Alex Richards

Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham lead the way, Chelsea and Brighton are dealing with managerial changes, Manchester United are much improved while winless Leicester City are rooted to the bottom of the table

The UEFA Nations League is over and England now have no more matches before their World Cup campaign kicks off in Qatar on November 21 against Iran - but who will Gareth Southgate name in his 26-man squad?

Manchester United face Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday with Erik ten Hag having shown himself willing to be pragmatic during his early time at Old Trafford - this weekend he will likely have to be even more extreme

Germany will head to the 2022 World Cup among the favourites under former Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick and with Timo Werner missing out, Borussia Dortmund’s Youssoufa Moukoko will head to Qatar

James Maddison was the only member of the 26-man England squad not to take part in their early training session on Thursday, as he continues to manage his workload due to a knee problem ahead of their 2022 World Cup opener vs Iran

MOROCCO 1-2 CROATIA: Zlatko Dalic’s side claimed World Cup 2022 bronze with victory thanks to Mirslav Orsic’s stunner in Luka Modric’s final match on the grandest stage

Lyon whizkid Malo Gusto is set to move to Stamford Bridge after Chelsea agreed a fee of £26million to bring the France youth international to the Premier League - but he’ll only join in the summer after Lyon played hardball over a switch

After being one of the Premier League’s players of the season in 2021-22, Manchester City are offloading Joao Cancelo to Bayern Munich in a shock loan move with an option to make the deal permanent for £61million

Chelsea have confirmed the signing of World Cup winner Enzo Fernandez from Portuguese side Benfica, with the Argentina star moving to the Premier League after the big-spending Blues sealed a deal in the nick of time on transfer deadline day

A LOOK BACK: Roy Keane hit out at Liverpool following their 4-1 defeat by Manchester City in February 2021, saying the Reds were ‘making excuses’ and branding them ‘bad champions’ - much to the unhappiness of Jurgen Klopp