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Oxford United head coach Matt Bloomfield says he is confident of keeping his job at the club despite relegation from the Championship.
Charlton’s win over Hull City on Saturday condemned the U’s to the drop and brought their two-year spell in the second tier to an end.
Bloomfield replaced Gary Rowett in January and despite some encouraging results and performances, he was unable to keep them up.
The U’s boss
Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg says he was never worried Hayden Hackney would leave the Championship club in the January transfer window.
Boro rejected Nottingham Forest’s deadline-day bid for the midfielder with Hellberg delighted to retain the services of the 23-year-old.
“I actually felt quite comfortable with him (still) being here,” the Swede told BBC Radio Tees.
“The discussions were he wants to be here, you can see he wants
If Dortmund complete a deal before 10 June then he would be eligible to play in the Club World Cup, which also features his brother Jude’s current club Real Madrid.
Jobe Bellingham has made four appearances for England’s Under-21s and is in their squad for the European Under-21 Championship, to be held in Slovakia from 11-28 June.
England’s U21 boss Lee Carsley told BBC Sport that they would release players
Riza became manager in daunting circumstances, initially on an interim basis after Erol Bulut was sacked last September following Cardiff’s worst start to a league season in their history.
A former Watford coach whose only previous English Football League managerial experience was a short and unsuccessful stint at Leyton Orient, Riza oversaw a significant initial improvement and was eventually handed a contract last December to make him Cardiff boss until
Riza’s much-changed side maintained their upturn by upsetting promotion-chasing Blades at Bramall Lane, with Cian Ashford’s goal setting up a fourth-round tie at Stoke City.
While there will be another 19 league fixtures to come after this week, Ralls says positive results against Watford, who are ninth, and 12th-placed Swansea could have a big impact on Cardiff’s season.
“The rearranged game [against Watford] got put in for the Tuesday, that’s
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder is “incredibly confident” Jesurun Rak-Sakyi will stay at the club until the end of the season ahead of Friday’s clash with Sunderland.
The Crystal Palace loanee has become a mainstay in Wilder’s teams this season, featuring in all of the side’s opening 16 Championship matches and making 11 starts.
Rak-Sakyi, who has also scored in the Blades’ last two matches and provided an assist against
Goals from Riley McGree, Tommy Conway and substitutes Emmanuel Latte Lath and Dan Barlaser for Boro consigned QPR to their fourth home league defeat of the season.
The Hoops had drawn each of their previous three games, including creditable 0-0 results against promotion-chasing Burnley and Sunderland, but there were loud boos at the full-time whistle at Loftus Road after this latest defeat.
“Hopefully they see a team that is trying
All three of last season’s promoted clubs suffered an immediate return to the second tier for only the second time in Premier League history.
Luton Town, Burnley and Sheffield United managed a combined total of only 66 points.
“The gap is getting bigger and bigger,” former Brighton and Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray told BBC Sport.
Southampton, under boss Russell Martin, are returning to the Premier League despite finishing 10
“I am confident we will stay up and I’m confident that you will see in years to come where Forest will be,” the 56-year-old said.
“It’s a great team, it inspires us and we want to do more and you will see in the years to come that we have big dreams for Forest.”
In March, Forest were docked four points after an independent commission found their losses to 2022-23
Nancekivell, nicknamed ‘Mr Plymouth Argyle’ due to his long association with the club, having been a player, youth coach, first-team coach and caretaker manager, is in temporary charge alongside director of football Neil Dewsnip following Ian Foster’s sacking last month.
It is their second spell in temporary charge having led the side after Steven Schumacher left to take over at Stoke City in December.
Nancekivell and Dewsnip managed Argyle to