Slot led Feyenoord to Dutch title and plays attractive footballAmorim and De Zerbi also under consideration to replace Klopp Liverpool are interested in appointing Feyenoord’s Arne Slot as their new manager this summer. Slot has emerged as a strong candidate to succeed Jürgen Klopp in the recruitment process being led by Michael Edwards, the new chief executive officer of football for Fenway Sports Group, and incoming sporting director Richard Hughes. Continue reading...

Manchester United gave David Moyes more to worry about when he was in charge of them. This was their eighth defeat in the Premier League this season, their latest capitulation in a testing away game under Erik ten Hag and another occasion when the contribution from a series of expensive attackers amounted to zilch. Rasmus Højlund, United’s struggling £72m striker, being substituted before the hour after failing to make any impact against West Ham’s burly centre-backs encapsulated the waste. So did Antony, Ten Hag’s ineffectual £86m winger, being completely left in the shade by another former Ajax forward. Where, after all, would United be if they had signed Mohammed Kudus instead of Antony? Or would Kudus, who has scored 10 times in all competitions since joining West Ham in the summer, merely have become the latest import to have disappeared into the Old Trafford void? Continue reading...

Ajax Amsterdam's poor season went from bad to worse after they suffered one of the biggest shocks in their history with a 3-2 loss to fourth-tier amateur side USV Hercules in the last 32 of the Dutch Cup on Thursday.