuses of up to £50,000 taking a hit with each error.

Milan and Roma are through to the Europa League Round of 16 and the draw will be made on Friday, including Manchester United, Tottenham and Ajax.

There is no seeding or country protection in the draw, which means it is possible the two Italians could be paired with each other.The draw will be held on Friday February 26 in Nyon at 12.00 GMT.

Former US Gymnastics coach John Geddert has died by suicide following multiple charges of human trafficking and sexual assault.

Napoli’s Europa League elimination means we now have a date for their rescheduled Serie A match with Juventus, on March 17.

Steven Gerrard says he is ready to forgive and forget Nathan Patterson's Covid breach after seeing the Rangers teenager make the most of his second chance to help his side into the last 16 of the Europa League.

Arsenal legend Martin Keown has lavished praise on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Kieran Tierney and Bukayo Saka after the Gunners' 3-2 win over Benfica in the Europa League on Thursday.

Tottenham defender Eric Dier insists he is not struggling with confidence issues amid the club's poor run of form.

UEFA are reportedly planning to take the Champions League final to New York as part of plans to widen the competition's global appeal.

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers took the blame for the Foxes' meek Europa League exit to Slavia Prague. "It's my responsibility, I pick the team with the players we have available and clearly it didn't work as well as I would have liked".

Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani has been taking ballet lessons to help his strength and stamina in the club's Premier League title hunt.

Everton playmaker James Rodriguez has affirmed that "no-one" wants him at Real Madrid amid speculation over his future. "It is not in my plans, to be honest. "Who knows what could happen in two, three or four years because anything can happen in football, but I don't think so. At the moment no. No-one wants me there. It is part of football."

Bayern Munich's David Alaba will prioritise a move to a team that intend to play him in central midfield, according to reports.

Liverpool are reportedly willing to let Alisson Becker miss their upcoming matches following the sudden death of his father.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has conceded that Paul Pogba will likely remain out of action for "a few weeks".