Louis van Gaal will not axe Manchester United’s young players despite his massive summer spending, claims Gianfranco Zola.

Manager Roy Hodgson will be hoping his players can replicate the growth they have shown with their clubs on the international stage so that, with time, patience breeds hope and better results at major tournaments.

Captain Wayne Rooney is not inspiring much optimism ahead of his first competitive match as skipper – claiming England will settle for a point in Switzerland tonight.

Three wins and three clean sheets on the bounce have led to Johnson and his men storming up the league table.

There is perhaps no other broadcaster currently working within the beautiful game who has achieved the kind of iconic status Chris Kamara has earned in his time as a football pundit.

Manager David Flitcroft says his team’s mentality to not go home after training has been the reason the side are challenging at the top of League Two this season.

Only one question can be asked; utmost loyalty or utter lunacy?

The Argentine, 24, who can play either at left back or centre back, was snapped up from Sporting Lisbon in a deal worth £16million, but has yet to play for the club because of an ongoing visa application

Speaking ahead of the Fire and Ice Cycle Challenge, the Great Dane revealed he had feared a repeat of the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010, which left millions stranded

The former United keeper was speaking at Old Trafford Sports Barn to mark the tenth anniversary of Barclays Spaces for Sports, which has created more than 200 community sports sites across the UK

Wayne Rooney hopes to end England’s half century of failure and captain the Three Lions to some elusive silverware.