Dimitar Berbatov has expressed his belief that Fred is already Manchester United’s player of the season, while highlighting how his work in midfield ‘makes it much easier’ for his teammates to ‘go forward freely’.
Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane said he was ‘delighted’ for Karim Benzema after the star forward surpassed Ferenc Puskas on the club’s all-time scorers list.
Dean Henderson will become Manchester United and England’s first-choice goalkeeper at some stage, according to Red Devils manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Marcus Rashford has spoken of how Manchester United allowed him to join their academy programmes early after his mother let them know of tough circumstances at home.
Neil Lennon says he saw similarities between Virgil van Dijk and ex-Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand when he arrived at Celtic in 2013.
Bayern Munich target Leroy Sane will have a key role to play in Manchester City finishing the season strongly, according to Michael Brown, who says the winger has been a ‘big miss’ for the club.
Paul Pogba is ‘one of the best players in the world’ and ‘near impossible to replace’, according to Mark Bosnich, who has urged Manchester United to keep hold of the French midfielder.
Steven Gerrard says Liverpool should already be ‘starting work on a statue’ of Jurgen Klopp ahead of their title coronation.
Mikel Arteta says it’s Arsenal’s responsibility to show Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang that his future is best served at the London club and remains hopeful his top-scorer will sign a new deal.
Callum Hudson-Odoi was forced to miss out on Chelsea’s behind-closed-doors friendly against QPR on Sunday due to an ankle knock but the winger has overcome the injury to give Frank Lampard a full squad of options ahead of the Premier League’s restart.