Jurrien Timber admits he is “gutted” that impending knee surgery will rule him out for a lengthy period of time after he suffered a serious injury on his Premier League debut for Arsenal.
The Netherlands international moved to the Emirates Stadium from Ajax this summer but was forced off during Saturday’s 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest.
He emerged for the second half but lasted just five minutes before going down off the ball and being replaced by Takehiro Tomiyasu and Arsenal confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that Timber is now set to go under the knife.
“Further to detailed assessments with consultant specialists since Saturday, we can confirm that Jurrien has sustained an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee,” a statement read.
Hibernian manager Lee Johnson praised his “warriors” after a 2-2 draw in Switzerland set up a European clash with Aston Villa.
Villa captain John McGinn will bring his team to Easter Road next Wednesday for the first leg of the Europa Conference League play-offs after Hibs secured a 5-3 aggregate victory over Luzern.
Elie Youan scored early to put Hibs three ahead on aggregate and then set up Martin Boyle for a 73rd-minute equaliser after Luzern had got in front on the night.
Backed by about 1,000 travelling fans, Hibs saw out the game to ensure they progressed through a second European round in a season for only the second time in 50 years.
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Carlo Ancelotti knows Real Madrid s LaLiga title celebrations must be contained as they prepare to take on Bayern Munich.
Madrid were crowned LaLiga champions for a record-extending 36th time on Saturday, after Barcelona lost 4-2 to Girona.
The Blaugrana s defeat followed on from Madrid beating Cadiz 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Brahim Diaz, Jude Bellingham and Joselu were on target for Los Blancos, whose coach Ancelotti knows restraint is needed in his team s celebrations, with the Champions League semi-final second leg against Bayern coming up on Wednesday.
It s obviously a contained joy, because the most important game of the season is also very close, but we have to be happy, Ancelotti told Movistar Plus+ before the Barca game had been played.
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Aston Villa boss Unai Emery saluted skipper John McGinn after his side brushed aside Everton 4-0 for their first Premier League win of the season.
McGinn slammed home Leon Bailey’s cross to give Villa a first-half lead before Douglas Luiz’s penalty and goals in the second period from Bailey and substitute Jhon Duran completed an easy victory.
Emery said of his captain: “I’m very happy for him because he scored. He doesn’t usually score a lot.
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“He has to get into the box to get chances to score and he did that perfectly for the first goal, and his performance as well was very good today.
“He can play right side, left side, play inside. He’s very important for us. Last week he didn’t pl…
Liverpool eased the pressure on manager Brendan Rodgers as Daniel Sturridge scored twice in an action-packed 3-2 win over Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday.
The Northern Irishman has seen his position come under scrutiny after a difficult start to the season and Liverpool continued to show defensive frailties as Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho inspired a first Premier League win in five outings.
Danny Ings was given the nod alongside Sturridge in the absence of injured striker Christian Benteke, but it was another former Villa man in James Milner who gave Rodgers the perfect start when he opened the scoring with his first competitive Liverpool goal 66 seconds in.
The hosts initially failed to build on their momentum, but Sturridge s first goal since ret…
Fulham have signed AC Milan winger Urby Emanuelson on loan until the end of the season, they announced on Thursday.
The 26-year-old Netherlands international has found first-team opportunities hard to come by the past few months at the San Siro under Massimo Allegri, making 20 appearances across all competitions for the Italian giants this season before falling out of favour.
With Emanuelson comfortable at both left-back and on the left side of midfield, the move to Craven Cottage sees him reunited with former manager Martin Jol, who coached him during their time together at Ajax during the 2009/10 season.
Fulham Football Club is delighted to announce the loan signing of Urby Emanuelson until the end of the 2012/13 season, a statement read on their website.
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The Russian Football Union has been fined 30,000 Swiss francs (€25,000/$30,000) by FIFA following discriminatory chants during March s international friendly between Russia and France in St Petersburg, world football s governing body has confirmed.
During France s 3-1 win over the 2018 World Cup hosts, Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba and Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele were seemingly targeted by monkey noises from a section of the home support.
Following an investigation by its Disciplinary Committee, FIFA confirmed it had decided to act due to the gravity of the incident , while weighing this against the limited number of fans involved in a breach of its disciplinary code.
FIFA has a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination and has been implementin…
Cristiano Ronaldo could not inspire Portugal to victory on their Confederations Cup debut as they drew 2-2 with Mexico on Sunday thanks to Hector Moreno s late goal.
The 32-year-old has reportedly made the irreversible decision to leave Real Madrid amid accusations of tax fraud, but it was Moreno who stole the spotlight in Kazan as he levelled in second-half stoppage time after Cedric Soares appeared to have won the game five minutes from time.
Ronaldo had earlier teed up Ricardo Quaresma for the opener, with Javier Hernandez s equaliser leading to a tight second half before a hectic finish.
Mexico, the 1999 winners, struggled to match Fernando Santos side as Portugal hit their stride halfway through the first half and Ronaldo provided Quaresma with a simple fi…
Barcelona have named Sergi Barjuan as their interim head coach while they search for a permanent successor to Ronald Koeman.
The Catalan giants sacked Koeman on Wednesday following a 1-0 loss at Rayo Vallecano that leaves them ninth in LaLiga with 10 matches played.
Koeman lasted just 14 months in the job after replacing Quique Setien in August 2020 and departs Camp Nou with a 58.21 win percentage across his 67 games in charge.
Widespread reports from Spain suggest legendary Barcelona midfielder Xavi, who is in charge of Qatari side Al Sadd, is being lined up to replace the former Netherlands boss as early as next week.
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Danilo s move from Manchester City to Juventus is edging closer to completion after the full-back arrived for his medical with the Serie A giants.
The 28-year-old is set to join Juve as part of a deal to take Portugal defender Joao Cancelo to City, with the Old Lady also reportedly receiving £25.7m (€28m).
Having arrived in Turin on Tuesday, Juve s eighth signing of the transfer window was sent to the club s medical facility for checks the next day.
Former Real Madrid man Danilo signed for City in 2017 and went onto make 34 Premier League appearances for Pep Guardiola s side, scoring four goals.
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City are also expected to announce Cancelo s signing on Wednesday, with Guardiola set to secure a player his …