Emiliano Martínez

Messi had a memorable World Cup campaign in Qatar, scoring eight goals and four assists as Argentina reached the final

Paredes received the suspension in August, weeks after an altercation erupted at the final whistle when he shoved Spain midfielder Gavi to the ground as the ‌champions’ substitutes rushed onto the pitch to celebrate

Arteta had picked the same starting lineup that cruised to a 3-0 win against Coventry in their season opener 10 days earlier

It was another chastening result for De Zerbi, whose expensively assembled team suffered an embarrassing 3-0 defeat at Brentford in the opening game of the season a week earlier

There are many enjoyable parts to Alonso’s rejigged Chelsea, especially when Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers and João Pedro click in attack, but other problems remain and the early evidence suggests a title challenge will only be sustained if performances become less chaotic

The 33-year-old has signed a three-year contract with Chelsea, following a deal worth 7.5 million pounds ($10m), according to British media

Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019

Martínez is expected to undergo a medical before completing the move, which comes after Aston Villa signed Japan international Zion Suzuki from Parma and made him their first-choice goalkeeper

Villa are looking to offload the World Cup winner following the acquisition of Japan international Zion Suzuki, who they consider to be their long-term number one

They have already sold Ezri Konsa, Morgan Rogers, Lucas Digne and Youri Tielemans while they are expected to move on Emiliano Martínez

The 23-year-old will be the first Japanese goalkeeper in Premier League history when he seals his move to Aston Villa from Italian team Parma for up to 35 million euros ($40 million)

Vicario is set to leave Spurs having lost his place as Roberto De Zerbi’s No 1 to Antonin Kinsky, with the agreement with Juventus containing an option to make the Italy goalkeeper’s move permanent next year for £8.6m

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Argentina was forced to play all of extra time with only 10 men following Enzo Fernandez's dismissal for an ugly challenge on Pau Cubarsi

While Latin Americans have traditionally rallied behind football teams from the region who advance deep into the FIFA World Cup, a flood of memes, jokes and criticism has made it clear there is one exception: Argentina

There was Novak Djokovic, the winner of more men's Grand Slam tennis tournaments than anyone else

The Aston Villa goalkeeper has overcome a painful injury to reestablish himself as a stalwart for Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina and, as Richard Jolly details, his speciality could yet prove decisive against Spain in the final

Despite being just six minutes away from a place in the final, the Three Lions capitulated under pressure as Argentina scored two late goals to claim a famous victory

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland all play their first games today across North America

The 38-year-old suffered an injury scare last month when he left Inter Miami's 6-4 win over Philadelphia with muscle fatigue

But those two iconic college American Football towns played host to Argentina in their final warm-ups before the World Cup begins in earnest for the Albiceleste next week, with plenty of good news coming out of wins against Honduras and Iceland these last few days

But those two iconic college American Football towns played host to Argentina in their final warm-ups before the World Cup begins in earnest for the Albiceleste next week, with plenty of good news coming out of wins against Honduras and Iceland these last few days

Argentina enters as defending champions after their dramatic 2022 triumph in Qatar

Lionel Scaloni's side is joined by Algeria, returning after a 12-year absence, Austria, back at the finals for the first time since 1998, and tournament debutant Jordan

With Messi still managing muscle fatigue, head coach Lionel Scaloni opted against risking his captain

Tyrone Mings also started that day at Wembley and across the course of the following 12 months Villa built a spine that on Wednesday will be central to their hopes of winning their first major European trophy since 1982

Aston Villa suffered a European hangover as they could only draw 2-2 with relegated Burnley at Turf Moor

The New Zealand striker emphatically converted from 12 yards to put Forest just 90 minutes away from a first European final in 46 years as they took a 1-0 first-leg lead

Despite patchy form, Fulham are now just two points off sixth place and firmly in the hunt for European qualification

Tammy Abraham bails out Jadon Sancho and keeps Villa on course for Champions League

Morgan Rogers’s underwhelming run a concern for Aston Villa after draw at Nottingham Forest

A moment of brilliance from Emiliano Martinez helped Aston Villa reach a third successive European quarter-final as they saw off Lille in the Europa League

United finished strongly with Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko scoring in the closing stages to seal Carrick’s seventh win in nine games since taking over as interim boss

Kelly Cates was not impressed by Alan Shearer

Perhaps both defenders and officials have become too reliant on the tech

Defeat at home to rivals Crystal Palace last time out only augmented the argument against Hürzeler, with some Brighton supporters singing against their head coach

Villa still took the lead through Morgan Rogers’ brilliantly executed finish

Morgan Rogers opened the scoring for the visitors against the run of play in the 22nd minute, and while the Cherries outshot Villa 13-2 in the first half — five of them on target — they could not capitalise on their chances before the break

The absence of the captain Bruno Guimarães through injury left Howe’s side needing to break new ground — they had won none of the eight league games they had played without the Brazilian since his arrival in January 2022 — although Villa too were missing key men, in particular Boubacar Kamara and John McGinn

The Premier League side had to deal with several injury problems this week and their mettle was more than tested in the second period as their goalkeeper Marco Bizot stepped up in the absence of Emi Martínez to make eight saves to keep their lead safe

Defenders Seamus Coleman and Jarrad Branthwaite are making progress in their returns from injury

Tuesday's emphatic 4-1 win at home to title rivals Aston Villa left Arsenal five points clear of second-placed Manchester City, who are away to Sunderland on New Year's Day