Owen Coyle has been ruled out as a potential successor to Eddie Howe by Burnley chief executive Lee Hoos.
Howe left the Clarets to return to Bournemouth earlier this week, and Coyle, recently relieved of his duties at Bolton Wanderers, has been heavily linked with a return to Turf Moor.
The Scottish manager led Burnley to promotion to the Premier League in 2009, but Hoos does not believe Coyle is the right man for the job.
I just couldn t see how that one could happen, Hoos told BBC Radio Lancashire.
Obviously I wasn t there when the whole Owen Coyle saga happened.
But I got enough feedback to know that there was a very bitter aftertaste and I just couldn t see a way back for that one.
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Prolific San Jose Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski has comfortably clinched Major League Soccer s Most Valuable Player award.
At the rate Wondolowski scored goals this past season, he was the strong favourite to win the award, and he did that in a landslide vote, capturing the division s top individual honour on Thursday.
Wondolowski s 27-goal season tied Roy Lassiter s single-season MLS mark set in the inaugural 1996 campaign and helped propel the Earthquakes to the Supporters Shield.
Wondolowski, an afterthought pick in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft who was traded from the Houston Dynamo to San Jose in 2009, has led MLS scoring for the past three years (he tied with Dwayne De Rosario last season and missed out on the Golden Boot due to the assists tieb…
Bastian Schweinsteiger expects Bayern Munich to win the Champions League again soon and would like to see Neymar playing for his former club.
Schweinsteiger was part of Bayern s last success in UEFA s elite club competition, when they triumphed over Borussia Dortmund at Wembley in 2013.
Carlo Ancelotti proved unable to do more than retain the Bundesliga title in his first campaign in charge this season, Bayern exiting the Champions League at the hands of Real Madrid in the quarter-finals and losing a thrilling DFB-Pokal semi-final to BVB.
But Schweinsteiger, who left for Manchester United in 2015 and is now playing for MLS team Chicago Fire, does not believe there needs to be an overhaul at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern Munich is for me one of the top three…
German forward Marco Reus has moved to reveal that he is perfectly happy at Signal-Iduna Park and has no intention of leaving any time soon.
With quite a few star players leaving the Millionaires in recent years, the 27-year-old was expected to follow suit, as there is a number of high-profile clubs interested in his services.
However, it would appear as though Marco Reus is quite happy to remain at his boyhood club in years to come.
“I was born in Dortmund and I love playing here,” the forward told The Hindu. “All I can say is that I am very happy to be defending the Borussia Dortmund colours.”
Marco Reus has spent 11 years playing for Borussia Dortmund youth sides, but he then began his professional career at Rot Weiss Ahlen and also enjoyed a …
Benat Extebarria s second-half goal steered Macarthur to a memorable 1-0 derby win at Western Sydney Wanderers in the team s inaugural A-League contest.
The Spanish midfielder marked his debut in Australian football off the bench with a 72nd-minute free-kick that took a big deflection and trickled into the hosts goal.
With this win, Macarthur became just the sixth side in the competition s history to secure a victory in their debut A-League match.
It topped an impressive cameo for Benat, introduced only four minutes earlier, who completed each of his 15 passes – 12 of which were in the opposition half – while both of his two shots were on target at Bankwest Stadium.
Adam Federici put in a master performance tonight to give a famous win
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Inter sporting director Piero Ausilio confirmed the Serie A club have made an official approach to Manchester United for Romelu Lukaku.
United striker Lukaku has emerged as a transfer target for Inter, who sent officials to England to try to reach a deal for the Belgium international.
Lukaku – contracted to the Red Devils until 2022 with the option of a further year – joined United from Everton for £75million in 2017 and the Premier League giants want to recoup that fee as Inter push for an initial loan deal.
Ausilio arrived back in Milan on Thursday and he told reporters: We had a meeting with Manchester United for Lukaku.
It was an official approach between two important clubs. We ll see what happens.
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Although it might have been far from a routine display on Sunday afternoon, Manchester City eventually snatched a late 2-1 victory against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.
Left frustrated throughout the first-half as attacking talisman Erling Haaland missed from the penalty spot eight minutes before the interval, the defending Premier League champions also had to avoid a major scare on the road.
While City’s record-breaking icon might have eventually notched his third domestic strike of the season after producing a powerful header just after the hour mark, the Sky Blues were pinned back in the dying stages as second-half substitute Jayden Bogle powered past Ederson.
Nevertheless, only a couple of months removed from their famous treble-winning campaign in the…
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Making their final appearance of 2021 at Old Trafford on Thursday night, Manchester United will host relegation scrappers Burnley.
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Starting with the hosts, while Manchester United might have marked their return from an extended break earlier in the week, it really was a night to forget for Ralf Ragnick s new squad. Putting in a display that saw them come under real scrutiny, the Reds will know that they were very lucky to have left St. James Park with a 1-1 draw to show for their troubles. Heavily outplayed by relegation scrappers Newcastle on Monday, the former RB Leipzig boss will be demanding an immediate response from his side here. Suffering a COVID-19 outbreak in their camp earlier in the month following back-to…
Sao Paulo midfielder Wellington has outlined his desire to move to Serie A with Inter.
The 22-year-old was on the bench as the Brazilian outfit slipped to a 1-0 defeat to Inter s city rivals Milan in the Audi Cup on Thursday.
Wellington has been heavily linked with a move to San Siro, and is said to have turned down a bid from Galatasaray in order to secure a switch the Serie A club.
A number of Brazilians have enjoyed prominent careers with Inter, and Wellington is eager to follow in their footsteps.
My dream is to play for Inter, he told Sky Sport Italia.
I hope that the situation will be resolved soon.
I want to be part of the history of Inter as Maicon, Lucio and Julio Cesar have been.
Wellington has made 93 appearances for Sao Paulo since …
Fatih Terim has been appointed Turkish national team coach while also remaining at the helm at Galatasaray.
The 59-year-old has signed a one-year contract and will take charge of Turkey s four remaining World Cup qualifiers, replacing Abdullah Avci after he quit on Tuesday.
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It is Terim s third stint in charge of the national team with the first ending in qualification for Euro 1996 while he also guided Turkey to the semi-finals of Euro 2008.
I would like to thank the Turkish Football Federation for the faith they have shown in me and for allowing me to carry on at Galatasaray, Terim said.
You can t escape the responsibility of leading your country and without team work nothing is possible.
Everyone needs to pull together to help us achieve our goal an…