England have appointed Chelsea number two Steve Holland as assistant manager to Gareth Southgate.

The 46-year-old will remain with Chelsea alongside his international duties until the end of the season, when he will become full-time with England.

Holland worked with Southgate when he was in charge of the country s Under-21 team from August 2013 and has been working with the senior side since the manager s promotion.

Southgate told the Football Association s official website: I am delighted to have Steve as my assistant manager.

We have worked very closely for three years and I have upmost respect for the way that he works, his professionalism and the detail of his preparation.

Our aim at the start was to encourage a young England team to play in…

Championship title favourites Derby County are on the verge of re-signing Jason Shackell from Burnley, .

The thirty-one year old spent the 2011/12 campaign with the Rams, before being sold to the Clarets for a fee of around £1.1m.

During three years at Turf Moor, Shackell racked up one hundred and thirty-six appearances in all competitions, scoring four goals and was named captain shortly after arriving at the club.

Derby, now managed by former Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain coach Paul Clement, have been busy in the transfer market in the close season having agreed permanent deals for Tom Ince and Darren Bent, both of whom were on loan at the club during the second half of last season.

The East Midlands side have also signed Andreas Wiemann, Al…

Jose Mourinho was held in such high esteem by John Terry that the former Chelsea captain says would have left the pitch in a coffin for him .

Mourinho first joined Chelsea in 2004 and led the club to their first top-flight title in 50 years, successfully defending the Premier League in 2006 before adding a domestic cup double the following season.

Key to their triumphs was a solid spine including Petr Cech, Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.

Mourinho returned after stints with Inter and Real Madrid and led Chelsea to a Premier League and EFL Cup double in 2014-15, with centre-back Terry still a key member of the squad.

Jose Mourinho and John Terry lifting the Capital One Cup yesterday

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC)

The 37-year-old, n…

Branislav Ivanovic celebrated what may well be a farewell goal in Chelsea s comfortable 4-0 home win over Brentford to help his side through to the FA Cup fifth round.

The 32-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to Zenit, which would bring to an end his nine-year stint at Stamford Bridge, but he netted the third on Saturday to offer a timely reminder of his quality.

Brazil international Willian opened the scoring with a curling free-kick early on as the Premier League leaders underlined the gulf in class against their second-tier visitors.

Pedro doubled the Blues advantage with a cool finish midway through the first half, with Brentford digging in to avoid further first-half punishment.

Despite showing a much higher tempo and more attacking i…

Brazil legend Marta and Orlando Pride are still hoping to reach the National Women s Soccer League (NWSL) play-offs after an underwhelming start to the season.

It has been a slow start to 2019 for Marc Skinner s Orlando, who have only collected one point from their opening six matches of the campaign.

Despite boasting Marta – regarded as the greatest female footballer of all time – United States sensation Alex Morgan and star Australia duo Alanna Kennedy and Emily van Egmond, Orlando are still searching for their first win of the season.

But Marta, who is preparing to leave for the Women s World Cup in France, is hopeful Orlando can salvage their season – the Pride are nine points adrift of the top four with 18 matches remaining.

Our aim is to be a…

Neymar would have to change sport if he is serious about stepping out from Lionel Messi s shadow, according to Thierry Henry.

The Brazilian stunned the footballing world in August by completing a record €222million switch from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, amid speculation he sought individual acclaim away from the Camp Nou s regular headline act.

And Neymar has made a fine start to life at PSG, scoring 28 goals in 29 appearances across all competitions with Unai Emery s men seemingly set for a return to domestic dominance after seeing Monaco storm their way to Ligue 1 glory last season.

Neymar was a Champions League winner alongside Messi and Luis Suarez with Barca in 2015, but hopes of European success this time around hang in the balance after PSG s 3-1 …

Germany captain Manuel Neuer says it was important for his side to set an example again after winning each of their first three games under new head coach Hansi Flick.

Die Mannschaft eased to a 4-0 win over Iceland in Wednesday s World Cup qualifier to open up a four-point lead at the top of Group J with four matches to play.

That routine victory in Reykjavik followed on from wins over Liechtenstein and Armenia over the past week, with Flick s side scoring 12 goals and conceding none across that spell.

Flick is only the second Germany boss to win his first three games without conceding after Joachim Low, the man he succeeded following his nation s Euro 2020 last-16 exit to England.

On the back of a morale-boosting week for Germany, Neuer believes a marke…

Bayer Leverkusen are in talks with Celtic over a transfer of Jeremie Frimpong, according to multiple sources.

The 20-year-old defender came through the youth ranks at Manchester City and joined the Scottish champions in the summer of 2019. Since then, he has made a total of 51 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring three times and providing his teammates with eight assists. Primarily a right-back, he is also capable of playing in midfield or as a winger.

With Lars Bender apparently set to retire at the end of the season, Leverkusen are trying to bring in young players on the defensive flanks. To that end, they ve already signed Timothy Fosu-Mensah from Manchester United for the right side, and now they want Frimpong for the left.

Frimpong is bound…

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Mohamed Salah equalled Jamie Vardy s record of scoring or assisting in 15 consecutive Premier League games after netting against Newcastle United on Thursday.

Liverpool found themselves behind to a Jonjo Shelvey curler, but soon restored parity as Diogo Jota converted before Salah tapped in from close range to record a goal involvement in his 15th straight league game.

The former Chelsea man has now found the net in five consecutive top-flight home games against Newcastle as well, his best 100 per cent scoring run against one side at Anfield in the competition.

He also has 24 Premier League goal involvements this season (15 goals, nine assists), in the competition s history only Alan Shearer in 1994-95 has registered more before Christmas (25 16 goals, nine …