Haaland has scored 36 goals this season but a lack of recognition among the Footballer of the Year voting suggests he is being judged against himself
Aston Villa are close to signing 28-year-old Atletico Madrid defender Mario Hermoso. (AS - in Spanish)
There have been few discernible technical faults in Manchester City’s play during Pep Guardiola’s reign but, as Erling Haaland scored twice from the penalty spot in the 5-1 win over Wolves, one of them was consigned to the history books.
A history lesson for TNT Sports ahead of the Champions League semi-finals second leg. Twenty three years ago, Arsenal brought in Japanese international Junichi Inamoto on loan from Gamba Osaka. His, it transpired, was not a significant contribution to Arsenal’s cause. In a double-winning season he made just four appearances in total, none in the Premier League. But that did not stop a couple of dozen Japanese reporters following his every move, turning up at the Emirates to study him intently as