Bolton Wanderers have confirmed their players are yet to receive their November wages as the financial crisis engulfing the club deepens.

The Lancashire club have seen debts spiral out of control since their relegation from the Premier League in 2012 and announced a deficit of £172.9million in April of this year.

Reports emerged late on Sunday that the senior squad had demanded a meeting with manager Neil Lennon after learning that their salaries for the past month had been withheld and the club have since admitted that wages have not yet been paid.

Trevor Birch, who was appointed as an advisor to help to orchestrate a takeover of the club and resolve their financial plight, insists the problem will be resolved swiftly and has called a meeting with the players t…

Central Coast Mariners kept their first A-League clean sheet since February 2018 as Giancarlo Gallifuoco s fortuitous strike secured a 1-0 win over Western United to move them off the foot of the table.

United would have risen into third place with a victory in Gosford on Sunday, but the struggling Mariners held firm to claim their second win of the season.

Former Italy international Alessandro Diamanti went close for United with a free-kick late in the first half, but it was Central Coast who made the breakthrough four minutes after the interval when Gallifuoco s volley took a wicked deflection off Aaron Calver.

Filip Kurto did his best to react, yet could only push it in off the inside of his right-hand upright.

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Leroy Sane rebutted the suggestion that he could make a shock move to Manchester United and insists playing for Manchester City s rivals is not something he ever expects to do.

City boss Pep Guardiola said the club is working on a new contract for Sane, whose current deal expires in 2021, but reports in the media surfaced linking the 22-year-old with a potential move to Old Trafford.

United have scored 14 fewer goals than City in the Premier League this season and the addition of Sane would significantly boost their attacking threat, but the Germany international was unequivocal in his response to the suggestion of what would be a controversial move.

That won t happen! That won t happen, Sane told reporters after completing the scoring in Sunday s 6-1 thumping…

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Smelling a real chance to lay down a marker on Saturday lunchtime, Liverpool will make the trip to Vicarage Road when they face off against a struggling Watford.

Starting with the hosts, last seen heading into the international break with a 1-0 loss away at Leeds, Watford once again start a new era on Saturday lunchtime. Making the decision to bring in new boss Claudio Ranieri earlier in the month, the Hornets know that they re in a real battle to avoid an immediate Championship return. Looking over their shoulder and knowing that they face a stern test on home soil this weekend, the one-time Leicester hero will be desperate to try and find some kind of boost. Crashing out of the EFL Cup thanks to a 3-1 defeat…

Reigning MLS champions New York City FC are one step closer to going back-to-back after comfortably handling Inter Miami 3-0 in the first round of the MLS Playoffs.

City were in control throughout, creating 16 shots in the first half compared to just four for Miami, but they went into halftime tied at 0-0 after hitting the woodwork three times.

In one instance, a turnover from Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender handed City s Heber a golden opportunity to break the deadlock, but his chip was cleared off the line into the crossbar, with the rebound then being hacked off the post by a second defender.

City s dominance was rewarded in the second half, with Santiago Rodriguez brilliantly working his way into the Miami penalty box before dishing it off for Gabriel Pereir…

Stoke City goalkeeper Asmir Begovic has insisted he is happy at the club amid ongoing speculation linking him with a summer exit from the Britannia Stadium.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina international, 26, has established himself as one of the best goalkeepers in the English Premier League over the past two seasons and is rumoured to be attracting interest from Arsenal and Real Madrid ahead of this summer s World Cup in Brazil.

Begovic, who joined Stoke from Portsmouth for £3.25 million in the winter of 2010, has two years remaining on his current deal with the Potters and is valued at around £10 million.

It s a good place to be, it s an exciting place to be. We are trying to push forward, Begovic told .

I have two years left on my contract an…

League One side Notts County have appointed former England international Alan Smith as player-coach, .

The 33 year old has spent the last two seasons with MK Dons, having initially moved to the club on loan from Newcastle United in January 2012.

Notts manager Shaun Derry is a huge admirer of the striker-come-midfielder, labelling him the ‘best player on the pitch’ when MK Dons faced County at Meadow Lane back in March.

Smith began his career with Leeds United, turning out for them over two-hundred times before moving to Manchester United following the Yorkshire side’s relegation to the Championship.

In three years at Old Trafford, he won the Premier League title and the League Cup, while he added to his collection of silverware by landing the se…

Arda Turan s agent insists the midfielder will see out his contract at Barcelona that runs until 2020.

The 30-year-old joined Barca from Atletico Madrid in July 2015 but, after his debut was delayed for six months due to the Catalan giants serving a player registration ban, he has failed to nail down a regular starting spot.

Arda scored 13 goals in 30 appearances last season, including a Champions League hat-trick against Borussia Monchengladbach, although he was limited to 14 starts in LaLiga by two lay-offs with adductor and abductor injuries.

Arsenal have been linked with his services but Arda s representative Ahmet Bulut maintains the player wants to fight for his place under new Barca boss Ernesto Valverde.

Arda will stay at Barca, Bulut told NTV S…

Germany international Marco Reus is determined to return to form and fitness for next year s World Cup after undergoing cruciate knee ligament surgery.

The Borussia Dortmund forward suffered the injury in their DFB-Pokal final victory over Eintracht Frankfurt, having already seen his 2016-17 campaign disrupted by injury.

Reus also missed the 2014 World Cup due to an ankle problem, pulling out of the squad before his side went on to become world champions.

But, after going under the knife, the 28-year-old is on the comeback trail and is fully focusing on recovering in time to aid both Dortmund and Germany in the coming campaign.

The surgery went fine and I m already on the road to recovery, Reus wrote in a post on his Facebook and Instagram pages.