Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville had a brief spell as manager of Valencia in La Liga but has yet to return to the dugout nearly nine years on

Inter beaten 3-0 and miss chance to go top of Serie AFerran Torres hit hat-trick in 5-0 Copa del Rey victory Serie A champions Internazionale missed their chance to go top of Serie A , suffering a 3-0 defeat at Fiorentina as Moise Kean scored twice for the hosts. The defeat left Inter in second place on 51 points, three behind leaders Napoli, and Fiorentina moved up to fourth on 42 points, above Lazio on goal difference. The original match on 1 December was suspended when Fiorentina’s Edoardo Bove collapsed on the pitch and was rushed to hospital, and the game restarted at 0-0 in the 17th minute with a Fiorentina throw-in. Continue reading...

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has not managed a team since his ill-fated spell with Valencia but has been told he is the ideal candidate to turn around the Red Devils' fortunes

Former coach spent three years at club and left in 200961-year-old steered Albion to Championship title in 2008 Tony Mowbray will take charge of West Brom for the second time after being appointed head coach on a two-and-a-half-year contract. Mowbray replaces Carlos Corberán, who left the Hawthorns in December to take up the role of manager at Valencia. The 61-year-old steered Albion to the Championship title in 2008 and spent three years at the Midlands club until 2009. Since leaving the Baggies, Mowbray has managed Celtic, Middlesbrough, Coventry, Blackburn, Sunderland and Birmingham. Continue reading...

Liverpool assistant boss John Heitinga is said to be a target for Championship outfit West Brom after their manager Carlos Corberan left for Valencia - but his agent has claimed he is not interested in departing

Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior was shown a red card in Los Blancos' win away to Valencia, with the Brazilian star clashing with opponent Stole Dimitrievski at the Mestalla

Late strikes from Luka Modric and Jude Bellingham earned 10-man Real Madrid a 2-1 comeback win at relegation-threatened Valencia on Friday as the visitors moved top of La Liga. Real had to fight back after Hugo Duro put Valencia ahead in the 27th minute by tapping into an open goal after Thibaut Courtois had blocked Javi Guerra’s first close-range effort. Continue reading...

The win took it to 43 points, two above city rival Atletico, albeit having played a game more.  Leer

Villarreal forward: ‘We had to be at Valencia’s side’Valencia and Levante yet to play again after devastation On the morning after the worst flood in Spain’s history killed 223 people and devastated the Valencia region, Villarreal flew back into the city from a Copa del Rey tie in Mallorca, the scale of the devastation laid out below them so great that Ayoze Pérez insists all football should have been postponed immediately. Instead, it took until the following afternoon for confirmation that their match against Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid’s visit to Mestalla would not be played while the rest of the week’s first division’s fixtures went ahead, a decision that was universally criticised and that the former Leicester striker considers inconceivable. Pérez believes that while players might have lacked the collective voice or power to refuse to play, they should not even have needed one. “We shouldn’t have reached the point that coaches and players had to come out and give their opinion, because ultimately it’s so clear,” the Villarreal forward says. “When the circumstances are so, so hard, we should not have to reach a conclusion that’s obvious. We’re talking about a catastrophe. The decision should have been taken in minutes; what we all thought [that we should not play] was the most normal thing in the world. We had to be at Valencia’s side. Football comes second, or third. What mattered was all those people affected.” Continue reading...