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Erik ten Hag is finally about to have some welcome selection headaches, as Manchester United prepare for a raft of key players to return from injury layoffs which have added to the club's crisis period

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has agreed to buy a minority share in Manchester United and will soon take control of footballing affairs at Old Trafford after months of negotiations

Chelsea needed a late penalty to see off Crystal Palace and Conor Gallagher, the team's usual penalty taker, opted to give it up after instructions from Mauricio Pochettino

EVERTON 1-3 MANCHESTER CITY: The champions came from behind at a raucous Goodison Park with Phil Foden equalising before goals from Julian Alvarez and Bernardo Silva

Football icon Cristiano Ronaldo is aiming to make another 45 appearances for Portugal before considering international retirement according to manager Roberto Martinez

Manchester City got their noses in front against Everton via a penalty that Toffees manager Sean Dyche could barely believe had been given as his side fell to a 3-1 defeat

The Arsenal manager spent seven seasons working under David Moyes at Everton but it was not obvious then that he would go on to become one of the game's brightest managers

Chelsea overcame Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League after being given a penalty in the 89th minute thanks to an intervention from VAR which left Roy Hodgson seething

Luke Littler became the youngest player to reach the last 16 of the PDC World Championship as he secured a comfortable win over Matt Campbell on Thursday afternoon

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been accused by campaigners of using 25 per cent purchase of Manchester United as an attempt to clean his firm's reputation but all the evidence suggests otherwise

We are now just five days away from the January transfer window getting underway the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, and Manchester United all expected to be do business

Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice quit West Ham in the summer in a bid to challenge for major honours - but his old club could dent his Premier League title hopes on Thursday night

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has purchased a 25 per cent stake in Manchester United and will have the final say on the clubs transfer business, with the window set to reopen next week

Bayer Leverkusen defender Piero Hincapie had been tipped for a big-money transfer to Liverpool, but former Reds midfielder Xabi Alonso has made his stance clear

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal can leapfrog Liverpool and back to the top of the Premier League if the Gunners beat West Ham in another crucial game on Thursday

Arsenal sit second in the Premier League table, but Gary Neville believes they need to strengthen in the January transfer window to firm up their title credentials

Midfielder Conor Gallagher is one of five players Chelsea could sell in the upcoming January transfer window in order to help the club finance a number of new signings

Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has come in for criticism following his side's 3-1 loss to Manchester City at Goodison Park, with the defeat leaving them just one point above the relegation zone

David James enjoyed a successful career in the Premier League, with Liverpool, Aston Villa and Portsmouth, but had to overcome an addiction to smoking to become a footballer

Kansas City Chiefs legend Dante Hall has given his thoughts on what is going wrong with the team and what Patrick Mahomes needs to do to fix the issues

Erling Haaland is currently sidelined with a bone stress reaction in his foot and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has offered an update on the forward's recovery

Declan Rice will face West Ham in the Premier League for the first time since his record-breaking move to Arsenal in the summer, having already had a sensational impact on the Gunners

Everton 1-3 Manchester City: The newly crowned world champions kicked out of their recent Premier League slump by coming from behind to beat the Toffees at Goodison Park

EVERTON 1-3 MANCHESTER CITY: Pep Guardiola's side recover from going a goal down to close gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to five points thanks to second-half comeback

CHELSEA 2-1 CRYSTAL PALACE: It looked like being another night of frustration for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge before youngster Noni Madueke won and scored a late penalty