Manchester City will be confirmed as champions for the fifth time in six year with a victory over Chelsea in front of their own fans on Sunday but will not even need a result should Nottingham Forest beat Arsenal tomorrow afternoon.

There has been a lot of expectation on Manchester City and with the spending they have done, they have to win something. Sometimes you have a noisy neighbour and have to live with it. You can’t do anything about them.”I bet him he wouldn’t get 15 league goals and I’m going to have to change my bet with him. If he gets to 15 I can change it and I am allowed to do that because I’m the manager. I’m going to make it 150 now!” (On Ronaldo) In the fight against the drop, Forest entertain Arsenal, while Everton travel to Wolves and Leeds are hosted by a West Ham side that might still need a point to guarantee survival. And for the third time in three weeks, Leicester have to wait until Monday night to rage against the dying of the light. An unenviable trip to St James’ Park is next on their itinerary Premier League fixtures I’m going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second ones don’t fly. They’re the subs for the first ones. And then the second ones take over - so it’s teamwork.” Wigan Athletic will be deducted four points from the 2023/24 Sky Bet League One table after failing to pay its players’ wages on time in May 2023 and further to previous breaches of EFL Regulations.

What happened is beyond all bounds. The club again sincerely apologises to West Ham United and the thousands of well minded AZ supporters who have also been inconvenienced by the misconduct. Sir Alex Ferguson’s trophy-laden reign at Manchester United was illuminated by his often fiery rhetoric. The club have issued a statement confirming that the 31-year-old defender will leave Old Trafford when his current contract expires at the end of June.We have rotated to a degree, but maybe not in the numbers that we might need to next year. If you’re going to do that, then the squad needs to be strong enough, so if you put out two XIs, they’re of equal strength.” The clarity is there,” said Arteta. “He is a player that has played I think every minute since I have been the manager. He is an incredibly respected figure at the club. He has a great story around him with what he has achieved at the club in going through very tough moments and he is a key and very important part of us. Whatever happens is something we will discuss, certainly not now.” It’s the morning after the night before and leading into yet another big weekend. And what a night it was, eh? In the Premier League, Newcastle United put a recent wobble behind them to boost their hopes of a top four finish by emphatically beating Brighton at St James’ Park. One win from their final two games will guarantee the Mags their first taste of Champions League group action for 21 years. In the simplest possible terms, as Barclay recounts, Ferguson's fire was ignited by two events. The first was the sight of Real Madrid in the 1960 European Cup final, when the 19-year-old part-time professional with Queen's Park stood among a crowd of 135,000 Glaswegians crammed into Hampden Park and, watching Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás and Francisco Gento perform their magic, discovered what a thing of beauty and joy football could be. The second was the relative disappointment of his own playing career as a centre-forward with several clubs, including Rangers, the club he had supported in boyhood. Whether dribbling or sprinting, Ryan can leave the best defenders with twisted blood” (On Ryan Giggs)